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Baby sleep?

My 2 week old baby settles well at night at about 10 and sleeps for 3 and a half hours but then wakes 2 hours later for another feed and has trouble going back to sleep, then when I finally get him back to sleep he wakes again 2 hours later at around 5-6 am fully awake snd definitely not wanting to sleep anymore.He is then awake for about 4 hours happy and alert. How can I get him to settle better st night and not wake up every 2 hours? I make sure he is awake in the evening and I don't have lights on or talk at night. He never cries he just is awake

Public Response to Baby sleep?

1. Babies cry for attention as this is all they know or can do. When you have fed the baby does he wind ok? It could be collic thats keeping him up if not that that then you have to learn to ignore them for at least one hour. If they are crying then they are ok its not nice to listen to but babies very quickly get into routines and if you keep letting him do this pattern then it will get herder to break. try getting him into your routine fora week and you will find they will soon get into the routine.
2. make sure that you;ve winded him as this may be making him wake up. try swaddling him too, babies love to feel snug and secure
3. Hi i had the same problem with both my babies when they were that small. Every two hours i was up and sooo tired i could hardly get going for the day. I started putting maybe a teaspoon of rice or oatmeal cereal in their formula or breast milk before bed that way they stayed fuller longer and got a little more sleep. Every book and doctor out there will tell you not to but i had to get some sleep. Give it a try and see if it helps.
4. wow you are lucky. That is what newborns do. All you can do is sleep when they sleep during the day to catch up on it. Dont worry about housework. Mine started to sleep through the night when she was 3 months old. Anywhere between 6-9 hours at a time. Maybe you could try to feed them more at each feeding, worth a try. See if he/she will take it. When mine was 4 weeks i added a little of that rice cereal to her formula and it seemed to help her sleep 4 hours at a time. And wrap him/her in a blanket keep them really warm, soon you wont even be able to do that with them anymore they kick out of it lol If you have questions feel free to email me. I am a new mom too and i am learning as i go. :) Do not let them cry for more the 10 minutes!! last thing you need is their blood pressure going through the roof.. At that age something is probably wrong. Hungry, tag in shirt bugging them, dirty diaper... could be anything really. If you are feeling over whelmed set them in the crib and walk away for a few minutes.. And count to 100. Good luck.
5. maybe try hungrier babies milk my nephew was like this its sma in the blue tin
6. I am really sorry to say this but my 1st used to wake up every 2 hours of a night for the 1st 4 weeks, and no it wasn't colic or because he needed his bum changing, he was just a hungry baby, and he was another one that liked 5am.. My 2nd was a different story, he used to wake once a night.. My 1st slept through at 4 weeks and my 2nd slept through at 4 months.. There really isn't much you can do, from what you are saying you are doing everything anyway..It won't go on forever.. I wish you all the best.
7. Babies are supposed to wake up that much. Breastfeeding mothers feed their children every two hours non stop in the beginning. I would try swaddling your baby, my daughter could only sleep like that. If you are breastfeeding you could try a little formula at night to fill your baby's tummy. If you are formula feeding maybe your baby is ready for a little more. I would not give your baby cereal this early, most doctors do not like children having cereal before 4 months, allergies and created when introducing food too early.
8. Well you can't really get your baby right now into a good schedule. Especially if he is only 2 weeks. 2 hour periods are better then none right now. I know my son slept for 3 hour intervals for the first 3 months, then he got on a schedule of sleeping for 6 hours straight, then waking up every 2 hours after that. So it all depends on what your baby wants to do. Goodluck though
9. with my son, he was up every 2hrs to eat. he was always hungry i had to put him on cereal with his formula at 2mths old. dr dont recommend it,but it helped out a lil more. i was so sleep deprived.
10. After picking him up for a feed try placing a hot water bottle in his moses basket/cot under the blanket. It worked great with my little one. It just makes it a little cosier after being snuggled up to you having a feed. Make it up and take it with you when you go to bed and it should still be warm enough when he wakes up for a feed. Then after he's fed make sure you take it out before you put him back in (sorry for stating the obvious!) and you can have cosy feet until the next feed. I hope this works for you as well as it did for me!