DS sleeps in the bassinet of the PNP in our room, for the most part.... until it's MOTN and he decides he don't like it in there. Then sometimes our bed until he falls back asleep.
For naps, usually the bouncy seat, his crib, swing or one of us holding him.
He usually sleeps 4 hours between feedings at night. Sometimes 3. It varies a lot still, but he's usually awake 1-2 hours and then naps. Usually longish naps but sometimes only an hour.
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Ugh, I would kill for a routine. My LO is three weeks old today, and we've basically had family here visiting since we arrived home from the hospital (first my MIL, and then my parents and step-mom). No one would let the baby just sleep on her own - as soon as I finished feeding her someone would want to hold her. Everyone finally went home yesterday and I'm hoping we start to find our new normal soon. We have no nap routine. But basically:
We try to keep her downstairs with us as much as possible during the day. She has this napper for daytime sleep, and a Pack 'n' Play with a newborn bassinet up in our room for nights. She will actually sleep through hunger cues at night so I have to set an alarm and wake her up for feeds at this point. I try not to let her go more than three and a half hours yet, but I have admittedly slept through an alarm and she has slept for almost five solid hours. I have high hopes that she will stay a great sleeper when she's old enough to go that long without eating!
Post by WineNChocolate on Jan 4, 2017 16:39:20 GMT -5
Let's see a week and three days old...we sleep at night in the bassinet the first stint of 4-5 hours. Then up and feed and stays awake for an hour..shoot me..then we fall asleep for 3-4 you're. The last sleep is usually with me..or he just screams. Meh. Trying to get to all bassinet. I usually switch to crib at 2 months.
We're at three weeks old today. The first two weeks were a mess with too many family members in town wanting to hold her all day and night. Right now we're doing naps on Mom or Dad and in the RNP, and nights in the Mamaroo. I want to start doing naps in the bassinet to make the nighttime bassinet/crib transition easier. We're getting 3-4 hour stretches at night, but we've had a few overtired nights where she just won't sleep. She also hates to be swaddled but her arms wake her up. Every day feels different. I'm trying to feed her well during the day/evening so she'll sleep longer stretches at night. Still waking her to feed during the day, but at night she wakes herself. My doctor said don't let her go more than 5-6 hours, but she hasn't come close to that yet.
Post by requiressnacks on Jan 4, 2017 17:23:38 GMT -5
I have one baby who acts her age (8 weeks) and one who is more of an adjusted age (4 weeks-ish)
At night they are swaddled in Rock n Plays with an amazing white noise machine.
For the first month of life they would nap anywhere....swing, bouncer, boppy. Whatever. Now they are divas and seem to prefer being swaddles and back in their RnPs for naps. I'm totally fine with that, it just becomes challenging if we have guests or a MIL who refuses to abide by the schedule. 😒😒
I'm going to keep trying to get them to take a nap in their cribs (this successfully happened twice), but for the most part my DS who has reflux HATES the crib.
At night Alex sleeps in the crib and if he's fussy (or atm sick) on my chest. He usually is down for the night at midnight, then sleeps 2 hrs followed by two 3hr stretches.
During the day, naps are usually 2 hrs long in the pnp in our living room. This week I've started to use the swing in the kitchen while I cook and clean. No real routine, he eats and sleeps. His natural awake time varies but he seems to like the 9pm-12am. I'm working on spreading that across the day. Typically, he still does a large chunk of awake time instead of little bit here and there.
I'm hoping to avoid cosleeping with this baby...keep him in the crib as long as possible. I want my bed space and alone time with dh back.
Cora sleeps on me 95% of the time. It's annoying. I don't like it, but I don't know what to do about it because she WON'T sleep anywhere else. She'll nap for a long time in the pack n play if we put her on her belly. Of course we can only do that when we're right there watching her. And we can't do it at night. She used to sleep in the bounce chair, but she gave that up 2 weeks ago. She's always hated the RNP. She wakes up in that as soon as we put her in it. I keep telling myself it's temporary, but now I'm starting to wonder.
She sleeps swaddled in the RNP. We attempted the crib, but that only lasted 2 nights. Starting around 7 weeks, she started going to bed around 10:30, waking between 3 and 4:30 to nurse and be changed, then she'd go back to sleep until 7.
During the day is a whole different story. She will not sleep anywhere but me if we are home. I guess she might if I swaddled her, but it doesn't bother me to let her sleep on me. She has her own little routine, but she's pretty go with the flow so it's not strict. She'll sleep anywhere and during anything. I had her at a high school basketball tournament last week and she slept right through the games.
Post by lastnamewithheld on Jan 5, 2017 4:55:44 GMT -5
Anywhere but his damn crib at night.
