Ok, all you moms out there....can ya help a sista out? I need your ideas. If you have more than a 2 week old, I'll consider you a "pro" and someone who probably has some great advice.
I can't get this girl to bed at night! When she finally falls asleep, she sleeps for about 3 hours till her next feeding and then it's torture to get her to fall asleep again. Any ideas? Currently, I'm feeding her on one side, burping her, changing her, re-swaddling her and then giving the other side a try if she's still hungry. My hope is that she'll fall asleep while nursing on side #2 and then I can just put her down. Sometimes it works, lately it hasn't. She falls asleep and then wakes up again when I burp her. Then we rock some more, she falls asleep and then usually wakes up the minute her hid hits she sheets in her crib. Ahhhh!
We've started a mini bedtime routine. She changes into her pajamas, rocks, eats etc. Always in her room, always in the dark (or as dark as I can make her room at 8pm) and we don't come back out of her room. So, all you pros out there, help a sista out! Any advice? If you don't want to post your advice to the blog, shoot me an email at the2gores@comcast.net
If your advice is to keep her up more during the day (which I've already heard from my mom) tell me HOW to do that. Let me tell you, this girl does what she wants, when she wants. If she wants to sleep, there is no waking her. Aaron has even been hammering away as he frames doors inside the house and even that doesn't wake her if she needs to sleep.
All in all, I really can't complain. At least she's gaining weight (just 1/2 ounce short of a 7 pound baby!!) and already grew 1/4 of an inch. She's also sleeping for good stretches at night, providing she goes to sleep shortly after feeding. She's been doing anywhere from 3-5 hours at a time! However, when it takes 40 minutes for our feeding and then another 45 minutes to get her to sleep, the 3 hour stretch just isn't enough for mom.
OK, all you pros...send me your advice and let me know what worked for you!
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Hey! Well, each babe is different, so not one thing is the "magic cure". Moriah was a lot like that...the only thing that worked for keeping her awake during the day was a cold wash cloth. Loud noises have always helped PUT my kids to sleep...not just white noise...any loud noise. But, as far as white noise...putting the kiddos in the front pack & vacuuming was a good trick for our kiddos. It always put them into a good, deep sleep...best wishes...just remember...each stage is a blip in time...they really do pass quickly. I'm sure that your enjoying every moment!
Sounds like you're doing everything great. It really is just a stage. If you're comfortable with it, you can let her sleep with you. I would just nurse until they fell asleep. If they woke up later I would roll over and offer the other one;) But this is generally not recommended by docs, nurses, and moms. Make sure you get your naps in during the day. You'll heal alot faster, and a clean house will come later. Just enjoy this stage....S@ndi
jamie,
it's kelle! how are you? just wanted to say congrats on your recent bundle of joy! :) our little man joined us early, july 23rd. your blog is great! keep in touch.
i hate to say it, but this seems pretty normal for her age! things we did to differentiate night from day - keep the lights really low, don't talk to her while you guys are up in the night for feedings...keep it very business like. i'm sure you are perfecting the art of placing her in the crib lightly and slowly removing yourself from her! also - as i mentioned when i saw you, until kellen was about 12 weeks old or so he didn't really go to bed until around 10:30ish. he'd take a nap around 7pm, but then would definitely be up again for a bit until 10ish. around the 12 week mark, he definitely started to demand to be down earlier as he was beginning to consolidate his sleep a little better!
oh, we also use a sound machine - i can't remember if you have one. ours is tuned to the soothing ocean sounds! if things got really bad, we'd switch it to the womb sounds and that would calm him right now.
there is light at the end of the tunnel...is does get better one way or the other. the feedings will become less of a process (take less time, won't have to burp or change diaper every time!) and she will (hopefully) learn to sleep better. or you just learn to cope! and now that i think about it, last night i was up with my boy around midnight, 2am and then from 4-5:30...so you may not want to take my advice!!! :)
I am NOT the one to give any sleeping advice being that Zoe STILL comes to our room each night in the middle of the night asking for me LOL
She was a mixed up time baby as well. Up all night, sleep all day. And eventually she switched herself back around. In the meantime no sleep for the momma.
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