is this normal

z0w1 · July 2016

Hey mommies.. I need help, I'm losing my mind from being sleep deprived. My baby has trouble sleeping at night and I have tried everything from keeping her awake longer during the day but she would sleep early and wake up at 11pm and doesn't sleep again until 5am. Before she would sleep all day and stay awake from 7-8pm and sleep around 1-2am which is also not ideal but now she doesn't sleep much during the day and still struggles. I've also tried waking her up at a certain time everyday and keeping her up for an hour or so before putting her down for a nap.. I can live with her waking up frequently for feeds but not sleeping much is a problem for me. By the way she was born 3 days before her expected due date and weighed 3.95kg and she is exclusively breastfed with an occasional formula on rare occasions that I go to the mall with her.

kaym6 · July 2016

I am lurking from another month. Babies tend to sleep better at night if they are not overtired. If you are keeping her up during the day or waking her up when she is sleeping during the day then you may be making her overtired! I know it sounds counterproductive but making sure that she gets plenty of nap time during the day will help her be more rested and hopefully able to settle down enough to sleep more at night. When babies are overtired from being up all day they can have a hard time settling down to sleep restfully at night. Good luck momma! Hope your sweet little babe starts sleeping better soon.

cortney626 · July 2016

kaym6 said:

I am lurking from another month. Babies tend to sleep better at night if they are not overtired. If you are keeping her up during the day or waking her up when she is sleeping during the day then you may be making her overtired! I know it sounds counterproductive but making sure that she gets plenty of nap time during the day will help her be more rested and hopefully able to settle down enough to sleep more at night. When babies are overtired from being up all day they can have a hard time settling down to sleep restfully at night. Good luck momma! Hope your sweet little babe starts sleeping better soon.

This. With my oldest, she definitely applied to the saying "early to bed, late to rise." If babies are overtired, they won't sleep well during the night. That was my first thought when you said you were keeping her up. Hopefully she starts sleeping better for you!

LadySamLady · July 2016

Sorry you're so tired! I just posted about the 90 minute sleep cycle in the baby bedtime thread - check it out!

lalala2004 · July 2016

Yes, sleep begets sleep. Never wake a sleeping baby! (Well sometimes you have to, but I try to avoid it!) The side laying nursing position was a life saver for me. Baby can eat and I can sleep!

kp90 · July 2016

How do you put her to bed? Where or what is she sleeping in? Etc

z0w1 · July 2016

She mostly sleeps in her crib but sometimes I put her in our bed on nights where I'm too tired and her crib is still in our room because I have anxiety about her God forbid choking or anything going wrong and not being there.

z0w1 · July 2016

Thank you mommies for your support. I would just like to add that this whole thing of me trying to keep her up during the day started because she was confusing day and night, meaning she would sleep all day and be up and want to play all night. I'm a first time mom and I was never ready

dshannah · July 2016

To get a baby's days and nights straight, I was told to not interrupt his naps but to make sure he sees daylight during daylight hours. We sat on our front porch at 6am every day for a week and that seems to have done the trick perfectly. Now when he wakes up from a nap during the day he knows it's playtime, but when he wakes up at night it's time to go back to sleep.

granted, he's still waking up every two hours regardless...

But he isn't staying up when he wakes up at night.

is this normal

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