Baby sleeping through the night?

[Whiplash7828]

Bad habit, letting baby sleep in your arms all the time. They get used to it, then your problem just gets worse, and harder to break them of.

We always calmed, then put down, calmed, then put down, as many times as needed, but never let him go to sleep in our arms. So far, our second, now 6 weeks old, gives us no problems with sleeping. I think we have only needed to actually get out of bed to comfort him once or twice, and just for a short time.

I agree. It will be a tough habit to break.

[kaimui22]

my baby is 7 weeks and is doing one 5hr and one 6hr stretch at night..we didn't really "train" him but i've read the happiest baby on the block and numerous other books..

what i've discovered is that not one method will work for all babies. some need to be calmed, some just want to be bundled nice and close and left alone

our baby used to do 3hr stretches and it was keeping us awake..then we swaddled him nice and tight and discovered that he could 6 hour stretches. the thing that was waking him up before was his own hands..he would fall asleep then he would accidentally hit himself in the face and wake himself up. so when we swaddled him, we had to make sure his hands were tightly bundled..then he could sleep with no problems.

i had to watch him for couple of nights to notice that it wasn't that he didn't want to sleep..it was just that he kept waking himself up with his hands..

i'm quite happy with him sleeping so long by himself and don't think i will enforce any "rules" until he is older.

btw, my son is quite large for his age...he's gained like 5lbs in one month but the doctor said its okay so i guess it's fine

[ash101]

btw, my son is quite large for his age...he's gained like 5lbs in one month but the doctor said its okay so i guess it's fine

5lbs in 1st mth? what do you feed him?

My baby is 3 weeks old. He can sleep 4hrs straight at night and 2-3hrs in the day. I found he prefers to sleep on his side instead of his back. I am not sure if it's ok for him. Also, sometimes he doesn't like be to wrapped tightly.

[kaimui22]

5lbs in 1st mth? what do you feed him?

My baby is 3 weeks old. He can sleep 4hrs straight at night and 2-3hrs in the day. I found he prefers to sleep on his side instead of his back. I am not sure if it's ok for him. Also, sometimes he doesn't like be to wrapped tightly.

well he was born at 8lbs1oz..now he's about 13lbs
he eats both formula and bm..not too much though
he's just a big boy i guess

most people assume he's at least 4months old....

[ayeung]

Bad habit, letting baby sleep in your arms all the time. They get used to it, then your problem just gets worse, and harder to break them of.

We always calmed, then put down, calmed, then put down, as many times as needed, but never let him go to sleep in our arms. So far, our second, now 6 weeks old, gives us no problems with sleeping. I think we have only needed to actually get out of bed to comfort him once or twice, and just for a short time.

I know that's bad habit but I don't do that everyday. There are just times I can't put her down to sleep after numerous tries and I can't stand her cry. It's just that she will sleep much longer, like a few hrs if she is in my arms, versus 15-30 mins in her pack n Play, or 5 mins in her crib. She would sleep in her swing forever (I think as I always wake her up) but I'm just afraid that's not good for her to sleep that way (like a semi upright position). And that I'm talking about during day time. I don't hold her to sleep in my arms at night.

[kaimui22]

I know that's bad habit but I don't do that everyday. There are just times I can't put her down to sleep after numerous tries and I can't stand her cry. It's just that she will sleep much longer, like a few hrs if she is in my arms, versus 15-30 mins in her pack n Play, or 5 mins in her crib. She would sleep in her swing forever (I think as I always wake her up) but I'm just afraid that's not good for her to sleep that way (like a semi upright position). And that I'm talking about during day time. I don't hold her to sleep in my arms at night.

i know what you mean by not standing the baby crying...its hard but they will learn to soothe themselves back to sleep..if you let them. sometimes they only cry out for a few seconds. if you rush to them during that time they will not learn to fall back asleep. and during the daytime, babies will prefer to take naps..not long sleeps. my baby will nap in the daytime, about max 1hr each time after meals then he will wake up wanting to play or look around. you can't expect a baby to sleep 3-4hr naps during the day as well as night...they will only sleep to a max of 16hrs a day.

i understand what you mean by sleeping in the swing...at the beginning he will only sleep in the swing or car seat...my mom always wanted to hold him until he fell asleep but we forbid it. we figured sleeping in the swing is better than sleeping in our hands because he will get used to the 'human-touch'...whereas sleeping in a swing, a cold hard plastic seat is more similar to the crib...hopefully your baby will grow out of it soon!

[Bullseye]

I know that's bad habit but I don't do that everyday. There are just times I can't put her down to sleep after numerous tries and I can't stand her cry. It's just that she will sleep much longer, like a few hrs if she is in my arms, versus 15-30 mins in her pack n Play, or 5 mins in her crib. She would sleep in her swing forever (I think as I always wake her up) but I'm just afraid that's not good for her to sleep that way (like a semi upright position). And that I'm talking about during day time. I don't hold her to sleep in my arms at night.

It must be your first child? If/when you have a second, you'll realize that long swing-naps are unavoidable! Don't worry about it, it's no problem for babies to sleep in that position, although you should recline the seat as much as possible. The important thing is to just keep an eye on them when in the swing. I know some parents who actually put baby in the swing OVERNIGHT while they sleep! I know what new-parent desperation can breed, but I think that's just unsafe.

[Ottawa]

If you want a tip to get baby to sleep through the night.....TRY THIS:

Prepare a bottle and put plain old water into it! Nothing special, room temperature, not hot, not cold....

At 2.5 months, my daughter would sleep around midnight, get up around 4ish to bf and then sleep again until about 7 or 8.

I cut the 4AM feeding, buy giving her a bottle w/ water in it. Babies at that age HATE water and spit it out the second they taste it. Baby really wants some nice warm milk from mommy and to be in her arms and feel her warmth. That's it. They are not really starving!!!

Once they realize that if they get up, they get water, they just learn the next time to cont. sleeping since mommy is 'no good' for them.
It really works.

You gotta be persistent. They sleep after max. 20 mins when they dont get what they want. I did it 3 nights in a row, fourth night she and I and my husband were sleeping from midnight, to about 7 am!!!

We loved my first year off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got the tip from my husbands male co-workers and it worked. Although one of them it took them 7 nights before it worked.

PS> Dont give up and feed them, or the next night they';ll just cry longer knowing they'll get fed.

She's been sleeping through the night in her own room since she was about 2.5 months. Now she's 21m.

Good Luck.

PS. it really works, dont start before 2 months as they really do need their milk at that age.