any suggestions?before i loose sanity??

[Boo Boo]

Try waking for feeds every three hours during the day and get as much milk into her during the day, keep her up for an hour, then sleep for two hours, then wake for feed again, before her 'bedtime' for the night, maybe keep her up for 1.5 - 2 hours....I did this with my DS as he had his days/nights mixed up and it sorted out quick,.....also the idea of getting in as much milk during the day so hopefully they don't need as much overnight....but up to 6 weeks they are adjusting to life, so I would expect things to be up and down until they settle a bit. Hope this makes sense, have a baby on me..

HTH
Laurin

[~Trish~]

I always woke my bubs to feed them every three hours during the day and before long they got into a pattern of sleeping longer stretched at night.

Good luck

[SamiH]

Hun, no babe in arms anymore - i posted earlier but very briefly ...

Your baby is only 2 weeks old - when you are awake, she is used to being rocked to sleep all the time whilst you move around during the day, floating around peacefully, and being awake more at night time (which you will prob recall feeling more kicks etc).

It takes time, she will find her rhythm with the family - a couple more weeks at most. I am not for waking babies up unnecessarily during the day - but i do agree with feeding them as much as you can during the day to ensure intake is up to encourage longer overnight stints between feeds. However for a newborn i also wouldnt let them go any longer than 5 hours during the day for a feed.

I have jsut been through it too with a 5yo adn 3yo - its really hard work - the first 6 weeks are the hardest. Sleep as much as you can during the day.

As i said last time, hang in there, it will turn - do all the right things like feed in a room at night as dark as possible for you, without noise and distractions, keep everything calm and quiet, dont talk to bubs, they can feel your love through your touch etc. Send all the signals it is night time, time to sleep

[amberj]

My MCHN also said to get a little bit of sunlight on their face during the day, esp in the morning- this produces the wake chemicals and helps in starting to differentiate day & night. Maybe a nice little walk in the am??

Good luck, it will get better, I promise!

[SamiH]

My MCHN also said to get a little bit of sunlight on their face during the day, esp in the morning- this produces the wake chemicals and helps in starting to differentiate day & night. Maybe a nice little walk in the am??

Good luck, it will get better, I promise!

Yes, great idea - and for their day sleeps, have the blinds open etc - and pulled for darkness at night time etc.

[mittyblue]

Yes, great idea - and for their day sleeps, have the blinds open etc - and pulled for darkness at night time etc.

I agree here, mine DS is only 2 months and I draw all the blinds when I'm getting him ready with bedtime routine (bath massage feed) and even for day sleeps I darken the room. Lately when I walk into a darkened room he starts yawning and getting sleepy eyes so its been working. Sleep during the day is so hard, I agree, I think you'll get tired enough to catch a few hours here and there soon enough tho..thats whats been happening with me anyway. Good luck mate xox