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Babies: 0 - 3 Months
Moms of 6-8 week babies about sleep
Do you have your baby on a sleep schedule yet? Especially at night? Around 6-8 weeks people usually start thinking about a schedule for their baby. I'm especially interested in bedtime. I read articles about getting baby on a scheduled bedtime routine. I read about trying to get them to sleep through the night, but what exactly is sleeping through the night?
What time do you put your 6-8 week old to bed for the night? How many times does he wake up during the night to feed? What time does your baby get up for the day? Also, how do you get your baby to sleep? Are you following a bedtime routine now?
Thanks!
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Re: Moms of 6-8 week babies about sleep
I'm still following LO's cues. He's sort of starting to get into his own pattern though. He tends to go to bed around ten for the night and sleeps till about 3:30. He'll eat and then sleep for another three to four hours. I really don't have any sort of schedule in play yet. But I will say that I try to do a diaper change, feeding, and then bed.
He typically falls asleep (I nurse him to sleep) around 11. Sleeps until 2 and then again until 5 (up to eat at those two times). Then he often (like 4 out of 5 days) sleeps in his swing until 8:30-9:00 A.M.
I really want to start a bedtime routine that involves him going down earlier at night in the next 3-4 weeks. He's up waaaay to late!
Do you have your baby on a sleep schedule yet? almost ....she only takes long naps at night during the day she takes cat naps
What time do you put your 6-8 week old to bed for the night? around 12:30ish
How many times does he wake up during the night to feed? every 2- 2.5 hours
What time does your baby get up for the day? she's fully awake at 10:30
Also, how do you get your baby to sleep? feed, bath, swaddle, feeding and rocking in a dark room with soft music
Are you following a bedtime routine now? yes ma'am
What time do you put your 6-8 week old to bed for the night?
between 8-9pm
How many times does he wake up during the night to feed?
she usually wakes up at 5am
What time does your baby get up for the day?
usually 7am
Also, how do you get your baby to sleep?
dress her in her jammies and feed her her last bottle for the night (typically 4 oz)
Are you following a bedtime routine now?
yes and have been since she was 3 weeks old
we have had them on a flexible schedule since day 1 at home. they eat approx every 3 hours- when they wake up from napping.... and go down for naps drowsy but awake.
Last night they STTN for the first time- (sort of 2nd time, the night before was a little earlier- 5:30am... too early for me!). they are 8w. DS1 also STTN at 8w following the same schedule.... thanks to Baby Wise.
Our first night home we put him to bed at 10pm and he's gone to bed at that time ever since. In the beginning he was waking up every 3-4 hours for feedings. At 3 weeks he started STTN at 6 hours then going back down for an additional 3-4 hours after his bottle. Now he's sleeping 9-10 hours straight. He takes about a 2 hour nap around 10-11am and another hour/2 hour nap around 5-6pm....sometimes he'll take 10 minute cat naps throughout the day. His feeding schedule is every 2-3 hours during the day and he eats 4oz.
ETA: He goes down by me swaddling him, feeding him a bottle in a dark silent room, and I lay him down either completely out or half asleep. We do baths in the morning.
LO gets his last bottle of 6oz at 6ish we play for awhile then he gets a bath at 7ish. Then around 7:30 I'll top him off if he wants it with 2 oz and in bed at 7:45/8. He won't wake but may start to fuss at some point in the night. Usually between 3 and 5 and i'll go in and give him his paci and he stops fussing and then wakes up for the day at 7/ 7:30. This has been going on for 2 weeks now and I feel very lucky.
Oh yeah I forgot.. I rock him for about ten minutes until he's really drowsy and i then lay him down awake with his paci and turn on his rainforest music thing in his crib and he's out!