my baby is four weeks, i know i have a while before he sleeps through the night but when will he sleep longer?

Answer 1

What I did that helped a lot is not let my daughter sleep longer than 2 hours at a time during the day. I would wake her up and nurse her. It took a lot to wake her up, but the first day that I did this, she slept 5 hours in a row at night. Babies usually have one long stretch that they sleep, and it's usually during the day since in utero they are awake at night when you are sleeping. All my friends who do this tell me it works for them immediately too.

Answer 2

he should hopefully already have an idea of the difference betwen day and night and tend to sleep more at night. If not, be sure to leave the lights of when you feed him at night, and just feed him, change him, and then put him back to sleep. Do not play with him during the times when you want him to learn to sleep. Do ot interact with him any more than you need to in the middle of the night. Just do what you need to do to keep him fed and comfortable but leave all the other types of things for the day time hours. Try feeding him a little extra before "bed" (when you think his night is beginning) with the hope that he will be a little fuller and sleep a little longer. If he is swaddled and warm, he will probably sleep longer and be less hungry. Other than that, it really is just up to time. Most babies have to be at least 10 lbs before it's even possible for them to go that long without eating. I know it's exhausting but, it will end and you will be on to the next thing sooner than you realize!