imo, that's quite normal and it's still very early. my 4 1/2 DD mo still wakes every 2 hours to be breastfed and hardly wants to sleep, now that's not normal. good luck
Hi Stillhoping. I am no expert, still trying to work out my little one.
But I think the main point is - every baby is different. It took me a long time to recover from the birth. The only way I survived those early weeks is because I asked DP to do the night feeds so I could sleep. I just couldn't stand to hear her cry so I never tested the theory that crying tires them out.
Poppy did eventually begin sleeping less during the day and longer during the night. Now she sleeps from about 9pm to 6am without a feed, and often goes back to sleep again until 9am. So there's hope!
I don't think there's any harm in the baby sleeping in the day, it's just the mum who needs the night sleeps. So do whatever you can to get through these early weeks. Things will change.
I'm happy to say ( and I hope this is not going to backfire) that DD is on track. Late evenings still hit and miss getting her to sleep, but all other times during the day she goes off by herself and has only been waking once overnight, even twice is fine and mostly settles quickly. I hope it continues. Now just have to get her older brother to stop waking more than her overnight
Also, we do not wake her for feeds even if she has had a 4 hour sleep and it is working much better than when we were waking her every 3 hours for feeds.
I think persistence and consistency has paid off for us.
That's great news. I hope she stays that way for you!! You'll be very lucky if she does! I remember my DD at that age.... as she approached milestones and different developmental stages her sleep would go right out the window!? So I learnt not to worry too much about the sleep thing. (although it's hard when you are tired!)
Even now.... DD is a frequent waker in the night but I guess all babies are different.
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but I guess all babies are different.
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