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Getting newborn to realise it’s day time ? Advice !

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Coffeeandcaffiene · 19/11/2018 13:25

So I have a lovely 2 week old.
She wakes every 3 hours in the night, she drinks 4oz and settles quickly back down- I’d say every wake up lasts about 30 min which is great.
However in the day she sleeps longer and also drinks less- does it sound like she’s abit back to front ?
Ideally I’d feed her the 4oz more frequently during the day and shed do the longer stretches at night! Just no idea where to start.
Or is it best just leaving her ? Obviously I know her sleeping is completely normal for a newborn - it’s just the fact I know she sleeps longer during the day that I know she can do it !

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LisaSimpsonsbff · 19/11/2018 15:39

My understanding is that they all start off not knowing the difference between night and day - but they get there quite quickly! The advice is always to make nighttimes boring (ie change her and feed her, but don't chat and sing like you would in the day) and try to get time outdoors in natural light during the day (but I know the weather makes that hard some days at the moment!)

Believeitornot · 19/11/2018 15:41

Wake up at the same time each morning and get out for a walk every day around midday, early afternoon to expose her to natural daylight. That should help sort her out. My second adjusted much more quickly than my firstborn because we already had a routine and were getting out.

Nothisispatrick · 19/11/2018 15:53

DD seems to have learned the difference between night and day really quickly.

I’ve no idea if we’re just lucky or if what we do helps but here’s what we do -

Keep in her in the dark bedroom at night. No nappy changes unless absolutley necessary, swaddle sleeping bag for night, Ewan the sheep white noise.

In the morning we make a big deal of taking the sleeping bag off and having big stretches, change her nappy and her clothes, play time and tummy time.

Also she sleeps in the living room during the day, so tv on and noise, bedroom silent at night.

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