baby wont sleep for long

[mshottyhotti]

i am breastfeeding my LO & he is 10 weeks old (yesterday). but after his first night time sleep after his feed where he sleeps from 3-4.5 hours, he then wakes up every 2 hours for a feed and by 4:30 or 5:30 depending on when he goes to bed he wakes up and plays! and wont got to sleep in his basket no matter how many times i try.

I don't know if he wakes up becuase he passes a lot wind which wakes him up sometimes and then he needs me to get him back to sleep but i don't understand why he doesn't wake up for the first 4 hours when i first put him down. Also he has a hard time staying a sleep during the day.during the night i swaddle him but i tried this during the day for his naps but it doesn't make a difference he wakes up plus i don't like to swaddle him too often...He wakes up usually after 30-40 minutes the only time he doesn't do this is if we are out and about then he will sleep for 32-3 hours but i can't go out for this long everyday...

During the day everytime he wants to sleep i nurse him to sleep. the health visitor said that unless an hour has passed to put him on the same breast. i don't know if during the night becuase he isn't feeding as long he isn't getting enough of the hind milk, or if its the wind, or if its the self soothing technique he needs to learn?
I just wish he could sleep for 2 consecutive 4 hour stretches. I am hoping to teach him to self soothe but don't know if its possible to do it whilst he is swaddled. Also is there anything i can give him that will help him pass his wind less forcefully? i also noticed that he can suck his tongue whlist he is sleeping but he struggles to do it when he is awake. i watch him when he is trying to fall a sleep and i can hear him clicking his tongue but he's doing it to hard then he cries out when he can't do it for me to help him, i tried leaving him but then he just cries and its harder or him to fall asleep aftr this..... don't know if anyone has these problems sorry for the long post hope someone can help

 

[mommyof3co]

Do you burp him during his feeds? Maybe if you burp him more often it won't b so bad? What about a pacifier? Maybe he is just waking up to comfort suck not to eat so often? I would try a pacifier and see if it helps, if he's hungry of course I would feed him, but if you don't think he's actually hungry maybe that would help

 

[Mervs Mum]

Have you tried gripe water?

 

[bumpsmum]

were in a similar situation here too - Matthew very rarely sleeps during the day now unless in yor arms! he is almost 8 weeks now (premie born at 33+4)wont take too his moses basket or cot tried bouncer chair for a while which worked like you if were out and about he'll sleep longer in is pram/car seat - have you tried plopping him in his pra in the house with a cover over the hood slightly this working for us - kinda but like yiu half an hour and his 'toots' wake him up which can be very upsetting fr him he has reflux and on baby gavisgon going to ask HV if this can cause upset stomach as his poor belly and we bum always goin esp after gavisgon.

Not sure about feeds during the night a like you 2-3 hour max is all he will go also, whats your secret to that first night feed! dummies etc are good for soothing and he will sook on that for a good bit when he wakes up so that he gets used to not waking up screaming 'demanding' fed imediately which was a prob for us - HTH

 

[Logiebear]

My dd is exactly the same. She sleeps from 10.30ish til 3am then 5am then 7am until lunch time. I use gripe water but it doesn't help in the night. Wish I had the answer hun for you xxx

 

[mshottyhotti]

I have tried a pacifier lots of different ones he wont take them but that was a whhile ago now he doesn't even take a bottle, also i wind him and give him infacol to help and will be trying dentinox, gripe water is not for ba bies below 3 months i think.....

 

[mshottyhotti]

the first night feed secret: I sing to him and we change him, into pajama's we don't bath becuase he's a little frightened of it and he hates the drying afterwards so it doesn't really calm him he's actually screaming by the end of it. He doesn't scream for his feeds either I can just hear him waking up he doesn't actually starft to really fuss till he sees me then he willl cry a little. he's really ravenous after the first feed but i think the next ones i though were comfort feeding but he does actually drink quite a bit....but the one where he wakes up after and hour his is 4:30 till 5:30 he isn't hungry he just wants to play and when i look into his cot he smiles at me... i ry not to smoile back but i can't help it he makes me laugh he's even laughing when i'm terying to feed him. I just think perhaps he's not tired any more after 05:30 that...???

Daytime, I try pushing him in his pram till he falls asleep, then pushing him into the hallway but sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't its better when he where;s a coat but it's not always pratcical esp with the nice weather we have had lately i'm noy so worried about my sleep i just wonder if he's getting enough sleep??

 

[Mervs Mum]

Gripe water is from 1 month

 

[mshottyhotti]

oh i forgot to say, he started sleeping longer on the first sleep after i swaddled him with miracle blanket and put my top that i war that day as a sheet in his moses basket.

 

[bumpsmum]

we have our own bedtime routine although so far times still vary I get his jammies on at last feed then bedtime feed my husbabd does with a bottle of expressed milk so I can go to bed earlish then he's plopped into his gro-bag and straight into moses basket in our room, he generally goes right over althou reflux sometimes makes him sick and bad hiccups so takes him a while to get over again - Matthew may sleep for 3 hrs but its rare.

I knoq what you mean about worrying about his sleep last week he has been more alert during day which is great althou he can get quite restless and over tired and takes ages to go over and will only nap for half an hour or so x

 

[mshottyhotti]

thanks @mervs mum, will try dentinox first as i just bought it then will try the gripe water.

 

[babythinkpink]

Hi,
My last baby my 4th has been a terrible sleeper, and its is a case of trying everything until you find what works for you!
We have just worked out that our baby does not need that much sleep, less than me anyway!!
We tried, gripe, it didn't help
A dummy, helped more than anything, I put lots in her cot so she could find one at night.
Bedtime routine, masage and relaxing smells, I think it helps a bit
A sleep bag, so baby is loosly swaddled but does not overheat. Helped a bit!
An extra feed at bedtime, from expressed milk during the day, didn't make any difference!
All in all, it took my first baby 3 months to settle into a routine, my second 6 weeks and my third was sleeping through the night from birth, i had to wake her to feed her, I thought i had it sussed!! Then number 4 came along to prove me wrong!

Try everything until you find what helps you, and if its none of them then you just have a baby that is more interested in everything else going on than sleep!
Sleep, whats sleeping!!!

Good luck,

Babythinkpink

 

[Sweetpea7830]

Aw, I feel your pain!!! I can't help because I am right there with you, but I wanted you to know you are not alone. I think that the first period of sleep at night is always what they start with the longest, and it eventually stretches to reach the other side to equal a sleep all night, if that makes sense.

You are not alone...and if you find something that helps, please share! I'll do the same.

 

[Sweetpea7830]

Also, check out my sleeping issues thread in the baby/toddler area...it has some other suggestions from other folks that might help?