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Sleeping through the night and weight?
Hello ladies...
I was just reading some comments on the bump webpage and noticed a bunch of babies are sleeping through the night at this age (10 weeks)... am i just not lucky enough or am i doing something wrong? I co-sleep with lo and she will go down at about 10-11 and sleep till 3-4 then shes up again at about 7-730 and its every 3 hrs from there... she's sleeping shorter streches during the day and will sometimes not want to nap at all but its fuzzy when she doesnt... hubby just went back to work last week (his military and we just moved so he accumulated over a month vacation time all together) and she is sometimes ok during the day but gets restless torwards the time he gets home and isnt ok until he hold her and she falls asleep in his arms... i try to keep a bedtime routine but her daytime schedule is never the same so i work around it... but mostly its bath between 7:30-8:30, bottle (shes taking 4-5oz) and then shes down... i think my mistake is I am not putting her in her bed but on the swing or bouncer instead... I go to sleep late and since we cosleep she wont go on the bed till hubby goes to bed at about 10:30-11, but shes asleep through the transition from after her bottle till about 3or 4, and even though she does wake she eats and either goes right back to sleep or doesnt even finish eating when shes already back to sleep. I am not complaining but, would loveeee to get longer streches since i dont go to sleep when she does i get a lot less sleep. one on the comments i read said babies start sleeping longet at 12lbs... mmm Amy was 11.10 at her 8wk checkup and then 12.1 when we went back after she got out of the hospital just 4 days later so im sure shes probably close to 13lbs now and still sleeping the same lol... I was also wondering what are everyone's babies weighing?
Any advice on how to successfully move her to her bed? and get her to sleep the whole night?
I was just reading some comments on the bump webpage and noticed a bunch of babies are sleeping through the night at this age (10 weeks)... am i just not lucky enough or am i doing something wrong? I co-sleep with lo and she will go down at about 10-11 and sleep till 3-4 then shes up again at about 7-730 and its every 3 hrs from there... she's sleeping shorter streches during the day and will sometimes not want to nap at all but its fuzzy when she doesnt... hubby just went back to work last week (his military and we just moved so he accumulated over a month vacation time all together) and she is sometimes ok during the day but gets restless torwards the time he gets home and isnt ok until he hold her and she falls asleep in his arms... i try to keep a bedtime routine but her daytime schedule is never the same so i work around it... but mostly its bath between 7:30-8:30, bottle (shes taking 4-5oz) and then shes down... i think my mistake is I am not putting her in her bed but on the swing or bouncer instead... I go to sleep late and since we cosleep she wont go on the bed till hubby goes to bed at about 10:30-11, but shes asleep through the transition from after her bottle till about 3or 4, and even though she does wake she eats and either goes right back to sleep or doesnt even finish eating when shes already back to sleep. I am not complaining but, would loveeee to get longer streches since i dont go to sleep when she does i get a lot less sleep. one on the comments i read said babies start sleeping longet at 12lbs... mmm Amy was 11.10 at her 8wk checkup and then 12.1 when we went back after she got out of the hospital just 4 days later so im sure shes probably close to 13lbs now and still sleeping the same lol... I was also wondering what are everyone's babies weighing?
Any advice on how to successfully move her to her bed? and get her to sleep the whole night?
I thought I'd point out that there are different rates of growth for BF vs formula fed babies. So BF babies gain rapidly until approx four months then their weight gain slows. This will continue through adult years. BF babies are less likely to become overweight
Wow... 17 pounds? I think Annabelle might be at 11 pounds now at 11 weeks. She's a great sleeper and not fighting bedtime as much anymore.
17 pounds?!? What do you guys feed your children, miracle grow? ;) lol!! Just kidding!!!
Ellie is 12lbs 14oz at 15 weeks.
Ellie is 12lbs 14oz at 15 weeks.
Ezra is sleeping from about 930 or 1030 to about 7 am and he weighs 17 pounds!!!! he is a monster!!!
