9 weeks how long do they during the day?

[A&Omummy]

Hi I have a 9 wk old and was just wondering how long they usually sleep for during the day?:confused: I was having a feeding and sleeping problem and spoke with the CHN (post in breast feeding, bottle at night???) and she gave me some ideas to use. Things are so much better. Today she has been having so far a sleep after every feed. Just wondering what other bubs around this age routine is?

:)

Thanks Diana

[j'smummy]

Hi there, I to have a 9 week old baby named James. He tends to have a feed inbetween every 3to4 hours through the day, then will stay awake for about one hour to one and a half hours before a sleep. He will tend to sleep for over an hour up to 2 and a bit hours per day sleep. Sometimes he will wake after just 45minutes of sleep but will try to be resettled as this generally isn't enough sleep for a baby as a day sleep. I don't know if you are aware but the 45mins is to do with the rem sleep (repetetive eye movement) they go through as a sleep cycle this makes them awaken very easily and will stir, they may need help getting back off to sleep by maybe rocking there bassinett or whatever it be you do for your settling technique. How is yours doing through the night? Mine wakes about 5 hours into the first part of the night for a feed and then again about 3 to 4 hours later in the early morning, then hopefully will go back to sleep after that feed.

j's mummy

[A&Omummy]

Hi J's mummy:)

My bub sleeps quite well at night. I put her down at 8:30. sleeps untill 1/2 am wakes for feed. Only has a wee bit (off 1 side only, breast feed). Goes back to sleep untill 4/5am feeds a wee bit again. Then wakes 6:30/7am. Then this is what she did today with this new technique I have been using. Feed at 7 sleep at 8-8:30 feed 9:30 sleep 10-11 feed 12:30 sleep 1-45. Woke after 1/2 hr at this sleep I settled her and she went back to sleep for 15 mins. Just feel asleep in her swing so I put her in the cot and settled her and she is now still asleep.

Do you think she is getting enough?:confused: Or Do you think her sleeps are to short.

Just wanted to also know do you give your bub a dummy?

Thanks Diana

[j'smummy]

hi di,sorry writing one handed baby in other. i think as long as your bubs is getting about an hour or 2 every day sleep its doing ok.

yes my son has a dummy for when he is put to settle or if he's really upset this is rarely. however he doesn't cry when it falls out while he is sleeping.

i have a 6 year old son to and he never had a dummy he wouldn't take one i was reluctant to give james a dummy i thought something you have to get rid of later but we will worry about that now down the track.

[A&Omummy]

Hi:thumbsup: Well thats all good to hear. Thanks so much!

Aleah only has her dummy to settle too. It falls out of her mouth. She only has it during the day.

Well going to this clinic tomorrow so I'll let you know what they surgest.

Diana.:yelclap:

[Funkychicken]

I was always taught that at this age (our babe is 10 weeks) that they shouldn't be awake for more than 2 hrs max. at a time. Hamish wakes for a feed about 5.30am and then goes back to sleep until I drag him out at 8am for the school run. He then has on average 3 long sleeps in the day, between 2-3 hours at a time. I find the more sleep I let him have the easier it is for him to go to sleep again. If he is grumpy he finds it hard to settle but if he is well rested he goes off to sleep really easily. It's kind of a contradiction-the more sleep he has the more he wants. Our other two children were the same but it took me months with DS#1 to work this out and I spent so many days with a crying, frustrated baby who really just needed more sleep.

[kellyandben]

Hi,
You'll see I have posted a couple of comments already in this section because I have big sleep troubles with my 9 week old during the day.
I know that "ideally" he should have 90 min - 2 hour sleeps at a time between each feed - lots of nurses have told me that - but in reality the most he gets at the moment is 30 min catnaps about 3-4 times a day. The nights are OK though - goes to sleep fine and usually resettles after a breastfeed fine as well. He still feeds 3 hourly during the day and between 3 and 6 hourly at night - perhaps depending on how much sleep he has had during the day.

I read an ABA booklet on wakeful babies that did say that not all babies are going to get all that sleep - some are awake most of the day and sleep longer at night, some have shorter sleeping and waking times spread over the 24 hours and others just don't need as much sleep.

I personally feel that my son needs more than he is getting - he does enormous yawns but still won't sleep!!! but to be honest he doesn't get very difficult when he is overtired- I don't often have to deal with a screaming baby and at night he generally drops off quicker if he is really tired.

Like everything with parenting, I think each baby is different and you have to find out what works for you. I am trying to improve the length of sleeps he gets during the day but will see how that goes.
Cheers,
Kelly

[A&Omummy]

I went the day stay yesterday. So good:thumbsup:

The CHN said that at this age to about 3 months babies should be having 15 hrs of sleep, in a 24 hr period. So Aleah has appox 9 hrs at night and there for should be having 6 hrs during the day. (3-4 sleeps) So that works out to be an hr and a half each sleep. She said if she wakes within an hr, let her try and put herself back to sleep. If so she very unsettled go in and reassure her, then leave. Continue doing this. She did eventually go back to sleep.

