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October 2015 Moms
MandahGirly
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Sleep Questionaire
MandahGirly
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So I wanted to see if I could get some knowledge about how your babies are sleeping. We are currently struggling with naps and getting our LO down for the night so I wanted to see how many mamas are in the same boat. So here goes
1. LO Age:
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take?
3. How long do they last?
4. Where does your LO sleep?
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns?
6. Do you have a prenap routine?
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep?
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now?
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night?
9. How long do they sleep for?
10. Where does your baby sleep at night?
11. What's your bedtime routine?
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep?
13. What do you do if baby wakes up?
Sorry for the 20 questions but I am really curious how other babies are doing! Feel free to add your own questions as well!
1. LO Age:
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take?
3. How long do they last?
4. Where does your LO sleep?
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns?
6. Do you have a prenap routine?
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep?
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now?
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night?
9. How long do they sleep for?
10. Where does your baby sleep at night?
11. What's your bedtime routine?
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep?
13. What do you do if baby wakes up?
Sorry for the 20 questions but I am really curious how other babies are doing! Feel free to add your own questions as well!
Re: Sleep Questionaire
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take? 3-5
3. How long do they last? Anywhere from 20 minutes up to 3 hours
4. Where does your LO sleep? In my arms or in a wrap. Every time I try to have her nap anywhere else she wakes up either right away or after about 30 minutes
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns? No nap schedule yet but I do notice that she usually gets tired around the same times
6. Do you have a prenap routine? Not really. Usually I will put her in the wrap and bounce her.
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep? Since she is sleeping on me I guess asleep?
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now? depends. If she is in her crib or pnp then I will try to get her to sleep longer. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night? Usually between 9-11
9. How long do they sleep for? 4-7 hours feed them down for another 2-4 hours
10. Where does your baby sleep at night? PNP
11. What's your bedtime routine? Feed-bath-diaper-sleep suit-top off feed then bounce or rock to sleep.
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep? Asleep. She fights and cries if she is put down drowsy
13. What do you do if baby wakes up? Bounce her until she goes back to sleep.
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take? It varies, it was almost none for a few days but now maybe 2-4
3. How long do they last? 1-3 hours
4. Where does your LO sleep? Floor on a blanket, PNP, or crib
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns? go with the flow, after he eats usually
6. Do you have a prenap routine? usually he eats and falls asleep after he's done
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep? sleep usually, sometimes falls asleep during tummy time
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now? assume its finished for not
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night? 10-11 at the earliest
9. How long do they sleep for? 3 hours
10. Where does your baby sleep at night? crib to start, usually ends up in our bed
11. What's your bedtime routine? typically feed one side, diaper change, swaddle arms out, feed the other side and hold him until he doesn't make noise when I move him
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep? asleep
13. What do you do if baby wakes up? feed him or pacifier, diaper change if he needs it
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take? Lately none or short naps
3. How long do they last?anywhere from 20 min- 1 hr
4. Where does your LO sleep? Usually on me then I transfer him to either the crib it PNP
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns? Not really, sometimes after a feeding he will nap sometime he doesn't .
6. Do you have a prenap routine? No just rocking in the recliner after a feeding and hoping he will take a nAp lol
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep? Asleep otherwise he will wake up screaming
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now? Depends on how long he's been asleep. If shorter than 20 min I will try to put him back down.
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night? Between 8-9
9. How long do they sleep for? 8-2 then 3-7 ish
10. Where does your baby sleep at night? In a cradle in my room
11. What's your bedtime routine? Bath time, lotioned up, diaper, sleeper and then feeding(6oz of formula) Followed by rocking to sleep. I usually have him upright for at least 30 min to help reduce spit up.
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep? Asleep other wise he fights it
13. What do you do if baby wakes up?
He usually wakes around 2 ish for a feeding(4oz) and clean diaper then rocking back to sleep.
8 weeks
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take ?
5-6
3. How long do they last?
Anywhere from 30mins to 2 hours
4. Where does your LO sleep?
On me or bouncer seat/rocker
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns?
Go woth the flow
6. Do you have a prenap routine?
Usually she falls asleep after eating.
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep?
N/a
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now?
If it hasnt been long enough for another fewding ill try to get her to go back down.
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night?
11-12
9. How long do they sleep for?
Only 2 -4 hours at a time.right now. Usually closer to the 2 hours.
10. Where does your baby sleep at night?
In rocker next to our bed
11. What's your bedtime routine?
We havents started one yet.
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep?
