Is anyone else's baby still waking really often at night? I keep seeing posts about babies who sleep 6 hours straight and it's making me wonder if I'm doing something wrong. My guy is just shy of 4 weeks and still only sleeps about 2 hours at a time. When did your babies start sleeping for longer stretches? I would be thrilled to get 4 hours.
Eta: he sleeps swaddled in a bassinet next to my side of the bed and seems to wake up genuinely starving...
Mine is 8 weeks tomorrow, but 4 weeks early so his adjusted age is 4 weeks. He usually starts the night (6p or 7p) with a 3-3.5 hour stretch, with 2 or less hour stretches for the rest of the night. I was feeding him at every wake up, but I read about a study that babies who were fed at every wake up, only 25% slept 5 hours straight, where in the other group they tried other comforting measures, and 100% slept 5 hours straight. I don't know details of that study or anything, but just last night I tried to stretch a little longer between feeds by comforting him and putting him down, even knowing he would get up in 15-20 minutes, and his feeds were so much better. I plan to keep going this route because I really think I was training him to snack all night before.
Is anyone else's baby still waking really often at night? I keep seeing posts about babies who sleep 6 hours straight and it's making me wonder if I'm doing something wrong. My guy is just shy of 4 weeks and still only sleeps about 2 hours at a time. When did your babies start sleeping for longer stretches? I would be thrilled to get 4 hours.
Eta: he sleeps swaddled in a bassinet next to my side of the bed and seems to wake up genuinely starving...
Mine is 8 weeks tomorrow, but 4 weeks early so his adjusted age is 4 weeks. He usually starts the night (6p or 7p) with a 3-3.5 hour stretch, with 2 or less hour stretches for the rest of the night. I was feeding him at every wake up, but I read about a study that babies who were fed at every wake up, only 25% slept 5 hours straight, where in the other group they tried other comforting measures, and 100% slept 5 hours straight. I don't know details of that study or anything, but just last night I tried to stretch a little longer between feeds by comforting him and putting him down, even knowing he would get up in 15-20 minutes, and his feeds were so much better. I plan to keep going this route because I really think I was training him to snack all night before.
I actually just came to this same realization last night, when I finally figured out that what I previously had thought was a hunger cue wasn't a hunger cue at all. And LO slept for 3.5 hours, woke up once, slept another 2hrs 45mins, woke up, and finally slept another 3 hours. That's way better for us than it was before, which I'm really crossing my fingers and toes that it wasn't a fluke. She's 4.5 weeks at this point, so I might not have much of a break before the 5 week developmental leap begins, but I'll take what I can get!
I had to go back and see which of my 1000 searches on my DS not sleeping pulled up the link. Like I said, it's just a note on here- not the study itself, but feel free to share thoughts if there are some major flaws in it!
Is anyone else's baby still waking really often at night? I keep seeing posts about babies who sleep 6 hours straight and it's making me wonder if I'm doing something wrong. My guy is just shy of 4 weeks and still only sleeps about 2 hours at a time. When did your babies start sleeping for longer stretches? I would be thrilled to get 4 hours.
Eta: he sleeps swaddled in a bassinet next to my side of the bed and seems to wake up genuinely starving...
My LO is 8 weeks and still sleeping in 2 hour blocks...if we're lucky! It's a bit ridiculous and we can't work out what's going on but apparently some kids will keep doing it for months even if they nutritionally dont require the overnight feeds
Uh oh. I think I have a side sleeper on my hands. She usually sleeps at night in a Velcro swaddle in her gliding bassinet and then in a normal muslin swaddle in her rnp for naps. Two weeks ago, we started using the crib for naps to transition her eventually. She started out lasting 15-20 to now going 1+ hours. What wakes her up is getting her arms out of the muslin swaddle and then starting a toss and turn then doze routine. For this nap, I decided to do a one arm out swaddle. She made it 45 minutes, got the other arm out, and started tossing and turning. I figured she was about to start crying, but she ended up in this position, and she knocked herself back out. I'm going to be so paranoid if she does this at night too when I'm not watching the baby monitor.
