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[HannahBubble7]

Anyone else struggling to get lo to sleep at night ? She is ONLY 6 weeks . Everyone else I speak to or story's I'm reading there lo seems to be going to bed at night !! My daily routine is . Up around her 7am feed, down stairs and we play till she falls asleep ( approximate 9am ) she's then back up at 11 and she gets fed again and her clothes on . From here on she is up when she wants and sleeps when she wants this is due to it being impossible to keep her awake or asleep at certian times . However long she is awake in the day does not seem to effect on how she sleeps . I do take note to see if there was s pattern for "good nights" but there's not At 7:30 we have bath bottle and bed . This works great like my morning routine . Untill we reach her next feed at around midnight . She will not go back to sleep . And even at her next feed after this around 3-4am she sometimes again does not go back to sleep until 6 am then I have to get up with her at 7 . I am shattered . I do all the obvious . Shes not too hot or too cold . She's in a dark room at night , regularly changed nappy , during her feeds I do not use a light , I don't chat to her ( even though I feel mean ) I try to let her self settle as she does this with no hassle any other time in the day , I have tried using her blankets and giving them to her so they smell of me , tried lots of different dummy's and she uses one occasionally but not really at night , I have tried rocking her till she's nearly asleep and putting her in but she wakes and unsettles I have rocked her fully to sleep then put her in but she still wakes . I have probably tried more than this i just can't think of the rest . My partner is back at work now so I'm finding it harder . Sometimes she will sleep for 30 mins and wake and sometimes I don't hear her and my partner gets up to her it makes me feel like an awful mum I do have support from my mum etc during the day but I can't sleep in the daytime for some reason . I want to go to baby groups but I'm just so tired I can't even be bothered to get ready . Anyone got any advice ? I dont even expect her to sleep amazing as she is still only 6 weeks but im hearing about all these baby's that do and no one else seems to have my problem and I think I mist be doing something wrong . Sorry about the rant and spelling mistakes just needed to get it all out thanks in advance xxxxxx

 

[pinkyprincess]

I never change Tyler's nappy at night unless he's pood! Wakes hum up top much! Not sure what else to suggest as my boys a terrible sleeper lol!

 

[Sleepy sue]

Hi Hun my lo is 5 wks and he doesn't like sleep, however we used to have the resettling issue but found using sleeping bags helped. It could be the change of temp from being snugly having a feed to then going back in a cooler basket wakes them up.
Other than that I feel your pain, I co slept for a few weeks in the early days as being awake all night was killing me! X

 

[jojo_2012]

I agree I don't change nappies in the night unless he poo's which has never happened.

Others will disagree I am of the personal opinion that to expect a baby to go to bed at such an early time and sleep til a sensible time the next morning is expecting too much!

If you put your baby down in his/her bed at 7.30pm she'd need to do 12hrs straight which most babies will simply not do.

Have you tried keeping her downstairs until you go to bed, she might have a shorter nap in the evening then go down properly later? Like Lewis has a couple of cat naps between 6 and 11 before he finally goes down for the night. If I were to put him to sleep upstairs he might try and sleep for the night and wake up ridiculously early.

 

[HannahBubble7]

Thanks for your replys .
Her nappys don't seem overly wet either at night so I'm sure she could last to morning , thanks I will do that .
I don't expect her to sleep from 7 till 7. 12 till 4 would be enough right now to be honest . But that seems too much right now also . I see what you mean about keeping her down stairs to nap rather than sleep as such. I might try that thank you.
I do have 2 sleeping bags and haven't used them so I think I might try that one night also thank you !
I hope some of these things help 4 hours straight sleep just would be great . Sure the hard work will pay off in the end . Xxxx

 

[Nic36]

Hi Hun my lo is 5 wks and he doesn't like sleep, however we used to have the resettling issue but found using sleeping bags helped. It could be the change of temp from being snugly having a feed to then going back in a cooler basket wakes them up.
Other than that I feel your pain, I co slept for a few weeks in the early days as being awake all night was killing me! X

My LO is also 6 weeks and a very poor sleeper. We started using a sleeping bag three nights ago, and it has definitely improved things. Like sleepy sue says, I think it's because she doesn't have to go into a cold Moses basket after night feeds - she is already snuggly warm in her sleeping bag. Definitely worth a try if you haven't done so... It's helping in my case. Good luck... Xx

 

[BevG]

i swaddle my lo while feeding so she dosent have to go into a cold basket, i agree the temp change seems to wake them

 

[Samsgirl]

Hot water bottle in basket while you feed if the sleeping bags don't work. I also don't change nappy unless there a poo! X