Newborn Mixing up Night and Day

at night you have to keep the atmosphere different. no tv, very dim lights, very little noise. don't try to play or talk much. keep the night stuff strictly business. Get her up, start the feeding, stop half-way, burp, do a diaper change. Finish the feeding, burp again, swaddle and lay her back down. You can sit and rock her a little before laying her back down, but with a couple of mine the rocking would keep them awake instead of lull them to sleep. (I have 4)
It gets easier with time and routine. If you do the same things every night, she'll catch on that mommy's not nearly as fun at night than she is during the day. May as well sleep.
Congrats on your new baby!
Oh... and a white noise machine is the best invention EVER!

make her room darkish, quietwith soothing low back ground music,. Check diapers Etc. put her in bed. If she cries let her. If she can cry she can breath.

this is going to sound crazy but take your little one and turn like she was summer-salting....clockwise. A very wise older lady told me this when mine was little and it worked. crazy but true and what can it hurt...

When my now 2 year old was a baby someone suggested to me that during the day I fed her very often, waiting two hours between feedings at the most, even if she only nursed for two minutes, making her last feeding right before whatever you wanted bedtime to be, then after that just feed on demand. I started this as soon as she was born and by the time she was a month old she was sleeping from 11pm-5am. Once she got on that schedule I didn't have to wake her up in the daytime to feed her anymore and she has slept through the night since. I dont know if it was just a coincidence or if this really worked but it might be worth a try.

Hi S. and congrats on the new baby!
It takes some time for a newborn to get on a good sleeping schedule/routine. We all have internal clocks that tell us when to sleep and be awake and theirs just needs to be set. The best thing is to try and keep things as consistent as you can. Keep her in light during the day and make sure her room is as dark as possible during those evening hours when you want her to sleep(which is more difficult now in the summer.)
If she is wide awake, during those night times, don't encourage it, keep things dark and calm--and if she is taking very long naps during the day, I would consider waking her up (after 2 hours), until her clock gets set...

Hi S..
I see you are already making progress! Congratulations on your new addition!
If you haven't already done any reading on the subject, I recommend reading On Becoming BabyWise. It is a small paperback you can read in a couple of afternoons... It has great suggestions to help your baby feed and sleep well during these early months. It explains about scheduling your baby (although it can be flexible to adjust to your needs and odd circumstances like traveling, doctor's appts, etc). Using most of the recommendations in the book, we had my first child sleeping 7 hrs straight at night by 3 months, and our 2nd child sleeping 7 hrs straight by about 7-8 weeks! What a blessing to get a good night's sleep... you need it to have the stamina for all day care of the baby...
Best wishes to you and your family!

Well I could have told you that! I think she needs more time with her Auntie. Ya.... That will definitely help. Glad things are going better.

H. H