@missnc77 she should be okay arms-out. The horror stories about side-sleeping swaddled that I've heard had to do with them rolling to the stomach accidentally while arms are pinned and getting stuck facedown. DS1 rolled to sleep on his side frequently after being placed on his back.
So my LO has been a great napper and sleeper in her crib so far, but today she cried every time we put her in the crib. She fell asleep in our arms and in her car seat and that's it. We took her to the doctors and everything is fine. Anyone have any idea what could be the issue? Any help/advice would be appreciated!
Uh oh. I think I have a side sleeper on my hands. She usually sleeps at night in a Velcro swaddle in her gliding bassinet and then in a normal muslin swaddle in her rnp for naps. Two weeks ago, we started using the crib for naps to transition her eventually. She started out lasting 15-20 to now going 1+ hours. What wakes her up is getting her arms out of the muslin swaddle and then starting a toss and turn then doze routine. For this nap, I decided to do a one arm out swaddle. She made it 45 minutes, got the other arm out, and started tossing and turning. I figured she was about to start crying, but she ended up in this position, and she knocked herself back out. I'm going to be so paranoid if she does this at night too when I'm not watching the baby monitor.
Nate has been sleeping like that almost since he was born. His hands keep him from rolling onto his stomach so I'm fine with it
Our poor little girl has to wear a harness now because of hip dysplasia. Here in Germany it's a routine to check the hip development through ultrasound and one side doesn't look the way the doctors want it. Makes me so sad to see her like that, but the paediatrician and orthopedist think it's best for her hip development. Means she has to wear this thing for the next 6-8 weeks. She cried a lot in it and then just passed out, only to wake up an hour later again to show me that she does not like this thing by crying bloody murder. Breaks my heart . Anybody on the same boat?
@osnabel does she have to wear that all day?? It looks so uncomfortable interesting that they do the ultrasound stuff though. My doc just does some weird movement things to check! Poor little thing!! Just know it's doing her good but I know it's hard to see your baby unhappy. You're doing great!
Sending hugs to you and your babe @Osnabel ! At least it's something that can be corrected like this while she's too young to remember it, but you must be in agony to see her so uncomfortable. You poor things!
Thanks ladies! Yes she has to wear it all day, I can take it off for nappy changes and baths. The hip ultrasound to check for hip dysplasia here in Germany is done by every pedi in the first 4-6 weeks and apparently it's very common with first born baby girls. I actually know two other babys that have to wear it. It's nothing very serious, without it she would be able to learn walking and develop normally, but she'd have problems with her hips when she's getting older. Now the bones are still developing and it's her best chance to get it right. She's been doing way better today though-I think she's getting used to it. I guess it bothers me more than her, it's so annoying to breastfeed and cuddle But yes, I know it's for her best. The next appointment to check on her is in 5 weeks, I hope her hips will be fine then so we can toss this terrible thing! If any of you guys are interested in infant hip dysplasia I'd recommend this link, it explains it very well. One thing I didn't know was that swaddling can cause it! And I swaddled her until week three https://wellnessmama.com/12549/baby-hip-dysplasia/
@Osnabel the pedi at the hospital mentioned that DS had a clicking in his hip and asked if we had a history, which we don't. Our regular pedi saw him at 2 days and then again at 1 week. She said he clicking was gone, but if at our 2month checkup it's there then she will order the ultrasound for it. I'm glad your little cutie is doing well!
Interesting how doctors deal with things differently in different countries. FX that your LO won't have it, I don't think that a clicking is a sign of hip dysplasia though.
I have so many cute outfits for her and they all look not as cute any more with this thing on. Ah well, what you gonna do...
We're at 7 weeks tomorrow and I'm getting confused about naps! He seems like he's napping A LOT so I decided to track his sleep for a day or two to see how many hours he's doing. But what is confusing me most is where/how he should be napping. Sidenote: He falls asleep for bedtime beautifully and is staying asleep 9pm-2am, then 2:30-5am.