Both
13. What do you do if baby wakes up?
Change and feed.
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take? 3-4
3. How long do they last? 1-3 hr
4. Where does your LO sleep? On me and in swing if I move her after she's asleep
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns? Go with the flow but she tends to asleep after feedings. Lately she's been more alert so I try to keep her awake for at least 30 min to play and then if she gets cranky I try to get her to nap. Sometimes she doesn't.
6. Do you have a prenap routine? Pacifier, holding close to my body, rocking her/patting bum
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep? Asleep
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now? Depends on how long it's been since last feeding. If it's only been an hour I try to encourage her to sleep more to make more space between feedings so she gets more full
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night? 10-11pm. If she feeds at 7-8 and falls asleep and stays asleep, then i try to get her to bed (this is rare these days)
9. How long do they sleep for? 3-4 hr first stretch then 2-3 hr 2nd stretch
10. Where does your baby sleep at night? Bassinet in my bedroom
11. What's your bedtime routine? Change diaper, put Halo sleep sack on swaddled arms out, feed, when asleep while on me after feeding I slowly swaddle arms in, if she stays asleep I bring her to my room which I must keep illuminated by tv and have white noise machine on. Without these elements she tends to wake! I set tv and noise for 1 hour though and she stays asleep now (used to wake up when they turned off).
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep? Asleep mostly! Maybe once a or twice she was "drowsy", she has been asleep, woke up, stirred a bit, but then fell back asleep after I rocked the bassinet.
13. What do you do if baby wakes up? Rock bassinet for a couple minutes. If she starts crying, pick her up and give her pacifier and walk around while rocking her and patting butt
Edited: randomly switched asleep and awake a few times by accident haha
1. LO Age: 6 weeks
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take? Two
3. How long do they last? Some times two hours some times 20 mins.
4. Where does your LO sleep? Pack and play newborn napper.
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns? No pattern
6. Do you have a prenap routine? Go with the flow
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep? Both
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now? Try to soothe if it's a short nap
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night? Different times
9. How long do they sleep for? 2-3 hours
10. Where does your baby sleep at night? Pack and play napper
11. What's your bedtime routine? Feed, diaper change, rock
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep? Both
13. What do you do if baby wakes up? If it's night I try the baby wise and let him try to go back to sleep on his own unless he cries for more than ten mins
2. 4 ish naps a day.
3. They last 1-1.5 hours
4. He sleeps in his crib.
5. Absolutely a schedule. (babywise works very well for us) He eats every 3 hrs. So we'll change him, feed him, play with him, and when he gets cranky get him to sleep.
6. Before his nap we play and talk to him. We know it's naptime when he starts to get cranky.
7. Usually he is asleep when we lay him down. We give him his pacifier and rock him or hold him until he falls asleep. If he wakes up before the 3 hr mark in his feeding schedule, we give him his pacifier back and pat his back for a bit until he's drowsy enough to go back asleep.
8. 9 or 10 He usually goes to bed.
9. The first stretch at night is usually 5-6 hrs, but has been as along ad 9. He eats and goes right back to bed for another 3-4 hrs.
10. He sleeps swaddled in the pack n play napper.
11. Bedtime routine? Change him, feed him, swaddle him, and lay him down.
12. Both.
13. If he wakes up when I first put him down I either feed him more or give him a pacifier. Just depends on how much he had to eat before laying him down. Otherwise he stays asleep.
1. LO Age: 4 weeks, 5 days
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take? 2-3
3. How long do they last? 2-3 hours
4. Where does your LO sleep? Our room in a snuggle nest. He also will nap in his crib, on one of our chests, on the boppy or in the swing or in the car if we've been out. I try to do one good nap a day in his bed where he sleeps best.
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns? Flow. He usually naps around 8, 12, 4 or 5
6. Do you have a prenap routine? We do the same thing every time. White noise machine, swaddle, bottle/breast, rocking, songs, shush pat. But if he's sleeping on his own first I feel lucky and put him down without the hub-bub. I always say "Mama loves you. It's time to sleep now. Ill see you when you wake up" as I lay him for a nap or for his first bedtime
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep? Usually drowsy. Not fully asleep
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now? I try twice. If that's not working nap time is over
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night? 7 or 8 pm, but it takes an hour to get him to sleep
9. How long do they sleep for? 8-12, then up until 12:30 or 1. Up around 2 or 2:30, asleep by 3. Up at 4. Asleep again until 6. Then up until 8 or 9.
