2 week old boy wont sleep..help??

Teresa - posted on 12/13/2010

oh my gosh i totally agree with Faylynn!!!
i have a wee man, ryder jaed, who thought it was nice to never let me sleep, day or night!, i tried everything, even letting him cry a little before getting him up again. then one day he just changed..hes now 3months old and instead of crying he laughs during the day and sleeps all night! instead of sleeping with me, he sleeps in his bed! instead of waking up every 2hours crying, he wakes up at around 7.30am and talks to himself!

Faylynn - posted on 12/12/2010

you cant expect a 2 week old to get into a routine . He is in charge right now.. He is awake during the day? not at night? if he is awake during the day and not at night , then yes he could be curious.. They say babys who are wide awake like this , its a sign of intellgance. when they sleep they grow , He will sleep , some of the suggestions ^ are very good . Do what works best for your Baby . Remember every baby is differant. My son slept threw the nite from the day we got home from the hosp . but like your son was up all day and my mom would say why isnt he asleep. Id say cause like you he is nosey..lol laugh it off.. If your stressed your baby will be stressed then sense it.. So relax spend as much time bonding with him thats what matters.. he will sleep when he is tired and he will eat when he is hungry . the best advice i was ever given. BREATHE , he is going to change up his sleep schedule a bunch of times,

Rachel - posted on 11/13/2010

I had this problem too.. Didn't want to sleep during the day, and didn't want to sleep at night. My little guy would eventually fall asleep in my arms while i held the soother in his mouth otherwise he would spit it out and wake up. I would sleep with him in my arms all night. Yes we co-slept.. THANK GOD because any sleep is better than no sleep lol I did this for the first month or so. He developed thumb sucking ( i am still on the fence with if i am ok with that or not lol) and i put him in his crib, he sucks his thumb and falls asleep by himself now he is 4 months old. SO if he will sleep in your arms just let him then try and get him on a routine. My little guy is awake 2 hours sleeps an hours to 2 hours. I always put him down by himself every two hour and he goes to bed. Something to consider

Schmoopy - posted on 11/07/2010

I had a reluctant sleeper, too. Swaddling worked for us. Here's the method we used (I had a very wily little one who could wiggle his way out of most swaddles).



Also, for naps, I would lie down with him. It was the only way I could get a decent nap out of him.



Getting my baby to sleep was a lot of hard work! But it was important to me, so I toiled away. He's 18 months now and is pretty good. But we're still working out the kinks - he goes through rough patches every so often.



Hang in there. Remember: everything is a phase!

Casey - posted on 10/25/2010

sleep promotes sleep, so if his not sleeping during the day then he probably won't sleep well at night, you need to get him into a 24 hour routine, at 2 weeks of age his just so young he probably shouldn't be awake for anymore then 2-3 hours max at any one time, you need to make sure you change him, swaddle him and then feed and burp him and then put him to bed, make sure his room is dark and try playing some soft lullabies in his room. Try not to let him sleep in your arms or in the lounge or in your bed the best place for him to sleep is in his own room.
So sit down and work out what time he wakes in the morning and then count 2 hours from then and thats when he needs to go down for another sleep and when he wakes again count 2-3 hours again and then put him down and so on, once he has established a good daytime routine the night routine will follow but stick to you night time bath, cuddle and bottle routine at night and slowly he'll start to understand these things as night time ques for bedtime, it's tough at the start but if you get a good routine going then it makes life easier.

Pip - posted on 10/24/2010

swaddle him, they like the security of being wrapped up nice and snug. Good luck :)

Crystal - posted on 10/24/2010

does he cry when putting him to bed?

Bonnie - posted on 10/24/2010

Does his room feel warm enough? Babies need to be farely warm and swaddling usually helps with that. Also, does he usually finish his bedtime bottle farely quick? It's possible he may still be hungry.