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Waking on queue every night

Babyvoisey

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So my little girl is 7 weeks old and was 5 weeks early. Every night no matter when she feeds in the day she will wake at 1 and 4. Can I train her out of this or is it something that she'll do on her own. Waking twice in the night is hard when I have to be up at 6 with a toddler :( x
 
She's still soooo tiny especially being born early, that sounds pretty much to be expected (and way better than a lot of babies are doing at that age). Her tummy is still small, if she's waking it's because she's hungry. She's waaayyy too little to be 'trained' into not waking, since her needs are almost certainly very real and not just habit at that age.
 
I think count yourself lucky she only wakes twice a night.

Ive been there with a toddler also. Just need to wait it out until she drops her feeds especially as she was early.

Way too young to do any sort of sleep training.
 
I'd say twice is lucky.some nights my lo is up 4 times! Then my 5 yr old wakes at 6. It's hard but they r still so small to be trained into sleep or not having milk through the night.
 
I agree with the others, I'd take twice a night right now! You'll get used to less sleep soon and she'll improve in her own time.
 
Mine still wakes at least twice and she's nearly 15 months lol. :nope:
 
My dd is 4 and started school when ds was 6 weeks old. We're all up by 7 & now out of the house by 8.30!! Eek ! I feel your pain at early mornings.

I tackled it by introducing a bedtime routine at 7pm and pretty much going to bed when he did. I was in bed 12 hours & got 8 hours on a good night. Then I could face the day.

It was short lived & now he feeds twice from 7pm-7am (at 9 weeks - born at term) I have some more time in the evenings

:)
 
I think you just have to ride it out. She's so small, I think only having 2 feeds a night is really good going and with her tummy being so small she knows she needs those wake ups to feed.
 
My three month old wakes up twice sa well and the second time he plays for two hours before returning to sleep. Sof your lil one just wakes up to feed only you are definately lucky!!
 
Like everyone else has said, she's so little, of course, she'll wake up! It's what they do. And actually there's evidence that frequent waking (though I'm not sure I'd call twice a night "frequent") is protective against SIDS. They need to move through sleep cycles, wake, feed, and go back to sleep, and feeding often is so important at that age. Some rare babies will magically sleep through the night from very on (though I think they are a lot more rare than people make them out to be). But most normal, healthy babies will wake often. It's just what they do. You have to adjust your life to them, not the other way around. My daughter up to about 6 weeks wouldn't even lie down to sleep (one of us literally had to sit up awake and hold her all night or else she wouldn't sleep). We did it in shifts. 2 wake ups a night is very good for that age. My 2.5 year old wakes up that much! Just get support and make whatever changes you need to make so that you can be well rested. In our case, we ate quick easy meals early, and then I went to bed when she did (7-8pm) to get some sleep before her first wake up at 10 (and then 1 and then 4 and then 6 or 7...). I didn't have to do that forever. My body adjusted, but it helped in the early days. You don't need to do anything except feed her and soothe her back to sleep. She will eventually grow out of it on her own. Sleep is developmental, but don't except it to necessarily be soon. Most toddlers still wake 1-3 times a night. But you really will cope and be fine, so have faith!
 
I would have stabbed my best friend in the eye for 2 night wakings. I still would. 17 weeks and 20+ wakings here right now with a 2 hour session to put down in the first place.

Obviously my son is very unwell, but did you honestly expect a 6 week old to be waking LESS than twice a night? I'm actually astounded. At that age it'll be the need to feed.
 
Hi sounds like she is doing really well with the 2 night wakings and if she wakes at a set time thats really good as eventually when she is ready she will drop one. I know its hard having to get up with older children as well. My one year old is a terrible sleeper and we have to get up early for the school run in the week. Xx
 
No offence taken! I'm just a straight talker now. No frills. If comes with no sleep
 
Have you tried doing a dream feed just before you go to bed to hopefully delay the night feeds? I was lucky in that my DH used to stay up until midnight to give the babies a dream feed. They would sometimes then have a feed at about 3 and go through to about 6 x
 
That's fair enough. No sleep will destroy even the strongest of us.

I was wondering whether your son was given antibiotics soon after his birth at all? I ask because I have a friend whose little boy's GI system was completely compromised following administration of antibiotics for an infection. Your little man sounds very similar - her son suffered appalling reflux, and was allergic to literally everything. His mum had to 'sleep' sitting up with him to keep him upright. When teething, you could actually smell the acid coming out of the pores on his head.

Now sixteen months, though, he is doing amazing. It's a recent change, but he is so, so much better. Pretty much like any regular baby. And his mama sleeps. I hope it happens for you soon too.
 
Meep yes, 5 days of antibiotics as a 'precaution' because he was breathing a bit quickly after his ventouse delivery :( Thanks for sharing. It's really valuable to hear about others in the same position
 
Well, in case you weren't sure why he is suffering as he is, that is likely why. The antibiotics, as well as destroying any harmful bacteria, have probably destroyed all the necessary and useful bacteria in his gut too.

That is what they think happened to Jacob. And it's such an unfair load of shit. Poor little man.

My friend gave Jacob a probiotic which seemed to help him some after a little while, as it helped his gut rebalance itself. Might be worth a go, if you haven't already.
 
He has BioGaia probiotics daily. £20 for a teeny bottle that lasts a couple of weeks but I'm hoping it's helping. It really is incredibly unfair. All Zach's lab results came back clear for infection but they had a 'just incase' policy. He was clearly breathing rapidly due to shock as they didn't let me push for 2.5 hours and then yanked him or with ventouse :( Anyway sorry to thread hijack. I'm glad your friend's boy is better and it gives us hope
 
That is stupid - I understand they were concerned for your baby's welfare, but they've caused an unnecessary problem by throwing the antibiotics out there without any actual need.

Do keep that hope though, as if Jacob is anything to go by, it WILL get better. And quite honestly, the poor little chap was in a total mess.

Sorry for hijacking also.
 

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