when wil fussiness end

[happyfeet88]

Hi ladies, my daughter is bout 3wks old nw, an so far thngs r goin great, bt I'd like to knw wen does the fussiness end, I'm stl strugglin to gt her sleep after feedn her an chngn her diaper, at night she wkes up at 3am an only goes bck 2 sleep 2hrs later, I'd like to knw hw lng wil ths last? Is ther smthn I'm doin wrng, she's does nt cry she jus doesn't go bck to sleep

[happyfeet88]

Thnk u ladies, I wil definitly try nt pickn her up if she's content, i hope tht it wil work

[sorenr]

When she does get up at night, do the minimum you have to and leave her if she is content, she will soon understand that when its dark, there is no entertainment and she may as well sleep. I only discovered that my son didnt actually need fed/comforted in the night when I once left him in the moses basket  with his dummy/pacifier instead of lifting him while I went to make the bottle and came back only to find him fast asleep again! I tried this for the next couple of nights and then he slept through from 7 - 7! He was around 12-14wks old at that point, I was so relieved as he cried all day as it was, I at least then got some sleep! I started trying it earlier with my daughter and she was sleeping througn the night from around 6/7wks or so. Yours will still be needing fed at night for a while, but just put her straight back down after the feed is done, dont talk to her and keep the lights off, she will get the idea soon, and you will feel like a whole new person when you get some more sleep! Good luck!

[happyfeet88]

I wrap her up an hold her close to me, swaddle her everythn she'll jus luk at me as if I'm crazy eyes wide open... I understnd she does nt understnd yet tht its night time an we mst sleep its nt every evening like ths she is slowly strtn to wake up less at night bt there r days like ths where I dnt sleep I cnt wait for the unpredictble nights to end

[sorenr]

Are you holding her while she's awake at night? If she's contented, I would put her down and leave her, it'll help teach her to drop off to sleep alone (believe me you dont want to be fighting to get her to bed alone and awake in a years time) you'll at least be able to doze a bit yourself too :)

[happyfeet88]

Right now living off red bull an energy drnks I'm so tired I cnt think straight lol

[TxMamma]

I was just reading in "baby 411" today that it takes them 3-4 weeks to really adjust to the days/nights thing.  My son is a week old today and has been awake in the wee hours for the past 2 days.  The book says to do whatever you can to help them sleep, you can't spoil them at this point.  Do you have a swing or a bouncer that vibrates?  

[rachyrou]

All.babies are different but I.know its hard. My daughter is 1 and has only been.sleeping 8-9 hours through the night for the past month. Hoping this one will be a better sleeper. Xxx good luck

[K_Bmomma]

I was just wondering how you and your little girl were doing. Im so nervous for the first few weeks/ months after the baby gets here. I'm sure your doing fine!

[Adjanaesmom]

The only thing I can say is swaddle her because babies are used to being In the womb so it feels like thats where they are when they are wrapped up like that. Other than that I'm not sure because when I had my daughter she slept through the night without any problems from the time she came home and continuing.

[KTowne]

My son didn't stop for about 2-3 months, the first few months are hard, but you'll adjust and get used to it, and soon it will be much easier!