Up until a couple days ago, my LO would sleep a couple hours, wake up and cry she's hungry. I would feed her and she usually remained awake for at least an hour until dozing off again until feeding time (sometimes waking up a little earlier than that).
A couple days ago she slept through the night (11:30p - 7:30a) where I awoke her to eat.
Since then (I'm wondering if that night messed up her pattern) she sleeps almost all day (except at feeding time and then she falls asleep while almost done eating) and remains awake at night (usually from 6p to 11p/12a) for at least 4-5 hours where an hour or two she's pretty fussy.
Is this normal? Should I call her Dr (I think he's an idiot -see my prior q about giving juice to her- checking into new pediatricians) or wait a couple more days to see if it continues? She doesn't have a fever and when she is awake she seems content and fairly alert. Any advice or stories would certainly help. Thanks Ladies
It sounds normal to me-my baby switched day and night for some time there in the beginning (can't remember...yawn) but then it got reversed back with some nudging on my part and making it VERY bright for day and dark for night. I would also maybe wake to feed during the day if she goes more than 3 hours.
If she is sleeping at day and awake at night you need to start keeping her up during the day more. It is normal for babies to get day and night confused sometimes. As for sleeping through the night, that is good. After the first 2 weeks babies do not have to wake and feed at night for health, in fact the reason most babies do is because we train them too. My children slept from 8 until around 530 or 6 from 1 month old on.
Yup. Normal. Infants have a tendency to get day and night mixed up, rearrange eating and nap schedules, and do all sorts of crazy things as their bodies develop and grow. Unfortunately that means you have to also rearrange your schedule a bit. It may take longer than a couple of days to get her back on track. After three kids, I still don't know how anyone can expect to get an infant to conform to an adult's schedule. I gave up after my first and decided to just go with the flow (and lack of sleep). My daughters eventually learned that nighttime is for sleeping and after a year or so, figured out a regular nap schedule.
I agree with the poster who stated, "let sleeping babies lie." There will be a lot less crying, fussing, etc. if you let your baby sleep when she wants to and be awake when she wants to. Interrupting her sleep to conform to your schedule will not help her sleep better or eat better. It will only make her cranky!
Good luck and enjoy your little one!
K.
It's a normal phase she's going through. Just try to be consistant and get her back on schedule.
Doesn't seem to be the popular idea, but if it was me, I would wake her up to eat about every 3 hours, and when you put her to bed for the night, let her go as long as she will. If it is a growth spurt, you may have some trouble keeping her up for the full hour after feeding, but don't let her go more than 3.5 hours between feedings during the day. This will help her to learn night from day.
Usually a 6-week-old is going through a growth spurt and wanting to eat more often. The fussy awake time in the evening means you're probably missing sleep cues and should have put her back to bed the first time she fussed.
Keep her up for an hour during the day after she eats, engage her, play with her, whatever. Then put her back down whenever she gets sleepy between 1-2 hours.
But really...there's no "usual" when it comes to infant sleep, so you can assume it will just change again in a short time:)
