my son is 4 weeks how can i help him sleep throught the night or at least longer periods at a time?

Answer 1

give him sleeping pills

Answer 2

I had three children and I don't remember when they began to sleep through the night. I know it sure wasn't at four weeks. Give the little guy some more time. He hasn't been here very long and his routines aren't all worked out yet. Your routines have to adjust to his for now. He may be hungry, or wet, or otherwise uncomfortable, or he may have heard a loud noise. He isn't aware that he's disturbing anyone. Just do what he needs right now, pat him and sing to him softly and make him feel safe. Time will take care of the rest.

Answer 3

You can't sweetheart. Babies reach milestones at different rates. You'll just have to hang in there a little while longer and wait until he's ready. Trust me, the first full night's sleep that you and baby get will be worth the wait!
Many have begun sleeping through the night by 3 months.

Answer 4

All you can do is have routines. Do the same things at the same time each night.
The bath, the feeding, rocking, then to bed.
Try to limit the number of times the baby gets up dddduring the night so that they get the message it is time to sleep.
You can just hope and pray for the best - some babies will respond, others will not. I had 4 kids, two did and two did not.

Answer 5

My daughter became 4 weeks and became drowsing 5 to six hours at a time. through 3 months old she became drowsing about 7 hours instantly and through 6 months she became drowsing from 8pm to 8am all nighttime without waking up! attempt holding your infant up for longer streches in the course of the day noticeably on the breaking point of bedtime. make positive you do an same bedtime habitual each nighttime so the child is popular with that is bedtime. :) sturdy success, ultimately they'll sleep through the nighttime!

Answer 6

You might have to experiment with a few different remedies, at just 4 weeks it is still kind of tough to get more than 3-4 hours at a time, as I remember with my girls. We were a little bit like zombies at first, but it did get smoother. We either had a bottle prepped for action and sat in a rocker till they ate and fell asleep or wrapped them in their blanket almost like a little cocoon so their arms and legs couldn't flail around and keep them restless, or sleep next to their crib for a while stroking them to sleep. Good Luck, the sleepless nights will end.

Answer 7

there is nothing you can force him to do . Hes only 4 weeks old for gods sake! Sleep when he sleeps in the day so you will be rested, let nature dictate his sleep. If his belly is full and diaper clean before he goes to bed he will soon start sleeping longer on his own Have Patience!

Answer 8

Four weeks old babies do not sleep through the night. He is waking up because he is hungry. As he gets older he will drink more milk and he will sleep longer then.

Answer 9

my kids were up every few hours when they were first born...try to get him to feed or nurse a little longer...then maybe he will be full and sleep longer...make sure his diaper is dry too before putting him back down. By around 2 or 3 months they tend to sleep a little longer so hang in there..I know it's tough I thought I would never survive it but believe me time flies very, very quickly.

Answer 10

Not much you can do to get him to sleep through the night yet. You can try to keep him from napping towards the end of the night but you will just trade cranky crying for hungry and wet crying. They usually wake up for food which even sleeping pills won't do much for unfirtunately.

Answer 11

If you're nursing and aren't opposed to bed sharing you could always let baby sleep in your bed with you during the night and you can feed him when he wakes and se will probably go back to sleep, and you don't actually have to really wake up and get up, you may feel more rested that way.