My baby boy Jake, was born on Monday this week and to start with was a brilliant little sleeper. He would sleep for 2-3 hours wake for a change and feed then go straight back to sleep so we were able to get some sleep inbetween feeds.
For the past few days, he's been sleeping pretty much all day and we have to wake him up for his feeds at least every 4 hours as he's got a touch of jaundice, but at night he's waking every couple of hours and then taking 2 hours to go back to sleep once he's been fed.
I bottle feeding him and have been giving him 4oz bottles which he is starting to drain and sometimes we have to give him another bottle before he'll think about going to sleep. He was 9lb oz at birth so is a big boy.
I really need some advise on how we can get him to sleep in shorter intevals during the day and longer at night and how to get him back to sleep quicker at night. I realise Jake is still very little and it's going to be a while before he's in a routine, but any advise is welcome.
For the past few days, he's been sleeping pretty much all day and we have to wake him up for his feeds at least every 4 hours as he's got a touch of jaundice, but at night he's waking every couple of hours and then taking 2 hours to go back to sleep once he's been fed.
I bottle feeding him and have been giving him 4oz bottles which he is starting to drain and sometimes we have to give him another bottle before he'll think about going to sleep. He was 9lb oz at birth so is a big boy.
I really need some advise on how we can get him to sleep in shorter intevals during the day and longer at night and how to get him back to sleep quicker at night. I realise Jake is still very little and it's going to be a while before he's in a routine, but any advise is welcome.