Also she told me they should have the same sleeping place for day and night sleeps, as putting them in different places confuses them. Aleah was sleeping in our room at night in a bassinet and was sleeping in her room in a cot during the day. I also was wrapping her. So last night she was in her room and not wrapped. Things went so well.

I'm so glad I went, it was hard at times letting her cry but she needs to learn to put herself to sleep, not using the boob to do so.

Ohh and also at times yesterday was using the dummy to settle her. But taking it away once settled. Didn't have to use dummy last night or today.:smiliedance:

[carls]

Hi ladies

I havent been on bubhub for ages but while my 9 week old, James, is trying to sleep at the moment i thought i might look through this thread - glad i did!

Kelly, I can really relate to what youre saying. James doesnt have much of a routine, much to the horror of every midwife and cyh nurse out there! I follow his lead and i guess it works, but i wouldnt mind knowing each day what was going to happen!

As a general rule James catnaps during the day - he used to sleep at least 2 hours in the early weeks but now i would be very lucky to get an hour. When he wakes after 20 or 30 minutes he stretches luxuriously like hes had 8 hours!!
Luckily he is a baby that is rarely grumpy or cries and I know the signs that he is tired, but if he doesnt go down within 10-15 minutes i put him down and try again later.
The cyh nurse said he shouldnt be awake for more than an hour to an hour and a half and i should do the feed,play,sleep routine. All good in theory but i usually find sleep,play,feed works better, and as for him only being awake for an hour, sometimes its 6 and me trying every hour to put him to sleep with no luck!!

At night he usually goes down between 7 and 9 (tonight being the exception) and sleeps for about 4-6 hours (can really vary), and then wakes every 2-3 hours after that until about 5-6am when its wake up time.

Having said that - last night he slept for 11.5 HOURS STRAIGHT!!!!

I find in the early to late mornings he will sleep better and longer and then it gradually gets shorter and more frustrating as the day goes on until night time.

I must say i havent tried self settling - hes in his basinette as i write this and he doesnt sound like hes going to sleep any time soon! I tend to either feed or rock him to sleep and i fear I'm making a rod for my back.

Sometimes he doesnt care less about his dummy but when he does go to sleep with it in, he manages to get his arms free and knock it out - cue wake up time - very frustrating!!

Basically I dont want to let him cry to sleep as I know some people do - mainly because he has had 9 weeks of boob or rocking to sleep and i simply couldnt bare listening to him cry for mummy!!

I have two questions:

How is everyone wrapping their babies of this age?

Is it ok to let them sleep in their rocker/bouncers? Im scared its bad for his back but he seems to sleep so much better in it, than in his basinette. He was in his bouncer in front of the tv last night and i got 11.5 hours out of him!! :confused:

[Nan]

Carls is back! :yelclap:
We missed you!
Nice to see you posting agin and hearing that James is doing so well.
Love,
Nan. xx

[reAllytee]

Is it ok to let them sleep in their rocker/bouncers? Im scared its bad for his back but he seems to sleep so much better in it, than in his basinette. He was in his bouncer in front of the tv last night and i got 11.5 hours out of him!! :confused:

Well im not sure whether its bad or not but my bubs slept in his all the time till around 2mths then at nite he was put in his cot but through the day still slept in his rocker. But we were lucky in that his rocker had various positions so laid right down for him to sleep flat & this was our god send ! As he was ( still is sometimes ) a baby who liked to be rocked to sleep. It also made it easier in that he would "follow" us wherever we went in the house even while asleep so he was either in this or the baby carrier !

[kellyandben]

I have two questions:

How is everyone wrapping their babies of this age?

Is it ok to let them sleep in their rocker/bouncers? Im scared its bad for his back but he seems to sleep so much better in it, than in his basinette. He was in his bouncer in front of the tv last night and i got 11.5 hours out of him!! :confused:

Hello,
I still wrap Ben but I don't think I will be able to for much longer. We're in Brisbane and it is still about 30 degrees during the day so he is wrapped tightly in a muslin wrap and I put the ceiling fan on. Ben is 10 weeks this week and has started sucking his hands so I am thinking it might be better to let his arms free so he can suck his hands instead of using his dummy. When he has a strop while going off to sleep, or when he wakes at night for a feed he can kick his way out of the tightest wrap so I am going to get him one of those sleeping bag suit thingies once it is a bit cooler here. He is also too big for most of his wraps now.

As far as the rocker thing goes, I have one that goes almost flat and also vibrates and Ben slept quite a lot in that during the day. A little while ago though I decided I wanted him to sleep in his cot during the day - he is a poor day sleeper and I am keen to get him to sleep more often and for longer and I wanted him to be happier to spend time in his cot. It is entirely up to you though and you should do what works for you.
Kelly