Keeping baby up during day
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Topic: Keeping baby up during day
Posted By: Nutella
Subject: Keeping baby up during day
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 2:30pm
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Was just reading on another forum about how long babies are sleeping during the night and a lot of the mums are saying they keep their baby awake as much as possible during the day so that baby sleeps through at night....I think this is very odd, has anyone heard of doing that? Bearing in mind that the babies are all around Liams age, 10 weeks...
Poor babies must be exhausted? ------------- 
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Posted By: RBsMama
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 2:42pm
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That's crazy! A baby will sleep through the night when he/she is ready to. I think keeping a baby awake during the day like that, will cause a hell of a lot more problems, ie overtired, grumpy baby!
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Posted By: mandz
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 2:44pm
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Definitely ridiculous. DS2 is 12 weeks and he is still only up for 1 hour to 1.5 hours tops before going back to bed during the day. And last night he slept from 8pm to 6am!
Am sure he would be hysterical if I tried to keep him awake all day....  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: myonlineself
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 2:49pm
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wow I'd never intentionally keep baby awake! I spend all my days trying to get her her much needed sleep! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: myonlineself
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 2:50pm
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also, she has the best night sleeps on days we've been at home and had great naps ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Aquarius
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 3:03pm
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i'm sure sleep promotes sleep!!!
dont ask me how but when he slept great during the day usually means an awesome night too. ------------- http://www.magicalkingdoms.com/timers/"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 3:04pm
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Posted By: jaycee
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 3:23pm
I'm with Aquarius & kebakat on this one. Very strong believer in sleep breeding sleep. Keeping a small baby awake just gives you a very overtired, grouchy and impossible to settle baby at night  -------------   
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Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 3:26pm
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At 8 weeks my little man is awake anywhere from 30 - 90 minutes at a time. Depends on the time of day and how the sleep before was. I just watch for tired signs and put him to sleep. I wouldnt keep him up all day - I dont think he would sleep better at night. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: RinTinTin
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 4:09pm
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I wouldn't recommend it. I've been told sleep begets sleep. IE, the more they sleep, the more likely they are to sleep. Plus trying to get an overtired baby to sleep is excruciating and highly stressful for both parties. Not my idea of fun. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Jelly
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 4:40pm
Those poor babies, they must scream all day! I hope they're allowed at least a couple of naps 
Babies don't usually sleep through at 10 weeks anyway, do they? It would be nice, but it shouldn't be expected... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 4:57pm
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Weirdo huh. And how exhausting having baby awake all day...bad enough the times when Mr Liam is having a poo day and stays awake (like today sigh...) -------------
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 5:13pm
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Oh gawd! Bugger that, I think they are crazy. Jackson slept 7pm to 5am from 9 weeks to 4 months then started waking again, sometimes up to 2 times a night. But for the last week he's started doing 7pm to 5am again!
I would never keep him up all day, he'd be ropable. And like Jelly said, it definitely shouldnt be expected ------------- Our Angel July 08 Gone but not forgotten
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Posted By: mummymonster
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 5:31pm
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I think DS was on 4 x 45min naps at that time and if'd he'd been willing to sleep more I'd have been over the moon!
That's really young to try to keep them up. I'd believe it might be a good idea for a child but not a baby! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Jaxnz1
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 8:51pm
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Sleep promotes sleep!
DD was having 3 two hour sleeps during the day and was sleeping 12 hours at night. Lately she's been having 3-4 45min naps and she's been waking in the night and not because she's hungry. I'm sure her bad day sleeping is affecting her night sleeping. There's nothing else that's changed. ------------- 
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