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Sleeping FAQ: 0-8 weeks – Settling/Sleep Associations
My 5.5-week-old daughter seems unable to settle properly between 7and 10pm My daughter is a great baby and follows the routine like clockwork except for the following: most nights she only sleeps for one hour at the 7pm sleep i.e. waking up at 8pm and will not settle for the next 2 hours before the 10pm feed. I have tried feeding her when she wakes up but this does not seem to satisfy her; I have tried giving her the dummy to console her; it works but as soon as I take it out she will unsettle again (this is the only time I use the dummy). I am really…
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Sleeping FAQ: 0-8 weeks – Settling/Sleep Associations
At 6 weeks my son cries before his naps and also if he wakes during them My son does a lot of sleep-related crying. He is fine when feeding and during activity (even when in his cot) but when it is ready for a nap/sleep we take him to his room, switch off the lights and close the blind he starts to cry. He cries and cries if left in the cot (for half an hour with no sign of letting up) so I hold him until he calms down, which takes about 20 minutes. We then put him in the cot where he might sleep. If he wakes up…
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Sleeping FAQ: 0-8 weeks – Early Morning Waking
Will my 7-week-old daughter settling at 6.40pm cause early-morning wakings? The routines are working well so far. The only thing is that – as the routine suggests – I give her the 6.15pm feed (which she is well ready for!) but as I am bottle feeding, she will take a 6oz bottle and fall asleep at 6.40pm rather than 7pm and I am worried that she may start to wake earlier than 7am. At the moment I have to wake her and would like to keep it that way. Do I need to keep her awake so she goes down at 7pm or is it ok to let her settle…
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Sleeping FAQ: 0-8 weeks – Early Morning Waking
At 7 weeks old my son is waking at 6am and wants his morning nap by 8.30am My son is 7 weeks old and following the routine generally quite well. He usually wakes up in the night at around 3.30/4am for a feed [I normally give 3 oz], he then generally wakes at 6/6.30am and will not settle until I feed him. What do I do about his morning nap which is now meant to be 45min? He doesn’t make it until 9am and is very overtired by that time. Do I put him to sleep at 8.30am and allow him to sleep until 10am? What else do you suggest?…
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Sleeping FAQ: 0-8 weeks – Night Waking
My 4-week-old baby is unsettled and uncomfortable from 4am My 4-week-old son is nearly on the CLB routine all the way through. The main problem is the period from 2.30am-7am. He feeds well before and after his bath at 6pm and wakes at 10pm for a expressed/formula feed of 120mls. He settles until 2.30am. When he wakes I give him a short breast feed (25mins one side) and settles until 4am. He then wakes and spends until 7am in “pain” (due to wind?). At this time he is generally uncomfortable and does not sleep. He gets sleepy after each explosion but only for a short while as the next one…
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Feeding FAQ: 0-8 weeks – Worried about milk supply
Question – Worried about milk supply My second baby is due any day and I am fretting over breast-feeding as I failed miserably with my first for various reasons, and ended up with bleeding nipples and a very poor milk supply. Having read some other people’s suggestions about increasing milk supply, I’m a bit confused, so would love some clarification. The advice seems to involve fenugreek, fennel, Weleda mother’s milk tea and blessed thistle. I can’t seem to find a UK company that makes Weleda’s tea. Should fenugreek and fennel be taken together? Answer: I’m sorry to hear you had such a hard time breast-feeding with your last baby and…
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Sleeping FAQ: 0-8 weeks – Night Waking
My 5.5-week-old baby is unable to settle herself to sleep and is still waking at night My daughter is 5.5 weeks old and was born 6.9lbs and now weighs a healthy 9.2 lbs. I have been trying to follow the routine from 2 weeks and have also resisted creating any bad sleep associations as I did with my eldest daughter. The problems are still the same. She is unable to settle herself to sleep. I have tried “crying down” but the cries escalate and do not subside; when they do she goes quiet for about 5-10 minutes and then she starts up again ; this can go on despite reassurance…
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Feeding FAQ: 0-8 weeks – Breast Feeding
Question – Worried about milk supply My second baby is due any day and I am fretting over breast-feeding as I failed miserably with my first for various reasons, and ended up with bleeding nipples and a very poor milk supply. Having read some other people’s suggestions about increasing milk supply, I’m a bit confused, so would love some clarification. The advice seems to involve fenugreek, fennel, Weleda mother’s milk tea and blessed thistle. I can’t seem to find a UK company that makes Weleda’s tea. Should fenugreek and fennel be taken together? Answer: I’m sorry to hear you had such a hard time breast-feeding with your last baby and…
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Sleeping FAQ: 0-8 weeks – Night Waking
Since moving into his cot my 7 week old is waking more in the night Since moving my 7-week-old baby from his moses basket into his cot he has started to wake up more in the night. He used to take a 4-5oz feed at 11pm, then sleep until nearer 3am, take couple of ounces and then settle well and sleep till until 7am. But now after his 11pm he can wake any time between 1am and 3am. I am confident that he is not hungry, and try not to feed him before 3am. But I often spend from 1am till 2.30/3am going to him, rubbing his tummy or putting…
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Sleeping FAQ: 0-8 weeks – Night Waking
Q. My six-week-old twin boys, who were born three and a half weeks early, have put on weight well, but can be quite sleepy by day. This seems to be affecting their nights. They are still waking twice in the night around 2am and 5am. The amount taken at 2am can vary between 2-4ozs. When they wake at 5am and again at 7am they are never very hungry. We also find that they take a large feed at 5/6.15pm, which means that the 10pm feed can be quite small. I have tried two ways to deal with the 5am waking: the first way is to try to settle them with…
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