HELP!!! LOL My daughter is 7 months old and within the past month she slowly started to stay up longer and longer, until its like tonight......it's 5:00 A.M. and she still hasn't went down for the night. She went to sleep at about 12:15 but was up by 2...I've tried everything I haven't changed our routine at all, bath at about 8:30 every night her naps aren't extremely long, she usually takes 2-3 naps a day each about an hour long...im willing to try anything I don't know what to do I've tried everything to get her to sleep with no luck, I don't think I can handle much more of staying up like this, it wears me down and I don't feel like doing much of anything that needs to be done around the house..so if you have any suggestions please let me know!
2007-01-11 22:07:01 · 3 answers · asked by Christy B 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
When I want my son to go to sleep, I just take him to bed with us. It's dark, he nurses himself to sleep and then I put him in his crib, also in the dark without noise. He sleeps from about 11-6am this way,(Meanwhile, I'm up doing the housework until 3-4 b/c that's the only time I can get anything done!) I get in bed around 4 then we get up at about 6am when my husband goes to work, he eats, gets a changing, then we lay back down at about 8am and he'll sleep again til 11-11:30 with me. I'll sleep with him, because I know that when he's awake, he's awake for good and requires a LOT of attention and I don't get anything done until nighttime..lol
2007-01-11 22:44:03 · answer #1 · answered by ... 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make daytime extra fun & loud,keep the lights on;tv and stimulate activites for her such as toys.When it's about an hour before bedtime do the opposite;lights off,no tv,no sounds.It may take a little time but she'll soon realize that it's boring and want to sleep to get the fun that goes on during the day.
2007-01-12 06:14:04 · answer #2 · answered by Dylan aka Dilly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It happens alot with infants.Just try to keep her awake as much as possible in the daytime. Sleep when she sleeps. I know it is not always possible to sleep when a baby sleeps though. Try feeding her just before you want her to go to sleep. A warm bottle also may help.Stick to your routine she will eventually get used to it.
2007-01-12 09:29:40 · answer #3 · answered by gigischildcare 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