Hihi,

just want to ask, any strategies to change my baby`s sleeping time?? She sleeps in the morning, no matter what I do, she just don wana wake up, Open song loud, shake her etc. just don wana wake up.

on the contrary, in the mid night, she don wana sleep. and it drives me n my wife nuts. From 8pm till 4am don wana sleep and keep nagging n crying....

Now my strategies is to keep her awake from 5pm onwards till 12am. but to avail it didnt works...

apa mau bikin????

how many months?

believe it or not, tell her properly that its sleeping time and to be good
milk should do the trick to get babies to sleep MOST of the time
play with her so that she will be exhausted by your sleeping time

Have a routine. Keep at it. Don't set routine Day 1, expect baby to follow by Day 2.

Some tips to get babies to sleep -- change nappy, give them light, warm bath, change pjs, give warm milk, off lights. Rinse and repeat.

We forced her a routine. She sleeps like an angel at night, only wake up for milk.

two months.....

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day before yday, my wife make her to drink colic medicine and she yell like hell... and don wan my wife to carry her anymore...

And I need to cuddle her.. we are so exhausted that my wife sleeps on my laps while baby in my arms and I sleep seated on sofa

then was 3-4 am



Me and my wife lost in the game... white flag plz.. any one???

Is she sleeping with you guys or in a cot?

Babies sleep better if they're co-sleeping with the parents.

in cot ....

cannot laa... laater kene my sidekick

In a cot beside the bed.. not with you in bed

I helped my cousin take care of their baby daughter a bit.

At night, i give her a bottle then i play soothing music. waves and etc.

I dim the lights and keep an eye on her, the moment i see her eyes closing, i take the bottle away and let her fall asleep.

let it be. eventually thing will change. have a great time ^^

i did the same....

but accodring to my old man, it was due to the fact that she was born mid night so her nature is night time

Ermm.. what we did was we establish a routine.

At 10pm we swaddle her, feed milk, put her in the middle of bed, turn off lights and sleep whilst cuddling with her and putting her head on my arm (I sleep first, daddy joins in later).

Then she'll fall asleep.

I believe in co-sleeping but that's just my own preference. Easier to breastfeed also
http://www.thegreenparent.co.uk/articles/r...haring-the-bed/

when they are new to this world, they won't be so fast adapt our day and night time, they were so get used with the old time when inside the mum's tummy, slowly on, they will change to our normal human being's life circle, so no worries but just try hard to improve/change/set the schedule to her day by day, it's the same things to my baby too when he was just 1-3 months, now he has a better pre-set schedule and he is doing fine

This post has been edited by NeoXeroX: Nov 15 2010, 05:26 PM

Do not worry, its just a short term. I also had problem same with you.

Here some tips for you..

1) Let your room a little bit dark.

2) Pretend to sleep with your daughter

3) To wake up your baby, try pinch her toe , of course dont too hard.

Its work for me and my wife

I used to have this prob with my bb gal when she's 1 month plus.. i guess mine even worst, day time sleep also not much, night time also dowan to sleep. 12am on wards, she will start crying.. and crying.. carry her also canot, if we're lucky, she'll sleep at 3am+, else we'll need to carry her till 5am+...

then i noticed that it's the colic problem... besides giving her the colic meds, i also exercised her leg (bicycle), she kept passing gas when I do that, and I noticed after released all the gases, she sleeps..

then of cos, when she's awake, i will tell her, at nite must sleep lar, day time don't sleep so much lar... i was so worried back then cos my maternity leave going to end soon...

but guess what, when i start work, she starts sleeping at nite!! phew~..

i guess what ppl said is correct, it really takes time for babies to adjust.. but try to find out wat keep her awake, is it becos sleeping too much? or becos of colic problem..

TS, u can try cry it out method or no tears method
currently we just started trying cry it out method... it's cruel n our hearts bleeds but baby gets it after a few painful cries... hope to try it works for us... n mayb for u too...

Been there too,

It's a short term only, give her sometime, she needs to adapt.

It takes about 3 months for the baby to adjust. Same thing with my baby, she's 2 months now and refuses to sleep early. At one point she was sleeping at only 5 a.m, then gradually went to 3 a.m, now it's 1 a.m. Hoping she'll learn to doze off at 10pm or so. As for your baby crying at night, it could be colic. My baby has severe colic, she used to cry non-stop late at night, which also explains her late sleeping patern. Perhaps you would like to check into that.

i made it very clear to my bbgal, as i was direct bf my bbgal, i use 2 position.

day time, i cuddle her n bf n sit in sofa in living room. night time, i did side lying position, so, sometimes, she was still drinking, i alrdy fell into sleep. She would release automatically when she had enough n slept, so, we slept together, n when i woke up (normally an hr later the feeding), i would move myself out from her bed (she has her single size bed).

There were few times she tried to play w/ me at night, i would just show her my dull-face n no talking to her, just looked at her w/out giving any reaction. Of course, i oso on yellow dim light or sometimes just light-off. When she got bored, she would go to sleep.

There was 1 night, during her 3rd wk, she cried non-stop, even after feeding, changing n rocking, i lost my patience n scolded her (yes, i was impatience person i shd admit), she fast2 shut up n closed eye n slept. My mom (helping me during confinement mth) was so shocked abt this. so, i concluded that baby understands us, just we don't understand them! Hahahahahhah......

i used "cry-it-out" method during her 2 mth age, as i couldn't tahan to carry her fro, 9am till 9pm. (my mom lor, carried her all time when she was crying n she got so used to it). My heart was bleeding when she cried but i knew i had to do so, for both parties good. So, she cried, i cried lor. Luckily, after 3 4 days, she alrdy settled down.

