Newborn sleeps in cot during day but not at night - ideas?

[taliac]

Hello all,

Our lovely dd2 is now 1 week old. She is a delightfully calm baby who sleeps a lot. One quirk however - she will sleep very happily in her cot during the daytime for a few hours at a time, but at night she wakes up after half an hour or so. Its not that she doesnt want to sleep as she's quite happy to sleep on us - just the cot is no good at night for some reason.

Trying to avoid co sleeping if possible as it doesn't really work for me, I end up awake all night. And as I have dd1, I can't just turn my days and nights around to accomodate, so any ideas??

Is she cold?

Is it to quiet for her? Perhaps play a radio/noise maker to keep her company.

Has she got a little light in her room?

Is she feeding enough during the day? Is she sleeping a little much during day - although at a week old don't think that would be.

Hope that gives you some ideas to change and see if they work. Good luck

thanks nannynz, the noise / light ones are interesting, will try.

Dont think its food as she's not feeding more frequently at night..

see how tonight goes, fingers crossed.

don't want to upset you but at 1 week old she has no idea that there is a day and a night. They only develop diurnal rhythms from around 6 weeks. So yes the noise/activity or cold are more likely options.

I went through a phase when dd was a few weeks old of thinking she would only sleep past about 3am if she was with me. Turned out she only wanted my body heat because once we set the heating to come on for an hour at 3am, she didn't mind being alone in her cot at all. I know I should have been pleased but

We're having a similar thing with dd (same age) - except that with her, she does want to feed. Atm she's cluster feeding from about midnight to four in the morning (and again later in the day). Tonight I woke her for a big feed around 8.00pm - she then went straight back to sleep, but we'll see if it makes a difference...

Hi
I am having the same thing - my ds is a week and will sleep anywhere during the day - but only wants to sleep with me at night. I end up feeding him all night and not getting any sleep. With a very active 3 year old to entertain all day, I am exhausted. The baby is virtually impossible to wake during the day - tried changing his nappy etc - so I can wake him to feed him. Any help on this one too?

Hello all.. Well, I think we've worked out that its wind.. It seems to build up over the day so that at night sleeping on her back in her cot really bothers her. Trouble is, even working hard to wind her properly throughout the day doesn't seem to help more than a little. Hopefully she'll grow out of it at some point soon!

Thanks to everyone for the help..

One week old is very young!! I did not start to introduce any kind of routine until about 6 weeks old. When I did it made all the difference. At such a young age I would let them dictate the pace! Sorry, I know it's not that helpful, but they are still learning the ropes so to speak! Once they are settled in their new environment and are used to all the different sounds and voices then I would try and introduce a more structured day. I did this with dd2 - it was hard work for a couple of weeks but pays dividends!