I make silly faces...
Chubby face... We went to our first doctor's appointment and she is up to 7lbs and .5oz! I think it is safe to say that she is getting enough to eat.
(Please excuse the eye booger... didn't notice it until I was editing the picture.)
Well, we are having more and more "awake time". Sadly, it seems like 1:00 and 2:00 am is one of her favorite times to be awake. Hopefully she will figure out the difference between night and day sooner rather than later! :o) Any tips on helping her figure this out, or do I just have to be patient and let her do it in her own time?
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yay for a good eater! that is always nice. I don't think I have told you but she is super cute brooke!
What we have done with the night awake thing, is to try to get them in a eat, wake, sleep, cycle. So I would feed them, and then one of us would mess with them until basically their eyes were rolling back in their heads, they couldn't stay awake. Then put them in bed awake. (now awake time when she is this young would be really short...my brain leaves me, but I think 10-20 min? someone help me out...I don't remember?) Putting her to bed super tired and awake is good b/c it also helps with going to sleep with out help. We did this with all the day time feeds only, the nightime feeds we fed them and put them back into bed. The other thing that is nice about the eat, wake, sleep cycle is that when they wake it is time to eat again, and they are hungry and eat well.
Another thing we did was not let our kids have whatever helped them sleep super hard during the day, only at night...For instance miles LOVED sleeping on his tummy. So I didn't let him sleep on his tummy during the day, only at night. It seemed to help him.
At any rate...I don't know if any of this helps...If not just chuck it out the window, and don't give it a second thought. You are sweet Sophie's mom and you know best!
Praying for you this week!
Brooke she is adorable! I haven't seen her in person yet! But I want to really bad! I can't wait until I get to babysit her! hehe! me and sophie time! yay! I love you and I hope your getting some sleep!
Awww. Do you find yourself just staring at how beautiful and perfectly petite she is? Babys are such a miracle!
Every baby finds their sleep cycle on their own time, but there are a few tricks to help them out a little! One thing we've learned is that when they do wake up at night, don't over stimulate them. If you find yourself unable to put her down when she's awake at night (TOTALLY normal because she's so irresistably cute)it might be helpful to keep lights off and noises quiet. She'll get the idea eventually! With both our kids we, like Shawna, also have put them to bed awake. They learn how to self sooth quickly which is a life saver through the first couple of years.
Every kid is different though. Kaitlin was sleeping completly through the night by a few weeks old and DJ still won't sleep through the nights at seven months! We as parents just have to keep it in perspective: even though it seems like it will never end, it's really such a short time in comparison to the rest of life!
Praying for you. Even with all the joys that a little munchkin brings, I know it brings it's emotional and trying times as well. I know you (and Josh!) are doing a great job though!
I agree with Shawna, that is basically the babywise method-don't know if you read or not, I found some of it useful. And she is super cute! I think they slowly realize day from night on their own, then you do all the routines!
Yeah, what they said. :)
I think the eat, wake, sleep cycle is what really teaches them how to sleep. And not letting them sleep too long of stretches during the day. This is hard, right at first, when you can barely keep their eyes open sometimes, but sounds like maybe she is more wakeful? I guess my main objective during the day was to always keep my babies up for 15 minutes after every feed (not letting them fall asleep while nursing or waking them up by messing with them/changing their diaper/talking etc..).
But like Christina, I had two totally different kiddos, and my second took much longer to learn to sleep long stretches at night. But it didn't bother me, as long as he'd go right back to bed after eating. :)
I'm thinking it will be so nice to have another baby someday and be able to ask all my friends for advice!
Wow, everyone has great advice! Those pics are adorable! It really helped us to establish a bedtime routine especially for night sleep. We would have bath, read a book, say prayers, whatever, then feed and put them to bed. It kind of calms them and lets them know what's coming next. We also put our second kiddo to bed awake, and it made SUCH a difference. He started sleeping through the night at 4 weeks, where Gabe was 15 months!
Yes, put her to bed awake. Also, try to keep the lights off and noises soft. We had a lulaby cd we always used with Elisa when she went to bed. I turned it on every time I put her down to sleep to help cue her in.
Epect it to take a good 2-4 weeks just to establish a schedule. By that time you should at least know when she is going to wake up in the night so you can plan your bedtime to maximize your rest.
I don't have any advice but wanted to say that she is super cute!!
I will be the first to admit, the eat, play, sleep cycle never managed to get my kids to sleep through the night! The girls all did it around a year I think...a solid 12. Miles was doing 8-9 for a couple months and I got all excited. But he stopped! But it did afford a nice schedule of some predictability, and good feedings. :) Just thought I would come back and clarify...my thoughts were to help with night and day differences, not sleeping ALL night. In the interest of full disclosure and all. :)
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