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Question

How long will I have to go sleep deprived? my newborn sleeps during the day and is awake all night. What do I do?
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Answer 1

First off, congratulations... your daughter is beautiful.
I went through this with my son. When a woman is preganant, the baby usually sleeps during the day when mom is most active (like being rocked to sleep) and is up at night while your resting. This is the pattern your little girl is used to.
During the day, keep on lights, tv, dishwasher, anything that would typically take place during the day. I don't recomend trying to wake her in the day, because then your going to end up with an overtired little one (trust me, it's not fun!). Just go about your day without tiptoeing around her. At night, keep lights low, tv off . Don't do chores and things that are usually done in the daytime.
This happens with most newborns, but as frustrating as it is now, your daughter will adapt. Give it a few weeks.

Good luck and welcome to the mommy club!!!
If you need any new mommy advice, feel free to e-mail me..

Answer 2

I am so sorry. No one told me either. The one thing I wasn't told was how tired I was going to be...fatigue has a real life meaning when taking care of children.
My kids usually started sleeping at least 5 hours by the time they where 3 months old, some slept a little more.
You can't force a baby to be hungry or sleepy on a schedule by changing a routine. Try to sleep when the baby sleeps and time will take care of the rest. I will add this: at four months of age most babies are waking up in the night out of habit, they can go 6 hours with out a feeding.
At three days your body is still recovering from childbirth, it is hard work carrying a baby and giving birth.
It will not last forever and your body will adjust also to less sleep. Eat healthy and sleep when ever you can these two things will help you gain energy.

Answer 3

Babies at that age have no sense of time. Their circadian rhythyms are not developed. It is tough with a newborn, but that is why we get to take off from work! My daughter wanted to nurse every two hours or so, so I never got any sleep! I just had to sleep when she did. The house looked like crap, but that's the way it goes. Good luck. One day, she will sleep all night and this will be a memory. Don't ever put cereal in a bottle though. Some people give cereal in a bottle to babies only a couple of weeks old. It is HORRIBLE for their little digestive systems. Babies don't need solids until 6 mo. for breastfed babies and 4 mo. for formula fed babies.

Answer 4

I know exactly what you're feeling. My son was the exact same way. As of right now its kind of go with the flow of things. I would just try to sleep while he was sleeping. It only took a few months for him to get into a better routine. He sleeps a little during the day and goes to bed around 9 pm or so and gets up around 8 am. Its so much for easier now. Good Luck with everything. I hope that everything goes well for you. Congratulations on the new baby! She is BEAUTIFUL!

Answer 5

Beautiful baby! Now that you have a baby, you will NEVER get the amount of sleep you think you should! Sorry, but once you get her into a routine, she will either get a cold, start growing and needing to eat more often or be out on a date with a boy whose name is unpronounceable, is tattooed and pierced from head to toe and drives a beat up Harley, call you dudette and won't come in to meet mom and dad...

My advice, learn to take naps now, don't worry about what the house looks like, ask for help with the things you can't or don't feel like doing and settle in for the long bumpy ride. It will not always be fun, but it will be memorable. Laugh, it helps relieve the tension and if you can find something funny in every situation, it won't all feel and look so bad.

Good luck! what did you name your little angel?

Answer 6

First congrats on your healthy baby girl. Three and a half days..? You are still recovering yourself from having this baby (whichever way you had her). It does get easier but don't expect it overnight. Like all the other advice. Sleep when she sleeps. If someone offers their help, take it. Around the 4 week mark she will realize there is more to do than just sleep but will hopefully take less 'catnaps' and more real sleep so you can get a better rest.
Just remember to enjoy her - no matter how tired you are. This is the easy part (believe it or not) and this too shall pass..

Answer 7

you just have to go with it. your baby will eventually get his days and nights right. You can try to limit his naps in the evening, which is hard to do this young, but remember, the baby still needs lots of sleep! Try to wake the baby up after he's slept for a while and play with him...it also helps to give him a bath right before bed time and try to start a routine. And honey, you've just got started lol Have fun and take a break if you get overwhelmed...if you have someone who can help out, go sleep on the couch so you can get some rest...good luck and have fun

Answer 8

The best advice I can give you is to try to develop a nightly routine. A warm bath, reading the same book, rocking to sleep, whatever seems to work for you and your baby. Do the same thing every night to develop a pattern. It may take a while but it's all you can do. Also keep the lights low at night and make sure baby knows its sleep time. Put on some white noise, like a radio station of static or a fan or heater. Good Luck.

BTW, I tried to veiw your pic, but it didnt work.

Answer 9

make some attempts to alter the babies sleep pattern to a night time one . in the mean time sleep when the baby sleeps how long will you go with out your sleep being different from what was before is up to 4 of you the baby you the father and GOD.

Answer 10

you child doesn't know the difference between night and day when you put her down for a nap during the day don't make the room dark and when she goes to sleep at night only have a night light on or as little light as possible she will then began to realize the difference...don't let her sleep long naps as nice as it is to get some along time it is a struggle because she has been asleep for most of the day....i had a child that i watched for three weeks so the parents could go on vacation and he didn't know the difference and it got to the point by the third day i just had to deal with him being crabby and only let him take short little naps and we'd go for car rides at night to get him sleepy...also let them cry it out...as much as you hate to listen to your baby cry there are benifits of them crying...it helps develop the lungs and quickly they will have put themselves to sleep....