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9 week old so fidgety & noisy he won't sleep long at night

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CassieG26 · 31/03/2012 20:47

My LO is 9 weeks old and has always had trouble sleeping at night, he is so fidgety and noisy he will only go 3 hrs in the first part of the night, maybe 2 hrs after his night feed. He is much quieter in the day and more still when asleep. He used to hit himself with his arms so we swaddle him, he broke out easily of his cellular blanket so we got the Miracle Blanket- I seem to have the only LO who this blanket hasn't worked miracles for! It really made minimal difference. My HV suggested trying hungry baby milk (he is FF) but that made no difference to him being more settled, just made him a bit sicky. My doc suggested moving him to his room as I often get less than 3 hrs sleep and that's broken. I wind him after all feeds and he tends to do big burps, occasionally he cries when he has bad wind so I use gripe water. This has no effect on him sleeping better. He just can't seem to get much more than say one hour of deep sleep a night, the rest seems to be light/REM sleep. I do put him down in the day when awake to help him learn to get to sleep, and this works, but nights are a vicious circle. I feel like everyone else's babies sleep much better and that I'm doing something wrong. He goes 3-4 hrs between bottles in the day and he goes at least that at night so I know it's not hunger. He gets good naps in in the day, though he used to be able to sleep 2 hrs unbroken Now he wakes after an hr even though he is still clearly tired. Any help/advice really appreciated, as I don't ever see thing getting easier or me getting sleep!

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LittleWaveyLines · 31/03/2012 20:50

Some babies just don't sleep - my 9 month old wakes every 2 hours, and always has done.

Does he sleep better on the move perhaps? Or cuddled up next to you?

I obviously have no advice on how to get babies to sleep better (see above!), sorry, but if you want advice about coping on very little sleep I can help you there! Grin

thisisyesterday · 31/03/2012 20:52

he's 9 weeks old! it's normal for a tiny baby to want to feeding that often

babies change all the time. just because he used to go longer between feeds doesn't mean he isn't hungry now.
it could b e something as simple as a growth spurt

fififrog · 31/03/2012 21:26

Is he in a basket? We moved DD to cot (in own room but I don't think that was the main factor) at 11 weeks because she thrashed
Around so much in basket. It worked pretty well, sleep improved to 2-3 wakings for food and then straight back to sleep.

CassieG26 · 01/04/2012 17:21

He does sleep ok out and about but he's also ok in the day in his basket, it's just at night that's the pain! Thanks for yr message

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CassieG26 · 01/04/2012 17:23

He is in his basket still but probably will be growing out of it v soon. I really hope when he goes in his cot he'll be ok. Thank you!

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pilotsprincess · 01/04/2012 23:12

Is he showing any signs of reflux? Only that my dd 5 months was the same, every time I put her down on her back she would start thrashing around and hitting herself even if she was in a deep sleep, she was diagnosed reflux and put on gaviscon she improved straight away still woke often but less thrashing about, dr told me reflux obviously made her uncomfortable on her back she's able to roll over now, I put her down and she turns on her side or front and settles straight away and now sleeps through! I remember a time I thought I'd never get more than an hrs sleep ever again!

heliumballoon · 02/04/2012 07:26

My nine week old seems to like white noise and going to sleep on the t-shirt I wore in the day. She also takes a dummy at night. I recognise the thrashing thing and would guess this meant it was time to move from a moses basket. Also at night I try hard to spot the time when DD2 is sleepy but not asleep; sometimes this is a really short time and if I miss it (eg because of a nappy change) then I have to sit up with her for another hour to feed and hug her until she is sleepy again. Putting her down when she is not drowsy (eg falling asleep when drinking, yawning, eyes half shut etc) is just pointless! On the other hand I try not to feed to sleep.
Don't know if any of that ramble will help but I hope so.

CassieG26 · 04/04/2012 19:47

I'll ask my doc about the reflux thing, I do wonder if he is in discomfort. We're probably going to move him into his cot v soon, but worried he won't be able to stay in his miracle blanket- last night one hand escaped- as he may force himself to roll over with all that room. Plus if I put him in his sleeping bag his arms are free he makes so much noise. If I even hold his arms still he settles more, but I can't keep him in the swaddle forever, especially as he's started breaking out. Now he has mucous in his nose that is now waking him.... I feel Im doing everything wrong :(

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