Sleeping Patterns

kmornelas29 · April 2013

Our LO was doing great sleeping in her bassinet and for some reason last night she decided she hates it.

We would get her to sleep and the minute I payed her in it she would wake up and start crying. She was up from 10:30 pm to 2:00 am.

I try keeping her somewhat awake during the day so she sleeps at night, but last night obviously was a fail.

We ended up putting her in bed with us after many failed attempts and complete exhaustion. Something we were trying not to do.

I try not to always hold her during her naps and put her down so she doesn't get use to someone holding her to sleep, but I don't know what else to do.

Help!?

sarahbethski04 · April 2013

I've heard keeping babies up during the day does nothing to help them sleep at night. In fact it can make them over tired and crabbier. I would try the 5's. White noise, swaddle.Invest in a sleep sheep. I think there was even somewhere that sugg

doremi29 · April 2013

I don't know how old your LO is, but based on your ticker/due date, I'm figuring it's still fairly new. If so, I would not try to keep LO up much during the day. DD is still very sleepy and we just sorta let her do her thing during the day.

jahjbmr · April 2013

My baby did that for a few nights in a row a few weekd ago, she is 5 weeks today. She has slept great since then again!

VPGIRL06 · April 2013

1) don't keep her up. Sleep truly begets sleep..I have the opposite problem and have to try and put my little one DOWN (she is one of those sneaky babies that is really fine and content for literally hours after she wakes up but at almost 4 weeks she r