Getting baby to sleep through

broloks said:
His stomach is very small and digests milk quickly, especially breast milk. So don't be in a hurry, it takes a while before he can take in enough to be able to sleep through. Good luck
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Yup.... they aren't supposed to sleep though for a while. They need the regular feeds so don't even worry about trying to get them to sleep though.

Our daughter just started sleeping though by herself at a very early age, but was probably because we co-slept. She goes through bad patches now and again but still mainly sleeps though. We were lucky.

When people say their kid sleeps through they usually just mean on a good night... Kids never sleep through during teething etc.


wolverine_dcp said:
Don't ever rock baby to sleep,then you screwed because wants it is used to been in the hands or rocking off to sleep,good luck
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I don't buy in to that bad habits stuff. Kids go through phases they get over things.

I rocked my kid to sleep all the time in the beginning and now she goes down with a bottle. She goes down in the car or pram as well so its nice to have those tricks when things get bad.
 
srothman said:
At this point it sleeps about 3 hours, wakes up, nappy change, feed, repeat. And then the random crying, of course.

Edit: should probably stop referring to my son as "it"...
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How old is the baby and is it breastfeeding? 3 hours seems pretty normal for a few month old infant; I wouldn't try to push more than that. Remember their stomachs are tiny and they digest milk very quickly. I think we were overly strict in trying to get the first couple of babies to sleep through quickly.
 
srothman said:
So after what felt like the longest nine months ever, my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy.

Now, we've prepared ourselves for the long nights and little sleep, but I also want to try and get the little one in a routine as quickly as possible.

Any tips, tricks, or cheats will be very (very) much appreciated.
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there is no fixed rule, each child is different, start the routine, and stick to it, the first 6 weeks or so, the baby will sleep lots, and like every new parent you will think that this isnt too bad.. :)

also, dont let days and nights switch, this becomes a disaster
 
cerebus said:
How old is the baby and is it breastfeeding? 3 hours seems pretty normal for a few month old infant; I wouldn't try to push more than that. Remember their stomachs are tiny and they digest milk very quickly. I think we were overly strict in trying to get the first couple of babies to sleep through quickly.
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Pretty much this. We let the baby sleep when it needed to and when she woke we fed her.
It was like this for 6 weeks or so I think.

We did do some things like no toys or playing in her bedroom, at night feeds we didnt make a fuss or talk too much etc, pretty much all the stuff in the baby sense books.

not sure if we were just lucky, but they really seemed to work for us.

But for now at least, I think you going to be up every few hours or so :)
 
Both my kids slept through from 6 weeks but they were bottle fed - I'm sure that also makes a difference, knowing how much they are drinking.
An awesome tip that was given to me was, that during the day, let them sleep with the curtains open and let the sun in. At night, make sure it's pitch dark. My daughter was totally "confused" by day and night and used to sleep all day and be up all night in the first three weeks. Once I discovered this tip, things changed immediately.
Good luck!
 
Take turns to sleep and babysit. 4 hours shifts or something.
 
Routine Routine Routine.... Try to get hold on any Gina Ford books. We followed her advice for all three of my kids, they all sleep and eat well.
 
herbertk said:
Reading this with interest my first is due in 5 weeks....
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My advice...don't read anything.

Not on the internet, not in books not anywhere as it created false conceptions of how things "should" be which generally aren't applicable to you.

Instead play it by ear as you go along and Youtube the thing you definitely don't know how to do.


Everyone out there will tell you how their method works wonders (example of Gina Ford above) because it's the only method they were exposed to. You can have a lucky draw of methods and they'll all work for you if it's all you are using because any single moment where it feels like all is calm and wonderful you think the method is to thank for it which isn't the case necessarily.

Follow your instincts and do what works for you. And suck it up the rest of the time because it will be a little bit of hard work for a few short weeks and they'll be soon forgotten.
 
walked around like a zombie for ages. get him into his own room pronto. into the cot ASAP. our 2 year old now sleeps in her own room. we see her occasionaly. this morning she shouted 'mommy'. wife said 'coming now'. didn't go. then silence.