He naps on his boppy, the mamaroo or on me during the day. I've gotten him to sleep a couple hours overnight in his RNP and in his daytime nap spots. (Downstairs)
I think we need to try to keep him awake during the day (?) so he sleeps his long stretches at night (hopefully) and also maybe start taking naps in his crib. Is it too soon to expect him to shift his sleep schedule? I mean he's like 17 days old.
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We tried to start her out in her mini-crib in our room but she just wouldn't sleep there. After letting her sleep with us for a couple nights so we could get some sleep we asked for a Dock A Tot for Christmas which has worked well for us so far. She can sleep in our bed but have her own little spot so I don't worry about squashing her or dropping her off the side of the bed. She sleeps there at night and once we get her to sleep, she'll sleep for 3-5 hours, so we aim for two 3-5 hour sleeps every "night". During the day she'll sleep either on us, or on her Boppy Lounger, or Mamaroo. We want to start working on the crib sleeping again, maybe for naps since we might have more energy during the day to try then versus at night.
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Aw man, mrsp121308....I thought you had a crib sleeper!
We tried, it just didn't last long. I'm just calling it a win since she's not in our bed. I always let DD2 sleep with us as a baby and she still will ask to sleep in our bed and she's 5! 😳
So is it not recommended to begin them in the crib? Is there always a transition from a bassinet/sleeper into the crib?
I know people who have started off in the crib, but it's usually easier for MOTN between feeding, crying, checking on them. Our pedi said (and I saw) the new AAP recommendation is to be in your room for a 6 months to a year. We've done ~ 3 months with DS1 and 2 and will with baby boy. Our room is not big enough for that long. 😬
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I keep trying to remember how we got the other 2 to sleep on their own. I know DS spent some time sleeping on me too, but I made him sleep in his bassinet soon and he was the shittiest sleeper forever. He still wasn't STTN at 3. DD was a much better sleeper, but we broke down and let her sleep on her belly starting really early even though it's not recommended AT ALL. I don't want to do that with Cora because I know it was a dangerous mistake with DD1.
DH keeps offering to hold her for part of the night so I can sleep, but he's a heavy sleeper and I don't trust him to notice if something happens. I'm a super super light sleeper and I barely trust myself to let her sleep on me. Especially as I continue to feel sleep deprived.
I tried multiple times to put her in her own space to sleep last night, and each time she'd wake up within minutes, if not seconds. I wanted to cry with her.
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MC Sept '10, MC Dec '10, DS born 2012 Clomid + TI = BFP #1 March '13, MC April '13 Gonal F + trigger + IUI #1 = BFP #2 10/21/13, MC 10/31/13 Gonal F + trigger + IUI #2 = BFP #3 1/16/14, ectopic w/ heartbeat & rt salpingectomy 1/29/14 IVF #1 - ER 5/9/14 transfer cx'd due to high P4 FET #1 - 6/26/14 transferred 1 AA blast BFP!! EDD 3/11/15 Beta #1 13dp5dt - 1548 Beta #2 15dp5dt - 2748 Beta #3 18dp5dt - 7586
crimpgirl, I want a baby box too! That's too cute. I kind of just want to tell her someday that we just stuck her in a box. That's awesome that they give them away. I'd heard of the ones in Finland before, I didn't know some places in Canada were doing it too.
Post by tbonequeen13 on Jan 6, 2017 18:45:32 GMT -5
I am lucky and DD2 is a great sleeper, just like DD1 was. She will nap anywhere- most of the time I'm holding her (because I want to...trying to soak up all the baby snuggles I can before I have to go back to work) but she will sleep in her car seat if we're doing something or in the RnPs at either grandparents house (We don't have one). She will sleep in the pack-and-play if she's asleep when I put her down, but she mostly likes to wiggle in it. There is no daytime sleeping schedule- I try to take advantage of the times she seems awake so she can eventually learn the difference between night and day. Since we have a 3 yr old and DH is back to work, we do have a night time routine. DD1 goes down around 9:30 so DD2 gets her bottle around 10 and then we swaddle her and put her in her crib in her room (we have a baby monitor for each kid). She sleeps anywhere from 3-5 hrs and then wakes up to be fed. Luckily, she doesn't cry at first- she grunts- so DD1 doesn't hear her as long as you're somewhat quick about bringing her a bottle. After that, she's changed and swaddled and put back in her crib where she'll sleep anywhere from 3-5 hrs again...it's usually about 2:30-3 and 5:30-6 am for her 2 feedings. DH and I rotate who takes the first feeding each night, and the other will take 2nd feeding so we can get some sleep. Both of my kids have slept in their cribs in their rooms from day 1 of being home b/c they were both noisy sleepers and I have a hard enough time sleeping as is (I am a light sleeper). With the monitors having adjustable sensitivities, I can filter out enough noise to rest and still be assured that they're doing ok in there.
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