How can I get my 6 week old to sleep through the night?

Question

She wakes up every three hours it's no big deal I was just wondering is it possible for her to sleep though the night ? or hpw old will she be when she will start.

Answer 1

At 6 weeks old you are pushing it if you want her to sleep through the night. I think you need to chill out and accept this is part of parenting. By limiting naps like one person said you will have a VERY cranky baby on your hands.

She is can't even hold her head up and you are wantin her to sleep thorugh the night I think you are either selfish or crazy.

Some children are into their toddler years before they sleep through the night.

Welcome to motherhood.

Answer 2

My daughter started sleeping through the night after four weeks! Yes, I know, I was very lucky. But here are a few things that I think helped. We didn't give baths every night because it was february, so she got one every other night. So I would do that first if it was bath night. Then she would get lotion put on and get her PJ's on. I would sit in our dimly lit bedroom and give her a bottle, change her diaper, and wrap her in a swaddler blanket. I would cuddle with her for a little bit and then lay her down for bedtime when she got sleepy! When she started sleeping through the night, she slept from about 10 pm to 6 am, which was good enough for me! After a couple weeks she started to sleep until 7 am and could go to bed as early as 9 pm. I think the swaddling really helped a lot because that way the movements she made in her sleep wouldn't startle her awake. She loved being swaddled up until she was 3 1/2 months old! Then she was just too big and wiggly!!!
Just try to be patient, like other answer-ers said, every baby is different and has their own personalities. It may be a few more weeks or months before your baby can go longer between feedings at night. But I would strongly suggest swaddling (with a store-bought swaddler blanket with velcro tabs - very safe!!), and taking a nap if you need to when your baby naps during the day! Good luck!

Answer 3

You can't, nor should you try. It's rare that a 6-week-old sleeps through the night. Babies usually do not until they are at least 3 months old.
Do not use formula on a breastfed baby just to try and make them sleep.
Do not add cereal to her bottle.
Remember that she is a tiny baby with an even tinier tummy that empties faster than a bigger tummy, and must be fed again.
Your daughter will decide when she is ready to sleep through the night.
You get your rest when she does- sleep when the baby sleeps.
These days will be gone before you know it! Cherish them while you can.

Answer 4

My kids never had night bottles except the youngest one.6 weeks is a little young to sleep through the night.Alot of babies start to sleep through the night between the ages of 2 months and 4 months.

Answer 5

There really isn't a healthy way to get them to sleep through the night. Some people might suggest giving her cereal, but she's much too young for that, it'd probably hurt her. Just cope with it. My son was about 8-10 weeks when he started sleeping through the night. she will eventually, be patient and try to sleep when she sleeps, even during the day.

Answer 6

I have five children, and my first did not sleep through the night until she was about 4 months old. She was formula fed, so I don't know what the deal was. But honestly around 3-4 months is when all of them slept all night. Solid food really does the trick. Just wait, they will sleep. I know it doesn't seem like it, but they will.

Answer 7

NO, my doctor says do not even attempt to let baby sleep thru the night until he is 2 months old, no sooner, because between 5-8 weeks they have a growth spurt and they need their evey 3-4 hour meal/. However after that , you slowly stretch him by, holding off on feeding him in the middle of the night, by gradually making him wait a little longer each time. say he eats every 3 hours, the next night you stretch it till four, then stretch to five hours. give him his pacifier during that time. after about 2 weeks, he will sleep thru the night. It really works.

Answer 8

I think this is way too early to try to get your child to sleep longer at night than they will naturally. I've just read an article that babies who sleep in longer periods as a newborn or more apt to be a victim to SIDS. A baby waking every few hrs is the way it was 'meant' to be and by forcing them to sleep longer (ie putting cereal in their bottle) you can increase their risk of SIDS. That should reassure you that waking up is worth it! WAY too young to try cereal in the bottle at just 6wks which many an article says wont work anyway! A baby needs to eat every 2 to 3 hours, so she's waking to eat. Feed her and hopefully she'll go right back to bed.
As for sleeping in longer periods, completely depends on the child. My BF girl slept in 6hr blocks at night by 2 mths old, then 7 at 3mths... hard to say though. Some babies wait until later than that, others are sleeping 10 hrs straight by the time they are 3mths! I did the usual bath, story, cuddle before bedtime routine and she seemed to take to it. Of course others do that and their child keeps waking up. I think it really depends on the baby.
Try to nap when she does so you feel more rested. I didnt do that near enough.

Note: Never stop your 6wk old from napping during the day!! Your baby is suppose to be sleeping 18hr a day, give or take a few hrs, and letting them have 1 nap in the afternoon is crazy talk! Absolutely sure way to have a very fussy baby on your hands. They need to sleep just like they need to eat.

Answer 9

You really can't expect a six week old baby to sleep more than a few hours at a time. Her tummy is too small to hold her very long. If she's on formula, and you're very lucky, you might get six hours at a time in a few weeks. If you're breast feeding, she'll be waking up to eat much longer as breast milk is so much easier to digest. My bottle fed babies slept 6 hours by about 10 weeks. My breast fed baby is now 15 months and still wakes up to nurse once most nights. Congratulations and good luck with your new arrival!

Answer 10

Don't ever take the sleeping pills route!!

1. They will damage your liver big time and you can get into serious health problems.

2. You will get hooked up on them and you won't be able to have a normal life any more if you don't take your pills everyday.

The sleeping pills industry is damaging our health by capitalizing on our ignorance, and by distracting people from effective and natural ways to deal with this problem. I had been taking prescription sleep medications [Ambien] for over 5 years. It stopped working and I simply took more. Still did not work. Nights were very difficult - medication put me to sleep but I would wake up after 2–3 hours with a strong sympathetic response (fast pulse, pounding heartbeat, wide awake alert). It was a very difficult cycle to break. I was really in bad shape due to lack of sleep.

After years of struggling I was able to cure my insomnia naturally and pretty fast. I followed the Sleep Tracks sleep optimization program, here is their official web -site if you want to take a look: http://www.insomniacure.net

Ohhh..and Good Luck!

Answer 11

Well i have 4 kids and each of them were different. Every baby has their own personality and their own ways. i have a 7 month old and she still doesn't sleep through the night. Whenever their ready they will you can't get them too. Some things that might help are a warm bath before bed and a full stomach.