Nights and days mixed up...

My new darling daughter loves to stay up at night and sleep all day. She is only 2 weeks old. This is fine for right now, I know she must be too young to start a routine, but how do I break this habit down the road?? I am going back to work in 3 weeks, and I will not be able to function staying up all night with her then work all day.
Any advice for a new mom?

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Sarah did that and my doctor gave me some ideas to try and change her schedule, or said I could wait it out and by about 1 month or 5 weeks it would resolve itself.

His suggestions:
* Change her diaper frequently to wake her up.
* Talk to her a lot and loudly to keep her awake
* Change her clothes to wake her up
* Play with her (I read books loudly, there really isn't too much more you can do with them)
* Take a washcloth, wet it with lukewarm water and put it on her bare chest to really pi$$ her off and keep her awake.

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Also, keep things loud and bright during the day and quiet and dark at night- no tv, etc.
Katie had this problem too and it pretty much resolved itself.

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Lauren is two weeks old and the same thing... I hope it resolves itself soon, I miss my sleep

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Thanks Ladies,

I have tried to keep her up during the day, but, like her mother, she is a subborn one When she wants to sleep, she sleeps...
I will try the other suggestions as well.
As always, thank you very much ladies!!!

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Keep the room well lit during the day and try and talk to the baby and keep her up.
At night, make the room nice and dark. Good luck.
(My 2 year old is so noisy that her little sister doesn't get a lot of sleep during the day so she sleeps well at night.)

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My son did the same for a while. I tried the lights and noise thing but for some reason he prefered to sleep in well lit rooms w/ lots of noise My pedi said sometimes the bright lights make them want to close their eyes I dunno. I know I'm contradicting what everyone said. I would try what pp suggested but if it doesn't work don't worry too much. It will be rough to go back to work w/ that schedule but eventually most babies figure it out and correct themselves.