i have a 7 week old baby, and when i try to put her to sleep at night she doesn't want to sleep its it normal?

Question

or is it b/c she sleeps during the day. can anyone tell me of any tricks to put her to sleep. she likes to be awake @ around 1-3 in the morning?
thanks

Answer 1

It is normal. I have a 3 month old. She is just learning what is day what is night. Don't try to put her to schedule by keeping her up. She needs all the sleep she can get. Plus when they are tired they cannot sleep. Trust me I experienced it first hand.

Couple suggestions though:

- Don't talk to her at night
- Change her in the dark
- Try giving her a bath and a massage every night
- Keep the noise to minimum at night.
- Make sure she is bored
- DON"T WACTH TV, just because you are bored.
- And create a routine for her. Do everything you do in the same order everyday consistently at the same time.

After awhile she will give up. Good luck.

Answer 2

Yes it is very normal for a newborn not to have a normal sleep schedule. She will eventually get into a routine but for now when she sleeps if you can then take a little nap yourself. Oh and make sure that you put her in her own bed and that you don't have her sleep with you all the time because she will become codependent and will always want you to sleep with her,you will both sleep better alone. Trust me I have seen this so many times and I know people that still have their child sleep with them at 5 years old. And during the day have her awake as much as possible.

Answer 3

i have a 6 1/2 month old. i know what your going through. I would give my son a nap in the morning. he would usually sleep about an hour than i would give him another nap around 12 or 1 and let him sleep to around 2 or 3. than i would keep him up until 7 or 8. your baby will be allot more crankier but you will get allot more sleep. the longer u keep your baby up during the day the longer he/she will sleep at night. GOOD LUCK!

Answer 4

It is normal for a baby to have there days and nites mixed up!! My suggestion would be to wake her up about 10:00 pm and keep her awake for a couple hours, try giving her a bath right before you she goes to bed, the warm water will soothe her, my other suggetion would be get a radio and put it on some soft music her room she will either like it or hate it.
My oldest son was collic and he was up all nite crying, oh man is that hard to deal with, We tried everything and finally he grew out of it, but it was a long 6 months,thank god your daughter is not up all nite fussing but really try the bath thing about 11:00-11:30 it might help her sleep better. Good Luck

Answer 5

She may have her nights and days mixed up. It will be tiring at first but you need to try and keep her awake more during the day so that she will sleep at night. However, don't do it all at once in one day or you will have one very unhappy baby. Do a little at a time until she is in the right sleeping pattern again. Also it is not uncommon for a baby that young to awaken several times durning the night for feeding.

Answer 6

The baby has its days and nights mixed up one way to help is try to keep her up as long as you can before bed time then she will learn to sleep at night i also have a 7 week old and a 4 year old so i know what it is like i training the baby now and this will work

Answer 7

Even though my baby is younger, I understand. My daughter sleeps well in her car seat, so I put her there and it works much better than the crib. Once she's used to sleeping through the night, I'll probably start trying to get her used to sleeping in her crib. This (or at least the idea) may work for you. You could also aim to make nighttime boring (keep lights, contact, and voices minimal). If she cries, it may be difficult, but otherwise she'll eventually figure it's best to just stay asleep.
I have seen very little relation between daytime and nighttime sleep. It may change when my daughter is a bit older though.

Answer 8

It's very normal, it takes about a month or two for them to get into the routine of going to sleep at a certain time at night. The first two-three months with my daughter I was up all night and she wouldn't go to sleep until 6 or 7 in the morning, then one day she started going to sleep at 9 and the rest is history. It'll happen she just has to adjust, hang in there.

Answer 9

Its because she sleeps in the day try to keep her awake more during the day with about 2 hours nap time then she will sleep

Answer 10

she has her days and nights kinda mixed up. try to keep her up more in the day so she needs to sleep at night. obviously at her age she will sleep LOTS but try to encourage her to sleep on a schedule, like every 3 hours or so. do some fun things at home. entertain her with whatever you have on hand. our dogs were the best entertainment for our daughter. baby Einstein and reading books are good too. then when she is really tired, let her sleep. but make sure that during the day naps not to be too quiet. it is day time. make her be able to sleep with noises going on in the house. washing machine, dishwasher all that jazz. good luck!!