2 week old sleeping habits

Nichole - posted on 09/10/2009

I am very luck my 16 day old baby sleeps for 4 hours at a time at night. She was awake for 4 hours last night before bed, she was overtired and fussy. She went to sleep at 1:30 and slept until 7:15 when I woke up and realized she had gone too long between feedings. We "power feed" before bedtime, we feed her every hour to hour and a half before bed so her tummy is full and she sleeps for close to 4 hours. She has done this since she was 1 week old. Good luck, she will get on a schedule.

Alicia - posted on 09/10/2009

oh at nighttime i give my baby a bath then a bottle

Rock her to sleep on my chest and sometimes sing the abc's works for me!!!

maybe you should try it you probably dont have to sing though



... And the bedtime johnson and johnson bath wash and lotions works well to

Alicia - posted on 09/10/2009

when i first had my baby girl she would sleep for about 3hours then get up and eat now shes three weeks and she sleeps for about four to five hours between feedings and she can eat 4oz. now sometimes maybe a little more

Jade - posted on 09/06/2009

hi my baby boy is 2 weeks 3 days and his sleep pattern is quite similar to your lttle ones the first few days he slept for 4 to 5 hours at a time tho but now my health visitor thinks he has colic :( which is keepin him up crying and nnot sleeping alot and wen he does get to sleep he only sleeps for bout 45 mins it is very tiring but as my health visitor told me it will get better and his sleep pattern will settle down when he's bout 6 weeks so not so long left!! =]

Jen - posted on 09/02/2009

my daughter will be four weeks tomorrow. at two weeks we were starting to worry she slept too much... She was only awake 2-3 hours a day, besides eating and she always falls alseep doing that. She still sleeps alot! doesn't really have a 2 hour eating schedule like my first two. sometimes she waits 2 hours sometimes 4.

all these posts just proves all babies are different. Thanks for posting!!!

Jaclyn - posted on 08/31/2009

honestly i think i have the twin to your baby lol my little guy is the same way but i use those 2 to 3 hours that he is asleep to sleep my self but i know how you feel when he wakes up every 30 to 45 minutes just to get a little drink and go back to sleep!!!

Michelle - posted on 08/29/2009

I have almost 2 week old twins with a 3 yr old really don't worry you guy is doing fine its hard to establish a strong routine at this age its too difficult. My twins eat loads during the day and do very little sleeping but have given me two full nights with no feeds in them. So depending on what method your using to feed your child each increase the amount of formula or keep them feeding from you this will increase the sleeps inbetween.

Meghan - posted on 08/28/2009

Mine 2 week old little girl sleeps for about an hour to 2 hours during the day but she has her periods night time where she doesn't want to sleep @ all then gets up every 30 minutes to an hour again.

Meredith - posted on 08/25/2009

Mine is 3 weeks and still sleeps for 20 mins at a time and if I get lucky 3 hours at a time. I play rockabye baby lullabies for her and they're definitely less annoying than ttls...usually if I hum them to her while she's falling asleep in works. Good luck! :)

Joy - posted on 08/25/2009

Mine sleeps between 30 min - 3 hours, depending on the time of day, but then she's only 1 week old. Yours is a little older. One thing I have found that can help sometimes is to play a nursery rhymes CD on my computer in a loop. It drives me and the husband a bit batty to hear Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 10 times a day, but keeps her naps longer.

Kristie - posted on 08/23/2009

Just go with the flow, my 2 week old girl is quite irregular with sleping but it will sort itself out within a couple of weeks. Throw the books out, newborns don't sleep for four hours at a time, i wish :)