What can I do to make a 5 week old baby sleep at night? he sleeps all day but at night is awake?

it seems that he has his days and nights mixed up a little maybe keep him up during the day and when you feel it is now bed time feed him make sure he is full and then bath maybe with the night time bath soap and then maybe rub his back when in the crib. this should help. GOOD LUCK.

When one of my children did the same thing ( around that age) i bought a music to the sounds of a ocean ( we didn't have computer's back then so i couldn't download them) but the sound of water is the closest to what he was used to for 9 months. try and record your heart beat using those stethoscope and play that during the night also works, Also i fed him, bathed him and placed him in the bassenette (laying on the side - just like at the hospital ) rubbing his back with the music on the night stand and kept it going, as he learned that this was his special time for relaxing, he adjusted to 'earth' time real well.

Just try to keep him more active during the day. Play with him more. When he wakes up at night, make it boring for him.

Well you can try to keep him up for an hour or so before bed time.... and feed him rice cereal for dinner... it won't hurt him I promise... and he should sleep through the night!! Good luck

For some odd reason, even changing the direction he is sleeping in may help. In other words, simply try putting him in the opposite end of the bed. I hope it helps!

Ok, In my oppinion you should give him to be active through the day, then he'll sleep at night. You see, his 'biological clock' says him that he should sleep at the day... How you can do that... Ammm, take your family to the woods, to the pool, make a picnic, call your relatives and go to the woods together... Ok. After you do that, your baby will be freeking want to sleep at 2-3pm... let him, but only till 6pm! Now, feed him, do whatever you want, and take him to sleep @ 9pm That must work! :)

As a mother of 2 (one 16 months old the other 2 1/2) I hope I can help. The first thing is don't battle with yourself or the baby over the issue...it will get resolved sooner or later (yes the later part sucks). During the day make sure your baby is getting plenty of light (natural is better). Don't give up your daily outtings. I took mine even as newborns shopping, to the book store, to get coffee. I didn't allow them to slow down my social life (yes, I nursed, one until 11 months, the other 13 months, no I didn't nurse in public either, sometimes I would be sitting in my car with a blanket over me). The point is get them into the habbit of doing things during the day they will start to get use to it. Both of mine even in the womb were up at night and slept during the day, until they started to get use to my routine. By the way they both travel well, even after just 4 weeks old I took them on road trips for the day. Yes, it can be stressful but it will pay off in the end! At night time, before bed, give your baby a bath, use some lavender soap. Then treat your baby to a gentle massage with some lavender lotion (they make it for babies). SIng a few lullabies, try some relaxing music, rub the baby's back to help sooth him/her to sleep. Keep this routine or which ever one you have started, your baby will pick up on the cues you have set overtime and recognize it is time to sleep. A warm full belly helps too. And, if all else fails, yes I have been in my car at 3 am in tears praying my babe will fall asleep and it seems to have worked, just don't make it a habbit or babe will.... GOOD LUCK! and YES IT IS WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!! (sorry for spelling errors spell check seems not to be working)

Well unfortunately for parents, and perfect for a rapidly growing baby, newborns have irregular sleep patterns becasue they are just getting used to life outside the womb...And its true the first couple months they just eat, poop, and sleep...Try keeping him awake with stimulating activities such as a musical mobile or if you are in the US try taking him to a Gymboree class(I'll attach the link they work wonders)...what I have found to work best at getting a fussy baby to sleep is swaddling...give baby a warm bath, use some Johnson & Johnson's Bedtime Lotion, put on a onesie, and grab a thin blanket like the one from the hospital and swaddle baby snuggly...gentle talking and rocking when swaddling is soothing and a great reminiscent of when they were growing in mommy...Congratulations on the baby and I hope this helps...

my baby did the same thing, until he stayed awake during the day more. do the sleep, feed, play routine. so when your baby burps after a feed, that should wake him up. you do need to keep him awake for 1-3 hours....he has his days and nights mixed up my boy stopped having day sleeps altogether from week 3 to 8, then magically started having two naps during the day. and sleeps good at night, wakes only once for a feed.