I always thought that daytime naps shouldn't be done in the dark or in same audio-visual conditions as nighttime sleep, to help them distinguish day from night. But now I just read an article that said the complete opposite! It said to make anytime they sleep be like nighttime so they equate sleep=night. I've had LO napping in different spots sometimes downstairs in the RNP or 4moms, other times in his crib. All over to teach him to sleep in different places I guess? I've been keeping the room he naps in moderately light (not bright) and with soft music playing. At night I do white noise instead of music in the very dark.
So which is it? Teach them to nap in daytime with light and sounds? Or make all sleep conditions equal - equally dark with white noise? I'm so confused.
Anyone have a baby with crazy skin folds?? She's not super fat (and not exactly skinny lol), but has this insane double chin with all these folds around her neck. We started noticing formula/milk was getting in there from her messy eating and turning gross...my husband is calling it "neck cheese" *HURK*.
Anyway, it's really hard to clean since we have to bend her head back and peel back layers. And harder to dry. I started noticing her skin looking moist and red there today, while cleaning. How do I treat/prevent that??
We're at 7 weeks tomorrow and I'm getting confused about naps! He seems like he's napping A LOT so I decided to track his sleep for a day or two to see how many hours he's doing. But what is confusing me most is where/how he should be napping. Sidenote: He falls asleep for bedtime beautifully and is staying asleep 9pm-2am, then 2:30-5am.
I always thought that daytime naps shouldn't be done in the dark or in same audio-visual conditions as nighttime sleep, to help them distinguish day from night. But now I just read an article that said the complete opposite! It said to make anytime they sleep be like nighttime so they equate sleep=night. I've had LO napping in different spots sometimes downstairs in the RNP or 4moms, other times in his crib. All over to teach him to sleep in different places I guess? I've been keeping the room he naps in moderately light (not bright) and with soft music playing. At night I do white noise instead of music in the very dark.
So which is it? Teach them to nap in daytime with light and sounds? Or make all sleep conditions equal - equally dark with white noise? I'm so confused.
I think people recommend keeping it bright in the daytime for the first 4-6 weeks to help with day/ night confusion. I would honestly just do whatever works for your baby to get the rest he needs. Both of my kids around 6 weeks have needed dark room + white noise in order to nap in the crib, so I do that when they nap at home. Also, I wouldn't worry about baby sleeping too much- my baby basically sleeps from about 8-5, 5:30-7:30, 8:30-12:00, 1-5:00, and usually another 30-60 min nap at some point between 5 and bedtime. She's asleep like 21 hours a day, and my son did it too at this age. It ends eventually so soak it up while it lasts!
Anyone have a baby with crazy skin folds?? She's not super fat (and not exactly skinny lol), but has this insane double chin with all these folds around her neck. We started noticing formula/milk was getting in there from her messy eating and turning gross...my husband is calling it "neck cheese" *HURK*.
Anyway, it's really hard to clean since we have to bend her head back and peel back layers. And harder to dry. I started noticing her skin looking moist and red there today, while cleaning. How do I treat/prevent that??
My little guy gets milk and spit up caught in his neck folds too. I try to get at him with a baby wipe each day and we give him a bath about every other day which takes care of things pretty well.
When can I start using my bumbo seat? LO is 7 weeks tomorrow
Anytime after they good neck control and can hold their head up. First time you try it out, have a blanket handy to help support LO if the bumbo is still a little big. This can prevent LO from falling over
Anyone have a baby with crazy skin folds?? She's not super fat (and not exactly skinny lol), but has this insane double chin with all these folds around her neck. We started noticing formula/milk was getting in there from her messy eating and turning gross...my husband is calling it "neck cheese" *HURK*.
Anyway, it's really hard to clean since we have to bend her head back and peel back layers. And harder to dry. I started noticing her skin looking moist and red there today, while cleaning. How do I treat/prevent that??
Talk to me about gripe water. My LO is uncomfortable trying to burp and pass gas. The spit up is pretty epic when it happens. I've tried gripe water twice and both times it has actually caused a giant spit up. When do you administer? Any special tricks?
@lionstigersbears I usually give the gripe water really slowly, stop halfway to see if he's responding at all and I actually use less of a dose than is recommended on the bottle.