Also seattlieview many babies who sleep through the night are formula fed, formula is harder to digest and takes longer to digest. Breastmilk is much easier to digest therefore babies are hungry more frequently. That doesn't mean we should give up breastfeeding. Breast is best especially for a preemie :)
Brandi Ellie is the same way NOT a morning person. Thank goodness bc neither am I lol!!!
Seattle Ellie usually is up every 2-3 hours at night but up to five hours on occasion. Remember too we have preemies that are younger than Brandi and lil lady's preemies. They will get there:)
Seattle Ellie usually is up every 2-3 hours at night but up to five hours on occasion. Remember too we have preemies that are younger than Brandi and lil lady's preemies. They will get there:)
my babies are doing great with sleeping through the night. When they first came home from the hospital, they shared a play yard in our room & Valentine's Day night, they went to their cribs & have slept there ever since. Now that they're 4 months old, they usually fall asleep between 8-10 pm and will sleep until around 8-10 am the next morning (like their mommy, both are NOT early morning risers!) :)
Wow...you all are lucky! At fifteen weeks, my little guy still gets up every 3 or 4 hours to feed at night!
thank you all for the comments... I have kind of figured what u all said.. i have found that sleeping in our bedrrom works best... she will sometimes fall asleep on daddy which I allow just because he doesnt see her all day (military gone from 5 30 am and gets back at about 530 pm we have dinner they will play for a little then she gets a bath eats and they fall asleep on the couch... then about 11 they will go to the bed and she may or may not wake to eat... if she does she will eat and sleep straight till 5, but if she doesnt she will sleep till about 1 or 2 and wake up at 5, eat and go back down till 8... she really only wakes to eat and falls asleep eating so she will not even finish a whole bottle sometimes... I can tell she wants to sleep longer but shes one hungry baby... she is almost 14 lbs at 11wks she is already wearing size 2 diapers and some 3-6 mths clothes... I cant believe shes out grown 2 sizes of diapers and clothes in less than 3 months... anyways... shes doing a lot better and keeping a routine has really helped.. i think thats what i was missing so she would sleep better... as soon as i started bathing her at the same time each night and streching her bottles so she eats right after her bath...
Annabelle is 10 weeks today (10 pounds) and sleeps in a bassinet in our room. We plan to make the switch to her room at 3 months. That was our decision and what we thought would work best for us. She sleeps in her swing or the bassinet during the day for naps but I will move those naps to her room, too, once we make the big switch. As of this past weekend, Annabelle is sleeping 8 hours, waking for a 20 minute feed, then sleeping another 3. She doesn't like to sleep much during the day but we are making it through most of the night so I'm not complaining. I've tried different methods and asked different opinions but in the end, it's like everyone above has posted, you have to do what works best for YOU.
I think you need to do what is best for you :) With my first he was terrible and we co slept I think it was more so because I didn't want him too far from me. He slept with us, his cot and in my arms. Whenever I tried to put him down he would wake up crying so eventually I just did what made us both sleep and that is how I coped.
With my second she was a breeze. She slept in her bassinet next to our bed from day dot. With my third she's not as clingy as my first so most nights she will sleep in her cot but then other nights she will sleep next to me. I always find she has a better sleep in our room and she sleeps in her cot right next to my bed.
I breast feed my daughter and she goes down at night at bout 8 to 1am and she is up at 4am for her next feed. She is 8 weeks tomorrow.
I guess all I can say is do what is the best for you and don't worry what other people think. I think it is better to get a good night sleep than to be up all night. My first slept with us most of the time and by 1 he had his own big bed and slept in his own room.
Try not to be so hard on yourself :)
With my second she was a breeze. She slept in her bassinet next to our bed from day dot. With my third she's not as clingy as my first so most nights she will sleep in her cot but then other nights she will sleep next to me. I always find she has a better sleep in our room and she sleeps in her cot right next to my bed.
I breast feed my daughter and she goes down at night at bout 8 to 1am and she is up at 4am for her next feed. She is 8 weeks tomorrow.
