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Night time sleep - help!

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Cr17 · 28/04/2021 08:21

Hi,
My LO is 18 weeks and I'm not expecting her to sleep through the night already (although this would be great 😁) but throughout the night she is such a fidgety sleeper...
We was definitely going through the sleep regression and the week before last was the worst week but she is still waking multiple times in the night.
Ive been sticking to her night time routine, 7pm bath, bottle than up bed about 7.30pm she sleeps pretty well, may only wake for her dummy and then once I give her the dummy she's straight back to sleep, however come about 1am she starts waking up nearly every hour.. I give her the dummy but she also then starts to flap her arms about and legs so I have to liturally put my hand across so she will settle back to sleep (she isn't crying, just awake chatting)
She has 1 feed in the night and that has generally been between 4/4.30am most of the time she will settle down after this feed back to sleep til about 6.30/7am
She has always been a wiggly sleeper but the bigger shes getting the noisier she is which is keeping me up so much...
She has 3-4 naps in the day thats between 3 to 4 hours in total so I don't think shes napping too much in the day?
Has anyone else gone through this?
My husband says she will grow out of it soon but I just can't see it.. ive even thought of putting her in her own room but I know I'm not meant to do that til shes 6 months old and then I dont want to be going back and forth all night to settle her.
Any advise/tips would be grateful 🙏
P.s she sleeps in a sleepbag and never really liked being swaddled...

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OnlyFoolsnMothers · 28/04/2021 08:23

She’s formula fed? If she’s not waking is the issue she’s disturbing you?
7pm is an early bed time for such a young baby in my experience

Cr17 · 28/04/2021 08:33

@OnlyFoolsnMothers Yes shes formula fed, I think i generally hear every noise she makes as she's right next to me, once she's asleep shes generally fine, its just when she wakes she is just noisy as she flaps her arms & legs about knocking her dummy out and then she starts chatting thats when I have to put her dummy back in and my hand across her to try and settle her that way without picking her up as she will wake when I put her back down.
The 7.30 bedtime was just something that fell in to place on its own really, we noticed that she was falling asleep around that time and staying asleep and wasn't waking til the middle of the night for a feed so we just continued with it.

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OnlyFoolsnMothers · 28/04/2021 08:35

If she’s not crying try just leaving her

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Cr17 · 28/04/2021 08:43

@OnlyFoolsnMothers yea I do try to leave her but she gets louder 🤣 my husband works shifts and is up at 4am so I try not to leave her too long as I don't want to disturb him also.
I dont know why but i fear if I leave her she will just lie awake all night and then want to sleep all day! I know that probably sounds silly but im sleep deprived as it is 😬
With her day naps, she can generally now tolerate being awake for 2 hours, she feeds every 4 hours, shall I just limit her naps to 1 hour and wake her after the hour? In the hopes she sleeps better at night??
This is my first baby so im learning as I go!

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BertieBotts · 28/04/2021 08:45

The risk of sids drops a lot at 4 months so if you want to try her in her own room you could. I think the guidance is 6 months to discourage people doing it mega early.

Skyla01 · 28/04/2021 09:00

Earplugs? Would reduce her noises but you would hear any crying.

Cr17 · 28/04/2021 09:05

@BertieBotts this is what I was thinking also, however I've just been sticking to guidelines.
A friend of mine had her baby 2 weeks before me and her little one has been in his own room for a few weeks already and has been sleeping through the past 3 nights!

@Skyla01 I have thought about that too.. I think ever since I've had a baby I've turned into a light sleeper and I hear every noise she makes 🙈 i doubt the ear plugs would block out the loud chatty noises she makes 🤣

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OnlyFoolsnMothers · 28/04/2021 09:20

I wouldn’t wake from her naps yet, let her sleep when she wants- if your husband is disturbed can he sleep somewhere else until she settles again?

Cr17 · 28/04/2021 09:43

@OnlyFoolsnMothers unfortunately not, I think as I've been trying to settle her almost straight away she hasn't woken him up, he says he doesn't hear her when I've asked him after a long night?
I'm hoping there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the night time sleeps (and soon) 😁

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Skyla01 · 28/04/2021 10:05

@Cr17 I think earplugs are worth a try. They will dim her louder noises so you might be able to sleep through them? My DD is also a noisy sleeper, I need my earplugs every night!

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