how can i get baby to sleep through the night?
rebecca451@btinternet.com asked:
I have a child by 10 weeks old and is still waking up every 3 hours for a diet that I tried to cut the hair of the day, increasing its milk to the children most hungry, attacking with a normal bathroom and the problem of the etc.The is not convince them to stay awake on constant. I can just point out that this does not? my first child
August 9th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Voda! alot for you a little for the baby!
That way even if it does not work for the baby you will sleep through it!
August 11th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Things get better your baby is still too young to sleep through the night if you have tried everything I have found that the only thing that works with my daughter is taking her for a car ride. I also know if you have a dryer in your home put the baby in her car seat put the car seat on top of the dryer and put the dryer on low and put the dryer on in a few short minutes she will be a sleep for a long tiime. GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!
August 13th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Guess what…..your baby is normal. Those babys who come home from the hospital and sleep through the night….that’s only on TV. Real babies NEED to wake and be fed through the night. They are trying to double their birthweight by 6 months. That requires eating around the clock. (Just think if you had to double your weight!) Waking every 3 hours is still completely normal at this age. I’d totally expect her to wake to be fed at night until at least 6 months. Some babies wake at night for the entire first year! Once you get her to go a 5 hour stretch at night, that is technically considered “sleeping through the night.”
August 16th, 2008 at 6:51 am
Sweetie, she is SUPPOSED to wake up every three hours. that’s normal for a baby. If she doesn’t wake up, she won’t get the nutrition she needs. Just remember, it won’t last forever. (But it feels like it does at the time!) Give it another few weeks. She’ll start sleeping longer.
Good luck!
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August 19th, 2008 at 12:21 am
At that age they still need to eat during the night. At 10 weeks, it’s too early for a routine as far as sleeping. Most babies don;t sleep through the night until 4-6 months and some still don’t even at 12 months.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:38 am
Breast or formula? If breast then baby will usually wake once every 2 hrs. If bottle, may go longer, as is heavier/longer to digest.
Failing that. No right answer. Our daughter had a similar sleep pattern. All our friends would sleep through night (B******s). However, it will get better.
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:56 pm
I have a 7 month old baby and he still gets up every 4 hours for a bottle… Just like everyone said it’s normal
August 25th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I know what you mean! My son is 9 months old almost and is now just about sleeping throughout the night. We started playing music in his room when we’d put him down. We don’t play it with him any other time then that. Just some baby music that is calm and soothing. Plus a fan is in his room. Then there isn’t that dead silent noise in the room (this also helps if there is a little more commotion going on, the noise won’t bother her. It may take a couple more months for anything to really kick in for her to sleep long periods of time. Unfortunately though she is still pretty young, and may do this for a little longer. I hope this helps some!
August 28th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
What is happening is the right thing. I know it is very hard but it is the right way. Soon she will start to wake every 4 hours etc.but not yet. Do not disturb her naps too much as this will make her cranky and she will have hard time falling asleep (true believe me).
You need to arm yourself with patience and go with her follow her needs.
August 29th, 2008 at 7:19 am
At 10 weeks they will still wake up (unless you have the kind of baby who sleeps through from birth). I don’t think you should be worrying about them sleeping through for a while yet. When it gets to 6 months if they are still not sleeping then you can try the controlled crying method. I used the Gina Gord sleep book. My daughter did not sleep through the night until we did this at 8 months. Try not to take them into your bed if you can (it’s hard to resist sometimes!). Just remember it’s not forever and this stage will be a distant memory sooner than you think.
August 31st, 2008 at 8:26 am
she is normal.
this is what you are supposed to do with a human infant – sleep with her and let her nurse on demand.
period.
if you don’t do that, you have problems to cope with because you are trying to go against nature.
are you aware that our babies are all born ‘premature?’ they have to come out at 9 months, or their heads wouldn’t fit through the passage. at ten weeks, she should be in your arms most of her existance.
baby’s brain cells only form connections when she is being held.
let her sleep with you and you will have a relaxing night – but she will continue to wake up and nurse because she is supposed to in order to develop.
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:59 pm
While it is normal for the baby to still be waking up..
