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Preemies and sleep

Missa_gMissa_g member
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Hi everyone.  We've been home with our boys for just under three weeks now.  Things go great and then we hit a rough patch, then things go great again.  Right now we're struggling with feeding and sleeping.  My boys are 11 and a half weeks old, 8 days adjusted.  Should their sleep patterns be more on par with a newborn?  It seems like each boy will go several hours without sleeping much if at all right now.  I'm worried I'm not setting up the best sleep environment for them.  I'm pretty much worried about everything though.  What was your day to day routine roughly like at this adjusted age?
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Re: Preemies and sleep

  • DrRxDrRx member
    At that adjusted age, my daughter was pretty much acting like a newborn.  There was no real rhyme or reason to her sleep pattern.  She would only sleep for stretches of 3 or 4 hours at the longest. 
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  • 2Momtoo2Momtoo
    Mine were like that too and I was terrified they weren't getting the sleep they needed to grow and be strong and get healthier.  In the end you just end up adjusting your frame of mind...also it was better because they were STTN a lot faster than other babies that were newborns...Smile
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