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? asked in Pregnancy & ParentingNewborn & Baby · 9 years ago

my 1 week old was born at?

1am and keeps us awake at this time every night for 3 hours and sleeps the rest of the time around feeds. how do i transition his times so that he sleeps in the night and wakes in the day?

at night we keep lights off and make little noise and during the day he sleeps in a travel cot in our front room with tv on and my 24 month old toddler making so much noise yet he sleeps through and after his 1 -2am feed he keeps us awake for 3 hours and we are exhausted as our toddler wakes at 7am so we are getting no sleep help

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  • 9 years ago
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    It's just a case of teaching baby the difference between night and day. Your already doing all the right things to teach baby this but it can take a few weeks for them to realise. Just keep up the good work and baby should work it out soon enough. Congratulations and enjoy

    Source(s): Mummy to beautiful 14month old
  • Ally
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    Not alot you can do, hes to young, its just what a baby do, just carry on what your doing and he will eventually get the idea, but its not a quick think

    my 4 week old has been ill, meaning he wont sleep more than half hour at a time, otherwise at night he tends to sleep for 3 hours an wakes for a feed then 3 hours, I have to be up at half 7 with a hyper 3 year old for nursery so I know how you feel

    sleep when you can, an im pretty much living off little sleep, pro plus tablets an energy drinks lol

  • Ellen
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    If you go to sleep when the babies do and sleep until they wake up, you can probably get 6 or more hours of broken sleep. It is not ideal, but it is not "no sleep".. Other than adjusting your own scheduled, there is not a lot you can do outside of what you are already doing.. Your baby is just a week old, and it is unrealistic to expect him to know day from night. That's part of what you sign on for as a parent.

    Source(s): hospital IBCLC and mothers' group leader 20+ years mom to 3
  • 9 years ago

    Your baby would do the same even if he was born at 8 pm! It's called being a baby

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    This is what newborn's do. It doesn't matter what time he was born. He will eventually adjust and this is just part of having a baby, didn't anyone tell you that?

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    You can't. That's what babies do. I don't mean to sound rude but what on earth did you expect?

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