Hi Everyone,
My 4 week old ds may have day and night switched. He's very sleepy during the day and is wide awake at night. I'm looking for any suggestions to switch it around.
I have been feeding him every 3 hours during the day and wake him if he doesn't wake himself. And I limit hiis naps to 1.5-2hours max. And his naps are usually quite good once I get him down, no 45 minute wakeups, phew. He sleeps swaddled in his crib.
I diaper change to wake him up. Then he bf's very sleepily during the day but does take good feeds over about 45mins. Then I try to get him to open his eyes for a little A time but if he's sleepy he usually just cries. The A time I try is usually just being propped up on the boppy pillow or laying down in the playard. So if he starts crying I pick him up to calm him and then he wants to eat again. I don't feed him again cause I know he just took a good feed. But it takes me a long time to get him settled to sleep again. If I don't do any A time during the day he'll fall asleep right away and have a long nap without any fussing. Errrr.
BUT at night he's awake about twice a night. Usually around 9pm till midnight. HIs eyes are wide open for bf'ing and he'll lay down happily and wide awake for a long time. I do feed several times during this time as he does seem genuinely hungry. I tried cluster feeding earlier but gave up when I realized I'd be up for a long time at night so instead I go to bed early (7pm) so I'm charged for his late night activities. He is very hard to get sleepy again but does eventually. When he does sleep he does sometimes go up to 3hours of sleep at night.
At this point I would be more than happy with a 3 hour cycle throughout the day and night. I just want him to be happy and awake during the day and sleepy at night. Any suggestions?
Any help is greatly appreciated, Thanks Tarri
