HELP NEEDED! Sleep for a 4.5 month old
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Hi babi77
My baby is about 14 weeks and I kind of loosely followed Gina Ford's schedule and now he sleeps over night. This is his schedule and maybe it can help you.
He wakes up about 7am with a feed.
Naps about 9am to 10am
11am feed
afternoon nap at about 12-2pm
2pm feed
between about 4-5pm, he will have a half hour nap which he falls asleep and wakes himself.
About 7.30pm he starts his evening sleep.
I wake him about 10.15pm for his last feed. He then sleeps through to about 6.30-7am next morning.
Initially at the beginning, he would wake up crying at about 5am for a feed but as the days went on, his crying ended up being just whimpers which I tried to ignore and he would fall back to sleep without needing a feed. After a couple of days, he just slept straight through without waking up.
It took my son about a week to sleep overnight using the above schedule but just like scr mentioned, you need to be consistent and find what works for you.
Let us know how you are getting on!
My baby is about 14 weeks and I kind of loosely followed Gina Ford's schedule and now he sleeps over night. This is his schedule and maybe it can help you.
He wakes up about 7am with a feed.
Naps about 9am to 10am
11am feed
afternoon nap at about 12-2pm
2pm feed
between about 4-5pm, he will have a half hour nap which he falls asleep and wakes himself.
About 7.30pm he starts his evening sleep.
I wake him about 10.15pm for his last feed. He then sleeps through to about 6.30-7am next morning.
Initially at the beginning, he would wake up crying at about 5am for a feed but as the days went on, his crying ended up being just whimpers which I tried to ignore and he would fall back to sleep without needing a feed. After a couple of days, he just slept straight through without waking up.
It took my son about a week to sleep overnight using the above schedule but just like scr mentioned, you need to be consistent and find what works for you.
Let us know how you are getting on!
babi77
Registered User
Everyone,
Well my son is learning fast in this type of sleeping and my helper told me that for his afternoon nap, just upt him on his bed and he never cried and then sleep soundly for 2 hours just 5 minutes after putting him on his bed.
So I believe consistency and he's learning.
Though I admit, the first time hearing him cry, scream, shout and angry is really a torture for me, but I know is for his good. Hope he will continue to learn.
Thanks.
Regards
Babi
Well my son is learning fast in this type of sleeping and my helper told me that for his afternoon nap, just upt him on his bed and he never cried and then sleep soundly for 2 hours just 5 minutes after putting him on his bed.
So I believe consistency and he's learning.
Though I admit, the first time hearing him cry, scream, shout and angry is really a torture for me, but I know is for his good. Hope he will continue to learn.
Thanks.
Regards
Babi
Kimmi
Registered User
I think your lucky to have a baby that sleeps so much!. My bub is 11 weeks now and only has a few cat naps in the day the longest being 1-2 hours if hes out in the pram. We finally usually get he to bed in the evening at around 10.30-11pm, then he wakes at 1 or 2am then wakes again at 4pm, this is when hes fussy with wind and can take an hour or so to get him back to sleep for a couple of hours. Then my 3 year old gets me up at 6.30am. OH well all babies are different
I can recommend a book called The No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley, for those of us who don't like leaving babies to cry it out. It has some good tips on how to encourage good sleep habits in a gradual fashion, and suggests 10-day targets for seeing some improvement. I got it from Geobaby Shop - and I wasn't paid to advertise that!
Parkview Mom
New member
The New Contented Baby Book by Gina Ford - follow that to the letter and you, baby and the Nanny will be sleeping thru in no time
Sorry to hear about this, the replies you have already received are GREAT advice. You might also wish to double-check on the temperature in your baby's room to make sure LO is not too hot or cold.
I will get slated for this I am sure, but if you continue to have problems I would recommend buying the Gina Ford Contented Baby Book. If anything, it only costs HKD90-100 and it will help to give you more of an idea about routines and how to get baby happy with the idea of going to sleep and how to keep the bedtime routine the same. A lot of people are not into her advice, but having had my LO sleep through the night from 18 weeks onwards I am her biggest fan!
Something to try to remember also, although it will be hard as you are so exhausted, is that you WILL get through this. It might just be a stage and in a few weeks you might be laughing with your friends about how crazy your LO was making you with funny sleeping patterns....
