Help!!!! I need sleep and i cant get my 2 month on a sleep schedule. How do i get him on one? He sleeps maybe 2 two hours during the day and 8 hours sporatically at night.
Its crazy...just out of the blue he started sleeping more. He slept 6 hours in a row the last three nights. All i did was feed him then feed him again an hour later and he slept so well. It has been great!
Ditto, what Julie has said you can read all you want but he's normal I have 3 boys experience with many years of children, I speak from experience.
Remember he's eating liquids it's not like solid food he's going to wake....it gets better as he gets on solid food and gets older. He will have issues teething the first year is the hardest with sleep and growing be patient.
First off, congratulations on your new son -- so much to look forward to enjoying!
If he's only sleeping 10 hrs a day, that's much less than he needs at this stage -- should be closer to 14-18 hours a day until around 4 mos. Maybe he's overtired? Don't wake him during the day in an effort to get him to sleep at night -- 8 hours at night, even in drabs, is very average. But he should be napping around 2-3x a day, 2-3 hrs a time.
He's not an adult, and needs to sleep LOTS and in small amounts, just like his eating. This time is short, so grab your bootstraps, and hang on a few months -- this will get better soon and you'll just smile and shake your head at the new challenges:)
If he is falling asleep during the day wake him up. It may take a week or so but he will start to fall asleep at night because you aren't letting him sleep during the day.
I think your little one is a bit too young yet to try a schedule. It does seem like he is not getting enough sleep for his age. Although it may seem counterproductive, try to get him to sleep more during the day and it will probably make him sleep better at night. An overtired child will not sleep will. Good luck and remember this will pass!
Well, you don't. Schedules are made for adults, not babies. He's not even designed to sleep more than four hours without waking. He'll sleep more when his body is ready. For more understanding of baby's sleep needs: Elizabeth Pantley's No-Cry Sleep Solution. http://www.kellymom.com/pantley/pantley03.html
Unfortunately, every child is different. If YOU need sleep and he's perfectly happy watching his mobile, go with it. If he demands to be held all the time, and is upset - Check for food allergies (a lot of babes are milk intolerate, either check his formula or check how much milk to intake if you breastfeed) or get a sling so you can have your hands free during the day. In a sling, he should just drift off with the motion of you walking.
Snuggle spot...It is a baby bed/pillow that makes a baby feel like it is being held when you cant hold it. www.laneybug.net
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He's only 2 months old it's too early to get him on a schedule. He will develop a schedule as he gets older. Expecting him to sleep through the night at 2 months is not realistic. Babies sleep through the night when they will. I raised both of mine the same way and they both slept through the night at different times. My daughter the active,high needs baby, now ADHD, spirited child didn't sleep through the night till she was 3 yrs old. My son the more laid back "normal" baby slept through the night at around a year old.
check out the book , The no cry sleep solution by Elizabeth Pantley.
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Babies are on their own time schedule. It's hard to get a 2 month child on a schedule. All I can recommend is that you snooze when the baby snooze. My daughter didn't get on a schedule into she was like 4 months. It gets better the older they become. But let me ask you, how much does your baby eat? My daughter starting taking cereal in her milk at 2.5 months. If your child is not full this might be the reason the child continues to wake periodically throughout the night. If your baby sucks down loads of milk, I would suggest putting a little cereal in the milk. I promise you, this will help. Good luck!
Read Baby Wise. It is an excellent book about getting babies on schedules.
Your baby is too young! My pediatrician said dont even think about any sort of "normal" sleep patterns until at least three months. My son took 3.5. The only thing that helped me was that if he decided to go to sleep too early (like 6 pm) we would wake him around 9 or 10 to bathe him and feed him. It felt SO cruel at the time. I really hated it but it helped so much because then he would start his night at a decent hour and not wake up at 2 am ready to party! Good luck.