NIH did a study on gripe water and found that it's mostly a placebo effect. The idea is the herbs in the water help reduce inflammation but there isn't any concrete evidence that it works. In addition a lot of gripe water has sugars in it that isn't so good for little babies. that said, I gave Ezra gripe water when he had cried for an hour for no discernible reason and it gave me about 30 minutes of relaxed baby. Do whatever you need to do. My rule was if I needed to give a second dose I needed to call the doctor because my kid was sick.
I use gripe water only when her hiccups are really bad, and it seems to stop them.
Ok, URGENT question as I don't know what to do tonight..
The woombie is a freaking lifesaver for us. Harper sleeps amazingly with it, and even calms down when I put it on her. We have been using a size 0-3 months which fits her for weight now, but not length. The next size up is ok length, but Ive tried using it for naps all day to no avail. It is not tight enough to "swaddle" and she is waking herself up after 5 minutes.
Question is... do I continue to use the one I know is not long enough? How bad is this for their hips? She can straighten her legs, but beyond that there is no room..
I use gripe water only when her hiccups are really bad, and it seems to stop them.
Ok, URGENT question as I don't know what to do tonight..
The woombie is a freaking lifesaver for us. Harper sleeps amazingly with it, and even calms down when I put it on her. We have been using a size 0-3 months which fits her for weight now, but not length. The next size up is ok length, but Ive tried using it for naps all day to no avail. It is not tight enough to "swaddle" and she is waking herself up after 5 minutes.
Question is... do I continue to use the one I know is not long enough? How bad is this for their hips? She can straighten her legs, but beyond that there is no room..
As long as there's space for her to have her knees bent outward (like frog position) there should be no harm to her hips if it's short for her to straighten her legs. The major threat to hips is being tightly swaddled with legs together, or crotch-dangle carriers.
I use gripe water only when her hiccups are really bad, and it seems to stop them.
Ok, URGENT question as I don't know what to do tonight..
The woombie is a freaking lifesaver for us. Harper sleeps amazingly with it, and even calms down when I put it on her. We have been using a size 0-3 months which fits her for weight now, but not length. The next size up is ok length, but Ive tried using it for naps all day to no avail. It is not tight enough to "swaddle" and she is waking herself up after 5 minutes.
Question is... do I continue to use the one I know is not long enough? How bad is this for their hips? She can straighten her legs, but beyond that there is no room..
As long as there's space for her to have her knees bent outward (like frog position) there should be no harm to her hips if it's short for her to straighten her legs. The major threat to hips is being tightly swaddled with legs together, or crotch-dangle carriers.
LOVE YOU!!! Yes, its "frog-like". Just put her in it for her nap, and right to sleep she went.
I use gripe water only when her hiccups are really bad, and it seems to stop them.
Ok, URGENT question as I don't know what to do tonight..
The woombie is a freaking lifesaver for us. Harper sleeps amazingly with it, and even calms down when I put it on her. We have been using a size 0-3 months which fits her for weight now, but not length. The next size up is ok length, but Ive tried using it for naps all day to no avail. It is not tight enough to "swaddle" and she is waking herself up after 5 minutes.
Question is... do I continue to use the one I know is not long enough? How bad is this for their hips? She can straighten her legs, but beyond that there is no room..
As long as there's space for her to have her knees bent outward (like frog position) there should be no harm to her hips if it's short for her to straighten her legs. The major threat to hips is being tightly swaddled with legs together, or crotch-dangle carriers.
LOVE YOU!!! Yes, its "frog-like". Just put her in it for her nap, and right to sleep she went.
Not ideal for future re-use but you could also cut it open at the bottom?
I use gripe water only when her hiccups are really bad, and it seems to stop them.
Ok, URGENT question as I don't know what to do tonight..
The woombie is a freaking lifesaver for us. Harper sleeps amazingly with it, and even calms down when I put it on her. We have been using a size 0-3 months which fits her for weight now, but not length. The next size up is ok length, but Ive tried using it for naps all day to no avail. It is not tight enough to "swaddle" and she is waking herself up after 5 minutes.