All the best
I will get slated for this I am sure, but if you continue to have problems I would recommend buying the Gina Ford Contented Baby Book. If anything, it only costs HKD90-100 and it will help to give you more of an idea about routines and how to get baby happy with the idea of going to sleep and how to keep the bedtime routine the same. A lot of people are not into her advice, but having had my LO sleep through the night from 18 weeks onwards I am her biggest fan!
Something to try to remember also, although it will be hard as you are so exhausted, is that you WILL get through this. It might just be a stage and in a few weeks you might be laughing with your friends about how crazy your LO was making you with funny sleeping patterns....
All the best
mrsstavros
New member
You're doing great!
Start the day like this keep him awake until 10am then down for a nap 10- 12noon.
Then nap again like you have 2:30 - 5pm.
Skip the last cat nap, nurse him about 7:30 & put him to bed at 8pm for the night. & Yes if he wakes up let him cry. Hopefully he will sleep from 8pm to 8am. Also try a noise machine like soothing ocean waves & a black out shade in the room to keep it dark & he should be just fine. Good Luck!!!
Start the day like this keep him awake until 10am then down for a nap 10- 12noon.
Then nap again like you have 2:30 - 5pm.
Skip the last cat nap, nurse him about 7:30 & put him to bed at 8pm for the night. & Yes if he wakes up let him cry. Hopefully he will sleep from 8pm to 8am. Also try a noise machine like soothing ocean waves & a black out shade in the room to keep it dark & he should be just fine. Good Luck!!!
wittlewabbit
Registered User
help needed urgently
i have no prob with the morning and afternoon naps, basically my bb wakes up at 6. 30 , feed , then sleep , then bath, feed, sleep, ( 9./10 am plus) then wake feed, sleep,( 1/ 2 pm plus) then wake sleep ( 4/5pm plus) clean up, then sleep 6/7pm plus but not for long.( cat nap) then feed , 8pm-----and trouble starts, we have probs putting him to bed, it is the fussiest period of time, we carry him on our shoulder , till he is calmed down, then put him down , the moment we try , he screams, ( unless he is very sleepy) when we put him down , we give him the pacifier, and bolster and pat him , but he will arch his back and protest....
and finally we get him to sleep like an hour later/ half an hour the best. i do the dream feed at 11pm then he will sleep , but he STILL WAKES UP AT NIGHT!.... hungry. at times, for comfort feeding at times cas he does not finish the bottle. how he wakes up is like this---1) either his pacifier drops out 2) the major culprit is--his arms will start to frail and he will start rubbing his eyes till he is wake and cries.!!!! i cant NOT FEED him cause he does not finish his milk in the day at times, and cluster feeding dun work cus he does not finish his milk. HOW? help. i actually sleep with my arms on his arm so he will not jerk up awake. no point swaddling him as it makes him more pissed. could he be teething? oh pls help
i have no prob with the morning and afternoon naps, basically my bb wakes up at 6. 30 , feed , then sleep , then bath, feed, sleep, ( 9./10 am plus) then wake feed, sleep,( 1/ 2 pm plus) then wake sleep ( 4/5pm plus) clean up, then sleep 6/7pm plus but not for long.( cat nap) then feed , 8pm-----and trouble starts, we have probs putting him to bed, it is the fussiest period of time, we carry him on our shoulder , till he is calmed down, then put him down , the moment we try , he screams, ( unless he is very sleepy) when we put him down , we give him the pacifier, and bolster and pat him , but he will arch his back and protest....
and finally we get him to sleep like an hour later/ half an hour the best. i do the dream feed at 11pm then he will sleep , but he STILL WAKES UP AT NIGHT!.... hungry. at times, for comfort feeding at times cas he does not finish the bottle. how he wakes up is like this---1) either his pacifier drops out 2) the major culprit is--his arms will start to frail and he will start rubbing his eyes till he is wake and cries.!!!! i cant NOT FEED him cause he does not finish his milk in the day at times, and cluster feeding dun work cus he does not finish his milk. HOW? help. i actually sleep with my arms on his arm so he will not jerk up awake. no point swaddling him as it makes him more pissed. could he be teething? oh pls help