8-9 Week old baby sleeping habits / routine?

[Louppey]

My LO is nine weeks on Tuesday, and at the moment she generally has a couple of naps in the day for about an hour to two hours each and then at night she'll sleep from around 9:30 to 6:00 waking for two feeds.

Is she getting enough sleep? I ask because for the past few nights (since her jabs - not sure if that's relevant!) she's been incredibly unsettled from about 7pm. She will cry and scream and nothing seems to calm her down. She seems to get over it herself within the hour and then dozes on and off but won't settle til bed.

Sorry just need to know if she's getting enough sleep or what I can do to get her to sleep more!

Thanks for any input

 

[wish2bmama]

Um, I'd say she was getting enough. Liam takes a few naps like that during the day. then we do bathtime at 730, then a feed and book, then bed. He usually will sleep for a half hour and then up and down again for about 3 hours until he finally falls asleep around 10:30. He gets up every few hours to feed, breastfeeding, and gets up around 9am.

Not sure if that helps you at all. But if she needs to sleep, she will let you know. Liam gets fussy around bedtime too. I think he just needs to get all that extra energy out before hitting the hay!

 

[mrs_park]

Isaac has just started sleeping through. He goes down at about 8/9pm and wakes around 6am (everyday is different)

During the day he only has two or three catnaps, a long sleep for him would be one hour! He feeds every two hours

 

[blinkybaby]

^^Same as above for Louie! He's 10 weeks today and has two or three short naps a day of around 30-45 minutes (an hour is a long nap for him!) and he goes to bed at half 7 after bath and bottle then sleeps a full 12 hours. He only started doing this in the last week or so. I think it's because he doesn't sleep so well during the day. (Even with a 45 minute nap I still have to go in maybe once or twice to settle him as he stirs very easily so they are not deep sleep naps). I think your LO is getting enough sleep, does she go back to sleep after her feeds in the night? Have you tried gripe water for when she has a fussy evening? We gave Louie some as he is very similar in the evenings and it sorts him out usually. xxx

 

[3011busyyear]

my lo was 9 weeks yesterday and pretty much does the same as you've said.
I was getting concerned because her naps have been getting shorter, but i've read that that's quite normal.

she had her injections earlier this week and was very unsettled for most of the week, more so with eating than sleeping but she's just getting back to herself now.

 

[blue32]

Our schedule is pretty much the same as yours. We also had jabs a few days ago. They seemed to throw us off schedule a bit. He was fussy and fought sleep for a couple of days. He would scream while he was asleep and wake himself up. Because his naps were shorter, he would become overtired and get very fussy in the evenings. It was a tough couple of days for everyone. I think he's back on track now. Our nurse told us the jabs can throw some babies off for up to a week.

 

[whoops]

Lily was 8 weeks yesterday, and seems to be happiest when she sleeps for an hour to 90 minutes between feeds, which are three hours apart. At night, she generally has a feed at about 10 or 11pm and that keeps her going until 3 or 4am, and then she'll sleep again until her next feed at 8 or 9am.