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SLEEP => Naps => Topic started by: Jacalber on August 02, 2005, 16:38:07 pm
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Hi I have a 9 week old son and we have been doing easy since birth.
My little guy can not be up for more than 1.5 hours at a time and this is includes feeding. He will take at 2 hour nap (he dos wake at 45 min everytime but I can p/sh back to sleep for the rest of the nap - I may be in 3 times... but eventually he goes back out) after each E.A. He will sleep for 6 hours at noght and my dactor wants me to try to go for 8 hours based on his size.
We are on a 3.5- 4 hour feed cycle ( again rec of Doctor) and doing well with it... except it is very hard to eat every 4 hours if we are not staying up longer than 1.5 hours at a time...
Is this normal? It seems he should have more awake time... Is he so tired b/c he nap is not a solid 2 hours and is broken up at 45 min and we spend another 20 getting back to sleep????
How do I get him to be awake for longer stretches? I try to extend by 5 - 10 mins.. but he just gets fussy and is harder to get down for naps...
Help
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My DD can only stay up 1-1.5 hours at a time but she eats every 3 hours so it is working out pretty good. She eats, plays and sleeps and by the time she wakes up she eats again. Why do you have to go 3.5-4 hours? Are you breastfeeding or bottlefeeding?
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How old is you baby?? Glad mine is not the only one.
The 3.5 - 4 hours was per my pedatrician. He gained 3 lbs in 3 weeks so she said based on wieght and size i could do 4 hour feed cycle. That works - he does not seem to be to hungry, but his development does not allow him to stay up longer - and it makes it hard to follow the routine if he does not take a long nap. I am breast feeding for at least another month...
I did worry that he is not getting enough calories and that is why he is sleepy... but he is eating 25-30 oz day which seems to be in range per the book...