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1st baby sleep questions

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Kafri · 05/01/2013 05:19

DS1 is 2w+2 and I'm learning the hard way about newborn sleep. ie, NONE!
He slept awfully our first night home at 1 week then things improved ever so slightly each night until 2 nights back. The last 2 gave been atrocious with him having no sleep whatsoever overnight therefore the same for me. I've been told this may have been a growth spurt???

Tonight has been an improvement and I've even managed to get him to have a little sleep in his Moses basket which up to tonight I've not been able to settle him in. The trouble is, when he's flat on his back he makes really loud squeaks, grunts, cries etc the whole time. Is this normal? I've read it could be wind?? - I've go him on cow and gate newborn and he's been having infacol drops to see if this helps as advised by a more experienced mum than myself. I try to wind him properly during and after every feed and he's usually quite good at burping but am I doing something wrong or sodoes anyone have any suggestions.
At the min the Moses basket is in our room but there's no way we can sleep through baby's sleep noises as they are once DH has to go back to work and needs his sleep again.

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aimingtobeaperfectionist · 05/01/2013 05:35

You are doing nothing wrong- this is just what newborns do! We ended up co-sleeping for my sanity for the first few weeks as was only way I got any sleep. It'll be like this for about 6 weeks then things hopefully start to improve. Don't beat yourself up, this is just how it works. Baby is adjusting to 'life outside'.

wannabedomesticgoddess · 05/01/2013 06:40

You could try propping up one end of the moses basket so hes not lying flat. He may have reflux. The grunting and not wanting to lie flat are signs of it. Try to keep him upright after feeds for half an hour and see if that helps too.

Other than that, you are doing nothing wrong. Its all trial and error when they are so young. Tonight DD2 was screaming for an hour. Shes only 7 weeks but it was so out of character we were clueless as to what to do. In the end some teething gel and a bottle (an hour after the last one Hmm ) sorted it but we were almost considering hospital.

I co slept in the first 3 weeks as it was the only way to get sleep. Shes now in her moses basket every night and sleeps well, though her sleeping in the day is hit or miss.

Will he sleep in a bouncy chair? Its not ideal but a few nights in a bouncy chair wont hurt if that works. My midwife suggested that to me when DD2 wouldnt sleep.

Congratulations :)

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