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OHbaby! Forums : Why won’t she sleep https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:03:46 +0000 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:49:28 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=11238 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Why won’t she sleep : Ella has started doing a similar...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=224303&title=why-wont-she-sleep#224303 Author: Mum2ET
Subject: 11238
Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:49am

Ella has started doing a similar thing at night and she looks to be roughly the same age as Caprece. Up until 2/3 weeks ago she slept between 8-11 hrs at night, but lately has started waking up after 5-6 hours wanting a feed and then 3/4 hourly after that. The odd random night she does 9 hours but then the next night is back to waking up early.
I do think it does sound like a growth spurt, as she does have a full feed when she wakes up and has put on a lot of weight recently. Hopefully it is just a phase and it will eventually settle down again

]]> Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:49:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=224303&title=why-wont-she-sleep#224303 <![CDATA[Why won’t she sleep : She has a whole feed every time...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=224177&title=why-wont-she-sleep#224177 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 11238
Posted: 04 October 2007 at 8:55pm

She has a whole feed every time she wakes but if I only give her half a feed she goes for just as long. She feeds every 3 hours during the day with a good 2 hours worth of feeding from about 6am to 8 am when I am asleep. There is no way I could add in another feed without mucking up her day sleeps which I am not going to do. I'm hoping its just a really long growth spurt and then she will turn into a 12 hour a night sleeper

well i can dream

Its really starting to get me down all this broken sleep tho I keep losing my temper at poor Jack and then feel terrible the whole day. Why can being a mum just be easy]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:55:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=224177&title=why-wont-she-sleep#224177 <![CDATA[Why won’t she sleep : Sounds to me like she might just...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=224160&title=why-wont-she-sleep#224160 Author: cuppatea
Subject: 11238
Posted: 04 October 2007 at 8:26pm

Sounds to me like she might just be hungry. If you feed her when she wakes at night does she take a whole feed or just a little bit to get back to sleep?
Spencer generally feeds 3 hourly during the day, he goes to bed at 7 is dream fed at 10.30 and then wakes once in the night anytime between 3am and 5.30am. If he goes longer during the day and only ends up having 4 feeds before 7pm instead of the usual 5 then he wakes up for 2 feeds at night.
Ok the whole point of that ramble was just to suggest adding an extra feed in during the day to try and stop her getting hungry during the night.

]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:26:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=224160&title=why-wont-she-sleep#224160 <![CDATA[Why won’t she sleep : I second the idea about it perhaps...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=224023&title=why-wont-she-sleep#224023 Author: Faraway
Subject: 11238
Posted: 04 October 2007 at 4:49pm

I second the idea about it perhaps being a growth spurt? Kaleb slept through until he was 3months then started waking for a feed during the night again (he kept this up for another month then went back to sleeping through) We knew he was waking due to hunger based on how much of his bottle he would take in the middle of the night.
Also agree about trying not to put her down asleep.

]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:49:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=224023&title=why-wont-she-sleep#224023 <![CDATA[Why won’t she sleep : RachandJack wrote:Her routine...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223943&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223943 Author: mamanee
Subject: 11238
Posted: 04 October 2007 at 3:03pm

RachandJack wrote:

Her routine is feed, play, bath, feed, bed and is swaddled. She will be fast asleep in my arms after a night feed and then wakes right up as soon as I put her down so I have to stand there rocking her. I'm wondering if its something i'm eating, what have other people found keeps baby awake? I can't think of anything new I've been eating but anything is worth a try.

This sounds EXACTLY like Sam, except his bedtime is between 9-10PM, as any earlier and he thinks that it's just a nap and he can wake up at 9PM and play for three hours. For ages I would put him down after his bath and feed and he would sleep right through till 7-8AM, so a good 9 hours, now when I put him down he grizzles or just stares at me like I'm silly for putting him to bed and then when he eventually goes to sleep he wakes anything between 1, 2 or 3 times a night. I don't feed him though I just try to settle him back to sleep. Sometimes it works, other times he is really hungry so have to feed him. He has two teeth so I am thinking that has something to do with it.

