How Can My Baby Sleep Longer at Night?

That's a toughie, all babies are different as you know, but with my 2nd daughter, I was lucky. I read that if you get them into a routine it helps. I started giving her a bath around 6pm(they say baths relax them) then directly after that, I would give her her nighttime bottle and rock her by 7:30pm she would be out for the night and wouldn't wake up until 7:00 the next morning. It didn't happen right away though. I had to be persistant, kept doing it and didn't let anything get me off the schedule and eventually bliss!!!!!

I'm guessing you aren't breastfeeding because a nursing baby eats every 2-3 hrs. My 16mo old nursling wakes every 3-4 hrs to nurse. It is unrealistic to expect a child at any age to sleep through the night. Adults wake at least once at night the difference is they are able to put themselves back to sleep. Consider yourself lucky a 2mo old only wakes twice at night.

Your baby is only 2 months old. There is a lot of adjustment and transitions happening. Also their sleep patterns change a lot too depending on growth spurts etc, and depending on their intake of milk/formula. Remember also, that it is considered "sleeping through the night" if a baby sleeps for 6 consecutive hours straight without waking. It seems your baby does that? Sleeping through the night is NOT according to the 'adult' perception of it or the adult sleeping hours of 8 hours sleep. Like the other respondents said, their internal clock is adjusting too... they were in the womb not long ago... having them in gentle sunlight or just day light can help adjust their sleep patterns etc. There is also a great book, which really helped with my first baby. It's called "Secrets of the baby Whisperer- how to calm, connect, and communicate with your baby" by Tracy Hogg. She also covers topics such as this and how to help your baby sleep etc., and the different stages per their age etc. It was a REAL great help for me and my husband. I love this book! I really recommend it and it's very helpful. You can find it at any bookstore. Newborns go through a LOT of having to adapt to US, once we have them in our arms, and no longer in the womb. So, they are very resilient but also have their own time-line of how they adapt. Good luck!
~Susan
www.cafepress.com/littlegoogoo

Leave him be. A baby who sleeps well during the day will eventually sleep through the night and be a healthy child. Babies need sleep to grow and develop their immune systems.

I know it is hard, but if your 2 month old is only waking up 2 times a night he is already well on the way to sleeping through the night in the next 2-4 months.

I was a nanny for 15 years before having my own child and my experience has been to let them sleep. A baby knows what it needs better than we do.

Hang in there,I promise he will sleep through the night and shorten, a little, those day time naps all on his own.

Most babies have a change of sleep pattern around 3 months of age. SO you are close to that.

Good luck and congrats on such a great sleeper.

M.
http://www.themomteam.com/britmum

I will tell you what worked for me and you can go from there. I have a 5 yr old little girl and when she was just a little over 3 weeks old she wouldn't sleep at night because she was hungry. So I asked my mom...and she told me everything that the dr. told me not to do...but it worked. I would sit down with my daughter and give her 4 tablespoons of RICE cereal (baby cereal) and a stage one jar of baby fruit...whether it is bananas or apples....plus her 4 or 6 ounce bottle. I had her sleepin thru the night at 3 months old by doin that. SHe is a healthy little girl and always was a healthy baby...just don't tell the dr. that your doing that and you'll be fine. if ya need any other help lemme know....email me at ____@____.com My name is Krissy

You probably can't. Babies have their own clock. Once he's older and needs fewer feedings his schedule will adjust. I made the mistake of jumping every time my baby made a sound. I realized after a few weeks that she would often go right back to sleep if I didn't pick her up, sometimes she was just moving around or fussed for a minute or two, and I made the mistake of thinking she wanted me or needed to nurse. I stopped being so quick to jump and she got more sleep, as did I. Be patient, I woudl imagine by the end of the 3rd month, he will sleep more at night. Good luck.
K.
Kellyis.stayinhomeandlovinit.com

Usually you can't. Babies this young have their own internal clock and it is usually backward from ours. You will probaby see a change around the 6-9 month mark. I do not recommend waking a baby during the day. They need that sleep just as much as the night time sleep and waking them does not guarantee that they will sleep longer during the night. If he is sleeping til 3, you should be be estatic that you aren't waking up every 2 hours. Good Luck!

Hello, my husband and I used Baby Wise and our little man was sleeping through the night by 6 1/2 weeks. It's never too late. But the basic premise follows a pattern instead of a schedule but allows room for a loose schedule. Feed, Wake, Sleep. We always kept him awake however we could after feeding. Stretch his wake times out during the day. Keep it bright and light during the day. Whenever you interact at night, keep it VERY minimal. We used to feed him and then change his diaper and put him back down without much talking, if any. He'd get reassuring pats but that was it. Good luck!!

Make sure she's getting some sun during the day. It helps to set their biological clock. Also, she's only 2 months. It will take a little while for her to learn to adjust her days and nights. Be patient, this is one of the challenging parts of newborns. In time you will all be on the same schedule.

The best advise I can give you is wake him up during the day. My now 7 wk old was doing the samething so I just woke her every 3 hours to feed during the day and left her alone at night. She finally came around at about week 4 for me (starting this from day one).

Good luck to you!

Hello,
I have a 5 1/2 month old baby girl, and what worked for me is,
During the day I would wake her everytime it was time to eat, make sure she ate and at night I would not wake her up at all if she did not wake up. I also do not speak to her at all at night when she does wake up. My daughter loves to sleep on her tummy, but when I put her to bed, we lay her down on her back, when she wakes up I turn her over (and this happens at around 4 in the moring) on her tummy and she goes right back to sleep.

I hope it helps.

C.