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sleep "schedule" for 5 week old

jlove1821jlove1821 member
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I know that at 5 weeks, it is a little too young for a sleep schedule.... but I want to see other peoples opinions on my little guys schedule. Well he isnt much on one, he sleeps most of the day at 2-3 hour increments. I dont wake him up when he is napping. The only thing that stays pretty much the same is that the last couple of weeks he has started getting fussy around 6-8 pm and wont sleep until around midnight(sometimes 1 or 2 am). Then at midnight he will sleep 5-7 hours.. which is great.. but I am worried about when I got to work. I need to wake up at 4 am, so I need to get him to bed earlier. Anyone have any opinions? Thanks!







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Re: sleep "schedule" for 5 week old

  • SimoneSays22SimoneSays22

    When do you go back to work? I ask because his schedule will probably change by then, so if you try something now, it might be fruitless. 

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  • Allie30Allie30 member
    at 5 weeks, minedid the exact same thing. at 8, she started doing another bout of sleep from 8 to 1, then from 1-6.
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  • BESkizBESkiz
    We had this too.  We just slowly tried pushing him back little by little.  So, we might try to put him down 30 min. earlier than we had the night before to see how he does, and the next night 30 min. earlier.  It will work out.  I think this is pretty common.
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  • kg_08kg_08 member

    We started having a set bed time around 3-4 weeks, so I don't think it's too early. What worked for us was trying to keep DD up the last few hours before bed, with only like a 10 min nap if she needs it. This helped so much!

    Also, babies usually can sleep 12 hours for their "night time" so if you plan for LO to be up at 4 with you, I'd make bedtime around 4 or 5.

    All babies are different though. I'm just telling you what works for us.

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