SLEEPING
- Only keep up 45 minutes to an hour from start of feeding time at the beginning.
- Wait until baby has surpassed birth weight before letting her go as long as the can through the night.
- Baby shouldn't sleep more than 5 hours during the night before 6 weeks old.
- 1st & 2nd Night = basically no sleep.
- Don't rush in as soon as she cries. When she wakes up she might not be hungry just rested.
- A good time to wake baby up is during the lighter sleep when her eyes are moving.
- Watch for cues of being tired: fussing, screaming (overtired), yawning, rubbing eyes, etc.
- Crying it out is hard. Leave monitor on without sound and go in office so don't hear her crying. Saw the time decrease even after just a couple days. Started crying it out just for naps once past the six week growth spurt. Only do the when confident that baby has been fed, burped and changed.
- Down to crying less than 10 minutes for each nap time.
- C started sleeping through the night around 6 weeks.
FEEDING
- Don't let go more than 2.5-3 hours from feeding to feeding during the day.
- If baby wakes up earlier than the 2.5 hour mark and is hungry then feed the baby.
- Make sure burp after and between feedings.
- Last feeding would wake up for was around 11pm.
- Put to bed earlier (around 8 weeks) with A.
- Around 4-6 weeks introduce bottle.
- Microwave water until boiling to put bottle into to defrost breast milk.
Reflections
- If you establish good sleeping habits during the day the night time falls into place.
- Goal is to establish pattern of: Feed Time, Wake Time, Sleep Time
- It is normal for babies to cry (especially during 4-7pm they tend to be more fussy).
- You are doing your best to help baby adjust to a 12 hour time change since in the womb babies are most active and awake during the middle of the night :)
- Round 2
- Did feeding times for A more like every 3-3.5 hours due to having to take care of C.
- A started sleeping 8-10 hour stretches during the night right before 3 months.
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