Getting baby to sleep longer periods at night?

[Itsychik]

Ahhhhhhhhhh I'm SOOOO tired!

My LO started out as a newborn sleeping 4 - 6 hour stretches at night (I couldn't believe my luck!), and has been getting progressively worse since. Now he usually goes to sleep by 11 (although at the moment it's 1am and he's still up) and he will sleep (usually) about 3 hours, but after that he's up every 1 - 2 hours. And half the time he wakes up the moment I put him back in his crib (in our room) and begins to cry/scream.

He won't take a pacifier, we've been sleeping with his sheets to have them smell like us, and patting/shushing/carrying him around do nothing. Feeding him is the only way to get him back to sleep, but sometimes it takes 4 - 6 tries to get him back in bed because he wakes up immediately.

Any suggestions on getting him into his own bed and on getting longer stretches of sleep? I'm feeling sooooo frustrated!

 

[donnarobinson]

Sorry your not getting much sleep Hun.
I don't really have much advice really I can't really remember back to cj and he was my worst sleeper
Keep the days bright and nights quiet
I'd maybe try getting some sort of bedtime routine going and try putting him down for bed earlier maybe he's over tired and that makes it really hard for them to settle
Cruz wouldn't take a dummy either but luckily has been quiet a good sleeper altho not so much last few days .
Since Cruz come home I kind of started a routine straight away. Not strictly but from about 6 weeks I got onto the routine be would have a bath and bottle and down in his Moses basket I think it was 6 weeksish I started putting him down in his Moses basket in our room for bed he wasn't settling down stairs and I had a monitor so felt fine .
He goes to bed at 6pm.
He use to lie in his Moses basket and goes to sleep himself in the day and he would normally feed to sleep for bed but then be put right down I hope u manage to find something that works lack of sleep is so hard X

 

[MindUtopia]

My guess actually would be that he isn't getting enough sleep earlier in the evening, so I would work to get him to sleep before an 11pm bedtime. Easier said than done when this is what he's used to, but my guess is that's at the route of some of his wakefulness (that said, what you describe is pretty normal for all babies, hate to say it, but if he slept well to start, then you might be able to get back to that by making sure he's in bed for an earlier bedtime). At that age, we definitely had a 6-6:30pm bedtime with bath, book and milk and then I'd lie down and give her a cuddle while she went off to sleep. That worked well and it meant we had our evenings back and she was waking usually every 3-4 hours during the night and easy to get back to sleep. Also, when he wakes during the night, I'm assuming you're usually offering him a feed? I would also at that age really make sure he's topped up during the night and I wouldn't necessarily try to get him back to sleep first without a feed. It will make your life easier and probably a more restful night to offer a feed first. I found that worked well and it dropped on its own when it was time. You might also consider offering a dream feed around 11pm if he gets to sleeping earlier in the evening and see if that lengthens the initial block of sleep so you get a bit more yourself.

 

[Smanderson]

We have a poddle pod and it's brilliant. Basically feels to baby like they are being held. Ds2 sleeps so much better in his than anywhere else apart from on us. Though I wish we got the sleepyhead as it goes till they are much older...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0...0960&sr=8-2&keywords=snooze+pod&pi=SY200_QL40