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when does it change

rocksteady91@hotmail.comrocksteady91@hotmail.com
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Im so sleeps deprived!!!! As we all are,i know,but when does this start to get  a little easier? Im feeling the baby blues right now so i know it intensifies everything else along with hormones and lack of sleep. but im not naturally a napper and just wondering when babies start to sleep a little longer than the 3-4hr stints?

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Re: when does it change

  • hriesen4hriesen4
    Ug... We're stilling going 3 hours.  If I get 4 hours, I feel refreshed! That's so sad.  DH and I take turns at night.  That helps a ton.
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  • SizzlineSizzline
    DD started doing a 5-hr stretch most nights at about 6 or 7 weeks. It still doesn't happen every night, but I love it when it does!
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  • JinglesChicJinglesChic member

    Every baby is different but the first week I was up every 2 hours and it slowly kept extending from there. For about a month DS would wake every 4 hours and within the past week-week and a half he now has a few stretches of 5 hours. Once he did 6.

    We found DS tends to sleep longer when he's in his swing with some music from his giraffe and longest in my arms (every morning from 6-10/11).  Since DH is working and all I do is attend classes 2 evenings a week, I'm the only one who does the overnight.





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  • ChefHeather82ChefHeather82

    DS has started sleeping for one long (5-6 hour) stretch since around 4 weeks, I think. The first two weeks were god-awful and then it slowly got a little better. Last night was the first time he's slept for 8 hours in a row.

    I've noticed that getting him in a bedtime routine (bath, swaddle, feed) helped a lot. He definitely sleeps for a longer stretch on the nights that we give him a bath. 

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  • dionnemd10dionnemd10 member

    it takes awhile.   the first 3-6 months are the most challenging.   i hit a wall this past sunday-baby sick, toddler sick, me coming down with something.   it was rough.    i get excited with a 4 hour stretch as well.  heck at night 2.5 hours excites me.   rest during the day-let your house go-seriously you have to.   i finally told my husband that as long as our "livingroom" area stays neat-ie nothing on the coffee table, very little on the floor i will consider my house presentable and clean!   with a toddler who plays with toys everywhere i consider that a step toward success and sanity.

    i am looking forward to having my mom visit next week for a few days so i can rest a bit or she can hang with the kids while i get something done.  

    hang in there.   i found that i didn't really enjoy infancy with my first child-she got fun and parenting got fun around age 1, but really around 16 months when she was talking and conversing with me and able to interact a lot more.   this time i am trying to enjoy it a bit more and take it more in stride

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  • rocksteady91@hotmail.comrocksteady91@hotmail.com
    thanks everyone! :) i had no idea how hard it is,absolutely didnt know how bad the sleep deprivation is.
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