Sleeping Habits for a 11 Week Old Baby Boy

When ever we would be out of town on weekends it did throw our daughter off schedule for about a week and then back to the same routine.

Every child is different...my baby woke up every two hours for feedings. Then by her fifth month every 2 - 3, by seventh month every 3 - 4 hours, around her 9th month she would wake up only once a night to feed. By her 1st year she slept through the night and now at 19 months she only wakes up at night when she is teething or going through a growth spurt.

She was both breast and bottle fed until 6 months and then only bottle. I did feed her every time she woke up...against my ped's reccomendations because I knew she was hungry...I would go in change her diaper and feed her. At 6 months I stoped picking her up and fed her in the crib until she fell asleep. She would not take a passy and the Ferber method did not work with her. I just went with the flow...

Now she sleeps from 9pm - 8am with no problems.

Good luck to you!!!

Hi N.,

My son is 18 weeks old and we stopped the night feeding around 13-14 weeks. His schedule up until then sounds a lot like your son's...similar bed time, similar first waking, similar feeding. I would suggest, especially if you are about to return to to work as well, that you try to supplement the night feeding with the pacifier over the weekend just in case your little one doesn't take to it right away.
As for his schedule being off since returning home...were you able to maintain it while you were away? If not, I would try to maintain it as closely as you can next time. I traveled over the holidays away with my little one for 5 nights and tried to maintain his nightly routine as much as possible and he has adjusted back pretty easily. I know that doesn't help, but I don't have any ideas except to keep to his routine as closely as possible and he will return to it soon.
Good luck!

Hi N.,
Both of my boys started sleeping through the night about 7 weeks old. I would try and fit all my feedings in the day. Of course that would make them more often but it would save you some sleep at night. Of course you need to be aware of any "growth spurts" they may come up and make sure you are giving enough during the day to make up for it. Of course I don't know if you are using a schedule or demand feeding. I fed on a schedule from day one so it was easy to adjust feedings.
C.

I suggest the book The Baby Whisperer. It really helped me.

Wos, your baby is a good sleeper! I would have loved to have had a baby like yours. My son didn't sleep through the night until about 2 1/2 -- after his last molars came in. He would wake anwhere from every 90 minutes to 3 hours. Some babes sleep a good 6 hour stretch right from the start, others (like my son) don't. These are all normal beleive it or not. I think the key is not to compare with other parents.

Beleive it or not, he almost sleeping through the night (which dr's consider only about a 6 hour stretch btw). Most don't do this untill much much later. I think it's better to focus on what sleeping arrangement gets you the most rest. Keep in mind too that sleep patterns normally change through out their couple of years. It seems like once you get used to it, they hit a growth spurt and this whacks things a bit.

Here's a really good link (and it's a great website too for nursing moms) that has some information you'll find interesting: http://www.kellymom.com/parenting/sleep/sleep.html