HELPPP!!wuts the best way 2 get a 2 month old baby to bed??????

Question

i think hes got his days N night mixed up HELP
iVE TRIED THE WARM BOTTEL N HES NOT TAKIN IT

Answer 1

For the first three months of a babies life, think of it as "the fourth trimester". They are adjusting to life outside of the womb. Don't forget the five S's which are swaddle, swing, shush, side, and suck.

Try swaddling your baby tightly in a receiving blanket, but make sure that he doesn't get too warm. Do you have a baby swing? Also, try "shushing" into your baby's ear. Do it at about the same volume as the crying. The shushing recreates the sound of the womb which babies at this age find soothing. Putting your baby on his side and gently jiggling him (on your lap is a great place to do this...support his head and gently jiggle your hands and knees) works wonders also. It recreates the movement (stairwalking or fast paced walking for example) that your baby experienced in the womb. And don't forget that pacifier.....babies love to suck!

Answer 2

First calm down- if you are upset the baby senses it and gets upset which is counter productive to sleep.

I had no idea how to do thsi with my first child and it happend by accident. With the next two we followed the normal advice given. Build a routine around bedtime. Dim lights in the house an hour or so before bedtime do the same nightly routines. Doesn't matter what you do as long as it remains fairly the same, take a walk, give the child a bath, read quietly or watch TV just do it every night. At the time you want you need to take teh child to the bedroom and change them, cuddle them talk quietly etc turning lights low etc in the bedroom. Place them in bed cover them soothe them whatever is your routine, it may be rocking a child singing whatever your comfortable doing and then place them in bed rub thier back or pat them a few mins and leave!!!

Sure they may cry and its hard but yu wait at least 5-10 mins before you go back in the room. Repeat soothing gestures to the child return them to bed if they get up ( at 2 months they wont) and leave again! Even if they are crying. Repeat this pattern while extending the time between leaving and entering the room to calm them.

The child usually is afraid of being left alone your return shows them that you are near but not gone but leaving longer periods reenforces they must stay in the room and that sleep is the goal. Eventually they do cry themselves to sleep or settle down.

I wont lie its is really hard to do the first few nights but usually within a week they are in the routine. If hearing the child cry is too much get away from the room so you can't hear it, the child will be fine crying in the crib. At 2 months they can't hurt themselves as they have little mobility yet and no children don't die from crying as a mother it is the hardest thing to hear but they really are fine.

Good luck and a tip from my gram- when frustration hits throwing stuffed animals at a wall gives relief, makes you laugh at your self and keeps you sane! Plus it does no damage and makes hardly any mess and no one ever gets hurt.

Answer 3

OK.. so you are at an important time.. whatever you do.. when the baby finally does fall asleep.. put him down.. you want him to get used to sleeping by himself now.. and eventually falling asleep by himself.... I used a bassinet that I kept by the bed.. it had vibrate and lullaby. I would use a pacifier and try rocking too.. it is totally normal for the days and nights to still be mixed up.. it will get better. Try giving a little more formula in the bottle you want to be the "before bed" bottle.. in a couple of weeks try adding a spoon full of rice cereal to this bottle.. then figure on a "midnight snack" bottle too. Do your best to carve out some kind of schedule for him now.. before it's too late. Good luck.. it will get better.

Answer 4

I know this will sound crazy, but I did it and it worked. Lay the baby on the bed. Supporting his head and feet flip him onto his tummy, then flip him around to his back again. Do a 360 with his body. Do this three times. I don't know what it does, but it worked. He also might be hungry. Introduce baby cereal into his bottles. If he won't take the bottle, make it really soupy and feed it to him from a spoon. My daughter was on cereal at one month, she was ten pounds at birth--the girl was hungry!!

When he cries, does he pull up his legs. If so, he could have gas. Try Mylicon drops. Works like a charm. Last but not least, try a pacifier. Good luck

Answer 5

okay, well my daughter is 3 months.First try your best not to feel frustrated because your baby can feel your emotions and will feed on them.
try a pacifier, hold him close to your chest and rock back and forth, my daughter likes it when i do it quickly, but make sure to support his head and what not, if that doesnt work(give it about 5 minutes) try a bath, hopefully you have that lavender bedtime wash.....that may help him calm down, then try a bottle again, or pacifier, you could try to swaddle him, maybe he needs to burp or has gas...my daughter needed mylicon in her bottle at every other feeding til she was 3 months.and then sometimes babies just need to cry it out.I would give everything a try.if he has his days/nights mixed up, you need to keep him up most of tomorrow day and that should fix that.

Answer 6

First of all, baby dont know the difference between night and day before they 6 months old, if they sleep all night before that u just lucky, its hard too to keep a 2 month old awake, just let him sleep whenever he wants to, whenever hes ready he will sleep throught the night.

Answer 7

Carry him! lol. No seriously ,out a light on at night,and put him in a dark room during the day. Reverse psychology.Or put some kind of noise like a heart beat or humming sound next to him.

Answer 8

Some people may boo me..but I started giving my children baby cereal from a spoon at a month (earlier with one of my sons...almost 3 weeks old with him!) ANd it filled their belly and helped them sleep longer periods of time...

My son, Nick(now 14 yrs) started eating cereal from a spoon at 3 weeks old...plus formula...he slept THROUGH the night from that day forward!!! It takes some babies a while to get days and nights back on track..but try the baby cereal...

Answer 9

I learned this with having my first one... start now teaching him to fall asleep in his own bed. With my first child, I rocked, and nursed and played music and went in and held her when she would awaken in the night. I have spent the last 7 years with a child who has to have music, a drink of water, and gets up in the middle of the night still. With the second, starting at around 2 months old (when she moved to her own room and crib instead of the bassinett by the bed) I started taking her in, laying her down, giving kisses and hugs and walking out. I did this every night for a week, and by the end of the week, she was putting herself to sleep. If she woke for a feeding, I would nurse her in the dark, and put her straight back into bed with no talking. She learned to put herself to sleep, and that is a blessing! She now (at 2 1/2 years) still sleeps all night, and puts herself to sleep. We just tuck her in (she has a toddler bed now), say goodnight, and walk out. It is worth the effort to teach them how to put themselves to sleep!

Answer 10

have you tryed swaddling? wrap your baby up nice and tight its a comfort thing,

with the day and night thing, get in to a routine
*try to put him to bed at the same time and in the same place every night.
*warm bath,reading to him, sing nursery rhymes and darkening the room
*have a different routine for day such as putting him to sleep in a different room.
*treat day and night feeds differently. make day feeds sociable- talk to him and play with him, night feeds should be quiet and uneventful. try to feed him even before he has the chance to wake up properly