Not exact matches
While the American Academy of Pediatrics» HealthyChildren.org points out that hiccups
usually bother you more than your
baby, they could stand between you and
getting back
to sleep after a feeding.
It
usually quickly
gets to a place where you lay your
baby down in the middle of the night and he just goes
to sleep without crying.
Once your
baby reaches the age of around 6 weeks, you may find that they start
to sleep less during the day; this
usually means that they will
sleep for longer periods during the night, meaning you can
get a bit more
sleep.
Although even the most supportive partner can't
usually nurse the
baby while mom catches some Z's, dads do tend
to get more
sleep than moms do.
As your
baby gets closer
to 6 months old, she should be
sleeping nine
to 11 hours at night with two longer naps during the day,
usually one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
He did point out that the early evening is when
babies (1) tend
to get more tired, as they don't
sleep as well during the day, and (2)
usually have gone a longer time without substantial feeding, which
usually happens in the morning and at night.
But by 3 months old, he says,
baby will «tend
to get into more of a rhythm,
usually taking three naps a day, and some
babies will
sleep through the night.»
By Kim West, LCSW - C, The
Sleep Lady ® As your
baby gets older, you will notice some major developmental changes that
usually happen between six and eight months, including crawling, the (potential) transition from three naps down
to two, as well as an increase in your
baby's separation anxiety.
Is the fact that she is not in REM while eating sufficient or should I somehow strive for an even MORE awake
baby??? As for question # 2: Anila's cycles are as follows: eat (and try
to stay awake)-
usually takes about 1/2 an hour or so wake - is or tries
to be until 1.5 hours prior
to next feeding
sleep - 1.5 hours (but sometimes its only 1) I know that at the moment she can be on a 2 1/2 - 3 hour schedule but I not sure what
to do if she
gets up from her nap after an hour instead of 1 1/2 hours - should I feed her right away and then start the next cycle from there, throwing off the rest of the day's cycles??
While
babies can
usually get comfy no matter where they are and what position they're in, it's probably more comfortable overall
to sleep while laying down.
630 - 730 try
to get baby to sleep (
usually not too difficult as he's ready then) put him in the crib — husband
usually does toddlers bath at this time