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.