Newborns Sleep!

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Hello all,

My (1 week old) baby is sleeping through any sounds during the day but continually waking within 5 mins of me breastfeeding and settling her into the cot during the night.

I’m like a zombie and really have to fight my sleep to stay awake.

She is definitely jaundiced so I’m sure the daytime sleep is attributed to that.
But then why the opposite during the night?!

Can anyone share insight please? Thank you

Hi, we had exactly the same with our little girl in the first few weeks (except the jaundice) she just wanted to be on us all the time and cluster fed like crazy at night to up my milk supply.

We have a next to me crib which she didn't like to begin with. We ended up buying a tommy Tippee swaddle sleeping bag so she felt all snug and also Ollie the owl sleep aid which plays white noise and lullaby sect, it has cry sense so if she wakes it plays on its own, a bit annoying but it helped 😂

I also found that not changing breast when she pulled off helped as if you put them back on the same breast a second time before swapping they get the hind milk which is much creamier and more filling, helps them sleep a lot longer.

Our dd is six weeks and has been sleeping for 4-5 hours during the night before waking for a second feed for the last 2-3 weeks

Hope that helps, hang in there it does get easier x

It's all normal, look up the 4th trimester. The hormones responsible for milk production are higher at night which is why babies tend to cluster feed overnight. Also, all she's known her whole life is warmth, darkness, hearing your heartbeat and voice and she doesn't yet know that when she's put down that you are going to come back and get her, it's a survival instinct to want to be held. It does get easier!

Things that helped me where feeding lying down, bed sharing and getting husband to take her either a couple of hours at night (usually 9 til 12) and then first thing in the morning so I got a couple of blocks of uninterrupted sleep.

Does she go down to nap during the day? DS would sleep well during the day because he was held upright. He wouldn't sleep at night on his back. He had reflux and wouldn't settle on his back until we had that sorted.

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DS is only 3 weeks old so not far ahead of you but he is now easier to put down than the first week or so. I tend to get 3hrs from around 11pm until 2am and then he will feed for 30mins and then sleep for an hour. The hourly sleep then continues for the rest of the night. It’s exhausting! He also sleeps better during the day but it’s often on me so I can’t nap.

DH usually takes him for 2/3 hours from 6/7am so I can sleep more. He gives him a bottle too so I have a break from bf. Not sure how you feel about the odd bottle but could your partner do that? Knowing I have that time gets me through the night feeds.