Newborn baby sleeping advice..

Routine, routine, routine and more routine.
Ours didn't sleep for more than four hours until eight months. Was shocking until about 15 months but now is usually great.
Bath at 6:30, read couple of stories down by 7:15 good till 7am.
Did that since the start pretty much and felt hopeless at times but the other kids who didn't go the routine way from nct, they are now chasing the bastards round the house till all hours or they end up in with them, fuck that.
Hang in there it will get better.
 


Our health visitor advised not to swaddle so I would check that out with them first. Mind the advice seems to change a lot.

Also people going on about being a strong parent.. with a two week old baby. It's rubbish advice, baby most likely has her sleep pattern mixed up that's all.

Mine are 2 and 6 months. The older one was bottle fed and always been a great sleeper. The younger is breast few and always up a few times a night.
 
No magic formula but going forward ,routines are key ,bedtimes ,where they sleep etc
Swaddling worked for us but not that young
Congratulations
Enjoy
 
don't want to be sleeping here :D

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My advice is sleep when you can. Give up on your idea of what living is right now. You'll get used to the new order.

In a few months she'll have you trained so that you will look back now as the good days.
 
cornish mackem said:
I can honestly see why parents smother their kids. It’s the hardest job I’ve ever done
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First one was bad
Second one was bloody terrible
Third one was canny.

Revenge is sweet mind as they get older. But, I've not long till the eldest starts going out drinking so guess that's a different way of getting no sleep.
 
As the mother of two year old twins who have slept through the night from 12 weeks and 9 months respectively, I’d say swaddling is good advice when they are that age.

2 weeks is too young for a routine though so just go with it, and tough it out. After about 6 weeks I think she will find her routine and start settling. But in those early days it’s tough and you shouldn’t start to try and force her into anything. Demand feeding, don’t ever wake a sleeping baby to feed (other than on medical advice).

Also, I’d say it’s in the genes. If you don’t have a sleeper, it’s not always your fault.
Oh and congrats. :)

safcsafc said:
Our health visitor advised not to swaddle so I would check that out with them first. Mind the advice seems to change a lot.

Also people going on about being a strong parent.. with a two week old baby. It's rubbish advice, baby most likely has her sleep pattern mixed up that's all.

Mine are 2 and 6 months. The older one was bottle fed and always been a great sleeper. The younger is breast few and always up a few times a night.
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Our health visitor advised we should swaddle. :D
 
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CatRyan said:
You really seem to have been through the mill with it.

How old is your little one now?
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Nearly 19. She’s topper now mind and has been for a long time. We went from normal stuff like everyone has said, colic to bad skin to stool holding ( refusing to go to toilet) until she was about 7 ish.
She’s brilliant lass now but very strong minded which I think was an issue when she was little. She was frustrated and ready to do stuff well before we thought she was. She’s a very driven lass and it’s working for her now but early on it was a struggle
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Not many kids would do this. ( poor lads)

Hang in there op, only 17 yrs to go before you can morally kick them out
 
Congratulations on your new arrival.
Routine all the way . Managing the daytime naps , same bath time , nighttime feeds and changes done in near dark and kept very quiet.
 
Ours was about 5 month old and I was at work on a night shift and a dr mate looked at me and asked what was wrong. I was absolutely spent, walking into stuff and falling asleep standing up. I explained the lack of sleep and that she wasn’t going through the night and he said “ piriton, piriton is your friend”. I knew it wasn’t licensed until 6 months but we did it anyway. She slept through and broke the cycle after just a couple of nights. We didn’t go out for a tapas or anything but that advice probably saved a divorce
 

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