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How do you handle a night owl?

post #1 of 10
11/16/04 at 5:33am
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How did you get your kiddo on more of a sleep schedule?

Lauren is STILL up from when I went to bed 3 hrs ago. I got up and sent dh to bed. Now she's snoozing a little, but I'm not sure she will stay asleep when I put her down.

Any ideas??

She was awake most of the day, so i'm surprised she's been up so long.
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post #2 of 10
11/16/04 at 2:12pm
I'm still trying to figure that one out. Do you have a bedtime routine? I'm told it's supposed to help. Kate has one, but she is a stubborn little girl.
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post #3 of 10
11/16/04 at 2:46pm
I personally believe that kids will soon settle into their own routine and figure out the difference between night and day. We just went about our normal routine and when they woke up at night to eat, we kept it as dark as possible and only did what we had to do for them (change them, feed them) and then tried to rock them back to sleep. If they decided it was play time, we'd just sit there with them, playing quietly until they got tired.

Alexander was sleeping through the night by three months and Elizabeth took a little longer - not until 15 months was she sleeping through the night.

Lauren will figure it all out soon enough. Be patient and enjoy your quiet time with her is the best advice I know to give.
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post #4 of 10
11/17/04 at 11:25pm
It took until about till Sarah was 3 months old, to get on any sort of schedule. It will work out soon enough.
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post #5 of 10
11/17/04 at 11:54pm
At night keep it dark, and no talking unless you have to, and even then whisper to her instead of talking.

when she naps during the day keep her room lighter, so she can tell the difference between day and night
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post #6 of 10
11/17/04 at 11:55pm

I don't have the answer either.
Kyler (3) still wakes up at least once a night. Most nights he wakes up more.

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post #7 of 10
11/18/04 at 10:14pm
I don't know how I got so lucky (but I will probably pay for it this time ) but rhyne slept through the night since she was 5 or 6 days old, and then she would wake up around 4 months for a week cause she was going through a growth spurt. I just tried to keep her up during the day.
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post #8 of 10
11/18/04 at 10:50pm
I think everyone pinned it down. Just keep doing what you are doing now and she will put herself on schedule in time. I'm sure you know this but I was told that bf babies will have a harder time sleeping through the night because formula has more calories. I don't know how true that is but my ds still doesn't sleep throught the night and he is 5 mos. He is bf. He is on a schedule though.
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post #9 of 10
11/19/04 at 3:37am
she will figure out her own schedule sooner or later. I just hope for you that it is sooner

I would get up and watch nick at night with Logan and usually would fall asleep with him in the rocker myself.
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post #10 of 10
11/19/04 at 8:12am
She is a little young yet...give it another 3 weeks or so. Just try and do quiet activities if she is awake late...like sit and hold her in a recliner and watch some quiet TV. I know that I would try changing the kids before I nursed so they could fall back asleep nursing. There were many nights I snoozed in the recliner while rocking Abby because she was up.
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