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August 2013 Moms
johnson8586
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Share your STTN secrets!
johnson8586
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LO is just over 2 months now and we are still on the same eating schedule as when he was a newborn. He eats about every 2 hours, day and night. I can count on one hand the number of times he's gone 3-4 hours between feedings.
Right now I feed him "on demand." He's super healthy - 70th percentile for weight and height, and overall is sleeping a normal amount. He checked out great at his 2 month checkup.
I'm just wondering what you are doing to get your LO to sleep longer stretches at night. Do you have tips or were you just blessed with a super sleeper?
This sleepy mama would like at least 3 hour stretches! Ahh!
TIA!
Right now I feed him "on demand." He's super healthy - 70th percentile for weight and height, and overall is sleeping a normal amount. He checked out great at his 2 month checkup.
I'm just wondering what you are doing to get your LO to sleep longer stretches at night. Do you have tips or were you just blessed with a super sleeper?
This sleepy mama would like at least 3 hour stretches! Ahh!
TIA!
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Re: Share your STTN secrets!
DD2 8.22.13
MMC 1.4.17 at 16w
Expecting #3, EDD 1.29.18
Not sure how this translates for BF. Maybe you could be sure LO is getting a full feeding each time?
DS born 9/3/13; DD born 7/22/15; LO due 5/28/18
FS (age 5) and FD (age 2) to become AS/AD very soon!
DD2 8.22.13
MMC 1.4.17 at 16w
Expecting #3, EDD 1.29.18
Yep, I was told to not let LO sleep longer than 3 hours during the day for 1 nap. Too much day sleep or too little day sleep effects STTN. So just find that perfect medium right?
This. Good naps=good night sleep! I know it sounds weird but a baby who naps well is not overstimulated. And you need to help baby get those naps in, they don't just fall asleep on their own. DS still sleeps better at night if he had a nap( although we are slowly getting hit or miss on nap time these days, I may lose my free hours soon!)
DS slept 10 hours by 3 months and has ever since, DD is only giving us 4 hours with an occasional 5 right now but she is only 7 weeks.
I read the no cry sleep solution book and used some of her ideas with DS, because they are now part of my norm as a mom I am using them on DD too just out of habit, lol.
Mommy to J: Born 5/11/2010 & B: Born 8/26/2013
1.offering the breast more regularly during the day.
2. Lots of sleep during the day made him less likely to be over tired at night and he slept better.
3. When he woke at night we started trying to soothe him with a pacifier instead if picking him up straight away. I wouldn't leave him crying or anything but it worked and the paci helped him go back asleep,
4. At night when he would wake we wouldn't turn the lights, chat to him or stimulate him too much so that he would get thst nighttime was for sleeping.
I don't know if any of this helped or was it just him but last night he slep 9 any half hours!
I hope some of this works for you!
I also don't offer her the breast at every sign of fussiness to try to avoid 5 minute snacking and this helps her to eat more filling meals throughout the day. (Sometimes she just wants to comfort nurse and that is fine; I try to comfort her others ways first to see if she just wants to change position or scenery).
At night she goes down between 8-9 and I dream feed her around 11 to get a longer stretch.
If I don't do the above mentioned things she will wake every 2-3 hours at night. If I do them I *usually* get 4-5 hours.
But, every baby is different. You may try every trick in the book and your LO may still wake every 2 hours. Hang in there, I remember how exhausting that was!
I agree with @belhurstbride. There is no magic secret.
Swaddling her at night usually helps her sleep longer and she will sleep on her back in the swaddle. I refuse to swaddle for naps
Also when she wakes up in the middle of the night we don't rush in there to see what's up. Most of the time she actually puts herself back to sleep.
Aug.13 May Siggy Challenge: Moms
I try to "put him to bed" around 9 each night. I put him in his crib, read a few books, and turn off all lights (except for a night light). Usually I will stand there helping to keep his pacifier in until he falls asleep.
He's fully awake for the 3/4am feedings. Otherwise he's not fully awake. I've tried letting him make noise for awhile in his crib first to see if he's really awake/hungry. Once it becomes an actual cry I get him up to feed him.
We don't swaddle. I tried numerous times in the beginning, but he just hates his arms tucked in.
I hope you get sleep soon.
We never wake LO up from her naps. Some days she sleeps for one hour stretches, yesterday her afternoon nap was just over 4 hours. No matter how long her naps are, she consistently sleeps from just after midnight to 7am. If she is still asleep she needs it, IMO.
The average baby sleeps 15-16 hours per day. This number varies by about 2 hours, depending on the LO. So babies sleep between 13 and 18 hours per day. The average three month baby sleeps 10 hours at night and 5 hours during the day. Most days DD sleeps about 16 hours.
Our other "magic" thing is cosleeping. When DD wakes up around 7 to eat, I can nurse her quickly before she gets really fussy or fully awake. She then drifts back off to sleep for another 3 hours or so. But cosleeping is definitely not for everyone.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to be over, it's about learning how to dance in the rain." -Unknown
Married 3-1-08 | Nathan 11-24-08 | Kaelyn 11-30-10 | Alicia 8-17-13
Meh, we should just start C&P'ing.
Every child is different. Some suck their thumbs. Some walk earlier than others. Some sleep through the night and some don't. The mold gets broken every time another gets created.