Bubs sleeping patterns in the womb and outside

[tinymumma]

I've started wondering now my son has settled into actual patterns of awake and sleep time, if they correspond in anyway to how he will sleep when he's here. Does anybody know about this?
At first he was most active at night, now it's all over the shop. I can roughly gauge when he will be awake or not (as when he's awake he barely stops moving).
Would love to hear experiences and such, or if anyone has noticed there bubs sleeping patterns are a like to those in the womb

 

[NotNic]

With my first I hoped this but sadly not. In the womb he woke at 10am-ish, then minimal movement until 10-11pm when he would have a mad hour, and then nothing until the morning. Out of the womb from 4mths - 18mths he woke 5.30am every day with frequent night wakings. He sleeps through fairly well now, but still wakes between 5.30am and 6.30am. He is also very, very active.

 

[Jinga]

I didn't see any correlation with my son's sleep patterns after birth and his movements in the womb. The first month and a half after he was born, he woke up and wanted to eat every hour, then he'd go back to sleep. He was much more active in the womb. By 3 months, he was sleeping through the night and at almost 5 he continues to sleep through the night 99.999% of the time. He doesn't even wake up to go to the bathroom (he holds it). In the womb, he was very active after lunch (which was nap time for years after birth) and at night when I was sleeping.

 

[tinymumma]

It was just a thought. Thanks ladies

 

[babylove x]

Not so much with my dd and I HOPE NOT with this little guy, he sounds like yours !

 

[Yo_Yo]

There was no correlation with my dd2. She used to kick all night long, and I wondered the same thing though!
But she slept through from day one.

 

[MummyToAmberx]

Yes and no but wasnt taken into account until about 36w.
I was active throughout day with #1 when i sat down in evening she'd wake up and kick away through till early morning.
When she arrived she slept all day was awake all night, exhausting.
My second was just completely different.

 

[squirrel.]

I didn't see any correlation between my son's most frequent periods of moving and his sleeping habits when he was born.

Also, the vast majority of movements are actually done during the baby's sleep, so it's hard to really know when they're awake or just moving in their sleep. I'll have a period of an hour or two where I feel constant movement, but I know she can't be awake for that length of time. She's a very active baby anyway, but with my job I don't really have time to analyse her movement patterns. I know she moves a lot whenever I sit down and relax.

 

[Hoping4Four]

Babies move in their sleep in utero so it's hard to know when they're actually awake. All of mine seemed really active but when they were born they were actually pretty chilled out and slept well. All of them were sleeping through the night by 3 months, and they're still great sleepers now. I hope this one is the same!!

Edit: sorry, I posted something similar to the PP! I should read other posts first

 

[EmzyJA]

I always wondered this when I was pregnant with my first but although she always seemed to wriggle around whenever I went to bed she was a great sleeper hoping this one will be a great sleeper too!!!

 

[Unexpected212]

This lil lady doesn't seem to sleep lol. My son moved ALL the time too in the womb.

To be fair my son didn't sleep much the first 6 weeks but after that he's slept through the night ever since.

 

[BigAl]

Often your movement rocks them to sleep anyway. That's why they often go crazy when you go to bed lol.

 

[purplecupcake]

A baby's sleep patterns has to do with parenting. You absolutely have control over when and how long your baby sleeps. "Bringing Up Bebe" is an interesting parenting book that outlines how and why French children tend to be more patient and well behaved than other cultures, and how French parents get their babies to sleep through the night by 3 months of age.

 

[BigAl]

A baby's sleep patterns has to do with parenting. You absolutely have control over when and how long your baby sleeps. "Bringing Up Bebe" is an interesting parenting book that outlines how and why French children tend to be more patient and well behaved than other cultures, and how French parents get their babies to sleep through the night by 3 months of age.

Haha love it!

 

[squirrel.]

A baby's sleep patterns has to do with parenting. You absolutely have control over when and how long your baby sleeps. "Bringing Up Bebe" is an interesting parenting book that outlines how and why French children tend to be more patient and well behaved than other cultures, and how French parents get their babies to sleep through the night by 3 months of age.

Babies are all different; some will happily sleep through the night from a few days old and others take several years. Often you get two extremes within the same family - making it very little to do with the parents. My eldest brother slept six hours a night from a few weeks old, but I was still waking up several times a night at three years old. Even now I need very little sleep (I go to bed at 1am, even now, and wake at 6am) and my brother goes to bed between 9 and 10pm and still wakes up tired. Individual differences are a much more deciding factor.

And French children being more patient and well-behaved ? I am genuinly intrigued as to how this was decided by the author of the book? Unless this has been based upon a valid and reliable peer-reviewed study then I would take it with a pinch of salt.

 

[Unexpected212]

I think each baby is so different it's impossible to say they can all sleep through the night by 3 months. Babies with terrible colic for example.

I slept 10 hours a night from birth and my sister wouldn't sleep through until she was 2.

My son slept through from 6 weeks but he always had to be rocked to sleep.

I've never been that fussed on sleep training tbh. I think babies just need to be rocked/loved and schedules fit around them for the first few months.

 

[BigAl]

And French children being more patient and well-behaved ? I am genuinly intrigued as to how this was decided by the author of the book? Unless this has been based upon a valid and reliable peer-reviewed study then I would take it with a pinch of salt.

I personally think all parenting books are bollocks. There may be bits of helpful of advice, but on the whole it pays to read around and pick the bits that suit you.

As for french babies sleeping through, I know what technique that involves, and it isn't quiet!

 

[Mrsturner]

I actually found that DS would wake me up at around 3am when I was pregnant (late in 3rd tri) and he did the same when he was born - EVERY night he was up at 3am for a feed until 6 weeks of age when he started sleeping through.

 

[tinymumma]

Some food for thought then... I do agree it comes downbto the particular LO. I mean, I slept through from day one, where as my brother never did (he was a day sleeper) My OH was the same as me, slept right through. I think environment would have something to with it as well. I refuse to read parenting books as I find they stereotype when every LO has their own habits and personalities. It's all a learning experience and if they were meant to come with a guidebook, they would, lol. Just my personal opinion though.

 

[Pixie19]

My LB would wake me up with kicks to the ribs and bladder around 4am every morning, maybe a coincidence but that's what time he'd wake in the very early days for a feed