Sleepless nights

The kids in the initial days sleep a lot in the day and keep awake in the night. But you just have to get yourself adjusted for that. The sleeping pattern will defnitely change after 3 months or when the baby starts turning and slowly moving. Till then if it is possible take the help of some one to share the responsibility of taking care of her in the night. And in the day, take as much rest as possible whenever she sleeps and complete your work too whenever she sleeps. That way you can manage things. But please please dont try to wake her up. Let the baby be baby and when she grows up she might not get this kind of sleep even if she desires

This may sound a little harsh, but Let her cry. You DO keep her in a crib all night, yes? Yeah; before they can talk, they're just extra-special animals ... oh, to-be-human animals; but you don't treat a caterpillar like it's a butterfly until after it changes! You keep the baby in the crib until morning, paying little attention (only enough to make sure it's still breathing); and she'll learn to be patient. If it helps, you can play a vinyl/8-track/tape/CD/'lithium-injection' (whatever they put 'music' on nowadays ) of lullabies as she drifts off to dreamland.

Congratulations on your newborn princess! How old is she now? I am about the same as you, my baby girl is turning 1 month old next week, and these few nights I almost didn't sleep at all, or just one to two hours accumulative sleep. My baby girl sleeps really well in the day time, especially in the morning. I just have to carry her in the middle of the night, to nurse her and for her to sleep better after drinking milk. I do agree with others, just rest as much as you can while your baby is asleep. I can't, as I still need to take care of my elder son. Two of them are like taking turns, I accompany my elder son during day time, and take care of my baby girl at night. Sometimes, when my son is playing with himself, without needing my company, and I thought I can at least sleep for awhile, but my baby girl wakes up and needs me to feed her. Although I'm very tired now, I know her sleeping style will eventually change, and I will not need to wake up so often during the night. Also I really appreciate this period of time, I can carry her as much as I want. When she grows up, she might not let me carry her as much.

Congratulations! Now you're have a new angel in life..:). Let's talk about your problem about the sleeping time habit of a baby. Well usually they have their own time of sleeping preference.. Like babies from 0 age up to 1 month they sleep 20 hrs of sleep. It will decreases when they ages up. It is also changing in time. Sometimes they are awake the whole night and sometimes awake at daytime.. We as mother need to learn how to adjust by their sleeping time habit. Just relax..all you need to do is ..when the baby is sleeping try to nap also or sleep to. So you can be strong all night. Ok have a happy day..:)

Congratulations on birthing a healthy baby girl! Is she your first, if so welcome to motherhood.

Oh, it is really tired to take care of a little child. Maybe you could search help from your parents. She must understand when she grow up. Good luck.

Hi Tash, Congratulations on your new little addition to the family! This is pretty common I think. My youngest was like that. I swear that she got her sleep patterns from me while I was carrying her. I am a night person and always have been. While pregnant, I worked 2nd shift from 2pm until midnight or so. I was up half the night. I also got up in the morning because I had other kids and I don't like sleeping my day away anyway. Even as a kid, I never required a lot of sleep. I can't say that I lost sleep because of my daughter's sleep habits but I could suddenly relate to my own mother's frustration with it. It meant...no "down" time. She took mini-naps during the day and was up and alert when I got home at night. If I were you, I would try to keep her awake a little more during the day. Maybe wake her up from her naps and eliminate the later naps gradually? Talk to her doctor for tips on turning this around. I know they need an awful lot of sleep when they are infants so it has to be done gradually, I would think.

First of all congrats on your little princess! I wish her the best there is in life! and tash don't worry some times it takes weeks or month for a baby to settle down I know is very tiring for you but babies have a way to turn our lives upside down!but it will get better just try to have a rest during the day when she is asleep so you won't be so tired the next day...I hope you have family to help because that make a lot of difference...don't be shy to accept their help. In the mean time enjoy your little princess[it may not seem to you now]but they grow too fast!