When did your LO get used to day & night?

loveme_x · Mar 24th, 2012, 12:28 PM

Im so ready for mine to sleep all night idk what else to do.

He will sleep all day and then at about 12 am he'll wake up every two hours despite sometimes the fact i have fed him and changed him he wants more food.

I be trying to sleep while he sleep during the day but im not used to it.

I be wanting to cry some mornings because i'll lay up holding him at 5 am thinking im doing all this for a guy that doesn't want to be with me anymore & still acting like an asshole!

Apart of me hopes when he goes back for court he gets a long time in jail!!

Anyways, how long did it take for your LO to get used to it?? Did you do anything special?? Any advice??

daydreamerx · Mar 24th, 2012, 13:14 PM

what do you mean, you're doing it for some guy who doesnt care? surely you're up holding him allnight because your his mumma?
and he's brand new - they need to eat a lot at that age, finlay was attached to me pretty much 24/7 untill he was a good few weeks old.
just try to keep the curtains open and lots of light in the day and keep it dark and quiet at night, it will eventually even out, hes only tiny though some little ones don't sleep through for a long long time.

first_time_ma · Mar 24th, 2012, 14:10 PM

alexis got use to it at about a month..i had to wake her up threw out the day and keep her attention...it was hard but i figured out that at night if i got upset she wouldn't sleep well at all.so stay calm during the night when he don't want to sleep it may help.

LauraBee · Mar 24th, 2012, 15:06 PM

I never really noticed, I was able to nap when Bee did during the day and then I had her in my bed with me at night on a pretty constant nurse to comfort her... So it could've been any time really. I'm tempted to say that she always knew - she only ever woke up at night to nurse and then straight back to sleep, whereas during the day she'd have a few periods of "alert time"

I suggested to my friend to take her son out more during the day (she didn't want to because she wanted to try and sleep, but she didn't do that anyway). Also told her that babywearing meant he would have to be up in the busy world instead of tucked away in his pram, which is basically a bed with wheels tbh... The usual things like keep it louder and brighter in the day and quieter and darker at night.

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Originally Posted by daydreamerx

what do you mean, you're doing it for some guy who doesnt care? surely you're up holding him allnight because your his mumma?

That's how I first took it, but I think she may mean FOB... That he doesn't share night duties or something, I'm not entirely sure....

ShanBearr_19 · Mar 24th, 2012, 19:36 PM

its weird as i was jus speaking about this, my LO is two months old now, she seemed to be unsettled the way you described for about 3 weeks. she'd literally stay awake til 5 in the morning and wouldnt be put down without crying
i felt like it would always be that way because of how physically tired i was but it really doesnt last forever!
In my opinion people go on about routine but Lily has masnaged to get herself in her own routine now, he will go to sleep about 7 and wont wake to be fed til 3, then she will wake about 7
We ended up putting her on hungry baby milk by 3 weeks old because she'd drink bottle after bottle and shed constantly be waking, as long ss its from birth i dont see why its not practical if your baby seems to be having alot it honestly helped lily alot
believe me your LO will get there

XX

lucy_x · Mar 24th, 2012, 19:42 PM

I honestly don't remember a time when she didn't sleep at night, but im sure there was one

I cant really offer any advice, I co-slept from the offset so she was always a bit calmer, and i BF so i literally just rolled it out and went back to sleep....But i can say that it doesn't last forever and whilst you are feeling down now, your LO is very very tiny, and things will get into a bit more of a "routine" soon x x

trinaestella · Mar 24th, 2012, 20:09 PM

2 months my daughter started to know the difference, automatically she goes down at 7pm and doesn't wake up til about 12 or 1 for feeds then back to sleep

loveme_x · Mar 24th, 2012, 21:04 PM

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Originally Posted by daydreamerx

what do you mean, you're doing it for some guy who doesnt care? surely you're up holding him allnight because your his mumma?
and he's brand new - they need to eat a lot at that age, finlay was attached to me pretty much 24/7 untill he was a good few weeks old.
just try to keep the curtains open and lots of light in the day and keep it dark and quiet at night, it will eventually even out, hes only tiny though some little ones don't sleep through for a long long time.

Im talking about FOB

x__amour · Mar 24th, 2012, 22:17 PM

6ishy weeks? It's been so long.

bbyno1 · Mar 25th, 2012, 05:02 AM

Aliyah was about 6-8 weeks. Sophia still doesn't know the difference lol I'm knackered!

Mar 24th, 2012, 12:28 PM	#1
loveme_x Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 260	When did your LO get used to day & night? Im so ready for mine to sleep all night idk what else to do. He will sleep all day and then at about 12 am he'll wake up every two hours despite sometimes the fact i have fed him and changed him he wants more food. I be trying to sleep while he sleep during the day but im not used to it. I be wanting to cry some mornings because i'll lay up holding him at 5 am thinking im doing all this for a guy that doesn't want to be with me anymore & still acting like an asshole! Apart of me hopes when he goes back for court he gets a long time in jail!! Anyways, how long did it take for your LO to get used to it?? Did you do anything special?? Any advice??

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Mar 24th, 2012, 13:14 PM	#2
daydreamerx Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Cheltenham Posts: 958	what do you mean, you're doing it for some guy who doesnt care? surely you're up holding him allnight because your his mumma? and he's brand new - they need to eat a lot at that age, finlay was attached to me pretty much 24/7 untill he was a good few weeks old. just try to keep the curtains open and lots of light in the day and keep it dark and quiet at night, it will eventually even out, hes only tiny though some little ones don't sleep through for a long long time.

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first_time_ma Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: indiana Posts: 312	alexis got use to it at about a month..i had to wake her up threw out the day and keep her attention...it was hard but i figured out that at night if i got upset she wouldn't sleep well at all.so stay calm during the night when he don't want to sleep it may help.

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Mar 24th, 2012, 19:36 PM	#5
ShanBearr_19 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: UK Posts: 349	its weird as i was jus speaking about this, my LO is two months old now, she seemed to be unsettled the way you described for about 3 weeks. she'd literally stay awake til 5 in the morning and wouldnt be put down without crying i felt like it would always be that way because of how physically tired i was but it really doesnt last forever! In my opinion people go on about routine but Lily has masnaged to get herself in her own routine now, he will go to sleep about 7 and wont wake to be fed til 3, then she will wake about 7 We ended up putting her on hungry baby milk by 3 weeks old because she'd drink bottle after bottle and shed constantly be waking, as long ss its from birth i dont see why its not practical if your baby seems to be having alot it honestly helped lily alot believe me your LO will get there XX

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Mar 24th, 2012, 19:42 PM	#6
lucy_x Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Belper, Derbyshire Posts: 12,916	I honestly don't remember a time when she didn't sleep at night, but im sure there was one I cant really offer any advice, I co-slept from the offset so she was always a bit calmer, and i BF so i literally just rolled it out and went back to sleep....But i can say that it doesn't last forever and whilst you are feeling down now, your LO is very very tiny, and things will get into a bit more of a "routine" soon x x

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Mar 24th, 2012, 20:09 PM	#7
trinaestella Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: UK Posts: 2,302	2 months my daughter started to know the difference, automatically she goes down at 7pm and doesn't wake up til about 12 or 1 for feeds then back to sleep

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x__amour Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Colorado Posts: 16,584	6ishy weeks? It's been so long.

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bbyno1 Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Londonn Posts: 18,652	Aliyah was about 6-8 weeks. Sophia still doesn't know the difference lol I'm knackered!

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