My DS is 4 weeks old and when he awakes at night, usually 1am, it's taking me about 1 1/2 - 2 hrs to get him back to sleep, then he awakes 2 hrs later for another feed. it's not bothering me at the moment cause i sleep in during the day but in 4 weeks i'm back at work full time in a busy job and i'm petrified i'm not going to handle it.
he's sleeping in our room, so after a bottle feed, i rock him to sleep in the lounge till he's out then return him to his bassinett so he doesn't wake DH.
after the 4am feed i put him in bed next to me and he seems to fall asleep right away.
am i doing it right. during the day i just put him in his rocker, unwrapped and leave him and he usually lays awake for a while looking around before he falls asleep on his own, but at night i wrap him up and rock him till he's sleepy or sleeping then put him down. i tried just leaving him in his bassinett at night but i find he winges and lays awake for a hr or so before he sleeps.
i'm doing the night feeds at the moment cause DH is working and i know when i return to work he'll help out too, but is it normal to take a newborn 2 hrs to return to sleep.