My baby boy is 2months old. He still wakes up between 2am - 4 am for a feed before going back to sleep, 15 minutes after the feed. He is still not fully settled into a routine yet but mostly sleep betwen 8pm - 12 midnight, I would feed him 5 ounces of milk, hoping that would keep him happy till 5 am. However, not always successful.
He is sleeping in our room, in a moses basket. Sometimes, he sleeps on our bed too. ( I am totally against this but my husband thinks it is alright)
I put on a dim light in our room throughout the night as I am worried that my baby would be frightened if the room was in complete darkness.
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Our baby is now 3 1/2 months, and we're just getting him to sleep through the night. He still was feeding in the early hours too, because he was hungry and needed the feed. I haven't heard of too many 2 month old babies that sleep through the night (i.e. more than a 5 hr. stretch), so don't worry. I have even started a daytime routine with our baby, and from 12 weeks on he took to it no problem, so it's getting closer for you.
Only until recently, he was waking up between 4 and 5 am (after a 10:30pm dreamfeed) mostly due to habit and not hunger. We could soothe him back to sleep easily, but still would do this (after a week). We tried the 'wake to sleep' method by Tracy Hogg (aka The Baby Whisperer), and it really did work! The idea is that you wake your baby maybe an hour or 30 mins. before they usually wake out of habit, kind of stir them (not fully wake them), and then they will soothe themselves back to sleep and fulfill a deeper sleep. So, I had hubby go in at 3:30am (not me) and rub baby's belly a little. He stretched and wiggled around a bit, then returned to sleep. I couldn't believe it when my husband came in our bedroom (I still thought it was 3:30), turned out it was 7:30 am!! We did this 3 days in a row and has worked every time for us. We'll still do this for another week and then see if he will 'train' himself to just sleep through 11pm-7am. Fingers crossed!
Good luck. Sounds like your baby is doing well.
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You're ambitious.
I think to expect a baby to do a longer stretch - about 5-6 hours, 2 months is still too young. You're getting good 4 hour stretches and that is good - and I know you're exhausted (still hunting for that extra 10 minutes of sleep.)
but you'll need to be patient. 2 month is still too young to expect anything that spectacular. Most women have better sleep after 3 months...
if you haven't already, I had great success with GIna Ford - as have quite a few moms on this forum. With Gina, I got my first long stretch of sleep - 11PM-7AM at 11 weeks.
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Ditto the comments. Also re baby in bed - should be absolutely no problem. It has a number of very positive results, not the least being stronger bonding. It does make conjugal relations a bit difficult though.
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crj
19 yrs ago
Our baby #1 slept through at about 12 weeks, I think 3-4 months is the 'norm'.
And those late night/early morning feeds are very good for your breast milk supply.
Sounds like you are doing great on the schedule side of things, and you will be there in no time.
Ironically, the first few nights your baby sleeps through YOU will probably wake up wondering if it is okay haha!
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thank u for all the responses. i know that i'm being ambitious but i can't remember the last time i actually slept!!! the nights when he actually sleeps till 5am, i still wake up at 3am, so i'm with u,cri.
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Young babies still require night time feeds at this age. Your baby's current pattern is quite normal.
Room sharing (where the baby sleeps in a cot in your bedroom) has a positive effect on reducing the incidence of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) and is recommended in the first 6 months of a baby's life.
Bed-sharing can pose increased risks in certain situations. Please follow certain safety precautions listed below and read further information at the following website. http://www.sids.org.uk/share-a-room.html
Do not bed share with your baby if you or your partner are smokers (even if you never smoke in bed or in your home) have been drinking alcohol
take medication or drugs that make you drowsy
have had little sleep
Use a firm mattress free of fluffy bedding and stuffed animals
Using safety measures such as bed extenders or safe placement of the family bed
Avoiding gaps of any kind, for instance between mattress and bed-frame or side-rails that may easily slide out from the mattress.
Never leaving a baby unattended in an adult bed
Never placing a baby to sleep on a couch or chair. It's very dangerous to sleep together with a baby on a sofa, armchair or settee and it is also risky to sleep a baby alone in an adult bed.
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Hi. For those of you following the Gina Ford method... Based on my calculations, my baby would need to drink 180ml of formula at each feed (baby is 3 months old) in order to last through the night. However, the most she will drink is 150ml at each feed, but sometimes she only takes 90ml. She pushes the nipple out with her tongue and looks away, even when I try to offer her the bottle again after a burp. So, she still wakes for a feeding between 2-4am. How did you get your baby to drink more at each feed- or is it one of those things that will also change with time? Thanks!
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Hi Kilwinning, my baby boy is now 2months old. He started drinking 4 ounces of milk at each feed at the end of one month. Although he has the ability to drink 5 ounces now, i keep it to 4.5 ounces for him. He becomes very uncomfortable when he is too full. how much your baby can drink each feed is something out of your control. Forcing him to drink more than he can stomach will only result in a vommitting situation. I would advise you to give it time. But if you would like to get him to sleep through the night on a fuller stomach, maybe u can try staggering the feeds in the evening. Like feed smaller amounts in between shorter periods so that he will have a full stomach by 12 midnight. The rationale is that of topping up a car with gas before the needle points to zero.
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Hi matilda, what are the consequences if a parent is a smoker and the baby sleeps on the parents' bed? thanks
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2 months is still young to sleep through, some parents do achieve this but i reckon they are a minority.
that said, it is never to early to try to introduce a routine - it might not work initially as the books might say in the beginning, but consistency will get you there eventually.
try gina ford and baby whisperer - a combination of them should be beneficial.
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crj
19 yrs ago
Babies in smoking houses or even with smoking parents in non-smoking houses have a higher risk if SIDS, and it is NOT recommended for smoking parents to co-sleep with babies from what I have read. Maybe Matilda can shed more light on this.
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