Advice for day/night

[peanutter]

you can also get them used to day by having a "play" after day time feeds, before going down to sleep.

"play" at 8 weeks is obviously going to be a lot more to do with talking, massage, rocking etc.

but during night feeds and changes, keep interaction to an absolute minimum - cuddle/kiss etc without getting them excitable, keep your voice very soft and low, and keep the lights off or very low, to not break the "night" atmosphere if possible.

HTH

[1pj]

mines not a great sleeper at the moment and hes gone 4 months but last time with DD i was too scared to wake her etc where as this time i thought nope blow it so i would wake DS if he slept too long during the day and i would go out a fair bit during this time till they adjust or take him outside and play more and be more noisey in the day and even have him sleep out here where its noisier till he got it then now hes back in his room,i think too they do get it just in there own time,DD was 7 weeks and she got it and was even sleeping threw,DS was about 8 weeks before he suddenly changed to having longer sleeps at night.its so hard isnt it

[Beach Mama]

Lots of the above. I kept the night feeds very quiet, dark and even bub was awake I would walk around in the dark til they fell asleep again! Any feeds between 7-7 were like this, dark and very quiet. Babies need loads of sleep = there is definitely nothing in it to say to keep them awake, if anything you will just end up with a very cranky overtired baby instead. I would be watching for tired signs during the day and encouraging naps throughout the day - I would think (from memory eeeps) around 4 naps at that age? I think 1 1/2-2 hours awake time is plenty at 8 weeks old. Again your bub is best judge of that, and will give you cues to being tired, rubbing eyes, yawning etc. I would keep an eye on the timing and then when I saw that say 2 hours was their limit, at 1hr45m I would start winding down, changing nappy and settling for a nap before they got too tired. It worked for me, but it does take a bit of experimenting. Good luck - sounds like you are doing a wonderful job! xoxo