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Hi,
New to this !!,
Any advice would be much appreciated !!,
Our baby boy is 4 weeks old,And he isnt really sleeping at night that well,
He is waking roughly every 4 hours for his feeds ( 7,11,3,7,11,3 ),
I was putting him down to sleep after his 7pm feed, and 8 times out of ten, he will go to sleep, within 1 - 1 & 1/2 hours,
He would then wake up for his 11pm feed,and again he would go back to sleep within 1 - 1 & 1/2 hours,
But when he wakes up for his 3am feed, thats it, he wont go back to sleep at all until 6am, other mums etc, have told us hes going to bed to early,
So we have tried to keep him awake until 9 ish + , but struggled to keep him awake, and when the 3am feed comes along, again he doesnt want to go back tio sleep, until 6 ish,
With him being only 4 weeks old, are we expecting to much, and is it too early for setting out a routine ???,
Should we be putting him down to bed at the same time each night ???,
Any advice would be a blessing,
As this last few days, have been very stressful, with only a couple of hours sleep...
New to this !!,
Any advice would be much appreciated !!,
Our baby boy is 4 weeks old,And he isnt really sleeping at night that well,
He is waking roughly every 4 hours for his feeds ( 7,11,3,7,11,3 ),
I was putting him down to sleep after his 7pm feed, and 8 times out of ten, he will go to sleep, within 1 - 1 & 1/2 hours,
He would then wake up for his 11pm feed,and again he would go back to sleep within 1 - 1 & 1/2 hours,
But when he wakes up for his 3am feed, thats it, he wont go back to sleep at all until 6am, other mums etc, have told us hes going to bed to early,
So we have tried to keep him awake until 9 ish + , but struggled to keep him awake, and when the 3am feed comes along, again he doesnt want to go back tio sleep, until 6 ish,
With him being only 4 weeks old, are we expecting to much, and is it too early for setting out a routine ???,
Should we be putting him down to bed at the same time each night ???,
Any advice would be a blessing,
As this last few days, have been very stressful, with only a couple of hours sleep...
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He is still only 4 weeks and very young .... yes some people are lucky and have babies that slip straight into a routine, others have babies that take a bit longer - they are all different and definitely not textbook (well mine certainly wasn't anyway)!!
I would say to continue with what you are doing, you are already starting to get him into a routine by putting him down at 7 this will stand you in good stead for when he is a bit older and more settled and maybe start to bath him before his 7pm feed, that worked for me, Chloe nows that as soon as she goes in the bath it is bedtime.
As for the waking at 3 and not going to sleep until 6, do you interract with him? .... I tried not to talk to Chloe to stimulate her I also stopped changing her nappy at that time (unless obviously she really needed it) as that used to wake her up and that seemed to work for us in getting her back to sleep quicker.
I tried keeping Chloe up later to see if that worked but all that happened was that she got overtired and fractious and wouldn't sleep at all. To be honest, it sounds like you are doing great, just remember he is still very little and it is quite scary for them being in the big wide world when they are used to the warmth and protection of the womb.
Sorry for rambling and sorry that i have not been of much help but it sounds lie you are getting there. Good luck hun Sarah xxx
To be honest I think you are doing just fine, no two babies ever do the same thing, so you will find you're own routine.
What we did with our lo was to make the room very dark and quite when gave him his last feed, so he started to understand the difference between day and night, and then when he was about 6 weeks, we started giving a bath before last bottle.
Like Sarah said, keep on doing what you are doing and you lo will eventually settle into a routine. WE kept doing this and slowly he would sleep a little longer and then a little longer. I'm sure it will all work out soon and you can enjoy some unbroken sleep! Good luck and take care.x
Good luck x