Infant sleeping schedule

My boys sleep like rocks during the day! I swear nothing wakes them....they are only a week old and I know there is no way to get them on any type of schedule yet, but I can't get over how awake they are all night long and how deep they sleep during the day. All night long I have to keep adjusting the pacifiers just to get them to snooze a bit here and there, but during the day they sleep with no pacifier and for hours at a time!

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You can get them on a schedule yet, so just sleep with them!!

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Try loud noise / lights during the day and low lights / soft music, sounds at night

it will take time but they will get it

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My DD was the same way. They have their nights and days mixed up. I know it is hard to do with this weather but try to keep the lights on during the day/ let the sun in so they know it is daytime and then at night turn off the lights and use only a nightlight to feed them/change them to avoid overly stimulating them at night. It took about a little less than a month but once my DD got the hang of it, she stayed on track.

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You can't get them on a schedule yet -- but I think its never too early to start helping them differentiate day and night. Keep the house bright, TV or radio on etc. during the day and the opposite at night--dim lights, limited background noise etc.

From the day we came home from the hospital I did this. I never kept the TV and lights on at night and my DS started sleeping through the night very early on.

Hang in there!! And sleep during the day with them for now!!!

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Yeah it totally stinks! I don't think anything really helped, he just eventually figured things out. I still think at 8 weeks he is a little mixed up, but it's much better then it was. You definately need to sleep during the day with them, that really helped me.

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Posted by Mikismom

Try loud noise / lights during the day and low lights / soft music, sounds at night

it will take time but they will get it

Message edited 11/17/2008 5:52:13 PM.

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it will get better i promise!! the best thing you can do right now is try to keep them awake right after they eat - i know it is hard, and sometimes it seems impossible, but they will eventually (probably by 3 or 4 weeks) sleep less during the day.

i remember my family telling me that i needed to keep DS awake more during the day and i because when DS wanted to sleep i could drive a mack truck through the living room and he wouldn't stir. good luck - maybe it will work better for you!!

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It must be exhausting - they will adjust! Don't try too hard to keep them up during the day. If they get overstimulated it can make for lots of screaming at night! My DD was very easily overstimulated. My DS isn't phased by much. Good luck!