schedule month old baby?

Question

What should a one month old baby schedule be like sleep,feeding my month old baby sleeps all day and is up all night I try to keep her up in the day but she falls a sleep

Answer 1

Just keep the evenings as calm and uneventful as possible, and the days as interesting as you can. You're baby will come around soon. It's natural for their schedules to be a bit off, but as your baby is able to stay awake for longer periods of time, they will be more interested in all the things goiing on in the daytime.

Answer 2

I disagree with a lot of them...... I am working with my 3rd child now and she will be 6 weeks old on Monday. She is pretty much on a schedule, now not as far as sleeping during the days (she dozes off and on throughout), and sleeps just about all night. She has her last feeding around 10:30 to 11 and sleeps until about 6:00. She's not the first though. I have 2 other boys, one is 5 1/2 and the other 18 months. They both started sleeping all night at about 6 weeks old. I was waking her up at night to feed every 3 1/2 to 4 hours and she was eating 4 ounces and her doctor said she would be fine to go a little further if she were still content. So we gradually let her work herself up to 7 hours and then she eats 6 ounces in the morning. She has no problems, is perfectly healthy and is gaining her weight perfectly.

So don't let anyone tell you that an infant can't be on a schedule, you just have to work with them and be consistent. There will be times though that you may vary slightly but otherwise you can stick with it. I do agree that the normal daily activities should continue, don't be quiet or tip toe around them. The activity during the day will help them learn day and night, time to sleep etc.

Answer 3

I have a 3 week old and I am trying to keep her on schedule. She sleeps all day and is up most of the night I also try to keep her up in the day a little but she always falls asleep. I read books and they say at night turn the lights down low and the noise low so the baby will know its bedtime. That does not work. feeding is crazy to. im breastfeeding and the doc and books say every 2-3 hours. Not sometimes its an hour and sometimes its 4. I think they have there own schedules and we cant do nothing about it. Good Luck..

Answer 4

I have a 3 1/2 y.o. and a 6-mon. old and you can find great info on websites like www.babycenter.com and from books like "What to Expect the First Year"(same authors as "What to expect when you're expecting") and various other baby books. Usually, the first mon. they sleep a lot and if you're nursing, they eat every 2-3 hrs. Don't try to keep her up all day for now b/c right now, they don't know the difference between night & day. Follow your baby's lead. If she wants to eat, let her eat. If she wants to sleep, let her sleep. If you want to help her along in differentiating night & day, try to have tv or music or have some constant background noise during the day, then at night, everything should be dark & quiet, even when nursing. Then slowly, she will respond to the differences.

Answer 5

in my house we dont try to keep the baby up...but during the day we refuse to be quiet for him too. he will sleep through normal household noise but only an hour or so . at night time he has a bath then after the other kids go to bed i make the house dark and quiet....i get 2 4 hour sleep sessions out of him atnight whereas he eats every 2-3 hours during the day. and when he is up for that feeding after the first 4 hours it is only 10-15 mins long enough for a couple ounces from his bottle and a dry diaper.

Answer 6

how funny....you have a brand new person in your life. There weren't clocks or windows in the womb. I think you should cater to that baby for a few more months. Feed that child every 2-3 hours, and let the baby sleep at much you can let it. keep your normal routine of house cleaning, tv watching, and other noise. Around 4 months you can begin to introduce a schedule.

congratulations and good luck

Answer 7

My first child was like that. I tried everything to no avail. I think some babies set their own time clock and there is nothing you can do about but lose sleep over it.

I wondering if you need to give her a month or two more.

Maybe she will adjust to a different schedule.

They do eat often when they are tiny. You didn't say if you are nursing or bottle feeding her.

Call your pediatrician or talk to the nurse. They will be able to reassure you.

Mean while I'll be thinking and praying for your first night of good sleep.

Answer 8

do what? right now their internal clock for day and night dont even work. They are more working on eating every 2-4 hours.
I choose to feed on demand since she would sleep 4 hours and eat sleep 3 then eat sleep 5 then eat and at night every 2 hours.
They dont give a hot if your sleeping or not, if its day or night. They just want food.

Soo sad but true. My girl never gave me a break, even now at 5 months she wont eat on a scedule no mater how hard i try.

Answer 9

My second child was like that for a few days, sleeping well during the day and up all night. I realized that at that point, he didn't like bright light much, he tended to shut his eyes in full light, then perk up when it was darker.

So i turned on every light in his room at night. Worked like a charm.

My eldest, it was a matter of offering her a cluster of feedings before we wanted her to sleep. Try to change things in your babies schedule now, whether its light, play times, sound levels, feeding, to swing them around.

In the meantime, try to sleep when they do.

Answer 10

YOU NEED TO SLEEP WHEN SHE SLEEPS. SHE WILL COME AROUND EVENTUALLY TO WHERE SHE SLEEPS AT NIGHT. MEANWHILE YOU NEED YOUR REST. TAKE CARE AND GOOD LUCK!