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How to get baby to sleep more at night



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Frumom




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 17 2006, 8:41 pm
How do you do it???? Confused
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happy3




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 17 2006, 9:12 pm
1. Let the baby cry before he/she goes to sleep Sad
2. the earlier you put the baby to bed the better sleep it will have
3. dont skip the babies nap by assuming it will sleep better at night.

My first son never went to sleep b4 11pm and then he'd wake up at 4am
I had enough so I decided to put him to bed earlier. the first night he cried about 2hrs, but he slept all night. the next night was a little easier and so on. For that first night you really need someone to support you Bcuz its not easy to hear your baby cry for so long.

Good Luck Smile
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happymom




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 17 2006, 9:19 pm
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the first night he cried about 2hrs,


I dont think its bad to let your baby cry for 10 minutes, half hour the most, but two hours is a bit too long, in my opinion.[/code]
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happy3




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 17 2006, 9:27 pm
I know its a little crazy to let your child cry for so long, but when your child is 2.5 yrs old and wont sleep you'd do any thing. and that worked.
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BrachaVHatzlocha




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 17 2006, 9:30 pm
frumom, how old a baby? a really little one you can not let to cry it out!!
but what you can do, is teach then the diff between day and night. Stay in the dark to feed him. Only change his diaper if you need to (for a BM or if he has a rash). Talk quietly and go right to sleep after feedings. At least that way he'll learn that it's not time to play. Hopefully that'll help him to sleep longer...eventually!!!
As for an older child...You can try to No Cry Sleep Solution if you are against crying it out. I tried it -- but didn't really stick to it -- but when my son was 10 and 1/2 months old and still waking up every 3 hours...I had to let him CIO. Sad
good luck!
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proudmom




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 17 2006, 9:31 pm
give a bath to the baby before he/she goes to sleep it relaxes the baby
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Frumom




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 17 2006, 10:17 pm
I'll try the bath tip and dark room for feeding etc. He's four months old. Obviously I dont expect him to sleep through the night yet, but for about a month he's been sleeping for at least five hours at a time. This past week though he's been up every two hours or more. Also, he hasnt been sleeping enough during the day. What can I do about that?
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proudmom




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 17 2006, 10:21 pm
is he teething? he might also have a growth spurt.
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happymom




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Jan 17 2006, 10:21 pm
babies schedules sometimes change as they go through different stages. When My baby was four months she used to go to sleep at nine. the it became eight. Now she is 11 months kh and she goes to sleep at seven. she basically made that schedule for herself and the same thing with her naps. I can tell when shes tired and the times have changed. Its nice that your baby was sleeping for five hours, but like I said with babies things change... I heard that babies can be hungry at night until 9 months.... anyways goodluck, its tuff when babies dont sleep.,....
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Frumom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 18 2006, 9:30 am
Does it make sense though that for the past week hes been waking up at: 11pm, 1:30 am, 3 am, 5 am, 6 am and then stays up for the day?? I dont know how he has the energy to do that, but my husband and I dont!
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happymom




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 18 2006, 10:19 am
Frumom, it could very well be that he is teething. Also, some babies just aren't big sleepers (unfortunately...) and they do fine. You never know though, because it can also just be a passing stage. THe way to tell if he needs naps and is just skipping them is if he is very tired, rubbing is eyes alot and cranky. If he isn't and he seems happy then im sure hes doing fine:) Hopefully for your sake though, this stage will pass and hell take long naps. Smile
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ohbaby!




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Jan 18 2006, 5:13 pm
wow frumom sounds like my little one!! She is already 9 months!! She had a stage that she was sleeping through the night but the past 4 months sh has been waking up every 2-3 hours sometimes after an hour she is up and ready to play!! Ive tried all sorts of things... bath,letting her cry... (doesnt work now that she sits by herself on her cribs, cuz than she sits up... and throws herself back... and she could get hurt!!) im just hoping its gonna pass!!
Cant wait to have a 8 hour strait sleep!! And hope you will too!! Drunken Smile
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zigi




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jan 19 2006, 2:02 pm
try to be consistant with naps they do make a differance my daughter sleeps better when she has her naps, feed the baby well before you put her to sleep, feed evry 1 1/2 - 2 hours before you put your baby to sleep. try to wake up your baby before he usually wakes up at night, ( I didn't do this yet I keep forgetting) so you will mess up his sleep cycle, don't fully wake him but rouse him and put him back to sleep, this supposedly makes him the waking pattern, aslo try dream feed feed him in the middle of the night while he is sleeping, this works with my daughter , now she only wakes up at one time in the night! and sleeps untill the morning. good luck! I'm also trying to get her to sleep more she used to sleep for 7-8 hours at night when she was 3 months, but tishrei and teething messed everything up Twisted Evil

with the naps I put her down when she was up for 2 2 1/2 hours, I put her into a darkish room thats quiet, I put on the mobile or white noise, vacume cleaner, and she learned how to fall asleep, she used to cry for a few minutes but she got used to taking naps and falling asleep in her crib. then 2 hours later I put her down for another nap and when she is tired she has a short nap at night.
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1stimer




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jan 19 2006, 2:43 pm
try the book, healthy sleep habits, happy child by dr. weisbluth.
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Frumom




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Jan 19 2006, 4:52 pm
Wow, thank you all so much for the advice! So far for the past 2 nights, seems like the napping during the day is helping. I'm getting him to sleep in a dark room during the day and giving baths before bedtime.
Lo and behold- it's working- bli ayim hara.
One thing though that hasnt changed: At 5 am he wakes up and wont go back to sleep unless we put him in the swing. Thankfully, Hashem makes babies so cute and sweet that it isn't the worst thing in the world (although a few more hours of ZZZZzzz would be awesome). Smile
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queen




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Feb 06 2006, 1:29 pm
Frumom wrote:
At 5 am he wakes up and wont go back to sleep unless we put him in the swing.


mine lives in the swing.... naptime/night time- no diff.
baby sleeps long periods in it, pediat. is fine with it- so that's what we do!
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bonzie




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Mar 06 2006, 11:27 am
my baby also loves the swing, we turn it on for a thirty minute stretch and she stays there until her next feeding she hates her crib so thats what we're doing until shes on a more consistent schedule
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