Question is... do I continue to use the one I know is not long enough? How bad is this for their hips? She can straighten her legs, but beyond that there is no room..
As long as there's space for her to have her knees bent outward (like frog position) there should be no harm to her hips if it's short for her to straighten her legs. The major threat to hips is being tightly swaddled with legs together, or crotch-dangle carriers.
LOVE YOU!!! Yes, its "frog-like". Just put her in it for her nap, and right to sleep she went.
Not ideal for future re-use but you could also cut it open at the bottom?
Great minds think alike, was just going to say the same thing. When my toddler started dumpster diving at night I cut the feet off his jammies and put them on backward so he couldn't unzip them. That's like this right? Only like 1000x more disgusting. Toddlers are so gross.
I use gripe water only when her hiccups are really bad, and it seems to stop them.
Ok, URGENT question as I don't know what to do tonight..
The woombie is a freaking lifesaver for us. Harper sleeps amazingly with it, and even calms down when I put it on her. We have been using a size 0-3 months which fits her for weight now, but not length. The next size up is ok length, but Ive tried using it for naps all day to no avail. It is not tight enough to "swaddle" and she is waking herself up after 5 minutes.
Question is... do I continue to use the one I know is not long enough? How bad is this for their hips? She can straighten her legs, but beyond that there is no room..
As long as there's space for her to have her knees bent outward (like frog position) there should be no harm to her hips if it's short for her to straighten her legs. The major threat to hips is being tightly swaddled with legs together, or crotch-dangle carriers.
LOVE YOU!!! Yes, its "frog-like". Just put her in it for her nap, and right to sleep she went.
Not ideal for future re-use but you could also cut it open at the bottom?
Great minds think alike, was just going to say the same thing. When my toddler started dumpster diving at night I cut the feet off his jammies and put them on backward so he couldn't unzip them. That's like this right? Only like 1000x more disgusting. Toddlers are so gross.
Dumpster diving LOL So glad DD1 never did that! We only had one of those incidents thank goodness.
I use gripe water only when her hiccups are really bad, and it seems to stop them.
Ok, URGENT question as I don't know what to do tonight..
The woombie is a freaking lifesaver for us. Harper sleeps amazingly with it, and even calms down when I put it on her. We have been using a size 0-3 months which fits her for weight now, but not length. The next size up is ok length, but Ive tried using it for naps all day to no avail. It is not tight enough to "swaddle" and she is waking herself up after 5 minutes.
Question is... do I continue to use the one I know is not long enough? How bad is this for their hips? She can straighten her legs, but beyond that there is no room..
As long as there's space for her to have her knees bent outward (like frog position) there should be no harm to her hips if it's short for her to straighten her legs. The major threat to hips is being tightly swaddled with legs together, or crotch-dangle carriers.
LOVE YOU!!! Yes, its "frog-like". Just put her in it for her nap, and right to sleep she went.
Not ideal for future re-use but you could also cut it open at the bottom?
Great minds think alike, was just going to say the same thing. When my toddler started dumpster diving at night I cut the feet off his jammies and put them on backward so he couldn't unzip them. That's like this right? Only like 1000x more disgusting. Toddlers are so gross.
Lol this was about to be my next step if DS1 didn't cut out stripping down to nothing each evening and handing me his diaper rather than telling me he went or nweed the bathroom. Thank goodness in his case, it turned out he was hot. We switched him to shorts pjs a few weeks ago and it hasn't happened since. Not a fun couple of nights searching for stray poop nuggets or pee puddles in his room before we figured it out.
I use gripe water only when her hiccups are really bad, and it seems to stop them.
Ok, URGENT question as I don't know what to do tonight..
The woombie is a freaking lifesaver for us. Harper sleeps amazingly with it, and even calms down when I put it on her. We have been using a size 0-3 months which fits her for weight now, but not length. The next size up is ok length, but Ive tried using it for naps all day to no avail. It is not tight enough to "swaddle" and she is waking herself up after 5 minutes.
