any suggestions?before i loose sanity??

[1pj]

I dont know if ive put this in the right place and i hope i dont sound awful but my 2 week old baby seems to have her days and nights mixed up!She sleeps terrible at night like 3 hours inbetween feeds max and yet in the day can go up to 5 hours!!Is there anyway to swop this around?I cant sleep during the day ive tried and i know when you have a newborn your seemed to meant to not get any sleep but i just thought if shes able to go 4 to 5 hours between feeds why cant she do this at night so i can have a bit of sanity?Is this normal and any suggestions what to do?Thanks in advance!

[SamiH]

i have bubs in arms so not much detail - but they can take up to 5/6 wks sometimes to flip day/night - on avg my exp 3 - 4. hang in there!!!

[Anila]

My 3rd who is almost 4, was just like that, the chn and dr suggested to "be cruel to be kind " approach, and wake her during the day, every time she went to sleep i had to wake her, and keep her busy so she would get tired and sleep at night, after a week, she was on a really good routine and slept all night.

Have you spoken to child health nurse, or a midwife?

[Kazmar]

I think the mix up of days and nights is very common! I remember Annabelle doing it and the MCHN telling me alot of bubs do it
You just have to be stronge and stick to routine Try your hardest to do your everyday things at the same time every day, or around about
Shower, lunch etc. Bubs should fall into somewhat of a routine

[mollycat]

DS2 did the exact same thing - not easy to look after a five year old on little or no sleep. I did the cruel to be kind approach - he was only a couple of weeks old - kept him awake as much as possible through the day, took a couple of days and he was in my routine (not me in his). He still woke for night feeds, but wouldn't stay awake half the night. Can make you feel nasty - but in the end it's worth it for your sanity.

Good luck

[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