Anyone help with this? 7 week old DD and sleep please?

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Hello,

I have a 7 week old dd and a 2 year old dd. I'm trying to get 7 week old dd into routine early (i know) to prevent 2 yr old's sleep getting more disturbed than it already is.

And so far 7 week old is pretty good, she goes down around 7.30ish and we've been trying to get a 11pm dreamfeed sorted so that she'll sleep till 3amish. This worked for a while but now she'll only take 1oz at the 11pm feed and then wakes at 2amish for a feed ( a 5 min one) and then wakes again around 4amish for another tiny feed and then is really unsettled and doesn't sleep. She eventually does sleep but keeps us awake and then dh been taking her downstairs, which is ok cos he's ooff work at the mo but won't be next week.

We are loosely following GF, not strictly just making sure up around 7am, lots of feeds between then and 7pm, trying not to have too much sleep but it's difficult to monitor when carrying on with normal life, in car/buggy doing all the toddler things. Sometimes we are doing the GF routine by accident, but not worried if not.

Any suggestions please?

At this age they change so fast, and one of the reasons the routine ideas are hard to follow so young is that they have to change so frequently so it's hard to establish one! Perhaps she's just outgrown these timings - can you put her down half an hour later? change her daytime naps? Perhaps vary the timings of other feeds? She'll find her own level quickly, but unfortunately it means being very flexible with her while she does it.

Have you considered co-sleeping? It worked for us as any night feeds were quick and easy plus ds never really woke up so found it easy to go straight back to sleep.

Good luck!

I've never done it myself but maybe co-sleeping would help?Other then this,you probably just need to go with the flow and don't stress yourself too much.

at 7 weeks old she is going to still need feeding fairly frequently and that includes during the night.

growth spurts, teething , colds and learning new things will all change her sleep pattern

agree co sleeping might help

Thanks all, like the idea of co sleeping but don't feel comfortable with it, worried I might squash her or something. Thinkwe'll just ride the waves and try out new things. Going to put her to bed a bit later tonight to see if this works, tho she seems to naturally go to sleep around 7 which will be god if carries on for future. Might cut 11pm feed too and see when she wakes naturally for feed. I agree things change a lot in these early weeks. Thanks for your help