Now, 4 mth+ age, she got her routine. But she knows how to choose ppl to bully. She won't cry for my cuddle bcoz she knows i won't compromise, but she will bully her grandma. Her trick is she smiles (very sweetly) when she sees her grandma, then after a min, she shows face. Then her grandma cannot tahan, pick her up lor. So, it proves my conclusion again, baby is very cunning!

awwww

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Added on November 27, 2010, 12:27 amlast time i use to play non stop with my bro until my mama says stop. give them empty bottles. those soft mineral water type. bang it against the walls or floor, for some weird reason that was my lil bro hobby that time. he likes the sound and my mum used that technique to keep him busy while she cooks. according to my grandma, since i am the first child, i had no siblings to play with. so i was attached to my grandma's dog. played with it, slept with it, taught me how to stand up too .

This post has been edited by Auroraa: Nov 27 2010, 12:27 AM

U use dispo diapers? I just had a bb too.....so i know that during 1st few months bb always pee n poo so i wanna save myself the hassle of using lampin, i m using dispo diapers 1st be4 changing to cloth diapers later.

So thing about dispo dispers are they r quite "keras" to the bb skin even if u dont feel it. 1st 2 days after he came back with us, he was waking up thru the night no matter what we did to calm him, then later i tried binding him with a belly binder under the diapers and he slept like an angel til now, seldom waking unless for milk. Maybe u can try buying those belly binders and see if thats the problem? Its cheap, few bucks per binder.

Another thing is ya feed milk. My son looked drugged after drinking.....lol!

And you can try lying beside, play or sing soft music, cuddling him on your bed, its easier to make him sleep with you besides, later shift him to the cot. Thats what i have been doing too.

My 10 day old son also very active at night but sleepy during the day. Even though during the day, my aunts and confinement lady walk in and out, in and out the room. He sleep like a pig!

But at night, when everyone is asleep, quiet and dark, he will open his eyes and demand for attention. Give him milk during the day will make him sleepy but at night, even after give milk, he is still active!

How ah?

I also have this problem with my son last time. When he was <6months, we just bare with him. Once he was over 6 months, we tried to keep him occupied from 6pm onwards. He will be tired after 3-4hours awake n should sleep better. We even fed him before his sleep. We also bought an electric cradle so that he wont be so easily awaken by surrounding noise.

my boy is 4mth+ now, its like a story to get him to sleep. Not that its impossible, its just that he WILL change and we HAVE TO adapt.

at 0-3weeks, just sleep all the time. What an angel we thought. Only thing is 2hrs sure feeding time.
3-6weeks was difficult, super crying for no reason (Doc's and wikipedia says its infant colic) from 6pm to 10pm. No matter what we try he just wants to cry.
6-10weeks was the best for us - We used an electric hammock and BOOM he goes to sleep in 10 mins at 10pm to 8am, with only 1 or 2 feeding between 3am to 6am (not consistent)
10weeks to 14weeks - the electric hammock lost its magic / mana. Need to persuade to sleep for 30-40mins in the hammock near the 14weeks he doesnt even want to sleep it in. At least he goes to sleep by 12pm.
14weeks to 16 weeks - now my wife is having school holidays and we are switching to a cot. Usually after 10pm feeding it takes about 30mins of swaying in our arms and he'll sleep by 11pm. Its about 1 feeding at 5-6am.

It just shows that the baby changes (from loving the hammock to hating it)

Not sure what to expect though for the rest of the days..I think every week is a success for us hahaha.

Looks like there is no way for us to change him to follow our time, therefore we will have to adapt to his sleeping pattern instead. Hope he change his sleep time soon!

we all been thru that.. my baby used to sleep nicely in the day, night time demand to play lol...

i guess night time regime is important to show the difference that it is bedtime.

Daytime naps let it be in bright room, let the tv or radio on, lightly of course

and for night time, let the room be dim, and have a routine that u wipe/bathe your baby, put powder & change into night clothes, a favourite soft toy with her, and keep her in the dark room till she sleeps... of course this wont change in one day, u need to follow this routine for a while before she changes the timing completely. Even after this, my baby had a late bedtiime, abt 11pm or 12am sometimes... so slowly we brought his sleep timing earlier... try to avoid the evening nap by playing or distracting her in other ways.. now my baby sleeps by 830pm... and we also can rest

I'm glad I saw this thread as my sister in law has been experiencing a very difficult time with the baby's sleeping time. Often she has to carry her around and rock the baby to sleep. Once she sits down to rest, the baby cries aloud again. When my sister in law moved her to the cot, she cries non stop for 10 mins. Her crying is so loud that I feel like losing my temper too. Anyway, I hope one of the 2 methods is gonna be helpful. My sister in law hasn't been sleeping well and is exhausted having to carry her around each and every time. Thanks to those who have contributed to this topic.

I think i'm blessed that my son didn't have a sleeping problem when he was born till now.

He sleeps at about 830pm...ever since he was born till now at 17 months..though now he may sleep later at about 930 but most of the time 830pm.

About co-sleeping..i think it's the best choice for both me and hubby. As i breastfeed, it was much easier. Furthermore, babies like the warmth.
I had a gift which is a 'little bed' that i placed on my bed in between me and hubby..so that we don't accidently roll over..at that time..worried that we may roll over and afraid of SIDS (I don't need to keep on checking him at the cot).

So..now at about 17 months, my son still co-sleeps with us..and hubby likes having his son next to him.