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4 week old just out of SCBU, sleeps during day but not night - help!

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stillfrazzled · 01/02/2011 12:35

DS2 born four weeks ago, 5 wks prem and with growth restriction so only 3lbs 5ozs. Spent 3 weeks in SCBU and came home last Weds.

He's gorgeous and really easy during day - just feeds (ebf) and self-soothes (mostly sleeps between feeds) or watches the world go by.

At night it's a different story. He feeds, then falls asleep on me, wakes up on being put into his moses basket and grizzles or yells until he's picked up. Last night I don't think I got one hour's full sleep until I gave up and fed him on my side at 4.45am, when we fell asleep until 6.30am.

I already have a DS of 3.6 so I can't sleep much during the day. I know this will pass, but I don't know how to cope until it does.

I wondered if it was something to do with being used to SCBU conditions - bright, hot, noisy - as well as standard newborn stuff.

Any ideas that might help us? DH not comfortable with co-sleeping (terrified of accidentally smothering him etc) and TBH because DS2 is so tiny, so am I.

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Chil1234 · 01/02/2011 14:28

It's particularly tough when you've got another child to look after or else the daytime sleeping might let you catch up. Is there any way you can get your son looked after for a few hours so that you can have some sleep? Grannies? A nursery? A friend?

gummymum · 03/02/2011 21:27

How about some white noise? Sends adults off to sleep nicely too!! Maybe this will help him make the transition to quiet times at night. Do you swaddle?
Lambs skin in moses?
Hot water bottle so nice and warm (remove when you put him in)?
Dummy?
put him down awake but sleepy not asleep - shh and pat or rock as you put him down, pick him up again when cries.
Try all of these together!!!!
Good luck and congratulations

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