https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:14:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-advice-please-7-weeks#post-1311423 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 10:03:49 +0000 illumina 1311423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did whatever we could to get her to sleep/nap until she was 3mths old. Usually this meant holding her until she fell asleep and then transferring to her cot at night and holding/wearing her for naps. We experimented with a few other things, but she wasn't ready to fall asleep by herself until a little later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-advice-please-7-weeks#post-1311289 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 03:36:29 +0000 yin 1311289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 8 weeks old, and I don't expect much of a sleep routine from him. Let's just say I'm lucky if I get a single 3 hour stretch at night from him, and I'm okay with that. Day time naps vary, and a 30 minute nap is good enough in my book. He is still young, and I'm giving him some more time to figure it out. It's hard for babies to self soothe at that age. With my first I was much more paranoid and had to have him on a schedule. I'm much more relaxed with DS2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-advice-please-7-weeks#post-1311186 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 23:04:18 +0000 hilsy85 1311186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I personally think that is way too young to expect him to be able to learn how to put himself to sleep. If he can do it, if he falls asleep on his own, great, but I don't think it's fair to EXPECT him to do it, you know? At that age, I think they need help, whether it's bouncing, nursing, etc. And eventually they get better at it. Does he like the swing? Can you let him sleep in the swing for part of the night? </p> <p>Having a consistent bedtime routine and bed time helped us at that age </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-advice-please-7-weeks#post-1311179 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 22:59:29 +0000 Grace 1311179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow - I would have been in heaven if mine had done that. We bounced her to sleep for naps and bedtime and held her for hours in the evening before we could put her down. It is getting better now, but i think it's just developmental. As she got older, she was more able to go to sleep on her own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-advice-please-7-weeks#post-1310966 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 19:43:05 +0000 shellio 1310966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@evansjamie: Thanks! That's promising. </p> <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: With our first, we put him on a schedule during the day and I think it really helped him sleep better at night. We woke him up to feed at regular intervals, did eat/waketime/nap, and implemented an early bedtime. He responded really well to it but that doesn't work for every baby or every parent. With this one, his sleep is so sporadic that we don't dare wake him during the day if he gets a longer nap in, but we are still consistent. We just lucked out with the longer stretch at the beginning of the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-advice-please-7-weeks#post-1310852 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 18:12:19 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1310852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whoah my LO is 6 weeks and still sleeps all day and is up all night. I didn't even know bedtime and naps were a thing at this age! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-advice-please-7-weeks#post-1310833 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:48:24 +0000 singingbee 1310833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shellio: that's exactly how I felt. Few weeks later, she flipped a switch. Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-advice-please-7-weeks#post-1310832 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:47:26 +0000 avivoca 1310832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep at that point was a disaster, but my LO grew out of it. Bedtime has been much better since about 8-9 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-advice-please-7-weeks#post-1310786 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:06:54 +0000 shellio 1310786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jennimac: thanks! I am about to lose it too. I dread bedtime to the point of not enjoying the rest of my day :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-advice-please-7-weeks#post-1310756 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:52:58 +0000 singingbee 1310756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have much advice, but I know that I was about to lose it with LO's sleep right around that same age. She just grew out of it and is doing much better now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-advice-please-7-weeks#post-1310740 Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:42:56 +0000 shellio 1310740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 7 weeks old. He is actually not a bad sleeper, but not a great sleeper either. I usually put him down awake for naps, and most of the time he will put himself to sleep, sometimes with minimal fussing or crying (2-3 minutes). Putting him to bed has become super stressful, though. Less than half the time, he'll put himself to sleep, after 15-45 minutes of grunting and mild fussing. We have a video monitor so we watch him, he just lays there and looks around during this time for the most part. Otherwise he screams his head off and eventually (sometimes 20-30 minutes later) DH or I will go in and get him. Sometimes he can be soothed by DH bouncing him, sometimes I end up nursing him to sleep if he's been awake a long time (2-3 hours). He sleeps 6-8 hours for the first stretch and 2-4 for 1 or 2 stretches after that, and when waking overnight he nurses and goes right back to sleep. </p> <p>I would really like to get him to a consistent bedtime but right now most of his naps are 1 hour and hard to predict so we usually aim for a catnap in the evening and start bedtime nursing 45 min-1 hour after waking from catnap. After nursing I read him a book, give him a little massage, change his diaper, swaddle, sing songs, and put him down. </p> <p>I was all set to nurse him to sleep (never had to do this with my first DS) but it does not work unless he is exhausted - even when he does fall asleep nursing, his eyes usually pop open when he is done. When we try to bounce or rock him to sleep in his swaddle, unless he is exhausted, he just squirms and grunts and acts unhappy and usually wakes up as soon as we put him down anyway. What do we do?? I'm ok with CIO, even though I know a lot of people believe this would be too young. I feel like either way he is going to fuss and either way we are teaching him how to fall asleep, and I'd rather teach him to do it on his own rather than train him to sleep in our arms (since he doesn't naturally do it easily). I haven't read No Cry Sleep Solution but from the reviews I read, it seems like its geared toward older babies - is this something I should pursue? I appreciate any advice! I was going to add a poll but I don't know what the choices even are - CIO vs train him to fall asleep in our arms vs train him to fall asleep nursing vs other? Help! </p>