My daughter is 2 months old...and her sleep schedule is turning me into a zombie!!!!!!!?

Question

My little girl is almost 2 months old and her sleep schedule was so good.....until recently. All of a sudden her bed time is around 6/7am every day! I don't mind it that much..she's such a good baby..She never cries unless there's a good reason...She just likes me to walk her around my house ..But I would like to try to get her a little more used to my sleeping schedule..Any suggestions?????

Answer 1

Same thing happened to me.....at 2 months old she began sleeping during the day and not during the night........she continued to do this until she was 4 months old.........and now she sleeps beautifully.......

This is what I did to try and get her to sleep (all approved by the pediatrician):
1.- Make her wake up early and spend time in the sun...
she has to know the difference between night and day
(yes, even at 2 months of age)
2.- Give her a warm bath, every night at the same time
helps her relax before bed (maybe at 6pm)
3.- Give her bottle of baby formula instead of breast milk
only before putting her to bed....this is "heavier" milk
and makes her sleep feeling fuller than breastmilk
but don´t stop breastfeeding during the day.
4.- I stopped eating sweets, chocolates, coke/pepsi etc....
if you breastfeed, this extra "high" passes on to the baby
the soda will give her so may gases that it will make it hard
for her to sleep uninterrupted.
5.- No or low lights in the bedroom....nothing to distract her from
sleeping time
6.- Sing to her or cuddle her and hold her till she sleeps....
create a rutine....sing the same song every night

The basics: make sure she is not too warm nor too cold
no loud noice nor distracting things.......

I did all the above...it took me a lot of time and it was sooooo hard
but be patient and soon you´ll get used the rutine..meanwhile, time goes by and she´ll grow up and it will be easier.......

I wish you luck, don´t give up, remember this is only the beginning!!!!

Answer 2

I don't think that her bed time would turn around like that without a good reason.
First of all, if u r breast-feeding, u have to make sure that ur diet is free from any undesirable stuff (caffeine, coke, etc..). think about ur diet carefully may be u eat something that looks normal to u but for the baby it may make her awake for a long time.
If not, then try to wake her up a little earlier than her usual time, so that she can get to sleep a little earlier on the next day.
Try not to make the "walk around the house" a sleeping habit. I mean, make her sleep without any rituals if u know what i mean..
most probably that she would get back to normal again before u manage to do anything, i hope so...:-)

Answer 3

Welcome to motherhood, where zombies reign supreme...

I think you are saying she is up all night, but sleeps in the day. If this is new to her, it could be a growth spurt. But it sounds like she more likely has her days and nights mixed up. At 6-8 weeks, babies realize there is a world outside of themselves, and they fight sleep to experience it. Sounds like she's doing it at night instead of the day.

Try keeping things dark and quiet in the night. If she wants movement, try a more rythmic method like a swing. Not for too long, it could be habit-forming, but long enough to get her used to not being held and walked all night. Your walking isn't a consistent rythmn, so it's not sleep-inducing.

In the day, keep her in lit rooms, even when napping. Get her lots of fresh air in the day, and talk to her a lot.

Overall, though, be patient and give her time. Kids outgrow everything eventually. In the meantime, sleep when she sleeps. For the next couple of weeks, she is in charge. You can regain your supreme rule once she figures out the day vs. night thing....

Answer 4

Try to keep her awake a bit more in the daytime.

Keep any nighttime feedings low key. Quiet, dark and boring!

It's normal for her to still need to feed frequently around the clock. She is trying to double her birthweight by 6 mos.

Sleep whenever you can, even if it's during the daytime. Take naps when she sleeps.

Try co-sleeping with her.

Answer 5

This is very normal. I had the same problem, and spoke to my doctor. She told me just to try to keep her awake as much as possible during the day. This will be difficult, and it will take at least a week or two. If she really gets grumpy let her sleep, only for an hour and then wake her. This was difficult but it worked for me.

Answer 6

she calls the shots for now