my son who is 10 days old does not sleep at night ,,,i feel tired...how can i make him sleep at night ?

Answer 1

Are you nursing him? If so, tuck him in bed with you, and when he cries, latch him on and then both of you can go back to sleep. If he stays awake while nursing, at least you can dose.

Keep the lights off at night, and keep it quiet (no TV). When he has a dirty diaper, change it quickly, with a low light or flashlight. You want to teach him that dark and quiet means "night time" and light means day time.

Try the swing - he may relax in the swing and be able to sleep some at night, while he is adjusting to day and night.

This has helped with all 5 of our babies - didn't have more than a couple of nights where baby was making the adjustment to sleeping at night.

Answer 2

Try classical music, hum softly to him while rocking him, Take him for a ride in the car (have someone else drive if you're too tired), warm bottle of milk, or take him for a walk in the stroller. Try to stimulate him more during the day and nap a little less. Don't let him nap before the supper hour if at all possible. Keep his routine as similar from day to day as you can until he gets his days/nights back on track. My first baby never did sleep much, day or night! You might just have to get a sitter so you can get a little rest...even if it's during the day. I know it seems like agony now, but this phase of his life will be short-lived and you'll be flying through the next phase...and the next...they grow up WAY too fast. Try to enjoy him and be thankful he's healthy!

Answer 3

Well you can't reallly make him sleep but you can encourage him to by making sure that when he awakens at night to feed that it is a very quiet kind of thing. Don't turn on the lights, tv, radio etc. Don't change his pants unless he has pooped etc. Don't talk to him or stimulate him in any way! I always used a #2 diaper at night to catch the extra urine! Put him straight back to his crib when he's done eating. It'll help if he's not in the same room with you because then his every movement and peep won't wake you up. I have four children and the last was so awake at night I ended up just putting him to bed with me at night and sleeping that way for the first few weeks! He was my first really difficult night sleeper! I am not a particularly heavy sleeper so I wasn't overly concerned about rolling over on him etc. I finally determined that he wanted to be really warm at night and stretched out straight on a nice firm surface. The trick is finding out what conditions he likes to sleep in! My first liked to be all curled up and slightly cool. My second liked white noise, motion, and cozy bundling. The third liked to be cool and stretched out straight.

Of course make sure you're taking care of yourself. Sleep as much as you can during the day and try to make sure there are people coming in to help take care of any other children you have.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

He's a bit young yet.Most babies can't sleep through the night until they are at least 4 weeks. Have a look at www.babysleepanswers.co.uk. It is a very effective system that works quickly for babies up to 5 years.

Answer 5

they don't sleep at night that early on. Unfortunately you are just going to have to tuff it out and sleep when the baby sleeps!
I know it doesn't seem like it, but it goes by pretty quick. In a couple of months baby will sleep through the night and you will miss him being a newborn!!!
Good luck!

Answer 6

He isn't going to sleep through the night yet anyway, you need to sleep when he does for awhile, new Mom's have a habit of trying to be super Mom, your body has been through alot and if you have the help of Daddy or Grandma use it, doesn't mean your not a good Mom, it means you need some rest too.

Answer 7

he doesnt sleep at all??? thats strange most babys at that age will sleep about 3 hours at a time. he just doesnt know the difference between night and day. you really cant do much at this age. ask someone to keep the baby for a night so you can catch up on your sleep or see if they can keep him for a few hours in the day parents need rest to take care of themselves and their children good luck wish i could be more help!!!

Answer 8

good luck all babies are like that they get the days and nights mixed up sleep when he does i n the day time

Answer 9

i know that babies sleep alot during the day so why dont you try and keep him up more during the day my son was a backwards baby too, my fiance and i were so sleep deprived that we were fighting all the time so just play with him more during the day and see if that helps other wise theres really nothing else you can do about it right now good luck i know exactly how it is

Answer 10

Keep sticking the pacifier in his mouth, I did this and some nights my newborn slept for 5 hours straight. Let him fuss a little too, he'll get too tired to keep it up and just pass out. Just don't let him fuss or keep sticking a pacifier in his mouth if it has been over 5 hours since the last feeding.
Also make sure you swaddle him, it's comforting and will help him sleep a long time, they sell swaddle me wraps at babies R us for $10 and it has velcro to keep them from unwrapping, that helped me alot.