thread: any suggestions before i loose sanity??

  1. #1
    Registered User

    Feb 2008
    Brissy Bayside
    523

    any suggestions before i loose sanity??

    i know i must sound impatient and awful but does anyone have any advice on how to get a 2 week old to sleep better or is it normal,she sleeps so well during the day like 4 to 5 hours yet at night time shes up at least every 2 or 3,is there any trick to changing her pattern to have the longer sleeps at night time

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Jan 2009
    hiding under my desk!
    1,432

    sleeping through for a baby is 4/5 hours at this age.
    there arent any tricks just keep her fed and clean and eventually she will start to sleep longer.

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Jan 2006
    8,369

    2 week old? Sounds normal to me.

    Well, you could try waking her after a 2-3 hour day sleep and feed her and hope she switches the 4-5 hour stint to the night.

    Co-sleeping means you can just feed her without waking up fully yourself and that will help you sleep better.

    I found a mental outlook helped me: I didn't expect ANY sleep for a year, so if I had just an hour it was an hour more than expected so really good. After the first year it all went downhill because I needed sleep and expected it by then!

    Best of luck to you.