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Is there something wrong with my 7 week old cuz she doesnt sleep at all during the day?

  • im doing attachment parenting cuz i read the facts about it and i believe it is the best thing for me and my daughter. i dont believe in the cry it out method. She used to sleep about 8-10 hours at night going to bed around 10pm-1am and only waking up to eat 3 or 4 times and fall asleep nursing (i co-sleep with her) then take a couple 20 minute naps and one 3 hour nap near 5-6pm. Now she sleeps the same during the night and doesnt sleep at all during the day. i can ONLY nurse her to sleep during the night and ONLY rock her to sleep during the day. when i rock her to sleep she will only stay asleep in my arms and as soon as i put her down she only stays asleep like 5 minutes. maybe once a day i can put her down n she sleeps 20-30 minutes and thats it. should she be sleeping more during the day? or am i just worrying too much? she farts alot but it only seems to bother her a little bit but is it gas tho? she will lay on the bed awake and be happy for 20-45 minutes at a time a few times a day more so after shes done eating and the rest of the time she wants to be held and have u walk around so she can look at everything cuz shes very alert and observant. i nurse her about every hour during the day but lately ive been waiting 2 hours cuz she doesnt seem hungry till then now. when she eats while im sitting n shes laying in her nursing pillow, she falls asleep n pulls off when shes done which is about 25 minutes on each side so i lay her down n she sleeps for 5 minutes or she wakes up right after i lay her down. so then i try nursing her while laying down so i wont have to move her. she falls asleep but wakes up a little after i roll away from her. is this just how its supposed to happen? does she have bad gas that wakes her up? should i just hold her for an hour so she can take a nap? shes supposed to sleep 16 hours a day so is she sleep deprived? any advice would be great!

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    My baby is the same way. She never napped the first several weeks unless I just held her after she fell asleep at my boob. Just 3 weeks ago I started swaddling her up real good in a big thin baby blanket. I figured out if she can't move her arms when I lay her down she stays asleep for a lot longer. So before I nurse her, I change het diaper, make sure she's got socks on, swaddle her up, turn off the lights, turn the tv channel to something quite and boring, THEN I sit down and nurse her. Once she's been asleep for 10 minutes I'll slowly get up and take her to the bed. We cosleep also and they take longer naps when you lay them down where they sleep at night. So now she takes 2 long naps a day at least an hour if not two hours each. Hope that helps :)

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It sounds like you have a snacker and snoozer - feeds frequently, sleeps very little. My son was exactly like that. He never slept in the day and woke frequently at night. I thought your baby waking 3-4 times in the night is quite a bit. But I do see a pattern emerging here and I am pretty sure your little girl is becoming reliant on YOU to get to sleep. Imagine if you can, you, yourself waking in the night because your pillow has fallen on the floor. We all use pillows and will eventually wake when it is not there anymore - it is a sleep prop! So, liken yourself to the pillow - your daughter sees you as her sleep prop. She can not get to sleep without you or your breast. However, this is normal for a baby this young and if you do not see a problem with it then it is not a problem. But if you want to get her to go to sleep with out you then you need to begin putting her to bed AWAKE! This might mean a little crying when she goes down but this will not harm her. She is far too young for cry it out methods but 3-4 minutes of crying is not bad and this will teach her that "Hey, I am in bed - time for sleep". With you co-sleeping with her she can probably smell your milk so frequently wakes but again, not a problem if you are okay with it. If you do not want her to feed so often at night then you might have to put her back in her bassinet. She might have a gas problem but I think it more likely that she has just become so accustomed to going to sleep with you there! Don't worry too much about the 16 hours statistic for sleep for infants. It is only an average - some babies will sleep less and some more. Attachment parenting is wonderful but you can still do attachment parenting while teaching your daughter that you do not necessarily need Mummy there to get to sleep. As I said, this is lovely now - I loved it myself but sooner or later you are going to want your little girl to learn how to sleep properly and without your breast or you. Good luck.

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