How to get baby to sleep through the night?

I’m going to be honest with you, I don’t really think there’s much else you can do since you’ve already tried what people have suggested. I would just keep trying with playing lullabies or maybe look up nature sounds on your phone, rubbing her little head, and maybe doing the “shh shh shhh”… that has to be so hard that you can’t even pick your baby up and rock her to bed. I’m sure it also doesn’t help that she’s probably uncomfortable being connected to tubes and being checked on every so often :pleading_face: Fingers crossed that she’ll be able to come home soon and get back on a regular schedule. :heart:

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There’s nothing right now to be done. This will pass when you can go home.

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The the people to be quiet. I would do it. And I have.

It’s biologically normal. Babies are not meant to sleep through the night. It is survival, prevention OF SIDs. Babies still need to eat and drink at night, need help falling back asleep, and need for mama.
It’s biologically normal.
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Hold her so she sleeps better, if you can.
Something that smells like you in her crib.
White noise machine, there are apps on the phone.

Most 6 month olds don’t sleep thru the night. But if she was and isn’t now its definitely bc she’s in the hospital. It will pass. Hope your baby is ok! Sending hugs!

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If you can and if she is accepting of it try white noise at night I used to play ocean waves crashing it’d put all of us to sleep lol and honestly if the others are loud crank those waves lol ps mad props for holding your cool and keeping your head I can only imagine how exhausted you are

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Feed him real food. Before bed. Bath routine.

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Ask for different nurses. Write a complaint. She may never sleep though the night she is probably really uncomfortable

This is common in this situation. Even adults don’t sleep through the night in the hospital. Let baby sleep when they can and correct the issue when back home. :heart:

You just have to pray your daughter gets well enough to leave the hospital. Then the tuff part will be getting her back into a schedule. The hospital is filled with the sick, nurses and doctors are more concerned with healing than being quiet. Guess you never spent time in a hospital.

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This unfortunately is how hospital stays go for all of us. Try speaking to the charge nurse and doctor if it’s too much and making baby feel worse. Ask them for a different room or roommate as it is hindering the health of your child. Rest is extremely important for healing. :sparkling_heart: good luck!

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Talk to the nurses. Ask what they can do to keep it a bit quieter & darker. Sadly, she won’t really be able to sleep all night if she’s being monitored. Help her sleep when she’s tired. She’s going to start having sleep changes in a few months anyway.
Hope she’s better soon! :pray:

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The only option you really have is to request a private room. But since you’re not able to pick up your baby I’m going to guess that she’s likely in an ICU. If that’s the case, then there’s probably nothing you can do other than ride it out. I’m sorry that you and your baby are going through this. Praying that your sweet little one is well enough to go home soon.

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The staff should not be allowing that to happen, guests should be thrown out!!!

I work in a hospital and since Covid all rooms are private.there is no reason your baby isn’t in private room. And I would be upset if visitors were coming and going Fromm my child’s room. Should be only one visitor per patient.

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Ask if they can move her to other room , or start doing the same when the baby next to you is trying to sleep ( I know it sounds mean , but they may get the message)

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White noise machine will help drown out the talking.

At 6 weeks old they aren’t supposed to sleep through the night

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6 week old babies do not sleep throughout the night, my 8month old still has yet to sleep a whole night without waking up. Babies need to wake up to eat as their stomachs are small at this age. Sleep when baby sleeps is your best option to help fight the tiredness, trust me :slightly_smiling_face: best of luck mama.

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Six weeks? He’s not going to sleep through the night yet!!

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Just stop thinking about yourself because we understand that you are tired but that baby needs to be fed at night. And just because the baby doesn’t wake up for the bottle doesn’t mean they don’t need to be fed. It’s your job to make sure they get the nutrients the need, wake to feed and soon you’ll be able to sleep the whole night.

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Lol you’ve gotten lucky he’s been on a “routine” up to this point. Look up mental leaps and sleep regression though, it happens often and will make you feel like you’re losing your mind. Just kinda gotta ride it out, contact naps are a lifesaver if you’re able to do them, but expecting a newborn to sleep through the night is setting some really high expectations.

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They don’t. At least most of them don’t. Their bellies are very tiny and empty often so they need fed often.

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There are a couple of things you can try, to see if it gives him better sleep. First, if you use bottles, you can increase his bedtime one by an ounce or two and see if that buys you a little more time before his first wakeup.
Second, if he isn’t fully waking up but seems uncomfortable, you can try to treat for gas. We’ve used mylicon gas drops since my girl was around this age and it helped a LOT.
Otherwise, all I can say is…
It gets better as they get a little older. At 6 weeks mine was still waking up every 2-3 hours and I remember feeling like if I didn’t get sleep I was going to go crazy or collapse from exhaustion…believe me, I get it. And I had my husband right there with me, trading off feeding and changing every time. I can’t imagine how much worse it would have been if it was just me.

But if you can hold on for just a couple more weeks, it starts to get better. Their daily bottles increase, so they don’t need as much overnight. It keeps slowly getting better until you’re still tired, but not full blown exhausted. Just be as patient as you can, with him and yourself.

Not many babies sleep through the night at 6 weeks old. It’s perfectly normal for a baby to get up every two-four hours. Just stop and be there for your baby when he wakes up hungry. When he’s ready to sleep through the night he will.

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I always woke my babies up before going to bed and feed them cereal and a bottle, they always slept through the night by 6 weeks. My doctor started them on cereal at 2 weeks

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At 6 weeks, I went through the same thing! It was because she was sleeping too much during the day. I still left her take naps, but not as long. Once I kept her awake more during the day she was back to sleeping throughout the night.

