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TOPIC: trying to get my newborn sleep at night time

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dmick1981

trying to get my newborn sleep at night time 1 Year, 8 Months ago
me and my girlfriend are new to the baby experience. we have a 2 week old infant and can't seem to get him to sleep when we want to go to bed at night. he has 2(sometimes 3) feedings per night. we have a really hard time keeping him up during the day so it kicks us in the butt when we are trying to get sleep at night. can someone please help us because we dont know what to do. thanks

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concretin_nik

Re:trying to get my newborn sleep at night time 1 Year, 8 Months ago
Sorry man, I don't have news you're gonna like... That's just the way it is for at least a couple of months. So the best advice I have is to sleep when he sleeps. Don't try "to get things done" while he's out, unless you've really had enough sleep. You're best chance to sleep is when he's snoozin'... so join him! Good luck! And CONGRATULATIONS!!

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pfanndad

Re:trying to get my newborn sleep at night time
1 Year, 8 Months ago

Baby's on his/her own schedule and trying to force it will only make everyone more cranky.

Also, stop trying to keep him up during the day.
A baby that old should be taking 2 or 3 naps during the day.... and believe it or not that will help with the overnight sleeping. Sleep begets sleep.

I don't think it was till about 6 months the our boy got down to a once a night feeding, maybe 9 months for sleeping through.

Now at 15 months, he's probably still 50/50 on sleeping all night vs. wake up and a bottle.
Eating well before bed is a big help too, but that's for the older babies too.

Good luck and take solace in knowing that things are as they should be and they won't be that way forever.

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