Baby Sleep

Rmj1022 · October 2014

So I've read lots of different ideas on the topic of baby sleep in regard to sleeping more at night than during the daytime. My pediatrician told me as long as she's getting decent stretches during the night she's fine, but if she starts waking up every hour what I should do is try and wake her during the day to feed more often to combat this. What are you guys doing with your LO's? Do you wake them during the day, or do you just let them sleep and hope for the best at night?

mcstrepp · October 2014

I wake mine during the day every 2-3 hours to eat. This doesn't always help with her sleeping at night though. It's day by day for us.

nilvero · October 2014

I wake mine during the day as much as I can. He tends to beat me to it most of the time.

bumpuser10199668 · October 2014

Mine is hardly sleeping during the day but I don't let him go for more than 3 hours without eating unless it's after 10 pm

Irisheyes1247 · October 2014

In my experience, sleep begets sleep. Sometimes baby is just having a sleepy day (like today for us). If tonight sucks, then ok it's a bad night but usually for my kids it has just meant they are having a growing day. In fact, our crappier days/nights have been because she is overtired.

biokitty42 · October 2014

I don't wake her. I'll take my peace and quiet whenever I can get it. I haven't really seen much of a consistent difference in her nighttime sleep based on how she sleeps during the day anyway. Some nights are good, some nights are bad.

Ahlome08 · October 2014

Before LO was 2 weeks old, I wouldn't let him go without eating any longer than 3 hours. Now, I let him sleep, because he is nearly 3 weeks old and gaining weight just fine. He wakes me when he's hungry, whether that's an hour after he's eaten or 4.

pshaortao · October 2014

I don't know how old your LO is, but for us, we just take it one day at a time. She's four weeks now and is awake longer most days now. She has her days when she is especially sleepy, whereas, I leave her alone. I never have to worry about her sleeping too long before eating again. If I want to keep her awake a little longer, I will put her on her playmat which she loves. If she's still tired or hungry then she'll let me know otherwise.

camichael84 · October 2014

I wake her every three hours to eat, but if she's sleepy she will just go right back to sleep after the feeding. She has really good awake stretches during the day, but even so she can also have really good awake stretches during the night.

MrsLaLaBug · October 2014

Living life in 3 hour stretches here.

bodziochl · October 2014

MrsLaLaBug said:
Living life in 3 hour stretches here.

Same!

ashaw512 · October 2014

MrsLaLaBug said:
Living life in 3 hour stretches here.

Me too, along with a two yr old.

Ju111310 · October 2014

LO is 5 weeks old tomorrow & slept for 8 glorious hours last night. I just got lucky with this one. Since about 3 weeks he usually sleeps 4.5-5.5 hour stretches at night after nursing at 1030/11 pm. During the day, I offer the breast every 2 hours if he's awake & wake him to eat by 3 hours. I don't really think that has anything to do with his sleeping, I'm just obsessive about getting in at least 8 feedings per day

redtoes13 · October 2014

My daughter is 4 weeks old and we've had 1.5 hour stretches the last three nights. I am nursing and supplementing. The paediatrician I saw today recommended more formula after nursing due to the short sleep times. Am hoping for more sleep tonight.

MrsKasel10 · October 2014

I've been trying to keep a schedule so that LO sleeps better at night. But honestly it's a day by day struggle and I'm in survival mode at this point with LO and her older siblings.

JanisBaby14 · October 2014

LO is up to 3 hour sleep stretches with a good awake period from 11-230 then out like a light until 7ish. He's drinking a full 3oz but now I'm thinking he has been fussy because he wants more so at night and early morning I've been giving him 4oz. We've been having bad nights due to gas pains cause he does not want to burp. Ever. He is formula fed cause I was too sick after birth with severe preeclampsia problems and not milk supply ever came

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dal2aus · October 2014

Our boys are 4 weeks old today. Our experience has been that what happens in the 2 hours before bedtime matters more than how much they've slept during the day. When we're really consistent with getting them fully awake 2 hours before bedtime and then giving a bath/wipedown, lotion, swaddle, and a warm bottle before laying them down, we're able to get good 3-4 hours. Then, when they wake up for the MOTN night, if we get to them before they are full-on crying and give a full feeding, they'll give us another 3-4 hour stretch. We still have a bad night here and there, but the bedtime routine seems to be helping.

mrsH1112 · October 2014

MrsLaLaBug said:

Living life in 3 hour stretches here.

Yep this is me too. Sometimes I even worry that 3 hrs is too much and will feed him 2.5 hrs. I have let him go like 3.5 hrs in the MOTN a few times.

lilly&rose · April 2015

Sleep breeds sleep, a well rested baby would accept bedtime better than a tired one. I make sure lo doesn't nap after 5pm. Our BT stretches bet 6:00 to 6:30 or sometimes 6:30 to 7:00ish depending upon amount of naps she had during the day. She is not that great napper, but i wouldn't let her nap stretch more 3 hours.
Keep feeding session at start of bt so that she doesn't associate it with sleep. Keep bedtime short and simple and put her in crib drowsy but awake. This will help her falling back asleep on her own after a sleep cycle completes. Do you still swaddle her to bed? We use a sleep sack and believe it helped LO sleep better and longer. Such a great comforting material for babies!! Recommend it to all our friends, here's online link babydeedee.com

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