10. Where does your baby sleep at night? In a snuggle nest between us in bed (king size)
11. What's your bedtime routine? Same as nap
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep? Drowsy but if he fusses I will pick him up and nurse, rock or let him fall asleep on my chest
13. What do you do if baby wakes up? I try to bottle or breastfeed before he cries. He fusses a little and I do a bottle while he's half sleeping. If I can do this he will go back down in like, 30 min. But if I have to reswaddle him or change him or he fully wakes it's an hour to get him back to sleep.
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take? 2-3 long naps. Shorter cat naps in between.
3. How long do they last? 2-3 hours
4. Where does your LO sleep? It used to be in his Graco swing, but we replaced it today with a rockaRoo. Sometimes on the sofa cuddled up to me or Daddy. Sometimes in my bed next to me while I nap.
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns? Go with the flow. He takes a mid-morning nap and a mid-afternoon nap usually.
6. Do you have a prenap routine? Nope.
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep? Drowsy.
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now? Try to get him to go back to sleep. If it doesn't work, nap time is done.
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night? We start bedtime between 10 and 11. He's sleeping between 11and midnight.
9. How long do they sleep for? 6 to 7 hours.
10. Where does your baby sleep at night? In his bassinet next to my bed.
11. What's your bedtime routine? We do a bath much earlier in the evenings every other day between six and eight. Then we hang out in living room for a bit. Around ten, we bring him to our room and turn down the lights. Diaper change, last bottle for the night, fresh PJs. Daddy reads to us. Lights out, a good night prayer, white noise, and some cuddles before he goes into his bed.
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep? Either.
13. What do you do if baby wakes up? Change, feed, back to sleep.
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take? 4-5
3. How long do they last? 1-2 hours
4. Where does your LO sleep? On my chest, in PNP or in his swing
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns? Go with the flow, we are on his schedule!
6. Do you have a prenap routine? No pre so routine
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep? During the day asleep usually, sometimes he just gets fussy and I know it's time even though he fights it.
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now? Usually assume nap time is done unless he hasn't been asleep long
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night? Usually between 10-12
9. How long do they sleep for? Usually stretches of anywhere from 2-6 hours at a time just depends. And he usually gets up for the day around 8.
10. Where does your baby sleep at night? In his crib yah!!!!
11. What's your bedtime routine? We time his bath around his next bottle and give him a bath before his bottle feed him, sometimes a book and then into the crib he goes. If it's not bath night, bottle then bedtime
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep? Usually just drowsy and he falls asleep on his own.
13. What do you do if baby wakes up?
Check if it's time to eat, check his diaper if it's not either of these things we usually let him cry for a minute and he will fall back asleep
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take?
About 3
3. How long do they last?
3-4hours
4. Where does your LO sleep?
P&P, Rocker, Swing, Bed, Crib
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns?
No particular schedule. Although we try to stick to around the same time frame, but it doesn't always happen that way. She will nap either wsy.
6. Do you have a prenap routine?
No routine.
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep?
Both.
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now?
Done for now because we get 3 to 4 hours
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night?
Between 8:30pm and 10pm
9. How long do they sleep for?
11 to 12 hours. We wake her up in between to change and feed her. Otherwise she is a sleeper.
10. Where does your baby sleep at night?
Our bed and then her crib
11. What's your bedtime routine?
Bath/sponge bath, change diaper, put on fresh clothes (sing all the while & keep lights low), sometimes a story, lie down with mummy for a feeding (or a bottle with Daddy if Mummy is not there)then to the crib.
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep?
Usually askeep
13. What do you do if baby wakes up?
Start singing, check diaper, tap baby. Hardly happens. She's a phenomenal sleeper. She's been sleeping long stretches since she was born.
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take? 3-4
3. How long do they last? Up to 2 hours
4. Where does your LO sleep? Rock and Play
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns? She's put herself on a pretty consistent schedule but I just go with the flow.
6. Do you have a prenap routine? Bottle and rocking
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep? Asleep. Drowsy does not work for us at this point.
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now? Depends on her cues. If her eyes are wide open nap time is over.
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night? Ha! Between 11-12. Her fussy time lasts from about 7 pm til then with cat naps on and off.
