My new born sleeps all day and not at night. How do I change her sleep pattern?
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at
6:21 pm
When my baby is sleeping during the day for four to six hour periods. I can’t get her to wake for anything. I have taken off her clothes, washed her face, moved her around, everything. But then she is awake all night. Even when I feed her at night she doens’t go to sleep. If there was some way to get her to change her sleep pattern to sleep at night how she sleeps during the day I would be over the moon.
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i have learned a few things about sleep patterns. at first with my son, he slept during the day and was up all night. i did everything i could to try and reverse it, but what i found out was that he was doing what was best for him and wheni tried to wake him or keep him up it just made it worse. eventually he began to switch his days and nights naturally. and i also found that the better he naps during the day, the better he would sleep at night. depriving him of sleep during the day only made him so much worse at night. by the time he was 2 1/2 months old he was pretty much corrected and sleeping long patches through the night and now at 4 months he almost always sleeps through the night. i know it’s hard, but when they are young you have to let them set the schedule, it’s what they need. they will eventually correct it, and remember, sleep truely creates more sleep, so let him sleep during the day, it will work out eventually. best of luck, and know that you are not alone!
It won’t be over night but you can slowly push her sleepy time forward an hour a day, or you can wait till her 2 month shots, let the shots knock her out and adjust her schedule that way.
Every baby is generally like this. My son was for the first 4 weeks or so. I was told to try keeping him awake longer in the evenings.
Give your daughter a bath to keep her awake…even if it is just half an hour longer then normal. Babies are supposed to sleep a lot anyway, but gradually changing her daytime sleeps will get her on the right track to sleeping at night more. It won’t happen in one day though. You will likely be a zombie for the next little while trying to transition her. Good luck…it does get easier!
You didn’t say her exact age, but at those moments when she’s awake during the day, stimulate her, play with her, try to keep her awake longer, even if it’s just a few minutes. But if she’s just a couple of weeks old, it won’t happen overnight, but eventually they get on a schedule and will get their days and nights right. She’s not born knowing what to do or what you need her to do. Good luck.
make sure that you feed her, make her take and nice cozy bath, and just lay her on your stomach she might fall asleep. it works for me with my sister
Wake her up after no more than 3 hours during the day. Watch for light sleep, when eyes are moving around, as this is the easiest time to wake her. Use cool washclothes on her legs and change her diaper.