Help! Adalyn has been wide awake at 4-5 AM since she was born

OK first of all what I did, is ditch the pacifier because it was more trouble that it was worth!  Are you nursing at all?  Can she suck on your boob while you sleep?  I don't mean to push that, but the thing is, it really works for us sleep-deprived moms!

Is your husband helping you?

The other I do is go to bed really early, then it doesn't HURT quite as bad getting up at 4:30-5:30.  I have done this with all 4 of my children for yeeeaaarrss now, and trust me, I do complain to my husband if he is not pulling his weight, which is tricky especially if you are a FT nurser.  And I always mourn the days where I could do what I wanted, when I wanted, but these babies have different ideas.

The other thing is:  this WILL get better.  This is temporary, a blip.  Mine is now 6 months old and it is alot, alot better than those first months.  He went to sleep tonight at 8:00, will probably wake about 11, 2, and 4.  But, he sleeps more solidly and is more easily soothed than when he was new.

One more tip--a newborn swing is very helpful;   there are ones that swing from side to side that work wonders.

I feel badly that you are so tired!  But it will get better, I promise.

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OK first of all what I did, is ditch the pacifier because it was more trouble that it was worth!  Are you nursing at all?  Can she suck on your boob while you sleep?  I don't mean to push that, but the thing is, it really works for us sleep-deprived moms!

 

that's the ticket!

MissysLair:

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She will probably be like this until she older and has a routine schedule, which in my opinion is very difficult to enforce on small babies, although other people may disagree.  I for one, have never been able to get a baby to do exactly what I what him to do!!

It is hard to be tired, I agree, but at the same time, welcome to motherhood.  It ain't always a picnic.  My best advice would be to split up shifts with your husband.  The baby won't change until she is older. 

I always just pop the baby in bed and nurse and kinda snooze, it is a life-saver and baby is happy and content.  If you are bottle feeding, could you do that?  Sometimes you have to just do what WORKS, not what some book is telling you is ideal.  JMO, of course!

Good luck.

Ditto

So true. Coffee works wonders on a tired momma!