ntrainer
08-31-2008, 01:14 PM
I guess since this is our 2nd baby I've completely blanked on when the milestones occur... Our 7-week-old baby is awake for at least one "session" (2-3 hours) overnight and sometimes isn't going to sleep until 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. or so, despite our best efforts this week to catch the sleep wave a bit earlier. My sleep "bible" with our first child was Weissbluth's "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child," and I think (I'm very sleep-deprived, here, so I may be reading it wrong) that somewhere between 6-8 weeks, babies start going to sleep earlier in the night, around 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Well... not our little girl! Not yet, at least. But I suppose this would not be a problem if she didn't have this 2-3 hour period she's up during the night. It's one thing to not get to sleep 'til 11:00 p.m. It's another to lose sleep between 2:00 - 5:00 a.m. AND not get to sleep 'til 11:00 p.m.! So I guess I've got two questions:
1) When in the world DO babies start getting to sleep earlier?
2) When is their night sleep complete (that is, with no active periods)?
HELP! We're sleep deprived and dealing with a very active 4-year-old out here, one who needs some awake parents!
Well... not our little girl! Not yet, at least. But I suppose this would not be a problem if she didn't have this 2-3 hour period she's up during the night. It's one thing to not get to sleep 'til 11:00 p.m. It's another to lose sleep between 2:00 - 5:00 a.m. AND not get to sleep 'til 11:00 p.m.! So I guess I've got two questions:
1) When in the world DO babies start getting to sleep earlier?
2) When is their night sleep complete (that is, with no active periods)?
HELP! We're sleep deprived and dealing with a very active 4-year-old out here, one who needs some awake parents!