Sleeping Patterns?

Just remember you are doing GREAT!!! Are you breast or bottle feeding? My Dr. told me that we could start adding a little rice cereal to my son's bottle at each meal. He instantly slept longer and had fewer belly aches. I think we started this around 8-9 weeks. Just keep going with the routine/schedule you won't regret it! My son has been on a schedule from the very beginning and still is. His breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks,naps, everything is on a schedule and we do not stray from that, maybe once in 6 months. Just hang in there!
Johna

This about normal, I think. Sleeping through the night for newborns is considered 6 hours, so your little one sounds about right. My ped. suggested if she goes to sleep at 8:30 or so, go ahead and feed (a dream feed). She really is still asleep, but is so relaxed that she open to sucking. Feed her even if it's only been an hour or two before YOU go to bed (maybe around 10 or 11). That way maybe her long stretch of sleep will begin around 11 and she won't wake up due to hunger, but sleep through to maybe 4 or 5. It has helped for me. I have a 12 week old daughter and i've been doing this for about a month now. She sleeps from about 7:30 or 8 until 11 when i go to bed then i feed her, and then she sleeps through until 7 in the morning. Hope this helps!

Are you nursing or using formula? If you are nursing, you could try laying her in bed with you while she eats and either let her sleep with you or put her back to where she is sleeping after she falls asleep. If you are using formula, you could try increasing the amount in that time frame she and see if she 1)eats the extra amount and 2)helps her sleep longer cause her belly is full. Worse case, this could just be her sleep pattern till she finds another one she likes instead!!

Good luck!!
~S.

we do the eat wake sleep as well I have an 8 week old who is sleeping thru the night. We feed at 8 pm and then somewhere between 10:30 and 11:30 pm,( I wake her just enough to latch on) try to do this in a darkend room and no distractions change diaper burp and then right back down. From there my daughter usually sleeps until at least 5 but usually 6 am, and it feels like Im getting lots of sleep. Oh also try a white noise we use a fan in the room. good luck with your new baby!

Sounds normal to me. Try to go to bed when she does so you can reap the benefits of her long sleep stretch. I don't advise waking a sleeping baby, EVER:)!! I also once read a book that asked parents how they would like it if someone woke them from a deep sleep and forced them to eat when they weren't hungry--makes sense... That long sleep stretch will get gradually longer and longer until it's a whole night--yay!! Consider yourself pretty lucky--mine didn't sleep a 6 hour stretch until about 6 months!! Good luck and hang in there!

Hi,
That sounds pretty typical to me. Is she eating when she wakes at those times? If so, she may be going through a growth spurt and slow down a bit in a couple of weeks. Both of our girls slept with us, so it was pretty easy to take care of them so close by. You may want to pick up a copy of Elizabeth Pantley's No Cry Sleep Solution; it may come in handy down the road. Congratulations on your little girl!!!

We have always done the eat/wake/sleep pattern during the day, and my son was sleeping through the night (until 6:00 a.m.) at 11 weeks. The only difference is that we would give him a "late night" feeding at 10:30 p.m. after he had gone to sleep at 7:30. You may want to try giving her a bottle between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m. and then put her back to sleep. This will probably help her sleep longer so that you can sleep later! Good luck!!

That actually sounds pretty normal for a 10 week old. Her sleep will get longer as she grows. Are you feeding both sides at each feeding? ( thats assuming you are bfing) Try giving her a pasi, But at 10 weeks old she's prob actually hungry.

Most anything sounds normal when it comes to a newborn. lol. I remember ALL of mine were different. I can't even compare my children, they threw me for a loop, each one of them. It will get better.

That is a lot better than any of my children at that age. See if you can adjust your schedules so you both go down at the same time.

Remember that even at this age, during the day she needs more sleep...I am all about NOT waking a sleeping baby, even this young. If she is gaining weight and healthy, let her sleep more and wake herself up when she is hunger. I am sure she wants to eat after her 5-6 hours of sleep at night, but maybe try giving her a pacifier (if she takes them), or soothing her back to sleep, at least at the first time she wakes up after you have fed her around 2am. And, even let her fuss for a bit (I know that is so hard).

She may be used to waking up often because of you waking her up during the day, so think about your daytime patterns (how often are you waking her?...every couple of hours?). Don't worry about her mixing up day and night for sleeping, it seems she is already "getting" which is which.
:)