Newborn Question?? 3 week old baby has ngiht and day reversed, anything I can do?

This is a very common issue with newborns. It is SO hard at first and I have to say that I'm glad my kids are 6 and 9 years old! Hang in there, it will adjust, but you can help it along a bit by trying these tips:

1. Light/Dark - Make sure that you keep things very bright in the day and dark at night.

2. Noise - Try to keep things very quiet at night (don't run the vacuum or play loud music), and don't be shy about making some daytime noise around your baby during the day.

3. Identify Desired Naptimes - Babies will usually sleep 2-3 times per day. Identify a good two hour nap in the morning (say 9-11am), then one in the afternoon (2-4pm), and a brief one in the evening (6-7pm). Put your baby in the crib or bassinet during these times. Even if he doesn't sleep, let him play in there, read to him, keep the shades down, and encourage sleep at these times.

4. Feed Before Bed - Before bedtime (which may be late, around 10-11pm until your baby is at least 6-8 weeks), make sure he eats well. Then put him down. Even if he doesn't sleep right away, go through the motions, sing a lullabye, etc. and soon he will get the idea.

5. Nighttime Feedings are Normal - Your baby will wake at least 2 or 3 times during the night for feedings until he weighs over 10-12 pounds and his tummy can hold more food and go longer without.

6. Set a Wake Up Time and BE CONSISTENT - Get him out of bed at a good time that works for you. 7am is usually pretty normal. Gently persuade your infant to wake up by lifting shades and making some noise (not loud, just shuffling, maybe opening a drawer, etc.) to let him know that it is time to face the world!

7. Set a Bedtime and BE CONSISTENT - Try as hard as you can to stick with a bedtime. Develop a good ritual which may include a bath, singing, reading, gentle music and massage, windup toy music, etc. Do the same thing every night and he will grow to enjoy this bedtime instead of dreading it. Infants and children thrive on routine.

He will march to his own drum at first, but with gentle prodding and parental guidance from you, he will fall comfortably into the routine that best meets everyone's needs in your family. REMEMBER: As he grows, a routine will need to be adjusted accordingly, so be ready to eliminate a nap or a feeding, adjust a bedtime, etc.

Good luck with these tough first few months.

:-)

Wait 3-5 weeks.

You might try white noise at night.

http://www.drjen4kids.com/soap%20box/sleep%20stuff...

Normal babies sleep during the day and are up at night, at least for the first several (6-8) weeks. That is normal and expected and nothing we can do to change that. That means that parents need to sleep when the baby is sleeping to avoid all the great things that go along with sleep deprivation.

http://www.breastfeeding-basics.com/html/night_wak...

A baby has no concept of day and night. Adults have been conditioned to stay awake during the day and sleep at night. The typical sleep pattern for infants is to sleep during the day and be awake more at night. For the first few months, most babies will sleep 14-18 hours each day without regard to the difference between day and night.

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Why babies should never sleep alone: A review

of the co-sleeping controversy in relation to SIDS,

bedsharing and breast feeding

http://www.nd.edu/~jmckenn1/lab/articles/McKenna_w...

During the day let him sleep up not to a deep sleep, keep him where it is light and loud. When you get up wake him up by picking him up and maybe offering him a little to eat and try to keep him slightly awake for a bit. Things will change natuarlly as he ages. I know that the books say sleep scheduls will change. As for the bed thing my little one does not like her basinet either (3 weeks) Last night I fed and changed her and went to set her back in her bed. At the moment my hands left her she started screaming. So I picked her up and set her on our bed. I left to go to the bathroom and I asked my husband how she was and he said she never peeped. No one was holding her or anything so I do not know how she knows which is which.

My daughter is almost 3 weeks old and we had this problem the first week...what we did was we took her out for an entire day and didnt let her sleep much..she slept some in her carseat but it was not real deep sleep and she was tired by the time we got home that night..then we had her sleep with us for about a week and she slept very deeply...then we switched her to her bassinet and now she sleeps from 9/10pm till about 3am to eat and get a new diaper and then again till about 7am for another feeding and diaper change and then will usually sleep till like 10/11am...

Start keeping it light in the house during the day, and weather permitting, open a window, or get the baby out for some fresh air. At night, make sure the lights are dim, and once it's time for the baby to go to bed, shut all lights off, except for maybe a night light. Really the only other thing you can do is wait it out. They will figure it out, it just takes time. Good luck, and congratulations!

during the day keep all the blinds open and at night keep all the lights off try to keep the baby up during the day maybe byputting him in the stroller and moving him around the house as u work talk to him keep the radio on as well this work for my baby