I feel im still trying to catchup on all that sleep. impossible. oh, CONGRATS!
 
mrs_ant_man said:
Both my kids slept through from 6 weeks but they were bottle fed - I'm sure that also makes a difference, knowing how much they are drinking.
An awesome tip that was given to me was, that during the day, let them sleep with the curtains open and let the sun in. At night, make sure it's pitch dark. My daughter was totally "confused" by day and night and used to sleep all day and be up all night in the first three weeks. Once I discovered this tip, things changed immediately.
Good luck!
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Perfectly normal and logical as she spent 9 months in the dark and therefore would be confused because now she isn't active when mom is active and doesn't know the difference.

Personally I don't think forcing the light or dark makes any real difference as this is a process they need to go through and adapt as their world has changed.

Your opening or closing curtains is actually making no real difference to that. It's going to be day and night regardless, although I agree blocking up the windows in day time isn't going to help anyone, but making the night darker than dark won' t make any difference.
 
srothman said:
So after what felt like the longest nine months ever, my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy.

Now, we've prepared ourselves for the long nights and little sleep, but I also want to try and get the little one in a routine as quickly as possible.

Any tips, tricks, or cheats will be very (very) much appreciated.
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How old is the baby?
 
akescpt said:
walked around like a zombie for ages. get him into his own room pronto. into the cot ASAP. our 2 year old now sleeps in her own room. we see her occasionaly. this morning she shouted 'mommy'. wife said 'coming now'. didn't go. then silence.

I feel im still trying to catchup on all that sleep. impossible. oh, CONGRATS!
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Worked for us.

Baby was in the crib since day one of coming home.

Only slept with us during times of sickness or when having a really hard time but went back in the crib soon as possible after.

No baby monitors either...you can hear them in any normal sized house no need for the gadgets. In fact I bet the reason most parents don't get any sleep is because of the baby monitors keeping them on high alert and super awake the whole time. Same for co-sleeping, every time baby moves you are awake.
 
srothman said:
So after what felt like the longest nine months ever, my wife gave birth to a beautiful baby boy.

Now, we've prepared ourselves for the long nights and little sleep, but I also want to try and get the little one in a routine as quickly as possible.

Any tips, tricks, or cheats will be very (very) much appreciated.
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Congrats,
You will only really be able to achieve that from about three months onward.

The only tip I can give is to make sure you got a good relationship with the paediatricion. For our little girl was screaming blue murder, before he identified that she was Lactose intolerant.
O and get GAP cover.

But screaming / crying a side, babies are quite easy.

My other tip is, make sure you got a good support system, i.e. support from in laws etc. Make a world of differece.

But of luck.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Worked for us.

Baby was in the crib since day one of coming home.

Only slept with us during times of sickness or when having a really hard time but went back in the crib soon as possible after.

No baby monitors either...you can hear them in any normal sized house no need for the gadgets. In fact I bet the reason most parents don't get any sleep is because of the baby monitors keeping them on high alert and super awake the whole time. Same for co-sleeping, every time baby moves you are awake.
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yep no monitors either. I was wanting to get all gadgets. wife just said no. banned me from reading as well.

we did have a big hiccup though. daughter landed up in hospital for a week. after this the wife let her sleep with us. this almost ended me. exhausted to the point of collapsing. eventually managed to convince her since she wasn't doing much better.

we are better. daughter is doing fine. she sleeps really badly so she needs her own bed. :D
 
Week 3.... cant believe this goes on for 4 months. Love our baby but wow, dont know if I can go through this again.
 
ghoti said:
Week 3.... cant believe this goes on for 4 months. Love our baby but wow, dont know if I can go through this again.
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Well.... it doesn't suddenly stop at 4 months. It might ease up a bit and you'll adapt and get some routine going, but you're always going to feel sort of wiped out.
 
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