I guess all I can say is do what is the best for you and don't worry what other people think. I think it is better to get a good night sleep than to be up all night. My first slept with us most of the time and by 1 he had his own big bed and slept in his own room.
Try not to be so hard on yourself :)
At her age there are a couple of things you can do. You can TRY encouraging her to sleep and wake at certain times but remember that if they get over tired they will have more trouble sleeping. Also sleeping in a swing is not restful sleep so you won't have a rested baby. Yea sometimes they fall asleep in their swing but do not put them in when you know it's nap time. If your little one gets breastmilk they will take longer to sleep through the night.
Ellie sleeps in our room. She is prob about 12lbs at 14 weeks and does not sleep through the night. She sleeps in a pack n play in our room. She is put to sleep drowsey but awake she wiggles and stretches for about five min before falling asleep on her own.
There is no problem co sleeping. Babies often will sleep better and longer stretches when xo sleeping. As long as you are safe about it.
Babies who are sleeping in the same room until six months cry less and are more secure according to studies. It also promotes bonding and your sleep cycles will sync. Babies put to bed outside of the mothers room have signals in their brain the same as extreme pain so clearly there is distress there. They can smell mommy and that is comforting.
I think that's all I can think of. Make sure there is enough daytime naps so that night time sleep is easier. Any signs of fatigue means nap immediately (yawn, eye rubbing, fussy).
Breastmilk is best but more easily digestible. Formula fed babies will sleep through the night sooner. And most important sleep when your baby sleeps.
Ellie sleeps in our room. She is prob about 12lbs at 14 weeks and does not sleep through the night. She sleeps in a pack n play in our room. She is put to sleep drowsey but awake she wiggles and stretches for about five min before falling asleep on her own.
There is no problem co sleeping. Babies often will sleep better and longer stretches when xo sleeping. As long as you are safe about it.
Babies who are sleeping in the same room until six months cry less and are more secure according to studies. It also promotes bonding and your sleep cycles will sync. Babies put to bed outside of the mothers room have signals in their brain the same as extreme pain so clearly there is distress there. They can smell mommy and that is comforting.
I think that's all I can think of. Make sure there is enough daytime naps so that night time sleep is easier. Any signs of fatigue means nap immediately (yawn, eye rubbing, fussy).
Breastmilk is best but more easily digestible. Formula fed babies will sleep through the night sooner. And most important sleep when your baby sleeps.
thank you!! I took charge and against hubbys desires put her in her bed that same night... night one went great!! bath at 7 30 bottle at 8 then she was down by 930 slept till 3 ate and went right back down till 7, night 2 wasnt as good but ok... put her down and slept till 130 then at 430 and again at 730... now night three (last night) that was a different story... she ate at 530 pm, then fell asleep and slept till 8... got up and gave a bath... she was up till 9 hubby tried to feed her and she did not eat.. she fell right back to sleep and slept till 12 30 am!! I had to wake her up!! (she was sleeping on daddy) well i fed her and she perked up... she was up till 3 am!! not fuzzy at all but up... nothing i did would put her to sleep... until i gave in and put her in the bed with us... I know I probly shouldnt have let her sleep that much but how do i keep her up?? i do so much with her already I dont want to over stimulate her... her schedule is just do off idk how to keep it consistent...
We have put our twin girls in their own bed since day 1. I dont think you are doing anything wrong, it's just time to put the crib to use. Yes, she may fuss a bit when you first put her to bed in her crib but she will slowly doze off eventually. Our girls didn't sleep through the night until they were 12 weeks old so dont worry some babies are just different. My girls are now sleeping anywhere from 7-9 hours at night which is AMAZING compared to how it used to be. Maybe try and feed her a little extra at her night feeding (right before bed) that way she doesnt wake up super hungry in just a few hours.
Good luck and I hope she starts sleeping longer for you soon!
Good luck and I hope she starts sleeping longer for you soon!
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