My baby has been sleeping all through the night since she was 2.5 months. Sleeping isn't the problem, getting to sleep before 11 is. I've tried baths, keeping her awake from 5p.m.,etc. I wake her at 9:30a.m. every morning. She eats every four hours. I wake her to eat during the day to keep her on schedule. Should I let her wake up on her own every mornig and through out the day? Any suggestions will help.
2006-11-02 06:06:47 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
Put your baby to bed at 8pm 9pm, whatever time you want her to go down and leave the room. It'll take a couple of weeks but she'll adjust.
Vow to yourself not to return until 7am or 8am the next morning. Unless the crying is really bad or you think something might be wrong.
This is what worked for me.
2006-11-02 06:17:18 · answer #1 · answered by momoftwo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is in bed by 7:30. She is 7 mos old. Her dad watches her while I'm at work so I don't see whether she's a wake or not, but when I get home, she is usually awake. We play for a little while...I only get about 3 hrs with her before bedtime :-( I can guess the days she doesn't take a nap because she starts getting cranky and rubbing her eyes around 6. but no matter when she falls asleep, she always sleeps through the night. Then I wake her up at 6:00am to feed her and change her before I go to work and I put her in her crib to play.
try to get the schedule down as soon as possible. We have been lucky because we just started this schedule in the las 6 wks and she's been very compliant.
Good Luck.
2006-11-02 14:15:01 · answer #2 · answered by Laura R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start your day at about 8-830am, then I would only wake her during the day if she was sleeping more than a 3hr nap. The four hour feeding schedule worked well for me, but starting your day at 930 is a little late. If you start your day earlier, she'll get her naps in and be ready for bed at about 830-900. Give a bath, some milk (formula or breast) read a book then lay her down and say goodnight. It may take a few nights, but it will eventually kick in that it's bedtime. You might have to try to change her bedtime by 15 minutes everynight to get to your desired time, but starting a day with an early wake up might do the trick. That being said you can wake her up 15 minutes earlier until you reach your 800-830 mark. Good Luck.
2006-11-02 15:08:40 · answer #3 · answered by Liandrew00 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wake her up earlier. She will be sleepy earlier. The later you sleep in the morning, the less likely you will be able to go to bed at a decent time. Start waking her at 7 or 8AM and change the naps schedule a little. Keep her up after 4 PM.
2006-11-02 14:18:24 · answer #4 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you should try waking her earlier. My son starts his bath at 7-7:45pm. Then we go into his darkened room (i have a small lamp with a 15 watt bulb) We massage with lotion and get on his pjs. Then we go to the glider and nurse (this is the only time I feed him in the glider, except the occasional nightitme feeding).As he nurses I sing him songs and pray with him. If he is not asleep, we read Goodnight Moon in a slow and quiet voice. Then I zip him in his blanket, put the while noise on and leave the room. If he gets fussy, I wait 5 minutes, then I go in and push on his butt to make his head jiggle a bit. When he's clamer I leave. If he gets fussy again, I let him cry 10 minutes. I only pick him up if it has been 10 minutes of crying and he is just past upset. I'l rock him in a dark room until he is calm and start over. It takes persistance, but it worKs for me!
2006-11-02 14:15:03 · answer #5 · answered by max's mamma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start limiting the daytime naps. Maybe no naps after 4. She is still pretty young. Let her sleep in the morning until she wakes up on her own and maybe give her one nap a day.
2006-11-02 14:09:11 · answer #6 · answered by mbr515 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
grl mine is 2.5 and hates to sleep he will force himself to stay up till 2 or 3 sometimes he's killin me, lol now we are kinda on his schedule so we can get any sleep even when he gets up 7 8 am he still does it so we have an overitred cranky baby alot but i cant let him nap or it all goes to hell. he was like urs at that age too,Good Luck and I will be looking at ur answers for help too lol.
2006-11-02 14:18:21 · answer #7 · answered by Miss B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start waking her up earlier...then she wil have a nap earlier and keep her awake in the afternoon...aim for an hour earlier every night. 9 woudl seem like a great bedtime .
2006-11-02 14:44:26 · answer #8 · answered by mommy_2_liam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my brother was a baby, at anytime it was 8:00 we just give him a cup of coco drink and he will sleep it continued that way till he got used to sleeping at 8. You can try playing with him to get him tired that way he will get tired and sleep if it continues the same way he will get used to it. Then you start reducing the way you play with him till you completely stop by that time he'd be used to sleeping at a particular time.
2006-11-02 14:41:18 · answer #9 · answered by Debbie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-03 07:15:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