Sleep for newborn???

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How do you get a newborn to sleep more in the evening than they do during the day? Asking as a very tired mother of a two week old lol I know babies are suppose to sleep 14-18 hours a day but I feel like my little one is up most during the night which is alrdy frustrating at 2 weeks old... any tips or ideas on keeping him up during the day???

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It’s normal for them to have days and nights confused at first. I read that you should treat the days and nights differently. Meaning during the day keep the lights on, don’t stay quiet just because the baby is sleeping, stay active and move around. At night keep it dark and quiet. Don’t talk to your baby when you get them up to eat/change.

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I use a heating pad to warm the bassinet before "bedtime" and every time she gets up to eat I rewarm it... During the day she doesn't get the extra warm, so she's not as cozy and up more lol

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I’ve also read that before bed time feed them with dimmed lights and right before placing down for bed is when you change them into pjs and in morning put them in day clothes to get into that routine.

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Yep same as Emily said. Also you can go on walks, go outside, run the vacuum, and other things that after noisy to teach the day/night difference.

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I would love to know too. We are struggling over here. My baby is also two weeks and his days and nights are mixed up.

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We never baby proofed the house. My mom always said do your normal routine. So vacuum, shut doors, do dishes, watch tv. Don't be super quiet because you have a newborn. And then during the day just try to keep them awake every so often with you if they can. We do tummy time and just talk to the baby while holding them. I have 3 other little ones so they usually keep the baby up. But the first week especially the baby really need to just sleep. Birth is just as traumatizing and exhausting to them.

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With my first, he got used to a day and night rhythm pretty quickly. We treated both differently. At night, we wouldn't turn on the lights and were as quiet as possible and went right back to bed while during the day everything was bright and "loud" and we would go on walks or shop or stuff like that

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No clue! Ftm, being induced next week! But good luck momma! You got this! 💪🏾💪🏾❤️

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