Seeking Help with day sleeps

[Rumpleteaser]

Jonah was feeding every 3 hours untill last Thursday, then he went 5 hours between feeds. Since then he will generally go 4 hours from when I put him down about 9pm, then 3 hours after that. I think that is because he does not feed as well at the 1 am feed because he and I are both sleepy.

[~Trish~]

I guess that is another thing to trial tonight whether he is waking up out of hunger or just cause he hasnt got to "the zone" hehe

The age old question, "Do I feed or try to resettle?" LOL! Trial and error really. My DS1 started sleeping 8 hours overnight (without a feed) at 5 weeks of age whereas my DS2 took much longer to get to that stage. I guess it just depends on the bub, it's definitely worth finding out

Oh and Woohoo on resettling him in the swing!

[thepixie]

Sorry hon of course you have! Good luck with it

[nagromeyk]

Well good morning girls, last night was not too bad I guess. I put Kye to bed at 7:30pm and he woke at 11:30pm.

Trish - tried the whole "resettle" thing at 11:30pm but no he was hungry LOL.... so I think for me the theory is clear. Kye is just a hungry chappy who loves his tucker! hehe

I sat with him from midnight. He went back to sleep all by himself and I stayed and watched his sleep pattern till 12;45am. He tended to stir every 10 minutes or so. When he did I just rubbed his tummy in a circular motion and then he would settle again. I stayed with him until 12:45am thinking he would of well and truly hit the 2nd stage. He woke again at 2:30am hungry (eating his fists) so I dont know LOL

I'm thinking that maybe he just isnt gonna be one of those babies who goes longer between feeds. He is 6 weeks old tomorrow and already weighs 6.29kgs

I have just fed him now - he only took 90ml and he is crashed on his playmat on the kitchen table so I am guessing 'making day sleeps different to night' means he doesnt sleep in his cot during the day but out around the house instead. I guess if he is getting the sleep it doesnt really matter WHERE hey??

[~StarBright~]

Hi sasha- i hope you dont mind me crashing-but i am having very similar delemas with my little boy!! I was just about to post a thread but saw this one and thought i would just join in!!

My biggest problem is that he will easily fall asleep after feeding- usually on me, but then the second i try and move him to his bassinette- its all over!! I have tried doing it as soon as he falls asleep- i have tried waiting till i think he is in a deeper sleep- and both ways he still wakes up!!!!!!

Or if he does resettle- then the sleep only lasts about half an hour- (i had never heard of these sleep cycles before... very interesting!!!)

He has started sleeping more at night- he has his shower with dad at about 5:30- then a feed and he goes down for a good 5-6 hours then a mid night feed then another 4-5 hours- but then then he wakes at 5:30am or so he will go back to sleep but it all goes down hill from there some days it will only be two hours - other days he is really good and sleeps another 3 or 4 but when he wakes at the 9-10am time he wont sleep for longer than an hour at the most during the day- or its a 30 mintue nap here or there- and then he gets REALLY cranky and over tired in the afternoon and it can take up to an hour or two of settling and feeding to get him to sleep- and sadly i have found that he will just cry and cry and work himself into such a state that i can not settle him and he just basically has to cry till he wears himself out- which is torture for me to watch!!!

I will be taking on some of the advice already given and try keeping him a little warmer ( i tend to think coz its day time he will get too hot- but maybe he needs a good wrap) and also checking him with his sleep cycles.. i am going to start keeping a bit of a journal on his sleeping too- coz the days seem to blur together and i dont always remember how much he has actually slept!!) But any advice on the moving a sleeping baby without waking would be appriciated!!!

Thanks sacha for the thread- good luck with the rest of the afternoon!!

SB

[satya]

I've found that my son sleeps better during the day in the lounge room. He sleeps well either in a rocker or on a towel on the floor. Sometimes I'll put him in his room during the day but he tends to wake more in there. I think the noises around him (including from the TV) help settle him. I've been told by the lady who runs my mothers group that it is not a good idea to get babies to sleep anywhere else but in their cot and that I will be causing problems when he's older. I guess we'll just have to wait and see if she's right. Mind you she's not got kids of her own so has no idea of what its like to have to settle your own child. I bet she doesn't do it by the text books when she gets around to it. MY MCHN who has grown kids doesn't think it's a problem.

Our lounge room is also darker than his room as it has only one window which is tinted. Once the blinds get shut it's very dark in there. It's still quite light in his room during the day even with the blinds shut.

[nagromeyk]

Well its been a few days since I posted in this thread so thought I would come back to report Kye slept for 2 hours this morning from 915am till 11am ... omg couldnt believe it and at the moment he is in his swing and has been asleep since 4:00pm but I am guessing he will wake up very shortly starving haha

Starbright - thanks for your post! It's nice to know that I am not the only one in this situation. One stage I got beyond frustrated (hence why I started the thread) I just could not figure out why he was waking himself up. I trialled a few things - I started to wrap him up again which seemed to work.
He has had a belly ache the past day which hasnt been helping his night time sleeping. Last night was very broken, I had to get up to him 3 times

Satya - re: where baby sleeps. I'm with you - Kye prefers to be around the house during the day. My mentality is as long as he is sleeping I dont care where he is

Tan2705 - I took your advice and went and brought "sleeping like a baby". I havent finished reading of all it yet but man it has certainly given me more of an insight, thanks heaps for the recommendation!!

Trish - I tried your trick of resettling him by patting him, it seems to work after a feed during the night