1sttimemom

My baby is now 2 weeks old and I'm having some sleep problems. She falls asleep while feeding all the time. I try to keep her awake but she will not keep her eyes open. Now she needs to feed or suck on something to go to sleep. Or she need to be held. Then the minute I put her down she crys. Should I let her cry herself to sleep? I read that you shouldn't do that. But I don't know what else to do? I'm spending all my time trying to keep her awake for feedings and trying to get her to go to sleep without having to be held or rocked or sucking on something....

PLEASE HELP!!! I don't want to encourage a bad sleeping or feeding pattern.

toriaaaaTRASH

At 2 weeks old I don't believe they have a sleeping or feeding pattern. My little one is sort of developing one now, and I hate it. She is always awake from 11pm untill 5am. I know there's nothing I can do about it yet. I can't let her cry, if she's crying I will cuddle her.

If you hold her for long enough, will she not be too asleep to wake up?

Samantha675

Right now it is totally normal for her to be doing this. One of my baby books says that until about 2 months of age a baby is not really mentally capable of soothing themselves to sleep, so do what ever it takes to get the down. My son would always fall asleep while feeding, and in is only in the last week or so, that I can get him to sleep with rocking. Remember that up until just 2 weeks ago your little girl was used to every moveent you made and round the clock food. It will take awhile for her to get used to being a seperate person.

Margerle

It is my suggestion that you not worry about ANY SLEEPING PATTERNS until at least 3-4 MONTHS of age.

Your baby is still learning to trust you as her caregiver. If you allow her to cry it out she doesn't KNOW you are waiting in the next room while she cries. She only knows that she isn't getting any response for her hunger, pain, lonliness, etc.

A baby this young won't become spoiled or have any problems you don't have right now. IOW You'd have to 'teach' her to sleep on her own now as much as in 3-4 months. Neither time is easy, yet if you wait, she has learned to trust you as her caregiver, AND she is better equiped and more mature in self soothing.

JMHO.

Margerle

Yeah what she said!

1sttimemom

Oh good..I was hoping you would say that. Well here to letting her fall asleep on the boob again...ahhhh-it is sooo much easier!

oOKayOo

TBH i let my daughter cry it out , obviously it only last 5-10 mins then she is asleep ( if any more i will soothe her), i know when she is tierd and she always will fall asleep on me then i put her down and she will cry. I dont want a clingy baby what with having a toddler to look after to, so now she just falls asleep when i put her down cos she knows she doesnt need mummy to hold her while she sleeps , she can do it on her own.
i dont see nothing wrong with it as my mum did it and so on. I have done it with both girls and from an early age the sleep through the night and go to bed at certain times.