Baby Sleep Support

Hi!
He is likely overtired. Offer naps more frequently. How old is your baby? What have you already tried?

Offer a nap every 45-60 mins for a 6 week old. I love the happiest baby on the block DVD for soothing and swaddling tips

Hi Brittany,
8 weeks of life is the perfect time to transition to a let surface. Their brain is wired to begin to follow our cues, now. They are making millions of connections everyday. What a wonderful time to begin to teach sleep. Begin with putting the rock n play in the nursing. Then after after 2 days, move your baby to the crib. The first nap of the day is perfect for this. The first nap of the day, is after the longest stretch of sleep. This nap is the "teaching nap" bc the brain thinks it is is a continuation of night sleep. Translation== easier for the baby to learn bc the sleep hormones are helping

I have been putting him down for his first nap in the doc a tot in his crib. Sometimes he sleeps for 30 minutes, today he’s almost sleeping for two hours. It sounds like I’m on the right track. Should he be sleeping in his room by himself at night? Right now he’s still next to us because I’m breastfeeding and he usually feeds once in the night!

I would transition him to the crib more frequently, and then at night too. When baby and mother are next to each other--both get less sleep (over 8 weeks old).

Thank you!

Will you check the manufacturer of the doc a tot's website? I don't believe they recommend it for crib use (only for cosleeping). I the crib you want only fitted sheets, no blankets, and no stuffed animals. Nothing the baby can suffocate against .

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/138/5/e20162938

I will, thank you! I thought using that first in the crib would help him transition to the bigger crib space since he’s used to being confined in the rock and play . I also watch him when he naps on the monitor continuously. I wouldn’t use it overnight! I’m on the room now as we speak!

Leticia - you are doing great! Around 8 weeks night sleep will organize. This will give you one predictable 4 hour stretch of sleep beginning at bedtime. 7-10 pm bedtime start time.

Offer naps every 45-60 mins during the daytime. Naps will be erratic and unpredictable. If she is sleeping 3 hours at a time, she sounds advanced for her age.

Try the happiest baby on the block DVD for other soothing Methods. Skin to skin at 4 am needs to be done with you awake. Anytime baby is on your chest she needs to be supervised. Their is a risk for suffocatation, entrapment, or sids event on your chest while you are not supervising her ( I presume your eyes are closed at 4 am?)

Yes they are i changed that today after seeing a video about a mom accidentally smothering baby....

Ok I'll check the DVD too. Thank you

Thank you!

Hi!
What do you think he is trying to convey when he points at the door?

How do you console him back to sleep-what do you do? How long does it take?

Was your child ever sleep trained? Which method did you use?

he wants to leave the room when he points at the door, the first few times my husband took him downstairs and he was stopped crying and played but obviously that's not a good idea. I've tried to just rub his back but he's too worked up to lay down, so usually I just hold him and eventually he cries it out and falls asleep with me and i can get him back in his crib, sometimes he wakes up then, but he's calm enough to rub his back to go bakc to sleep. the whole thing usually takes an hour. He was never sleep trained because he went down so easily for us, we literally just put him in bed and he goes to sleep.

Hey Caitlin,
I think you are on the right path. Don't reward him with playing in the middle of the night.

Which sleep training method would you be interested in learning more about? Timed checks, no checks, or chair method?