Newborn wont sleep at night - advice please

[starangel27]

Hi

My little boy is only 5 days old but i have barely slept since . he sleeps from 9am on a morning which seems to be such a deep sleep and wakes maybe every 3 - 4 hours for a feed. from 9 - 10pm on a night he is so awake and fidgety we cant do anything with him

am i doing something wrong?

xx

 

[MrsT&Ben]

It took us a little while to get our lo used to night and day.
Try and keep him awake in the day as much as poss. Dont tip toe around him when he's asleep. Make him aware that this is the time to be awake.
The when its night time keep lights low and talk in wispers. Also if you can invest in a blackout blind, we've only just done it and its worth the money! I really hope you sort it soon. Good luck!!

 

[bathbabe]

keeps days busy bright and noisy and night times calm dark and quiet. It takes a while for them to get used to it, they havnt got the hormone or something that we have to tell the difference between day and night. Im afraid this is just what babys do at this stage. It does get better. And do rest or sleep when your baby is. Congratulations and good luck xxx

 

[lynnikins]

what the previous posters have said, make an effort to keep LO awake in the day a while after feeds for some playtime and keep everything low and hush at night, ( record your evening tv shows and watch them in the daytime if you keep LO in the living room with you at night )

babies are used to sleeping during the day as when we are pregnant then we are up and about movign during the day and the motion of our bodies lulls them to sleep and they wake up when we lie down to rest , hence why we can feel them kick and move when we are still for a while or at night caus our motion stops lol. so not a wonder it takes them some time to figure out and reoder themselves when they are little

 

[pinkandfluffy]

Can't really add to the above but wanted to say you really will get there.... my LO is nearly 6 weeks and it has got better all the time.

One thing I wasn't doing was sleeping when he slept during the day - are you doing this? I know its tempting to do housework or whatever but it's the only way you'll get more sleep til LO's clock starts to alter.

 

[starangel27]

thanks everyone just looks like ill have to try and wait this out, we havnt really been sleeping through the day but i know we really must start 2 its just trying to keep on top of things at the same time which is a problem, nappy changing hrough the night seems to be the hardest part he screams the house down till its done.

xx

 

[RJsMum]

Something that really helps them start to regulate and sense night and day is getting outside for a nice walk in the daytime. There's something to be said for fresh air and sunlight...well, when we have sunlight, hehe.

ETA: Our son would wail for Britain during nappy changes when he was a newborn. DH discovered that if he shook his elephant rattle from his play gym over DS's head, it would distract him enough to not cry as much.

 

[emsiee]

Its really hard at first, but it will get better...may take a while though! As previous posters have said, babies need to differentiate the difference between night and day and feeding him/her in a dimly lit room at night very quietly really helped me. Good Luck xx

 

[CJane]

Don't worry about the nappy changes - LO will grow out of it. My little one would scream until he was purple for the 1st 3 weeks, but gradually learnt to like it, and now is happiest during nappy changes - was where he first laughed!! Hang in there, it sucks now but will get better. (Although my boy doesn't sleep through the night yet, we are just learning to cope without sleep now)