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Don't know where to begin with 12 week old
« on: February 05, 2011, 15:08:03 pm »
My 12 week old little girl is so happy, very social, and so loving. She is 13 pounds and formula fed. I just don't know where to begin to start her on a schedule. I am still demand feeding and she sleeps when she sleeps. I am going to have to start back to work and would like to make the transistion as easy as possible. (We have another month before I start back work.)

Right now, we go to sleep around 11:00 at night and she sleeps until 10:00 with a feeding at 5:00 am. (This is where I know I make the mistakes. We get up between 5 and 6 when Daddy leaves.She takes a bottle and then she is back asleep with me in the bed. She will sleep there until 10) She takes a name about 11:45 for about an hour. Then we are up. We might cat nap at 4:00 and another at 8:00. But, we WILL NOT go to sleep before 11:00. She is a good sleeper so, I just want her to go to sleep at 8, wake up at 7 or 9 to 8.

Last night we went to sleep at midnight. Woke up at 7 for a feeding. I tried everything to keep her up. She was up until 8. I put her back in her bed and it is 9 and she is still asleep.

I am just lost. We have the Eat Activity down. But, we just can't Sleep.

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Re: Don't know where to begin with 12 week old
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2011, 14:45:07 pm »
hi there!
I'm so sorry you haven't received a response yet..how are things going today?
*Sarah*





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Re: Don't know where to begin with 12 week old
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2011, 00:49:05 am »
We are working on it. Last night we went to sleep at 10:00. So, slowly we are making the transition to an earlier bedtime. We slept 10:00 to 9:30 with a feeding at 4:00 am. So, we will see how tonight goes.

Thank you for checking on us!

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Re: Don't know where to begin with 12 week old
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2011, 05:51:59 am »
Hi there-

So have you read either of the BW books?  Here is a link that may help you get started.
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=164034.0

I think it kind of sounds like you are going to have to pick a start day and see how it goes from there.  At this pint it really doesn't sound like you have an EASY going at all correct?  If you do, you could post it and we could maybe start helping you move to something more consistant.

HTH