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My baby sleeps most of the day & stays up until 3am. If I force her to stay awake during the days she’s constantly whining or wanting to be held. Any advice on helping her figure out her days and nights? She’ll go to sleep around 3am & wake up around 1pm. I just need my sleep.

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Try and get a routine going. Like for us we have a toddler and newborn so we stuck to his routine. 7 am we wake up and go downstairs. The tv is on, shades are opened so it’s lit and loud. We do tummy time and talk to her and she will eat on demand and sleep as she pleases. By 6 pm we are eating dinner and then bathe our toddler so after he’s down by 7 pm I will put her in her swing so we can go shower and I put her in a swaddle blanket or a love to dream swaddle and I only do this at night. Then I keep just a small lamp on, quiet everything down and she will nurse, get burped and changed and swaddled again and laid in her bassinet to sleep. She’s only 3 weeks old and will sleep 3-4 hours during the night. During the day she wakes every 1.5-2 hours to nurse. This has helped us so much. Every baby is different though and what works for us may not work for you.

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I agree with what was already said... it’s important to make dayside bright and noisy vs nighttime is quiet and dark. I would work on bumping her awake and sleep time back by an hour or so each day. Within a week you’ll have her flipped to where she needs to be. You’ve got this momma!

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I keep his room dark when it's bedtime around 9pm. I pull them open around 9-10am to show him it's daytime and I talk to him. At night when I feed him, it's silence no talking. I also don't put him back in his bedroom until it's bedtime or his afternoon nap. Once we're up, put him on toys and keep him active most afternoon. Also, I've seen that swaddling in a blanket at night for bed helps.

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Not sure if you have Instagram but I follow takingcarababies and she has really helpful tips for sleeping

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