10 week old goes into deep sleep during the day can be for over 2 hours and then active noisy sleep at nignt

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My 10 week old is soooo hard to put down in the evening . From about 5pm onwards I cannot get to sleep at all he looks so tired. In the morning like 10am onwards he is in deep sleep and I have been walening him up after 2 hours cause I don’t want him to not sleep at night . Is this the right thing to do?
any help pleaseeeeeee thanks
he will sleep well on me during the nignt but it’s not sustainable

I’m not an expert but personally I wouldn’t wake a sleeping baby. They need a lot of sleep, day and night, the internet will tell you how much on average in hours by age. and once they get overtired that interferes with their getting to sleep. Instead I would push them out in a pram in the morning (awake or asleep) so they see/feel daylight to set their bodyclock, keep things relatively dark at night with no big lights on, and consider introducing a bedtime routine for them early evening if you haven’t already, an evening bath can help them settle sometimes. Good luck.

Agree with previous poster. It’s normal for babies to be born with an immature circadian rhythm, it’s one of the reasons newborns are exhausting! They don’t sleep at the right times for us!

Good news is this is very likely to gradually improve over time as their body matures. You can encourage this by making sure they get lots of natural daylight during the day, keeping things dark at night and a simple bedtime routine.

Look into safe cosleeping (lullaby trust has good resources). Also accounts like cosleepy on insta have some resources for how to make chest sleeping as safe as possible. It’s very common for newborns to only sleep on you.

I’ve been up half the night with my 19 month old who’s poorly and only wants to sleep on me, it’s very normal and common unfortunately!

Things will change naturally as they get a bit more mature.

My dc both needed to sleep at that age after being awake for an hour and a half, sometimes less if the first nap of the morning. Are you missing sleep signals?

Mine had late afternoon naps but actual bed time as nearer 10pm or 11pm at this age - 7pm didn't happen still about 6 months from memory.

So, lots of opportunities to sleep throughout the day are needed for my dc and a late bedtime. I wouldn't cut daytime sleep but try introduce more naps.