Fairy
11-29-2004, 12:50 AM
My son is 10 weeks old, and I'm having anxiety about his sleep. I know I'm a nervious first-time mother, and I know most of my concerns are probably for nothing, but it took a small miracle to bring our son into the world and am second guessing everything in the realm of safe sleep. So, I'd feel better if anyone out there had any feedback for the following. :-)
1. I worry about SIDS constantly. He's in every at-risk category being a boy, currently 2 months old, and winter is pretty much here. His crib has no bumpers, toys, fluffiness, etc. He's got one sort of thick blanket tightly tucked in, but I worry he gets too hot. Dress him down, I worry he gets too cold. Any thoughts here?
2. We're using Ferber's method for a sleep approach. Wasn't planning to do this for two more months, but ped says now is a good time, as he's in the 90th percentile for about everything. Was ready for a challenge, but he went down at 8pm for the night till 5am his very fist night. And second, and third, and now the fourth. I swear I'm not complaining, but is this normal?
3. When he starts to wake up in "the middle of the night" (before 6am), we let him fuss it out for five minutes, then we go in and get him in case he was not really up yet. For those doing Ferber or Weissbluth, how do you handle middle of the night wake-up spells? We're ready to do the 5, 10, 15, 20 minute thing when we put him down for the night, but what about, say, 2am (assuming he's not hungry or wet, of course)? Do the same thing?
4. How long is a healthy nap? He'll often go six hours if we don't wake him from mid-AM to mid-afternoon. His afternoon nap is then non-existent. Thoughts?
5. When is a reasonable time to diverge from his routine? For instance, the holidays are coming, and it might be difficult to stick to the exact sleep routine a few of those nights in December. Thoughts on this?
Thanks to all :-)
1. I worry about SIDS constantly. He's in every at-risk category being a boy, currently 2 months old, and winter is pretty much here. His crib has no bumpers, toys, fluffiness, etc. He's got one sort of thick blanket tightly tucked in, but I worry he gets too hot. Dress him down, I worry he gets too cold. Any thoughts here?
2. We're using Ferber's method for a sleep approach. Wasn't planning to do this for two more months, but ped says now is a good time, as he's in the 90th percentile for about everything. Was ready for a challenge, but he went down at 8pm for the night till 5am his very fist night. And second, and third, and now the fourth. I swear I'm not complaining, but is this normal?
3. When he starts to wake up in "the middle of the night" (before 6am), we let him fuss it out for five minutes, then we go in and get him in case he was not really up yet. For those doing Ferber or Weissbluth, how do you handle middle of the night wake-up spells? We're ready to do the 5, 10, 15, 20 minute thing when we put him down for the night, but what about, say, 2am (assuming he's not hungry or wet, of course)? Do the same thing?
4. How long is a healthy nap? He'll often go six hours if we don't wake him from mid-AM to mid-afternoon. His afternoon nap is then non-existent. Thoughts?
5. When is a reasonable time to diverge from his routine? For instance, the holidays are coming, and it might be difficult to stick to the exact sleep routine a few of those nights in December. Thoughts on this?
Thanks to all :-)