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Nightime Issues

By schoultziesarah | 3 years 15 weeks ago
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My 9 week old sleeps pretty good during the day and once he is down at night he only awakes for feedings and goes back to sleep. Its GETTING him to go down at night that is the issue. Everyday its the same thing: around 6:30 he gets cranky and tired and I rock him and he falls asleep. I put him down and 10 minutes later he is awake. Then its 3-4 hours of hell to get him to go back down. He wants a bottle, then he doesn't, he falls asleep then wakes up. And he is usually crying the whole time. Any suggestions on how to make going to bed a little easier?

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Hello:) Maybe you are trying to put him down for the night too early. Both of my girls (ages 4 years and 8 months) took evening naps until they were around 6 months, then went down for the night later - usually between 9 and 10pm. I let them nap no longer than 30-45 minutes in the evening though. At only 9 weeks neither of my children were on a very strict schedule, however. The scheduled sleeping and eating didn't come until a few months later for us. Hopefully that helps!
I am having the same issues and so is my best friend with her 7 week old. At 9 weeks, my son would not go to sleep and scream for hours. Then he would fall asleep around 1am only to wake up again at 4am-7am. I found that letting all the daylight you can stand inside your house will help the body clock. Now he's up at 8:30am and takes 2 1/2 hour naps a day. I "shut-down" the house around 6pm and he tends to get sleepy about that time.
I am pretty sure that my daughter didn't have a set bedtime until about 3 months. Before that I would try to nurse one last time before I turned in around 10pm. When we decided to set a bedtime I think it started at 8pm, then got gradually earlier until now, she's down by 7ish. She is 10.5 months.
Hi ladies, My little did not have an issue with sleep until he turn 2 year old. Since then, we have dealt with longer bedtime, co sleeping, and midnight wake ups. I don't know what to do anymore, he is too old to cry it out and frankly, i really can not deal with the screams because he would not let up! Help! Warm regards, Van "Your attitude on the outside shows what's happening on the inside."

Warm regards,
Van

"Your attitude on the outside shows what's happening on the inside."

My son started doing the same thing around 18 months (he is 21 months now)...it turned out he was getting his molars! It all lasted about a month and then he was back to normal...at least for a few months...now we are dealing with him staying in his toddler bed. Good luck to you!

I am going through the same thing! My son didn't start screaming in the night until now. He just turned 2 in February, and he wakes up at 3:30 - 4:30 every morning. I haven't had a full nights rest in along time- not to mention that I am a 21 year old single mother of a two and one year old that works six days a week( some ten hour days). As far as giving advice, I still haven't figured it out yet. It's been going on for months and I just got used to welcoming him in my bed to snuggle back to sleep. Which that part made our bond closer

You might get some help from Mary Sheedy Kurcinka's new book called "Sleepless in America". I'm not saying everything in the book is great, but there are some helpful questionnaires and suggestions that might help you. Perhaps your child needs you to stay close (lay down with) to him for a little longer - until he gets into a deeper sleep. Donna

Another good book is "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child".  A little confusing when you're a tired mom getting no sleep & trying to read a book, but it really worked for us once I figured it out!

I suggest swaddling. I went on line and bought the Miracle blanket made especially for swaddling. Let me tell you, it's a miracle! He slept for upto 7 hrs at a time and he's breastfed! The are kind of pricey (25$) but worth it for my rest. I swaddled him until he wouldn't let me any  more...about 5 mos. Just go to google and put in swaddle blanket or miracle blanket. Sometime you can find them on ebay for less.

Have you checked out "Secrets of the Baby Whisperer"? I got a lot out of this book.  And, 9 weeks isn't too early to start following the suggestions.  We got into the habit of walking and rocking our baby to sleep every night.  We had not taught her how to get herself to sleep on her own.  We did this for 5 months!  Putting our daughter down at night was such a challenge.   When we couldn't take it anymore, we got the book and followed the "Pick Up/Put Down" method.  It worked!  Took some perseverance - especially the first few days.  But, in just over a week, she was getting herself to sleep on her own.  The length of her naps improved, too.  Definitely a good read.

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