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New mum seeking sleep advice!

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Lyns22 · 05/08/2013 16:33

Hi everyone
Perhaps I'm asking a but much too soon... DD was born 6 weeks ago. She sleeps alot but mostly during the day. She was overdue but a small 5lbs 15. Hv tells me she'll sleep longer when she's heavier?!
Now she's 7lbs 7, ebf and generally only sleeps 10-2,3-5 then from 5 is wide awake! She just lies in her basket smiling at me and kicking her arms and legs. Don't get me wrong its adorable but im just feeling and looking a bit zombie like! No family to help during day and friends all have kids of their own or work full time.
Any tips to get her to sleep a bit longer? DH sleeps through everything so not point in waking him for us both being knackered.
Not much of a routine as yet, just bath in evening then feed then bed.
Thanks for any replies x

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minipie · 05/08/2013 18:32

Um, being honest a 4 hour stretch plus a 2 hour stretch is pretty good at 6 weeks I think... agree though that the 5am wake up could do with being a bit later. how long are you able to keep her awake for during the day? perhaps you could keep her awake a bit more especially in the evening? don't try to keep her up too much in the day though as she could get overtired and that will be a nightmare... sorry that is pretty unhelpful advice!

minipie · 05/08/2013 18:34

oh just saw the bit about DH. He should take her from 5-7am so you can kip properly. Much easier to change your DH's habits than your DD's at this stage!

AnythingNotEverything · 05/08/2013 18:34

I agree, that doesn't sound too bad (sorry!). Can you catch up on sleep when she naps during the day? Also, once she's up and fed at 5, I'd be giving her to DH so you can get another hour or two. Even if he's back at work he should be able to offer this a couple of times a week, particularly if he sleeps through her other wakings.

It will get better!

LaRosaBella · 05/08/2013 18:37

That sounds pretty bloody good!! better than my dd is sleeping at 5 months Envy .

Get DH to have her from 5 until work or on weekends until you've caught up on your sleep either just bringing her up for feeds or if she has the bottle, he can feed her. This is what me and my DP still do 5 months on.

LaRosaBella · 05/08/2013 18:38

Oh and routine, my dd laughs in the face of any routine, and it hasn't driven me mad...yet!

sittinginthesun · 05/08/2013 18:48

I agree that actually sounds okay for six weeks. At least the four hour stretch is at night (unlike my ds2 who woke for the day at 2am!).

If she naps during the day, you need to try and grab a couple of hours sleep too. The only way I could survive was to try and make sure I slept 6-7 hours in every 24.

It does get easier.

purrpurr · 05/08/2013 19:10

Sounds like what I've got at 11 weeks, having said that, I learned over time to wait it out when she started kicking around at 5. She does get back off to sleep and we now often don't get up til 8am. The kicking does last 1.5hrs but she dozes through this time and so do I!

bigkidsdidit · 05/08/2013 19:20

That's more or less the same as my 6 week il and je was born at 9-10 and has put on a pound a week since Grin

Pretty normal from what I remember of DS1, sorry

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Lyns22 · 05/08/2013 19:26

Thanks ladies, dh and dd are getting red carded at 5am tomorrow haha x

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