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Sleepless nights

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sazzerbear · 28/05/2007 10:15

I have a 3 week old, the nights were ok to start with however he is now taking hours to go to sleep, often won't settle till 2.30am - seems to be an endless cycle of breastfeeding, winding, changing, crying etc until he is so exhausted he falls asleep. He then wakes up literally 2 hours later for the next cycle and I am not getting any sleep! Does anyone have any advice or is this just a phase that will pass?

Thanks!

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fryalot · 28/05/2007 10:18

It is a phase, it will pass.

it will, even though you don't actually believe that it will, trust me, it will pass. A 3 week old is still very very young and will certainly settle down to more sleep.

My advice would be just to sleep when your baby does. If that means being up at night and sleeping through the days for a few weeks, then do so, anything just to get you a little bit of rest.

Are you on your own, or do you have someone who can share the nights with you?

When you say he is taking ages to settle, is he crying or just not sleeping?

fryalot · 28/05/2007 10:19

oh, and congratulations on your new baby

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sazzerbear · 28/05/2007 10:27

Thanks for the message, my husband is on pat leave till next week so we're both up all night! The baby seems to go from being wide awake and reasonably happy to screaming and crying, he can also be fast asleep following a feed then the minute his head touches the moses basket he is awake again! I was considering introducing one formula feed to get through the night as heard this works, or is this too soon combined with the breastfeeding? So much conflicting information out there on what's best!!

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babygooner · 28/05/2007 10:47

Sazzer, it WILL pass! Just do everything you can to survive for the next few weeks and try not to worry about why he is doing or not doing things! Not an expert but would say that is far too early to introduce formula if you're set on b/f for a while and you might find it makes no difference anyway. Hang in there and congratulations! Get yourself to 6 weeks and it'll seem much easier I promise.

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sazzerbear · 29/05/2007 11:48

Thanks for all your messages, I am glad i'm not alone! Much better night last night, long may it continue!

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