Waking Up When A Baby Cries ... How?

I think when you go to bed with"I have to hear the baby cry" in your head, it's easier. My husband was a very heavy sleeper but it seems he sleeps quite a bit more lightly after having our daughter. I was never shy about yelling at him to get up when he wasn't though lol.

I never have understood the "heavy sleeper". I'm an extremely light sleeper so I guess I never will!

There is not much you can do. If your wife wakes you up you could keep that up. Especially if she is understanding.

But you can't fight the fact that you are a deep sleeper. If you feel really bad then make up for it in different areas. Maybe offer your wife her own personal uninterrupted nap time. An hour or two to herself where she has no baby duties. Help out with stuff she regularly does, etc etc.

maybe sleep with a baby monitor next to your ear? I don't know how to tell you how to be a lighter sleeper, I was always a heavy sleeper, but since my daughter has been born, I wake up when she makes the slightest sound. Intuition I guess...

My fiance and I dealt with his heavy sleeping when our son was a newborn we figured out a few things to help me get sleep...

1)set a schedule, you take from 9 - 2 am, your wife from 2-7, that way you each get a chunk of sleep... if neceessary - you stay awake instead of going to sleep. then sleep the second half the night. for this to work your wife should prolly go to bed at 9.

2) he slept with the monitor next to his ear on the couch (because if he was in the room i'd wake up before him from the monitor, and then eitherwake him up or just do it myself because i was already up)

3) when he knew that i wasnt going to wake him up to help, he started waking up on his own.

4) on days he was really tired he slept in the baby's room on the rocking chair. you can't usually sleep through a waking if youre int he room.

hmm i used to be a very deep sleeper and i worried that i wouldnt be able to wake up to my babys cries, i think you find it diffcult to wake up because you know your wife will even if you dont.. if that makes any sense you probably dont worry about it much. i mean it sounds like your concerned but the worrying im talking about is like " what if i dont hear him cry and hes hungry" "what if he chokes in his sleep and i cant help him because i wont be able to hear him" that kind of worry, i guess on the bright side your wife will always be there to wake up first... my husband would sleep peacefully while i vaccumed... but when the baby got here he was the one nudging me to get up... i guess its all in your head, once the baby arrives somewhere in the back of your mind when baby starts crying you'll tell yourself to wake up if your that concerned about it it will just happen, parent insticts are strong and when it comes to baby you can make yourself do anything! sorry didnt help much

There is nothing you can really do on this one i believe.

I have a 6week old daughter and my partners the same. Sleeps through it all. Sleeps through anything.

But some saturday nights he does the night feeds, and as soon as she squawks, he jumps. I dont understand it.

I think its a mental thing he does before going to bed, he tells him self, babys here i need to wake up, and he only sleeps lighty.

Maybe if your concerned talk to a doctor.

If you cant wake up in the night, be ready to take over as soon as you do wake up. That would probably make things a little easier for you.