https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 27 May 2026 20:53:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-figure-out-drowsy-but-awake#post-626519 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:26:39 +0000 pastemoo 626519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: I missed your birth post, mama. Congratulations!</p> <p>And for "drowsy but awake" you just find out over time what it means for your baby--every baby is different. Just keep trying and you will figure out his cues. And it is still very early--most babies can't figure this out till about 3 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-figure-out-drowsy-but-awake#post-581016 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:37:05 +0000 hilsy85 581016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've heard that if it's tough to put a baby down to sleep, you're either trying too early or too late. So maybe try experimenting? That being said, I also think that your guy is still pretty little to be soothing himself to sleep from a drowsy state, so don't get discouraged if he's not doing it yet!! It will come, you won't be rocking him to sleep forever :) if nothing else, there's sleep training when he's a bit older! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-figure-out-drowsy-but-awake#post-580290 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:03:58 +0000 edelweiss 580290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: @mrsjyw: thanks for the advice, ladies! it's making me think that i'm putting him into the crib and possibly starting the sleep routine a little too early--i think i'm forcing the issue a little bit instead of letting him get sleepy enough. this is so helpful--thank you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-figure-out-drowsy-but-awake#post-579273 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:24:42 +0000 mrsjyw 579273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS would yawn frequently, but I would also double check how long he'd been awake to make sure that it was his "sleepy" time. For naps, it almost always has to be within the 1 hr 15 min - 1.5 hour window...if I try to put him down earlier or later it's almost always a fight....</p> <p>As for nighttime sleep DS has been STTN for the last week (he's 3 months tomorrow) and we got in the habit of putting him down early 7/730 pm starting week 6. I suffered from week 6-week 11 when he had 1-3x night wakings on/off, but now he sleeps 7-7 and it is glorious!</p> <p>Our nighttime routine includes: bathtime, massage/lotion, dipe change, nurse, burp/story, put down in crib with white noise/humidifer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-figure-out-drowsy-but-awake#post-579268 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:23:29 +0000 DillonLion 579268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wait for the third yawn (which sometimes takes 10+ minutes). And for her eyes to get really, really, really droopy (but not dead asleep).</p> <p>Routine is diaper change, swaddle sleep sack, we sit it in the glider together, DH reads a story, he puts on the sound machine, leaves. I rock her until I get those three yawns and can see that she is very, very tired. Then I gently place her in the crib, make sure her eyes are closing, turn off the light, leave the room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cant-figure-out-drowsy-but-awake#post-579261 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:21:44 +0000 edelweiss 579261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My little guy is 4.5 weeks old, and I'm trying to get a handle on what "drowsy but awake" means for his naps and bedtime. I've read that once as a baby yawns, he is tired and to put him to bed. However, little E will yawn and then his eyes fly wide open. Even if I start the sleep process at that point by swaddling, rocking and singing a lullaby, if I put him to bed in that state, it's almost a 100% guarantee that I'll have to rinse and repeat several times for up to an hour.</p> <p>Is this just part of it and I have to suck it up, or should I be waiting longer? A lot of times I try to wait until his eyes are drooping, but that usually doesn't happen until at least 20 minutes after the yawns begin, and I worry that he'll be overtired at that point and that I'm not giving him a chance to fall asleep early enough.</p> <p>Did any of your little ones do the same thing, where they would yawn but otherwise seem wide awake? What kind of sleep training/putting to bed strategies did you use?</p> <p>Thanks in advance! </p>