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MrsH07MrsH07
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Ok, those of you who have babies younger than mine (my ds is 3 months) and you talk about how your babies are already sleeping six hours make me want to cry!

My DS is still only sleeping 2 hours at a time. Once in a blue moon I can get 3 hours out of him. What am I doing wrong? I swaddle him, he goes to bed with a full belly. Ugghh, will this ever get better? I am so tired!

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  • TayteeTaytee

    I'll speak up and tell ya we didn't get more than 4-5 hours out of Abby until about 4-6 months old or something! She was totally an "up every 2-3 hours to eat" kind of baby.

    If you're breastfeeding, Can your DH pick up a feeding that you pump earlier in the day? Just a straight 4-5 hours of sleep would probably do you wonders if you're still doing every feed (I did, so I know!) As always, try to feed him (nurse on demand etc) as much as you can during the day so that hopefully he'll get his fill of calories and be able to go a tad longer at night.

    The good news is, it WILL get better. I promise =) Day by Day it doesn't seem like it but month over month it will!

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  • MrsH07MrsH07

    DH does try to pick up one feeding at night, but DS does not care for bottles at all. We may be able to get him to drink 1 ounce, so then he wakes up  less than an hour later and wants to eat again.

     Thank you Taytee. It really helps so much to hear that someone else does or did not have a perfect sleeping baby. Maybe I am too sensitive but it makes me feel like I am such a terrible mom and all alone when I constantly hear about people saying that their babies sleep beautifully. I cant help but think that I am doing everything wrong.

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  • joycojoyco

    I've just heard that BM has lots more water in it, so it is more easily digested, thus babies wake up more often to eat.  Formula, not so much.  So if you're BF--and it looks like you are, from your responses--that's why your baby wakes up a lot more often.  We supplement (heavily) formula and our guys regularly sleep 5-7 hour stretches at night.  I find that if I have pumped more BM and added it to their bottles, they have shorter sleep periods (i.e. if I have more BM to make half and half for their bottles, then they're getting more BM during the day, instead of the crap amount I usually get).

    Sorry you're not getting much sleep.  The swaddle and elevating one end of their mattress have helped us a lot.  As well as playing a heart beat (some noise machine we have) have helped.  Good luck.

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  • Bookworm75Bookworm75 member

    Oh, I'm so sorry! I know you must be at your wits end by now. Are you FF or BF? Maybe adding a little rice cereal to the bedtime bottle/nap time bottle would help. I put in 1tsp for every scoop of formula; or 1tsp for every 2oz of BM. And then use a #2 nipple since it makes a bit thicker. (this also helps for babies w/reflux too)

    What about a white noise machine or air purifier in his room? Is his room dark/cool enough?

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  • bobcatstephbobcatsteph member
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    I've just heard that BM has lots more water in it, so it is more easily digested, thus babies wake up more often to eat.  Formula, not so much.  So if you're BF--and it looks like you are, from your responses--that's why your baby wakes up a lot more often.  We supplement (heavily) formula and our guys regularly sleep 5-7 hour stretches at night.  I find that if I have pumped more BM and added it to their bottles, they have shorter sleep periods (i.e. if I have more BM to make half and half for their bottles, then they're getting more BM during the day, instead of the crap amount I usually get).



    I'm jealous! We EFF and DD only sleeps 3-4 hours at a time.
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    imagejoyco:

    I've just heard that BM has lots more water in it, so it is more easily digested, thus babies wake up more often to eat.  Formula, not so much.  So if you're BF--and it looks like you are, from your responses--that's why your baby wakes up a lot more often.  We supplement (heavily) formula and our guys regularly sleep 5-7 hour stretches at night.  I find that if I have pumped more BM and added it to their bottles, they have shorter sleep periods (i.e. if I have more BM to make half and half for their bottles, then they're getting more BM during the day, instead of the crap amount I usually get).



    I'm jealous! We EFF and DD only sleeps 3-4 hours at a time.

    maybe the boys keep each other company so they don't wake up as often.  Caroline wants to see her mommy, so she wakes up a lot more.  :)

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  • MrsH07MrsH07
    I do have the matress elevated because he does have pretty bad reflux, I do use white noise, he is swaddled.  Isnt he still too young for rice?
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  • Bookworm75Bookworm75 member
    imageMrsH07:
    I do have the matress elevated because he does have pretty bad reflux, I do use white noise, he is swaddled.  Isnt he still too young for rice?
    I started adding rice cereal to DD's bottle at the beginning of the 3rd mo and my pedi was fine w/it. That and taking her to the chiropractor really helped her reflux and colic, she never needed meds!
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  • brideonjuly8brideonjuly8 member
    The first 3 months are hard, most babies have several growth spurts during that time.  12 weeks (3ish months) was hard for us too- DS reverted back to eating every 2-3 hours at night, but it was because of a growth spurt.  I started nusring him every 2 hours during the day and that seemed to stretch his night feedings out to every 3-4 hours.  By 5 months he started sleeping 8 hour stretches.  HTH!  
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  • lovemydoglovemydog
    It will get better.  We Ferberized J at 4 months, but before that if we got 3 hours in a row we were lucky. Some nights he was up every 45 minutes.  It was terrible.  But it got better, and it will for you too.  I promise.
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  • libbyannlibbyann member
    I'm so sorry :( I can imagine how difficult that makes everything! Hang in there...it will get better! Will is attached to me pretty much all day long...if he hasn't been nursing every hour and a half to two hours during the day, he does not sleep well at night at all. The miracle blanket, white noise, elevated mattress, Prevacid and Mylicon drops have really helped him sleep better. I hope you can find something that works soon!
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