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| I have a 10 week old baby and up until about 6 weeks, I had an awful time with him taking naps and sleeping..he simply just didn't want to fall asleep. I even wen to the Pedi to have him checked out. Not until my friend with twins came to visit did we get him to sleep. The trick was swaddling, putting him in the swing, and putting on white noise...it was a miracle. He slept 5 hours at night and we even have had several 7 hours a night. Well, at his 2 month check up, we talked to the pedi and she said it was "ok" to be in the swing at night, but said we should try to start to use the crib. My husband and I have now started to use the crib, but that's also created less sleep for my son. He's now only sleeping about 4.5 hours before waking up. I'm wondering if I should just wait it out and he'll get back to 6 and 7 hrs of sleep? Getting up 2 or 3 times a night is really wearing both my son and myself out. Any suggestions? |
| Posted by Amy on 09/03/2007 02:45 PM
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| Are you still doing the swaddling and white noise? I found that that was the most help with my daughter. She needed the swaddling especially. We used that until she was about 3.5 months. She's 4 months old now and we still use the white noise, but doesn't need the swaddling. Also, make sure when you get up with him there isn't much light or talking to him. If my daughter thinks something interesting is happening, she will not sleep no matter how tired. We found when she was still getting up 1-2 times a night she went back to sleep easier/longer if we tried to keep things as sleepy as possible. |
| posted by Jen on 09/03/2007 03:06 PM
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| Yes, we're still swaddling and using the white noise, however I'm convinced he's Houdini because he manages to get out of it no matter how tight we get it...I was thinking that may be what is waking him up earlier than normal. How did you know your daughter was ready to not be swaddled? |
| posted by Amy on 09/03/2007 07:50 PM
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| Well, she was also quite a Houdini herself. She could never stay in any way wrapped in a blanket. So we bought swaddler things from Toys R Us that strap her in with velcro. She kinda looked like a baby Hannibal Lecter. Even this would sometimes end up a large scarf or belt when she wiggled a bunch. The key is to wrap tightly. We knew she was ready to get out of it when she had wriggled out of it every night for a few nights and was still sleeping (mostly) through the night. Plus she was starting to get a little big for it. When we found that it didn't affect how she slept we decided she no longer needed. Another thing to check is temperature. Our little girl wakes up if she is too cold. As my husband and I like to sleep with the air turned a little chilly, we have to make sure she is wearing warm pajamas. The wrapping was keeping her warm, so we had to adjust that when we stopped using it. |
| posted by Jen on 09/03/2007 08:02 PM
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| Also, when our daughter was your son's age, when we woke her, put her to sleep, etc. had very little bearing on the way she slept. Maybe your son will be different, but keep in mind he is still very young. Some kids just don't sleep as much. Our daughter still tries not to sleep if she thinks something interesting is happening. |
| posted by Jen on 09/03/2007 08:17 PM
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hi amy
im curious what is white noise ??
laura |
| posted by laura on 09/03/2007 09:37 PM
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Laura - white noise is the vaccum running or those cds of the ocean or the rain forest. Stuff like that.
Amy - It may be he doesn't like to be swaddle. When my son was little, we didn't mind being swaddled, but the more he started moving around, the less he liked it. I found that when I didn't swaddle him, he slept longer at night. That most of the time he woke up because he couldn't move and he didn't like that. Yeah, if he moves, it might wake him up, but if that's what he wants to do, then it shouldn't wake him up too much.
Feel lucky that he's sleeping that long right now. My son is 6.5 months old and he still gets up about twice a night. |
| posted by Jaxon on 09/04/2007 08:51 AM
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thank you very much for the replies. We've tried putting Bradley in the crib without being swaddled, but he still has the startle reflex and he hits himself in the face still and that gets him upset. I hope that in the next couple of weeks that should die down some and perhaps he won't mind when he wiggles out of his swaddle. Thanks for the tip about the room temp. We live in southern ca, so our challenge has been keeping his room cool enough so maybe some of it is that he's too warm and then when get gets out, it's the opposite. I'll pay more attention to that.
if anyone is looking for a white noise machine, Homedics sells them for $20, i think they are great and it actually helps my husband and i as well. |
| posted by Amy on 09/04/2007 11:49 AM
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| We swaddled my daughter till she was about 5 months old b/c she loved it and when we didn't swaddle - she did no sleep well or for very long. Although she slept better swaddles, she could also wiggle out of the swaddle and then again wake up -- until we found the best swaddle blanket ever - THE MIRACLE BLANKET - check it out online. We bought two to have in case she wet through her diaper at night- and we got neutral colors so we can use w/ our next baby. Highly recoomend the Miracle Blanket and I even give it for shower gifts now. |
| posted by Emily on 09/04/2007 10:07 PM
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| tank you for the tip emily...i just ordered one of the miracle blankets to see if they help! |
| posted by Amy on 09/05/2007 02:38 PM
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| You will love the Miracle Blanket - it looks a little weird how it keeps their arms tucked by their side, but it works well, especially if your baby already likes to be swaddled - which ours did from the day she was born. Another tip - when you are ready to wean from the swaddle - do it in stages - one arm out for a couple of nights and then the other out for couple of nights with the swaddle around the body and then no swaddle. Good luck |
| posted by Emily on 09/06/2007 10:29 PM
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| I had the same problem my son would only sleep in a swing or vibrating chair. Then we finally found our answer!!! While every baby is different this is what we found. My son would only sleep in those places because he did not like to be flat on his back. The instant we put him on his back in his crib he was awake. Our solution was that we put a folded blanket under the matress at the head of his bed, it proped it up about an inch or so maybe 1 1/2 not alot but it was a enough that he was not flat. After the first time trying that he slept 8 hours!!! And after almost three months of no sleep it was a miracle. |
| posted by kara on 09/08/2007 01:52 AM
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