very tired,my baby sleeps lately

[jomana]

hello
i`m new and desperate for help!
my 11 weeks old baby girl will only sleep after midnight,sometimes till 4am.she sleeps for
10-12hours.
she wakes every 4-5 hours when i breastfeed her,sometimes change her nappy,and rock her to sleep.
what can i do to make her sleep in the night?
is she too young to leave her cry to sleep?

Hello. I think she will adjust slowly if you guide her, give her her bath at you preferred time and start the night time routine from there, even if she doesn't go for it she may quickly get the idea. Make a lot of noise in the morning when you want her up for the day then she'll be tired earlier. Encourage a daytime routine and she will eventually follow.

Hi Jomana
That sounds really hard.....I remember laying on the floor on the nursery willing DS to fall asleep and watching the sun come up! I think Bramblina has the right idea - a good bedtime routine worked for me. Bath, massage, feed and then into bed. I'm still trying to get my DS to fall asleep on his own (ie not on the boob) so thats the next hurdle. I'm dreading teething time!
Give it a go but don't expect her to turn around too quickly but keep being consistant. Don't have her in the living room with you with the telly on when its sleep time make sure she is in your bedroom even if she's not in her cot. At least the psychology of her learning that its bed time might start to seep in. GOOD LUCK!

My dd wouldn't sleep until about 11.30pm until she was 4 and a half months. She suffered from colic which made her really uncomfortable. When she got to about 3 months it reached the point where she wasn't crying with pain, but was just uncomfortable enough not to be able to go to sleep. Do you think your daughter could have tummy ache? Does she pull her knees up?

I think she is too young to be left crying for more than a few minutes. I'm pretty sure that any kind of sleep training should not be done until babies are more than 6 months old.

Do you mean that she goes to sleep at midnight and then sleeps through until midday the next day?

You will get a variety of opinions on this, but after 3 months I used to wake my daughter up in the morning to feed her, dress her etc. so that our day could start. I think it helped her start to develop the idea of day and night. However, there are lots of people on here who would never dream of waking a sleeping baby. I suppose it's just what works for you.

Do you mean 10-12 at night or in 24 hours?

the former is quite a bit short for a typical 11 week old, the latter brilliant...

I would agree with Littlefish. Ds was got up between 7-7.30 to start the day regardless of what the night before had been like, and it helped develop a good day/ night routine

Def too young to be left to cry it out, but I would be happy leaving 11 week old for 5 mins or so before responding, as long as not in obvious distress