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[U] How can I do if a 21-day new born baby only sleeps 4 hours a day?

DaisySiuDaisySiu member
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She is a 21-day new born baby. Started from the 17th day, she only sleeps 4 hours in total per day!! Each time she fell in sleep lasted 0.5 - 1 hour only and then she woke up.

Does anyone who has such experience know how I should do about it?? I really worry about her situation as I can't figure out what happened to my baby!

Appreciate your any feedback!

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Re: [U] How can I do if a 21-day new born baby only sleeps 4 hours a day?

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    musiscoutmusiscout member
    Baby Swing?
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    2BlackCats2BlackCats

    Are you swaddling her?

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    jeroljerol
    Do you have a sling, Baby Bjorn, etc?
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    bdutton0005bdutton0005

    Are you waking her up to feed her?

    DS has done that the past couple of days. Our pedi told us to wake him every 4 hours but last night I let him sleep and he has been a completely different baby. Also the swing was and amazing help when he was super cranky and so was my Moby. I think that he was just overly tired where we were waking him up.

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    DaisySiuDaisySiu member
    Now she sleeps only when I hold her. But the sleeping is usually lasting 0.5 to 1 hour and she wakes up herself. If I put her to the crib, she won't even sleep more than 5 minutes!
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    hollacehollace
    Do yourself a favor and buy a miracle blanket from BRU.  We got one as a gift when our baby was about 2 weeks and it's literally a miracle.  Our son could break any swaddle and though he sometimes tries to fight this one he can't get his arms out to wake himself up.  Give it a try.  
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    samluv05samluv05

    imageDaisySiu:
    Now she sleeps only when I hold her. But the sleeping is usually lasting 0.5 to 1 hour and she wakes up herself. If I put her to the crib, she won't even sleep more than 5 minutes!

    Swaddle her.

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    KyleTriggerKyleTrigger

    My daughter did this from 3 weeks to about 7 weeks. We eventually figured out I wasn't making enough milk in each feeding to fill her up so she wanted to nurse every hour. It was honestly the hardest month of my life and really took a toll on my life.

    I don't have any advice except that several doctors told me it wasn't normal for DD to not sleep more than a few hours a day. This led to more research on our side. Now she is 5 1/2 months and sleeps 9 hours a night. Hang in there and if you can, have your partner and family help out even for a 2 hour nap. 

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