Our grand daughter sleeps all day?

Question

And is awake on and off all night. She is 5 days old and during the day she takes a whole 3oz bottle. But during the night she wakes almost hourly feeds a little then goes back to sleep. They have tried tickling her feet, changing her to wake her but nothing works.
As you can imagine they are both shattered, and wondered if there is anyway they can turn this upside down baby, back the right way.

Answer 1

i to have a new born who is seven days old, i belive in starting their routine right at the beginning. it worked with my other two children and it still remains their routine now.
i bath them and have a little play with them, then they are dryed and put in their night time clothes and given a feed, it is then bedtime. they have all been put in their cots awake so they can learn to fall asleep on their own. this has been done around 7 o clock at night so they recognise their bedtime. i would try waking your granddaughter to prepare her for her bath etc.
i appriciate its not how everyone would do it but its worked for me.

Answer 2

Oh, gosh! Poor parents! My son (now 1) was the same, it's absolutely the most tiring situation. I know what you mean about not getting her to wake up. We used to take a cool face cloth and wipe my son's face with it to try and wake him too. The only thing you can do is to try and keep her a wake for a bit longer. It's tough, but worth it! When she does sleep during the day, try not to get the house to quiet. Have the tv on, use the vacuum, etc. Later on she'll realise that noise means day/awake time and silence means night/sleep time. That's all I can suggest as that's the only things we did. Good luck and hope they managed to get some sleep soon!

Answer 3

My little girl was the same, your Grand-daughter will settle soon into her own routine in the next few weeks. You say she is waking hourly for a feed, Give baby a full bottle before bed and try not to keep feeding her everytime she wakes up during the night as she'll get used to this, keep the room dark and just rub her hand or belly or head or wherever she likes it and try get her back to sleep, baby will soon learn that it's still dark and not feed time yet and hopefully soon she'll stay asleep all night, hope it works for them

Answer 4

My six week old granddaughter was awake during the night too. My daughter was exhausted. After the baby was about 4 weeks old, she adjusted to a better sleeping routine. She now sleeps approximately 6 hours around midnight to 6:00 a.m. She wakes up around 6:00 a.m. for a feeding, then goes back to sleep for another 2 hours.

Answer 5

I went through this with my daughter recently (she's a month old today :D) Mom and Dad have to keep trying to wake her up. Blowing on my daughters' belly or cheeks worked. Try anything-unclothing the baby, moving him/her around, mess with his/her ears or eyes...pretty much anything you can think of. The baby might not stay awake long but getting her awake enough to eat should help her body regulate itself.

Congrats on a healthy Granddaughter and good luck!

Answer 6

She is way too young to put on a schedule. That is what babys do. They sleep. She will grow out of it. I know it has to be hard on mom and dad but just tell them that they really need to try and sleep when baby is sleeping even if they need to take a nap at dinner time, they can eat later. They are going to have to change their schedule to fit babys needs for the time being. Babys have no idea of time.

Answer 7

my 1st baby did this not quite as bad. And i would make day time look like day time EG: make the room as bright as possible and dont put baby to sleep in a dark room, and have some outside time so that baby gets to know the difference, and at night make babys room dark,(can have a night light).And during the day make sure you make noise Eg: vacum, have the Tv on and have friends ova.and when night time comes make the house a little bit quieter, but not to much. coz then if you want to go out at night and it is noisy they wont want to sleep. Both my kids have always slept when we are out at a party or for tea. this worked for my baby. It may take a week or so for baby to get used to day/night. u have to remember that they spend 9 months in darkness. Hope this helps and good luck with it all. if you would like any more ideas please email me.

Answer 8

i had this problem with my second child and i wouldn't worry all babies are different, with my first child i was up on the go all day ,my daughter would fight not to fall asleep and when my son arrived i thought there was something wrong ? i was really worried because he was sleeping all time and he was very laid back and chilled out and my daughter was up and about all the time , i spoke with my mid wife and she told me every thing was ok and that he just needed the sleep and it took a few weeks but got him in to a routine where he would have feeds at around surten times and sleeps too and this really help . i would try that if your grand daughter still sleeps all the time i would take her to the gp and express your concerns to them .

Good Luck x

Answer 9

Some kids are nocturnal. I was, I still am (the reason i am on answers and not asleep).

eventually she will adapt and get a "normal" sleep pattern. It is nothing to get worried about.

Congrats on the new arrival by the way,

Answer 10

okay she sounds like she has her day and her nights mixed up and many babys do this . mom needs to keep her up during the day and change her body clock manually so to speak . keep her up during the day and put her down at night . good luck .