Question is... do I continue to use the one I know is not long enough? How bad is this for their hips? She can straighten her legs, but beyond that there is no room..
As long as there's space for her to have her knees bent outward (like frog position) there should be no harm to her hips if it's short for her to straighten her legs. The major threat to hips is being tightly swaddled with legs together, or crotch-dangle carriers.
LOVE YOU!!! Yes, its "frog-like". Just put her in it for her nap, and right to sleep she went.
Not ideal for future re-use but you could also cut it open at the bottom?
I might try that for nap tomorrow. I have three of them so can spare one! I don't know if she will like the "freedom" if Gs cut but worth a shot!
LO is 2.5 weeks and suddenly has one goopy eye. The junk coming out of it is white/yellow-ish and seems to pool around the inner corner. It's a lot though, like back within minutes after I wipe with damp cloth. I'm going to call the doc tomorrow but I suspect a tear duct issue but what else could it be? @ayeshaohara are there typically meds used for this or just massaging tear duct?
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I actually just came to this same realization last night, when I finally figured out that what I previously had thought was a hunger cue wasn't a hunger cue at all. And LO slept for 3.5 hours, woke up once, slept another 2hrs 45mins, woke up, and finally slept another 3 hours. That's way better for us than it was before, which I'm really crossing my fingers and toes that it wasn't a fluke. She's 4.5 weeks at this point, so I might not have much of a break before the 5 week developmental leap begins, but I'll take what I can get!
I had to go back and see which of my 1000 searches on my DS not sleeping pulled up the link. Like I said, it's just a note on here- not the study itself, but feel free to share thoughts if there are some major flaws in it!
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Makes me so sad to see her like that, but the paediatrician and orthopedist think it's best for her hip development. Means she has to wear this thing for the next 6-8 weeks. She cried a lot in it and then just passed out, only to wake up an hour later again to show me that she does not like this thing by crying bloody murder.
Breaks my heart
no experience but you're doing good mama!
It's nothing very serious, without it she would be able to learn walking and develop normally, but she'd have problems with her hips when she's getting older. Now the bones are still developing and it's her best chance to get it right.
She's been doing way better today though-I think she's getting used to it. I guess it bothers me more than her, it's so annoying to breastfeed and cuddle
https://wellnessmama.com/12549/baby-hip-dysplasia/
Thanks for the support, I'll keep you updated!
I have so many cute outfits for her and they all look not as cute any more with this thing on. Ah well, what you gonna do...
I always thought that daytime naps shouldn't be done in the dark or in same audio-visual conditions as nighttime sleep, to help them distinguish day from night. But now I just read an article that said the complete opposite! It said to make anytime they sleep be like nighttime so they equate sleep=night. I've had LO napping in different spots sometimes downstairs in the RNP or 4moms, other times in his crib. All over to teach him to sleep in different places I guess? I've been keeping the room he naps in moderately light (not bright) and with soft music playing. At night I do white noise instead of music in the very dark.
So which is it? Teach them to nap in daytime with light and sounds? Or make all sleep conditions equal - equally dark with white noise? I'm so confused.
Anyway, it's really hard to clean since we have to bend her head back and peel back layers. And harder to dry. I started noticing her skin looking moist and red there today, while cleaning. How do I treat/prevent that??
that said, I gave Ezra gripe water when he had cried for an hour for no discernible reason and it gave me about 30 minutes of relaxed baby. Do whatever you need to do. My rule was if I needed to give a second dose I needed to call the doctor because my kid was sick.
Ok, URGENT question as I don't know what to do tonight..
The woombie is a freaking lifesaver for us. Harper sleeps amazingly with it, and even calms down when I put it on her. We have been using a size 0-3 months which fits her for weight now, but not length. The next size up is ok length, but Ive tried using it for naps all day to no avail. It is not tight enough to "swaddle" and she is waking herself up after 5 minutes.
Question is... do I continue to use the one I know is not long enough? How bad is this for their hips? She can straighten her legs, but beyond that there is no room..
LOVE YOU!!! Yes, its "frog-like". Just put her in it for her nap, and right to sleep she went.