Need Help Getting Baby to Sleep at Night!!

Ok it's not colic, a colicy baby just never sleeps. Your baby just has her days and nights mixed up. If her growth/weight gain is normal and she's eating like normal does she ever seem to not be satisified? She very well could just still be hungry. Have you started her on cereal at night yet? If you nurse her don't forget they break that down so much faster than formula or cereal. If she's sleeping all day she's not very tired at night. Try to simulate her more in the day time to keep her up more (I know easier said than done) I would introduce her to cereal. Also have you tried using lavender items? They are very calming. I know What it's like to have babies that don't sleep mine all did it to me. My sister has a lil one who doesn't like to sleep now she uses these and he sleeps like 5 hours at night at a shot
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Good luck!

T.,
First let me say you are not alone. I know when I was goign through somethign similar with my daughter I felt like I was the only one that dealt with it. But I promise you are not. It can be hard because the baby is so young. It sounds like she/he has the days and nights mixed up. Try to keep her awake more during the day use lots of bright light (sunlight preferably) and calm soothing quiet dark at night. Set up a night time sleep routine too, things you do only at night to teach the baby that this is the time to start settling down for the night (a bath, story or rocking them to sleep). What I foudn out really worked for me (even though the doctors were against it) was having my daughter sleep on her stomach. She HATED being on her back, adn the only way she would sleep was on her stomach. Once I figured that out, we both got a lot more sleep at night. I hope this helps, also talk to your doctor about suggestions and ideas, they can be of some help as well. Best of luck!

I use to have the same problem and my little one was colicky! All babies are different of course. The one thing that worked best for us was to put her in a snugli and walk around the house and she'd fall asleep. I think the fact she was close to us and moving helped alot. Try it out and see how it goes!! I'd be happy to hear if it works!!
Take care.. K.

Yet another sugguestion...I am not sure if you are breast or bottle feeding and if you are open to this idea or if it is plausible for you, but...
My daughter (now 3 mo) has been sleeping in bed with us since week one because I was unsure of how to get her to sleep at night (nothing seemed to work). Once I got her into bed and fed her she was out for the count. At first, she would wake up 3-4 times for feedings through the night (breastfeeding made it easy) but now she only gets up once or so at night to feed. Pretty soon she may be sleeping through the night entirely and at that point I will begin to transition her into her own crib. So far it seems to be working well for us and all along I have gotten MUCH more sleep than I would have any other way.
Hope this helps.

My now 8 month old was the same way for the first couple months. No matter what we did to him (tickling, bouncing, talking, undressing...) he would just sleep and sleep all day long and be up every hour throughout the night. You have to be totally dedicated to stimulating your daughter as much as possible during the day. When she is awake be sure you make tons of direct eye contact with her; keep her in a well-lit, well-traveled, noisy room; tickle, talk, touch, undress and dress...you get the idea. Then at night everything has to be reversed. When she eats, try very hard not to make eye contact or talk to her; make diaper changes as quick as possible; keep it dim and quiet...also you should feed her in a totally different place than you do during the day. Soon she'll start noticing the differences between night and day. A lot of experts say that their body will eventually adjust itself--by 8 months!! Sorry, I couldn't wait that long. Anyway, that's my advice, and it truly does work! Good luck with your little one.

Hi. Im a stay at home mom to 4 girls also. A stepdaughter almost 9 (she lives with her mom), a 4 1/2 yr old, a 2 1/2 yr old and a 10 month old. My youngest 2 would not sleep anywhere but on someone or in their infant car seat. I would strap them in as if we were going somewhere and they would sleep for hours on end for the most part. I would try that if youve exhausted everything you can think of. Something else that worked better with my youngest was putting her on her stomach in her crib or bassinet. I know doctors say not to but it helped her and us get sleep. Hope I could help.