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6 week old not sleeping during the day - Help!

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SH27 · 25/01/2007 15:10

Hello,

My baby is 6 weeks old and up until a couple of weeks ago had a good sleeping pattern during the day. Unfortunately, he now only sleeps for 10-15 minutes at a time, usually just after feeds.

He sleeps really well from 8pm - 11pm then 12am to 3am and then seems to be up from 3am onwards!!!

Any magical solutions anyone?

Many thanks.

SH27

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amibovvered · 25/01/2007 15:23

Hi SH27, my DS did this too. Have no miracle cures, they do 'stuff' like this. Apparently - according to a good friend who has oodles of children - they change every 4 weeks or so but at 6 weeks they have a growth spurt. x

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amibovvered · 25/01/2007 15:24

When your ds or dd wakes at 3am, what do you do?

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SH27 · 25/01/2007 15:43

Hi amibovvered,

I feed him and then try to get him to sleep in his cot and evetually bring him into bed with me and turf my poor husband out to the spare bed.

I don't like bringing him in with me, but he goes off to sleep when he's with me and at 3am you do anything for sleep right?

SH27 x

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TooTicky · 25/01/2007 15:50

Co-sleeping is really great for night times. Have you thought about a ring sling for daytimes?

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amibovvered · 25/01/2007 15:59

He's still so very tiny, don't expect too much yet, and yes I totally understand that any sleep is great sleep!!!!

Is your DS in the same room as you still or have you, like I turfed him into his own room already!

Its frustrating and exhausting when they wake at 3 and wont go back to sleep. I used to lie on the sofa with DS on my chest just to get more than 15 mins sleep at a time.....

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SH27 · 25/01/2007 17:32

Yes he is in with us. I wonder if he is getting cold at 3am? I try to follow the guidelines about how warm the room should be but 18 - 19 degrees is really cold. Trouble is if you wrap them up really warm, you get really paranoid about cot death. Oh the worries of being a parent!!!!

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SH27 · 25/01/2007 17:33

I love sleeping with my DS TooTicky but get paranoid about the cot death risks. What is a ring sling?

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amibovvered · 26/01/2007 10:22

When my DS was born we had to keep the central heating on through the night just to keep the chill off the room. Only drawback was our gas bill was enormous!! However, it did the trick.

I thought at 6 weeks it would be the magic age when they slept through....how wrong I was. Some babies are very alert and stay awake a lot during the day. Have you got a kind of routine during the day at all?

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TooTicky · 26/01/2007 11:13

A ring sling is like this . This is the type I swear by although there are others simil;ar. It's a great way of wearing and/or bf your baby which is comfy for both of you and gives the baby a great feeling of security (it's also v. cosy on cold days!). They sleep for longer in a sling because of being right by the mother, heareing her breathing and heartbeat and feeling her movements.
And try not to worry too much about cot death risks from co-sleeping - as long as you do it sensibly it is imo much better than leaving the baby to sleep alone. Also, sleeping with somebody helps to regulate the breathing of young babies, thereby preventing some cot deaths.
Good luck whatever you decide to do.