Never wake a sleeping baby?

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I'm curious what people's stance on waking a sleeping baby (from nap) to help promote longer/better sleeping at night. My son is 3 weeks old and is wide awake from 3-5:30 am every morning. Should I decrease his day-time naps? Any other tactics? Thanks in advance from a first-time mom!

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At 3 weeks old you cant make a baby have a sleep schedule.  And if you try you're going to he highly frustrated and disappointed.  Do yourself a favor and just go with it.

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Sleep promotes sleep, so by waking them you are more likely to cause bigger problems

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He is so little he needs to get his sleep when he can. Baby’s are up all night, that’s just how it goes lol

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Thank you, everyone. Being a new mom is so overwhelming!

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I wouldn’t wake a newborn and there is no rhyme or reason to their sleeping schedule just yet. That comes with age. That said, I have woken up my first two babies and will continue to wake my baby now if they sleep too long or too late for a nap. I don’t do so until they’re much older though—well past 6 months of age.

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There’s nothing you can do to make a baby that young sleep longer at night, but keeping them awake longer during the day is the WORST thing you can do. An overtired baby is generally an unsettled sleeper. 
I only started waking my kids from naps when they were older, were in s good sleeping routine, and were napping too close to bedtime (older than 6 months)

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At 3 weeks old I would wake my baby after 3 hours in the day. I also made sure he spent lots of time in the living room with the blinds open and lights on. Newborns can have night and day confusion, that’s probably why your little one is up at night.

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You can't have a routine with a newborn. Actually you won't be able to have one before getting past the two month mark.
So you just have to live with it. Babies that age have no clue what night and day is.

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I didnt sleep train my baby. Around 2 months old she started sleeping through the night.  
Now I feed her a bottle around 830-930 and she sleeps until 7-9 am.!!

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I know it sounds counterintuitive, but at that age the more they nap, the better they sleep at night! Otherwise they may get over tired and be even harder to get to sleep.

Never wake a sleeping baby?

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