No infants sleep through the night. Mine woke up every 2 hours to eat. I’d change diaper and feed,burp and they’d fall asleep for a couple hours. Make sure they’re getting full when they eat. Maybe if they’re fussy it’s gas and try gripe water, I’d discuss w pediatrician before of course. It’ll get easier in a few months. Both my kids slept through night btwn 4-5 months, but most babies itsmuch longer. You will adjust to not sleeping much though. Just take care of you and baby and try to nap when you can.ask for help if you need it.
Best of Luck mama

Good luck mommas your either blessed with a baby who likes to sleep or doesn’t! I had to sleep when they slept till they where about two.

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My little boy didn’t start sleeping through until he was 3 so I wouldn’t be getting hopes up on sleeping through

My son slept through from 9 weeks. He did 7pm-7am but I never forced it he did it naturally. He fell in to routine with my daughter who was 1 & a half at the time so we would be up at 7:30am every morning & I’d give him a bottle regardless of his last feed to try keep feeds the same time every day. At 7 weeks I started putting him to bed a 7pm along with my daughter & he would wake about 12am & 5am & we just persisted with routine. I would feed him with a dim light at night, not talk to him or interact (I’d cuddle him of coarse) & just feed & change & back to bed.

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Haha no answer for that get use to no sleep or very little sleep👶good luck

Um 6 weeks just be there for your baby!!!

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11 months old and my baby slept through the night. 6 week old shouldn’t be sleeping that long without food……

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6 weeks and your expecting your wee one to sleep through the night. Give your head a shake. Your sleeping is long gone.

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I mean, that probably won’t happen for a while. Babies that young don’t usually sleep through the night. You’ll just have to wait it out.

I don’t mean this in any kind of rude way but you don’t takes baby a while to get on the schedule and they’re going to wake up it can take a long time my toddler did not sleep a full night until she was a little over 2 years old lol but just keep at the best you can with the routine or schedule bath at certain time laying down cuddles food at a certain time and eventually the eternal clock will sync up but it might take a while and baby will still wake up but if you can get somewhat of a decent routine you’ll be able to get a little more sleep and your body will get used to it a little easier but good luck mama I have four littles

My daughter has slept through the night since she was born she’s now 16m I swaddle her rock her and place her in her vibrating chair sat in her crib she sleeps a total of 12 hours if she isn’t swaddled like during the day naps I don’t swaddle she sleeps 20min tops every hour she also gets cereal and it fills her up and she sleep better not so restless

Unfortunately it sounds like you got a normal baby. Most don’t sleep all night by 6 weeks. Only 1 of mine out of 3 has (3 weeks). Sorry mama. You gotta learn to try and nap during the day too!

At 6 weeks they have a recession that can last a few weeks,sleep should improve :heart: but at that age it is completely normal to not sleep through the night.

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Lol. My youngest is almost 20 months old and doesn’t sleep through the night

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My son didn’t sleep through the night until he was like… 2? I’m 21 weeks and I pray to God this baby is a good sleeper.

All babies are different. My 4th took 10m to sleep through the night my 5th was 2m . My 6th is 4m and he rarely sleeps through the night . I don’t sleep train I feed when hungry

Most babies are up every few hours to be fed and changed. Sleep when your baby sleeps

Omg 6 weeks old, oh mamma you ain’t sleeping for years lol

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Thats normal. You also need to try napping during the day when baby is sleeping too.

They should be eating every 2-3 hours. 4 tops.

What I will say is maybe try swaddling if you’re not already

Truthfully newborns should not be sleeping through the night. They are biologically supposed to wake up. It also sounds like he is going through a developmental leap!

Warm compress on the tummy and gas relief drops helped my twin grandsons

at 6 weeks they start to get bored lol move around, go outside if you don’t:)

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You don’t… Babies are made to wake up.

6 week old babies don’t sleep thru the night.
Sleep when they baby does. Good luck, it’s hard.

You don’t… Your baby is 6 weeks old :neutral_face: they are supposed to wake up every 2-4 hours to feed

Why are parents trying to rush their baby to sleep through the night? Mind boggling how this topic keeps coming up :unamused:

Have your significant other help you, nap when baby does, ask for help… your baby could be going through a sleep regression or could possibly have colic…

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You don’t. Baby is only 6 weeks old. It is not developmentally appropriate.
I would research the 4th trimester!
Baby wakes up to feed, and they constantly because their brains and bodies are growing rapidly.
Waking up is also a survival instinct.

I am an advocate for safe cosleeping or bedsharing. Safe sleep seven.

Biologically Normal Infant & Toddler Sleep is a great group.

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My daughter started sleeping through the night at six weeks old. We do a little oatmeal before bed and then a bottle. She gets swaddled and we use white noise. Best sleeper I could ask for.

Mix a little bit of cereal or mashed potatoes in his formula. They might not be getting and staying satisfied through the night. Only at night though. Don’t want to throw off eating

Try to swaddle them and it could help but he should still wake up once to eat and if he likes a pacifier try using that

My son didn’t sleep through the night until 11 months old :sweat_smile: and even then it wasn’t every night

:joy: my 3 & 4 year olds still don’t sleep though the night

Babies are not supposed to sleep through the night

My daughter is a little over a month & waking up to eat every 3 hours or so

My 9 month doesn’t sleep through the night so the time yet either.

it’s not healthy (in most cases) for babies to sleep through the night. You should wake them up to feed them.

Stop watching movies where babies sleep through the night, it’s not reality.