9. How long do they sleep for? 4 hours most of the time with the occasional "off" night
10. Where does your baby sleep at night? Rock and play
11. What's your bedtime routine? Bottle, diaper/bath, rocking and white noise
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep? Asleep
13. What do you do if baby wakes up? Bottle of it's been at least 3 hours otherwise rocking and white noise
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take? 4
3. How long do they last? 1.5-2hrs
4. Where does your LO sleep? in PNP
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns? I'm using Babywise so we have a schedule, but I'm also flexible to disruptions and added hunger during growth spurts
6. Do you have a prenap routine? Lights off, white noise on, swaddle, hold and shush, put baby down sleepy
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep? drowsy
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now? Depends on how long the nap has been. If its less than 1 hour I try to get her back to sleep, but for the most part she always sleeps at least 1.5 hrs, so its rarely a problem (unless mother in law is around- she woke baby up from naps the entire t-giving weekend, i wanted to strangle her!)
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night? Between 7:30 and 8pm
9. How long do they sleep for? until around 2:30am, then sleeps til 7:30-8am
10. Where does your baby sleep at night? in her crib
11. What's your bedtime routine? Lights out, change diaper, rub calming lotion on, swaddle, dad reads books to her, white noise on, shush and put down when sleepy
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep? drowsy
13. What do you do if baby wakes up? check diaper- usually this is the only reason she wakes up out of the routine, but I look for hunger cues while changing her. If I thought she was hungry I would feed her.
People told me you can't sleep train until 3 months and I haven't found that to be the case- I started the eat-wake-sleep pattern from the beginning and consistently woke her up at 8am to start our day no matter when she ate last, and the schedule has fallen into place and she goes to sleep on her own great. I haven't had to use CIO at all so far, and I'm on the 10th day of a consistent repetitive eating and sleeping routine. (not counting the one day my mother in law sabotaged us!).
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take? 3-5
3. How long do they last? 30 min- 3 hours
4. Where does your LO sleep? Swing or on me
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns? Go with the flow, if she eats and her diaper is changed and she is yawning a lot of getting fussy after playtime then it's time for a nap
6. Do you have a prenap routine? Make sure she's changed and fed then wrap her in a soft blanket and take her into her room (where it's dark), turn on white noise and rock her until she's drowsy/asleep and put her into the swing and play some music
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep? If on me she needs to be drowsy or asleep, if she's going into her swing then she can either go in wide awake or drowsy where she can look at the lights and mobile on the swing above her and it'll make her fall asleep on her own
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now? Sometimes she will wake for a minute or two and wimper and fall back asleep.. If her cries get louder after a minute then I know she's awake for good if it's been longer than 30 minutes
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night? 9:30-10pm
9. How long do they sleep for? Until 8-8:30am, but up about 3 times for a feed (or every 1.5-3.5 hours to eat)
10. Where does your baby sleep at night? On my chest or beside me in bed (halo sleep sack in my arms on top of my blanket), sometimes in her rock and play if we're lucky which was one time in the last 3 weeks!!
11. What's your bedtime routine? 7:30pm we dim the lights and turn volume down on the tv/speak quieter, 8pm bath every 2-3 nights, otherwise at 8:30pm we do diaper change followed by a lavender lotion baby massage, change into a different sleeper and put her into her halo sleep sack (she hates to be swaddled), rock in the rocking chair and read a book or sing a song, feed, then rock her until she's tired in a room with white noise and the twilight ladybug shining stars on the ceiling (she loves looking at the stars), hand her off to daddy where he has her fall asleep on his chest in bed, when she has been sleeping for 20-30min he then transfers her to my chest where she will hopefully sleep.. By this time it's 9:30-10pm. Quite the routine but hopefully it'll be easier to get her to sleep as she gets older haha
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep? Drowsy but she falls asleep on my husbands chest when he shushes her and pats her back
13. What do you do if baby wakes up? See if she needs to be fed again and then give her back to hubby to get her to fall asleep on his chest
Daytime Sleep:
2. How many naps does your LO take? 3-4
3. How long do they last? 30min-2.5hrs
4. Where does your LO sleep? crib or swing
5. Do you have them on a nap schedule or do you just go with the flow? Any patterns? try to follow eat,wake play
6. Do you have a prenap routine? swaddle
7. Does your baby go down to nap drowsy or asleep? both
If baby wakes up do you try to get them to go back to sleep or do you assume nap time is done for now? try to go back to sleep if its not time to eat
NightTime Sleep:
8. What time is baby going to bed for the night? 7:30
9. How long do they sleep for? wakes at 12, then 3 or 4, wakes between 6-7 usually
10. Where does your baby sleep at night? crib
11. What's your bedtime routine? swaddle and bottle
12. Do you put baby down drowsy or asleep? drowsy
13. What do you do if baby wakes up? feed and back to bed