I will say that with my first child I had no help and had to return to work at 6 weeks, so I began give her cereal with formula. She loved it….and…Like magic she slept through the night.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Your baby is much too young to sleep through the night.She’ll form her own sleeping patterns when shes decided she doesnt want to be fed during the night anymore.If she still wants feeding every three hours, then im afraid thats what you’ll be doing until she doesnt.Try having a ten month old who woke every three hours, then you’d be peeved! My problem with that is now sorted, but your baby is just tiny.At 10 weeks old, you cant put demands on her like that, its the other way round! And DONT feed your baby cereal, as someone above stated, thats just silly.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:28 am
I think you aee expecting too much from such a young baby…I agree with other answers, she will be hungry and its normal for her to wake, dont deny her any of her naps, what she is doing is perfectly like any other baby and if she does show periods of being awake, play with her and talk to her, it will be very reassuring to the baby….good luck rebecca ! and baby !
September 7th, 2008 at 8:16 am
as everyone else said a 3 month old baby wakes at night to feed. babies don’t sleep through the night some times for a whole year. also crying it out is a bad idea i highly recommend against it, as it increases stress hormone levels in babies and its not advised until at least 9 or 10 months of age anyways and even then many doctors and even psychologist recommend against it. this is something you should have expected as a parent. likely your baby will slowly sleep more hours at a time and only wake up maybe once during the night and eventually sleep through the whole night. although you should know even 2 and 3 year old once in a while wake up at night a few times and need to be comforted back to sleep. some times when they are teething or sick they can be up several times in a night.
September 8th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Both of my babies were sleeping through the night at 1 month. So it’s not just on TV… I just let them cry it out a little. It took one night and since then they slept through the night. Good luck
September 11th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
10 weeks is too early to worry about that. I know it’s hard to get up all the time…my little girl just started sleeping better (13 weeks) and now only gets up once a night. I was told by my Dr. that when they reach 2 1/2 to 4 months and approximately 11.5 to 12 lbs that is when they are able to sleep through the night. This seems to be pretty true for us anyway, she is not quite 11lbs yet and is getting closer to sleeping through the night each week. Just try to patient (easier said then done, I know!) and it sleep should be more attainable soon!
September 11th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
My daughter is 12 weeks old / primarily breastfed and this is what I do.
At 6pm- she gets her bath…then a 4 oz forumula bottle. While feeding her I DO NOT make eye contact or talk or anything. When she is finished, I start walked down the hall, burping her on the way. This way, she does not get stimulated again to wake up and start playing. She goes down a 7pm and does stir until 2am and sometimes even 5am. At that time, I continue to breastfeed until the same ritual that night begins again.
I never thought she’d sleep more than 2 1/2 hours but at this point, she got lots of exclusive breastmilk so i don’t feel bad at all. Do have white noise in the bedroom? I use a waterfall and that works very well for her.
GOOD LUCK
September 12th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Let the baby stay up just about all day. Then wait til about ten or ten thirty and she or he will stay asleep all night.
September 15th, 2008 at 1:07 am
I am sorry but I don’t have much information to offer you except to say that I am in the same boat you are. I don’t know about you but I do have a 3 year old who slept all night long from 4 weeks old. Now I have an 8 week old infant who gets up every 3 hours and it is just driving me insane. I guess it is true that no child is EVER alike. I like you probably, have tried everything. My 8 week old has Severe GERD though and honestly that is probably the reasoning for her being up most of the night and this is just something that I have gotten used to and will have to live with for a while.
I’m sorry that I don’t have any advise for you, you have tried everything that I have……I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone.
Good luck and I hope things start to look up for you.
September 17th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
You poor thing – so many people telling you this is ‘normal’ when obviously your other children have slept through from an early age – my son slept through from 10pm till 6am at 10 weeks old so that is obviously ‘abnormal’ according to those who have ‘answered’ your question and probably made you feel totally inadequate.
Are you breast feeding? If so do you let your partner tend to your baby in the night – that way your baby won’t smell your milk. If bottlefeeding have you tried water to pacify your baby.
You know your baby best so don’t let anybody tell you your baby is normal if you beleive otherwise. Good luck x
September 21st, 2008 at 2:03 am
try some baby food in the morning time and if she is ok with it ie no tummy pain or wrestless then try at tea time and see how that goes. i have five kids and all mine sleept through the night because i did this.
September 22nd, 2008 at 2:26 am
give her a little cereal before you put her down for the night. don’t give it to her in a bottle. you will have a hard time getting her away from that if you do. my doctor told me that it wasn’t a good idea, but my grandmother told me to do it. grandmothers don’t lie. it worked. good luck.