another January Bub

[kellyandben]

Hi my name is Kelly and my first bub Ben was born on 4th Jan so he is 7 weeks old this week. He was fairly small - 3.14kg but is now a hefty 5.270kg - loves his food!
The nights are going OK - he settles quite well and wakes about avery 3 hours for his tucker and generally goes back to sleep OK. I'm having trouble getting to sleep on his own during the day - he loves sleeping in the baby sling but this means I don't a rest at all. I put up a post about this in the sleeping/settling category. Are any of you experiencing this? I only get about 5-6 hours sleep a day and usually that is in 2 x 3 hour blocks at the most. A daytime nap would be fabulous but only achievable at the moment on the weekends when my husband is home. Look forward to chatting with you all about new baby issues.

[Blessed Mum]

Hi Welcome to you Kelly & to Ben. My name is Tara and I have two children. I had Charlotte Rose on the 20 Jan. She was 6lb14oz and 50cm long. She is getting so big now - you guessed it a big drinker :p . Anyway look forward to chatting more.

Take Care
Tara

[Mum2Tyla]

Hi Kelly,
My daughter was born on the 5th of january I found at first she would feed and then sleep for 3hrs but as she is getting older she wants to sleep less during the day but is sleeping about 5-6hrs at night. She goes down at about 9pm sleeps 5-6hrs then has a feed sleeps another 3-4hs has a feed then will sleep 2 hrs if i am lucky and then she only sleeps for 1 hr blocks during the day but it is much harder to get her to sleep during the day, so i think it may just be that they sleep less during the day as they get older.:banghead:
Kelly

[kellyandben]

Hi guys, thanks for your replies. Kelly, Ben has been doing a similar pattern as your daughter over the last few days. He sleeps in his bed from about 8:30 at night now (takes a couple of efforts to get him off but not too bad) and then doesn't wake up until about 1 a.m. One night it was 3:00! which left me with too much milk and I had to express some for comfort. He then usually wakes up again at about 4 or 4:30 and then I put him back again until 6:30. Compared to our initial 2 hourly feeds this is a massive improvement! Initially he had big problems with sleeping during the day in his cradle - he would only sleep on me in his sling. This has improved now as well - I don't put him in his bed, I wrap him and put him in his rocker. This means that when he wakes up slightly I can rock him for a second and back to sleep he goes. If he was in his bed, when he woke slightly that would be it - he would realise he was on his own and would start crying. The other day he spent 3 hours asleep in the rocker but usually it is more like an hour and a half. Things are becoming much more peaceful. Hope everything is going well for you guys as well.
Kelly

[bootylicious]

Wow my daughter is so the opposite. She is perfect during the day - feeds every 3 hours and sleeps one and a half to two hours between feeds!! At night though, she is usually up every 2-3 hours so i am normally up 3-6 times a night and sometimes she is up for 2-3 hours at a time!! It is exhausting to say the least!!

[kellyandben]

Hello again,
Well I decided to bite the bullet and try the Sleep Right Sleep Tight book to help get Ben to sleep in his cot during the day. I know that ideally this is what I want him to be able to do. Yesterday was the first day of it and was quite frustrating - most of my time was spent trying to settle him in bed. He grizzled a lot (and outright screamed quite a bit too!) and only got 2 x 15 min sleeps in the morning but in the afternoon he admitted defeat and had a great big sleep in his cot. When he woke up I could settle him back twice - which was unheard of previously.
Last night was perfect (well as perfect as things can be for a boy who wants to be fed 3 hourly -I had thought we were extending this out a bit - but he has changed his mind again apparently!) and he is in his cot asleep at the moment (about 8 a.m.)
Has anyone else noticed sleep problems got worse around the 7-9 week mark now the baby is more alert? Ben had an absolutely shocking weekend - hardly any sleep at night for 3 nights in a row and would not go to sleep in his own bed - had to be held. This was after his 2 month immunisations - did any of you notice a big change after your baby's shots?
Cheers, Kelly