I have a friend, who wakes her baby up in the day, so that it sleeps at night. The baby boy is only four months old, but the Mom has been doing this since it was born.
I cannot tell the Mom directly, but if I get some concrete advise on the actual implications, I would be able to politely tell my friend, if she is doing wrong...
God bless
2007-02-13 21:46:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
This mother of the baby in your question, is obviously doing it for a reason....... so she can get some normal sleep.
It is obviously working for her so let sleeping babies and mothers lie.
You could offer to take care of the baby for a few hours once or twice a week to help out rather that wreck a friendship.
Im sure that if it didnt work she wouldnt be doing it.... besides I would much rather have a baby sleep five or six hours a night than up all night and asleep all day. Start them early and they soon get to know when its sleeptime and when its playtime.
At four months old this baby has already established its own pattern for sleeping.
As long as it is feeding well, gaining weight, has lots of wet and dirty nappies and appears healthy, its doing ok.
2007-02-14 00:37:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anecdotal evidence suggests that keeping baby awake during the day does not effect whether or not they will sleep through the night. However, I would suggest that if baby is not getting enough sleep he would be grumbling all day long. If he seems happy and normal in other ways, the fact that she is waking him during the day would not seem to be harming him. I have a 4 month old who sleeps 10 hours at night, has done for 6 weeks or so, and has little sleeps of about 1-2 hours during the day. This has nothing whatsoever to do with her being deliberately woken up during the day.
2007-02-13 21:55:30 · answer #2 · answered by sharon b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I've learned, reading several books.....you shouldn't wake your child up so it sleeps better at night...actually...bad sleep during the day = bad sleep during the night. At 4 months the baby should be taking 3 naps a day. Morning, afternoon and then if needed evening around 4 or 5. The Morning and afternoon naps should be at least an hour long my son slept 1 1/2 - 2 hours usually and the evening one might just be short, but that's usually OK.
If the baby isn't sleeping well at night and having trouble going down she should actually try putting the baby down earlier...someties they go down bad, because they're actually over tired.
Suggesion of a book: Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, by Dr. Marc Weissbluth
2007-02-14 00:45:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No implications for the baby. only th Mother....I have 4 kids 8,6,2,and 12 weeks and my rule has always been to never wake a sleeping baby. It just makes it hard for everyone (grumpy baby, stressed Mama.) However I totally understand her frustrations and wanting to sleep at night. If the baby is 4 months old, put the baby in his/her own room with white noise (fan,etc.) and then the Mom should get a fan or something for her room. That way everyone sleeps as they need/want to, and the baby will get use to the routine.
2007-02-14 00:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by louwho 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The baby does need it's sleep and as long as she is letting it sleep at least an hour to two hours, it's ok to wake it up- it lets the baby get into the habit that sunlight means awake time, and dark means sleep time. i wish i had done that- i let my son sleep whenever he gets sleepy and let him sleep until he wakes up- but he never sleeps through the night (wakes 1-5 times a night) and takes random naps and random times. but really, as long as the baby is healthy it is ok. if the baby is very sleepy still and isn't very alert or responsive, she may be waking him too early. just observe the baby- if he appears happy and alert when awake, he's fine. very sleepy or takes very frequent, numerous naps throughout the day she should let him sleep more.
2007-02-13 21:52:16 · answer #5 · answered by lynn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That mom should not wake up her baby They say that the more your baby sleeps the more he grows . That mom should accept the fact that ALL mommies have to get up at night babies wake up when they are thirsty or hungry. 4 Month old babies still drink milk at every 4hours. If she wants her baby to sleep at night she should try to give the baby some water to drink.
2007-02-13 22:40:04 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She does it to get the baby used to being awake during the day and sleeping at night....I'd say she's a pretty smart lady so long as the child is not depreived of sleep. It's not a bad idea.
2007-02-13 23:03:07 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Mommy to 3 year old Jacob and baby on the way♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
doing wrong? she is trying to get the baby into a night time sleep patten so she isn't sleep deprived ..there are plenty of parents who do the same .so politely keep mum about your ideas.. its not your sleep that's being interrupted by the baby perfectly normal to try and establish a night time sleep pattern for every ones sake .
2007-02-13 21:53:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sorry it wont hurt the baby to awakened so that it sleeps more at night.
2007-02-14 00:15:39 · answer #9 · answered by elaeblue 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
go head, good way to lose a friend,
2007-02-13 21:54:14 · answer #10 · answered by aqua 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