2007-01-03 03:27:33 · 19 answers · asked by DI 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
It's worth a try. Some babies want to sleep all day and be up all night. In that case, I'd try keeping the baby up more often during the day for a few days to see if that would help it want to sleep more at night. Good Luck to you.
2007-01-03 03:31:59 · answer #1 · answered by Steph 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No way. This makes them more fussy at night. The opposite effect than you want. For the first month, my doc told me to wake baby up to nurse every three hours whatever time of day or night. She will start to sleep more at night when she's able. Her new little stomach and digestive system probably aren't ready to go all night yet and may not be for months. My baby girl woke once a night at around 6-8 months and around 8-9 months slept all night.
2007-01-03 05:00:34 · answer #2 · answered by tcdrtw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I wouldn't put it like that; what I would say, though, is that you need to get baby on a schedule as soon as possible, which may involve day-time waking to feed. If baby eats a bottle at 7am, and you expect her to go for two hours before the next one but she's still sleeping at 9am, wake her up and feed her. Repeat through out the day, with the "last" bottle being at maybe 11pm or so. Then at that point let her sleep if she will, for as long as you can get out of her.
2007-01-03 03:53:06 · answer #3 · answered by toomanycommercials 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give a few more weeks. I know it's a pain in the rear when you're tired as hell and you have to get up twice or more each night. After a few more weeks, you can try to get her to go longer between each daytime nap she takes. Our trick, when the baby was 2 months or so, was NOT to let the baby nap after 6 pm. Then we'd try to keep him active and busy as long as we could. He would usually fall asleep around 11:00pm and stay asleep until 3-3:30 am...But not before 2 months, 'cause until that time she needs frequent feedings. That's just how it is for a newborn!
2007-01-03 04:29:36 · answer #4 · answered by clever nickname 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. babies that young need as much rest as possible. keeping your baby up during the day, won't help him/her sleep better at night. if u are tired chances are u aren't sleeping when the baby sleeps. this is the only way u will get any rest. For right now, stick with your child's schedule. check with the pediatrician, but in a few weeks u should be able to try things to keep ur child awake more. good luck. it's tough but your world revolves completely around your child for these for few weeks.
2007-01-03 03:42:13 · answer #5 · answered by jdubsmom06 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Everyone I know with baby's have done this but I think they should be left alone. Parents need to try and rest when the baby does and eventually the baby will make a routine where they will sleep at night!
2007-01-03 03:32:39 · answer #6 · answered by angelmwilson 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good luck with that one. . .
When a newborn wants to sleep, they are going to sleep - no matter what you do to the contrary. And they will still be awake at night. All you are going to get is a cranky baby.
It is normal for them to be that way - sleep and wake through the day and night - for the first couple of months. I got lucky and had a baby that slept through the night after 4 weeks. But "through the night" was going to sleep around 10 pm and waking around 4 am. And chunk of time that you get to sleep is considered "sleeping through the night".
2007-01-03 03:43:45 · answer #7 · answered by volleyballchick (cowards block) 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm a big believer in staying on their schedule for as long as you can. It is really a short time that you have to do this in the grand scheme of your parenting life.
They should be eating every 2-4 hours depending on if breastfed or formula. So even if you "get them on a schedule" at this age, you are still going to be getting up at night to feed.
2007-01-03 03:32:04 · answer #8 · answered by harrisnish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. You let her sleep whenever she feels like it. No matter how long or short the time is between her naps. Sorry that's just how it works. But when I had my 1st child the doctor told me to go to sleep when my baby goes to sleep, even if it is only for 2hrs. And I did it and I was well rested. So give that a try, it works. Good luck.
2007-01-03 03:30:46 · answer #9 · answered by Jazz21 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
As long as they are gaining weight, you can let them sleep as long as the want, really. But from experience, just because they've slept less during the day doesn't mean they will sleep more at night..in fact, if they get overtired, they may get very cranky and sleep less.
2007-01-03 05:07:47 · answer #10 · answered by Shannon G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