So my DD is 10.5 weeks old now and she does not sleep between around 5pm and 11pm-12am!! Not matter what we do, feeding, a bath, rocking etc, she just will not sleep. It's getting quite frustrating because I am stuck on the couch feeding her the whole night and can't make dinner etc... I am starving and it's 9:20pm and I haven't had dinner, DH was at soccer training so I have just been sitting here waiting for him to get home so I can eat something!!
I know there is arsenic hour but this is just silly!! Why won't she sleep between these hours????
well this is how it usually goes:
5am wake up for feed
8-9am wake up for feed
1.5-2hrs later have a nap for around 2-3hrs
awake for 1.5-2hrs then another nap for about 2hrs
once she wakes up after that second nap I have no hope of getting her down no matter how hard I try!! So I don't think she is over tired cause I don't keep her up longer than 2hrs...
I wrap her and put her down even if she is still awake for those 2 other naps and she usually puts herself to sleep.. but after she wakes in the afternoon she will not settle herself and won't go down after being rocked etc.
it's the time of day - just because she puts herself to sleep earlier in teh day doesn't mean she can at that time. Try something different in the afternoon maybe. Do you have a sling or wrap you could put her in? Some babies that's the only way they'll sleep = pop them in adn jiggle away for a bit. You can also get yourself some food while she's in teh sling too.
Bex on those 2 day naps how many hours does she sleep for???
K sleeps pretty much 1 day nap for like 4hrs and he goes to bed at 7-8pm of a night will cluster feed then will go pretty much 7 possible sometimes 8 hours of a night now and is awake at 6-6:30am will play for a few hours then naps then wakes again and pretty much is awake until 7-8 unless he dozes off to sleep himself while having tummy time or so fourth!!!
if i remember correctly with DS1 i got told babies at this age should be sleeping around 15hrs a day!!! Something maybe to look into (but remember not all babies are the same)
Stay positive things WILL get better it wont always be as hard as this xxxx
Well i have been sitting in our room in the dark feeding her since 9pm and she is still sucking and not sleeping. I thought by having a quie dark room she might feed to sleep but its taking as long as normal!
I had a bit more luck with my DD tonight. I realised after reading someones suggestion about tired signs I had completly forgot to look for them in DD. I really picked up her signs today and she slept sooo much more today, and I didnt have a night of full on screams. I'm in shock and have more time on my hands then I have for ages lol
anyway just thought I would share, tired signs and swaddling worked for us today. How is your DD is going?
2am and still freaking awake!!!! She just keeps crying if she is put in bed. I know she is tired cause she will fall asleep to only wake up like 5mins later crying...
I have to drive to gold coast in the morning and i am so freaking tired...
Sent from my iPhone so sorry for the spelling and punctuation!!
sleeping between 5pm-11pm??
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