Hope Caprece has some big sleeps for you soon, I know I'm hanging out for a decent night!

]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:03:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223943&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223943 <![CDATA[Why won’t she sleep : Maybe you should try keeping her...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223883&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223883 Author: kebakat
Subject: 11238
Posted: 04 October 2007 at 1:30pm

Maybe you should try keeping her awake when you are doing that last feed... even if you have to keep a wet cloth there with you to keep her awake, then put her down when shes drowsy. Because that little bit of sleep (even if its only for a few seconds) is probably taking the edge off her tiredness]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:30:46 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223883&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223883 <![CDATA[Why won’t she sleep : Her routine is feed, play, bath,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223839&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223839 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 11238
Posted: 04 October 2007 at 12:23pm

Her routine is feed, play, bath, feed, bed and is swaddled. She will be fast asleep in my arms after a night feed and then wakes right up as soon as I put her down so I have to stand there rocking her. I'm wondering if its something i'm eating, what have other people found keeps baby awake? I can't think of anything new I've been eating but anything is worth a try.]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:23:48 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223839&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223839 <![CDATA[Why won’t she sleep : Hmm, don't no if this would...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223828&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223828 Author: KateW
Subject: 11238
Posted: 04 October 2007 at 12:09pm

Hmm, don't no if this would help but when my SIL 3mo doesn't want to sleep she puts a little bit of lavender oil on a blankie in his crib, or around him and she finds that that is enough to relax him and he fall asleep in no time. ]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:09:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223828&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223828 <![CDATA[Why won’t she sleep : Remember that daylight savings...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223813&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223813 Author: kebakat
Subject: 11238
Posted: 04 October 2007 at 11:37am

Remember that daylight savings will mess with her a lil too. It's definitely messed around with Daniel with going to sleep at night because it's still light outside he doesn't think he needs to sleep.

I know how you feel though, with Daniel being sick I'm up every 2-3hrs in the night at the moment.]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:37:57 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223813&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223813 <![CDATA[Why won’t she sleep : I wonder if she's having...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223796&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223796 Author: Katherine
Subject: 11238
Posted: 04 October 2007 at 11:19am

I wonder if she's having a growth spurt and needs to feed more often because of it? Are you swaddling her with a blanket so she can't wake and startle herself? What's her sleep routine like? Another idea is that because she's older, she's now more aware of the world around her and it's just too "interesting" for her to want to go to sleep as easily. A good consistent sleep routine might do the trick. You poor thing, you must be exhausted!

]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:19:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223796&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223796 <![CDATA[Why won’t she sleep : Caprece started sleeping 7ish...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223744&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223744 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 11238
Posted: 04 October 2007 at 10:27am

Caprece started sleeping 7ish hours in a block from about 6 weeks but only sleeping for 45 mins at a time during the day which I was fine with. Then about 3 weeks or so ago the long sleeps stopped and so she was waking every 2-3 hours all day and night. We have now managed to get her better at day sleeping and will now go 3 hours between feeds and sleep for about an hour and a half. I put her to bed awake and she has a wee grizzle but goes down on her own.

She now goes to bed at 7 and is really hard to get to sleep, will wake at 9 for a top up and then sleep a max of 4 hours after that and then be 2-3 hourly after that all night and be really hard to settle her back to sleep. The thing is Jack is right next door so I can't let her grizzle for too long or it will wake him and he won't go back to sleep for a good 2 hours

In the end I chuck her in our bed at about 5 so i can get some sort of sleep. She doesn't have reflux or anything and I've tried to settle her down without a feed but will just wake up ten minutes later.

Is there anything else I can do to help her sleep longer and be better at settling herself to sleep?]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:27:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11238&PID=223744&title=why-wont-she-sleep#223744