Hello, my baby is 1 month old. She has her days and night mixed up. She stays up during the night and sleeps during the day. I heard it might be because she is use to me moving during the day when i was pregnant so she fell asleep and then at night she stays awake. We try so many things to keep her up during the day but we are unsuccessful when we try to wake her up. Any one have any ideas how to keep her up during the day? Any advice will be greatly appericated.
2007-03-15 19:12:52 · 8 answers · asked by Felicia 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
hey congratulations on the birth of your baby...she will straighten out her days and nights on her own if you you give her some time...relax..make sure you nurse her a lot at night...its easier to sleep on a happy full belly..
2007-03-15 19:25:42 · answer #1 · answered by Olive 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My 3 month old was exactly like this, hence I had many sleepless nights! We tried everything from putting her in a bassinet, pack n play, crib, pram, co-sleeper, but nothing would work. Then one day, I put her in bed with me and she went to sleep! We put our bed against the wall and she sleeps between me and the wall. I am a very light sleeper and don't move around when I sleep either. She has her own blanket (receiving blanket) and i sleep with a light blanket that does not touch her. This has worked wonders. she is now sleeping 4-6 hours at time at night, gets fed and then goes back to sleep. I would not suggest this if you are a heavy sleeper or move around a lot. I would seek the advice of your pediatrician as well. This is what just worked for us....it may not work for everyone!
2007-03-16 10:08:50 · answer #2 · answered by motherhoodisthebest! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very normal for your baby to sleep all day (I had three and all slept all day waking for a feed then straight back to sleep) Make sure you put her into her cot/bassinet for each sleep too, nursing her just doent work as she will wake more. But, she should also be sleeping at night too. Do you think she is actually worse at night or is it that you are trying to sleep and it just feels worse. Get her into the habit of having a feed, a burp then straight back to sleep. Also what I did with all my children was to give them there last feed (regardless of what time there previos one was) at 9:30 every night without fail. This helps them get into a routine and they started sleeping longer stretches from that last feed each night. I know its horrible when you get no sleep but it will soon be over.. good luck
2007-03-16 06:09:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had the same issue with our first child...newborns tend to sleep alot more anyways but what we found to work was that we kept it very bright in the house during the day (let alot of sunlight in and when it is rainy or cloudy turn on some extra lights)...and dont worry the sleeping patterns will change with time just make sure you try to be consistent with the times you put them to sleep...good luck!
2007-03-16 02:26:33 · answer #4 · answered by sgunsallusmk 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try to make her awake during the day so she will automatically sleep during the night.
Good Luck!
2007-03-16 02:22:53 · answer #5 · answered by !~*~!*!~*~! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't feed her right away. When she's starting to get hungry, walk around with her, undress her and rub her tummy...anything to prolong feeding her untill she really needs it.
Stop feeding her when shes just getting ready to go to sleep. If bottle feeding, hold back that last ounce for even 20 minutes if you can. I found quite by accident that I wasn't giving my baby quite enough for her to fall asleep, but enough that she wasn't hungry anymore and as a result wasn't sleeping..just awake.
Tickle her.
Blow on her tummy.
ummm.....
thats all I can come up with.
Hope it helps.
2007-03-16 02:30:39 · answer #6 · answered by santobugito 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Force her to sleep during the night. Babies do sleep during the day. If this is unsuccessful, let her go.When she gets older, she will understand and THEn you can get her to go to sleep at night and it will be easier to keep her up in the day and when sdhe grows mroe older she will be used to it and understand.
2007-03-16 02:18:13 · answer #7 · answered by Melissa 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Keep it bright durring the day and dark at night. You cant force her to do anything at this age... but catching her before she wakes too much at night and nursing her back to sleep will help... bring her to bed with you.
2007-03-16 02:23:29 · answer #8 · answered by Mommy to David 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