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Re: baby not sleeping during day/not taking bottle

Posted by Sleepless mommy on November 03, 2001 at 07:31:30:

In Reply to: baby not sleeping during day/not taking bottle posted by Dela on October 30, 2001 at 15:43:37:

sounds like she may be overtired. My daughter did the same thing in the begining. Then I got the Weissbluth book, which was great for teaching me sleeping patterns in babies. I don't agree with everything in the book, but it is a good basis for starting to correct your problem. I really worked hard to get her in a routine. Sometimes it took me napping with her to get her to sleep. It took a good month or more to get her on track, but she eventually became a good sleeper.

At 8 weeks, I have read, they can only stay awake for one hour without getting overtired. So, we napped every hour in the beginning. Weissbluth says that they become "wired" when they are overtired, and have a hard time settling down and staying asleep.

It is alot of work and takes alot of your time. But in the end it is worth it. We have a very well rested happy kid now, and she naps and sleeps well, most times without a fight. A far cry from the hair & ear pulling, screaming nap-fighter we had before.

Happy Napping.

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