my babys sleeping habits!?

Question

My baby is only 2 months old but i cant seem to put him on a sleeping schedual. btoh me and my husband wokr full time so he is at the daycare all day. and how old till you hsould start putting him in the crib?

Answer 1

A baby will develop their own schedule - you can't really enforce one on them - especially @ 2months. Watch their cues - when they start rubbing their eyes or pulling their ears they're ready for a kip. @ 2 months you can expect them to sleep anywhere between 15hours and 19hours a day. They will probably still need at least 1, if not 2 night feeds for a while yet. The best advice is to try and discover what their schedule is and work with this - it's far less stressful than forcing them into a schedule that fits you! Get the day care people to help with this - ask them to detail when she is having naps/feeds/play/rest during the day - normally a clear routine will start to emerge.
My son has set his own routine..
8.30am wake up & have bottle
9-10am play
10-12am nap
12.15pm bath
1pm bottle
2-3pm play
3-4pm nap
4pm bottle
4-6pm play
6-7pm nap
7pm bottle
7-9pm play
9-10pm nap
10pm bottle then bed
He's been working to this schedule (give or take 1/2 an hour) since he was 3months old - I just work my day around this.

Answer 2

New born's sleep pattern usually coincide with their feedings. They get hungry wake up and cry, you feed him change the diaper and he goes back to sleep. babies need more than the basics, They need their mommy to talk gently to them, rock him in your arms and sing a lullaby then he falls asleep and you lay him in his crib. The time he spends with his mommy makes him a more contented baby. You might ask the day care if anyone holds him or talks to him through out the day. if the day care has a lot of small children chances are your newborn gets the basics and is left to entertain himself all day. Also a warm bath just before bedtime helps a baby sleep better!When you put him in his crib if he seems scared."cries a lot etc" he's only been in smaller confined places, take one end of the bumper pads and put it across one end so that his sleeping space is just a bit more than he's use to, and gradually.... one time every week keep making his space bigger attach the bumper pads to the the bars on the sides of the crib then just move them down one bar each week. Don't use a rolled up blanket to do this as he could get underneath it and not be able to breathe

Answer 3

ask the daycare about his schedule and try to match with that.
ask when he takes a nap, when he's fed, when he plays. so, that you know to keep it like that during the weekends. it's really hard to set a schedule at this time. but, if you have an idea, that is always good too.

i don't know how else i can give you advice. my daughter was on a schedule the day she came home from the hospital. to keep her on that schedule, I'd set MY alarm every 3 hours, so that i can wake up - to wake her up and feed her. i made it so that she woke up at 6am. and her bed time was 9pm. and it stuck ever since. by the time she was 4 months old, i didn't have to set my alarm any more. she knew the schedule and would wake up on time every 3 - 4 hours.

i wish i had put my baby in a crib when she first came home. but, i could not afford one at the time. by the time i was able to afford it, she was 6 months old. you can put a baby in a crib whenever you feel like.

Answer 4

At two months you should not expect him to be on any kind of sleeping schedule.

He's a newborn and is going to do what newborns do. Cry when uncomfortable, cry when hungry, cry when sleepy, cry when wet, cry when gassy, etc.

You cannot expect someone that has been in this world an entire two months to know that his body should be on a sleeping schedule. All babies respond to this differently so just be patient. It may take six months or longer for this to happen.

And he can sleep in the crib now but that doesn't mean that you are going to get a full night's sleep.

Answer 5

you should let him go as he pleases if it's a few hours off schedule deal, if its mixing up day and night, you need to put him in the crib at about 6AM. Note that you WILL have to get up for him quite often. You should start that at about maybe 3-4 months.

Answer 6

He's to little to have a sleep pattern, give him a chance to grow on his own terms not yours. Babies go in a crib when they can sit up and can hold their heads up.

Answer 7

You cannot change the sleeping schedule of small children, they have there own timings. Gradually everything will go fine, don't worry.

Answer 8

Babies can go in cribs their first month, as for the sleeping , stay home you shouldn't be having kid's for someone else to look after them, no wonder kids are all ****** up.