My 3 Month Old Won't Sleep!

Get the miracle blanket...http://www.miracleblanket.com...
there is no way that the baby can get out...good luck!

Hi S.,

I do not know if this would help because I never have to swaddle my children but my mom swears by this. She said that when babies are warm at night they sleep better and longer. She would wrap us in blankets like you see Eskimoes do with their children from the upper body down to the legs folding over the lower end to keep from unwrapping. The receiving blanket will work well. To keep blanket from opening she would pin it together with diaper pins or ties with a piece of fabric. Even when wet the baby stays warm and comfy. You may change the wrap when you get up to feed and change diaper if wrap is wet. i hope this helps. Another thing I found is that babies sleeps better on a full stomach. It is normal for babies to also wake up around 5am and go then sleep around an hour later.

Try the swaddlers with the velcro and I'd say keep a routine (one thing predictably following another) based on your baby's cues (showing signs of tiredness, hunger, etc.) rather than a "schedule" based on time. Read Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Weissbluth.

Try swaddling him from just the waist down. My son didn't like his hands in but liked the comfort of his lower body being wrapped tight. Sleep sacks are great also. http://www.babyinabag.com/ This website has a great one that I used with my daughter.

3 months old is sooooo little to be worrying about any kind of "sleep schedule". Turn down the lights,try to keep the noise low and relax with your little one. Every baby is different, just like every person is different. You know already that the first year is like running a marathon. Relax and enjoy. This will all work out.

My daughter is 2 and only started to sleep for more than 2 hours at a time post her second birthday - so clearly I am not the resource you are looking for ;))
But in my search for doulas, I came across Doula Dawn from San Diego who has a video on baby sleeping her website for $20/-. You may want to check it out:
http://www.douladawn.com/
Good luck!

Instead of re-swaddling, try a "sleep sack."

And, makes sure he has a feeding first and feed on demand. 3 months is a 'growth-spurt' time... and their intake needs naturally increases and they also can feed more frequently too. So feed on-demand, and not on a schedule, if that is what you are doing.
A hungry baby will not sleep well.
Or it could be that his intake ounces needs are increasing. Try feeding him more ounces.

At this age, they don't yet have a "pattern" of sleeping. ANd if OVER-tired, or OVER-stimulated, they can't sleep well either and will wake more.

A baby, will typically get tired after about 2 hours, after waking. And look for his hunger and sleepy cues.

Babies will often wake a lot too if hungry.

This age, is quite young to expect him to have a sleep schedule. Each baby is different. What worked for my son, would not work for my daughter. They each had different sleep needs/comforting needs and what not. Go by THIS baby... and his cues.

All the best,
Susan

Check out the book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Weissbluth. He has some excellent ideas for this stage(and every other stage.) I was able to get my son on a sleep schedule at 1 month by following his cues.
GL!

Read 'Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child.' It's a fabulous book that helped me a lot!

With both of my kids, the best thing to get them on a sleeping schedule was to keep them on a feeding schedule. My daughter is 4 months and I got her on a feeding schedule as soon as she was born. She was sleeping through the night at 2 months. I loosely followed the baby wise schedule. More of just a guideline and made it work for us. As far as the swaddling, both of my kids hated it after they acutally fell asleep. I would swaddle them so they could pull their arms out (they like to sleep with them up over their head) but still tight enough that the blanket would stay wrapped around them. Good luck!

And the easiest way to establish a regular bedtime is to start a predictable bedtime routine that you and your baby can depend on night after night. You can't force it in the first few months, but you can start practicing at around 2 months.keep it simple: a warm bath, jammies, a feeding, then lights-out. It's fine if feeding lulls your baby to sleep in the early months, but by 3 or 4 months you may want to try putting him down awake so he'll learn to fall asleep on his own. Many babies mix up their days and nights at first, sleeping long stretches during the day only to perk up once the sun goes down. Helping your baby learn to tell day from night is a key first step to getting into a workable routine.During the day, keep the house bright. Do the exact opposite at night: Keep the house dim and quiet. Don't talk to your baby much during night feedings. Let him learn that night is for sleeping and daytime is for socialization and playtime.

i do this with my 3 month old and it took him a while to associate his bed with sleeping but he is doing very good with his sleep schedual i hope this was helpfull

Have you tried "the miracle blanket"? This saved my life with both my boys who loved to be swaddled...it works! Both slept 10-12 hours by about 8-10 weeks.

Everyone has a 45 min deep sleep cycle followed by light sleep then deep again... Obviously something is bothering him if he wakes up crying in light sleep... Is he itching? Colicky from food/formula? Wet diaper? Needs his bottle cuz he's hungry?... Or just needs you! Some babies are high need babies where tgey want to be near their mommy... Try co sleeping!

Try flipping him over and letting him sleep on his tummy. My son was the same way until I gave up and flipped him over... then he would sleep for at least a couple of hours.