My almost 3 month old is still not sleeping at night

I have read every book out there and nothing is working.

She seems to wake up at least every 2.5 hours on MOST days - sometimes we get 3. We had a one week stretch where she did 5.5 hours but that stopped pretty abruptly, ironically after her vaccinations at 2 months.

I am nursing and am not against giving her formula but I tried it a few times and it only made her spit up.

I swaddled her in the beginning weeks, stopped for a while b/c she was resisting it and now tried it again but she screams in the miracle blanket.

It wouldn't bother me so much but I read online here and elsewhere that they should be sleeping longer stretches. I am tired and don't have the energy to play with her the way I want - I look forward to her naps sometimes and that breaks my hurt to want my baby asleep

Any advice? I am going back to work soon and need to get her to get some rest at night.

Re: My almost 3 month old is still not sleeping at night

Did you try mixing the breast milk (do you pump?) with the formula? What kind of formula are you using?

I find that sometimes the more my son naps during the day... the better he sleeps at night. Is she napping enough during the day?

ETA: Don't feel bad about wanting her to nap. I think all of us mothers look forward to their naps so we can get our stuff done or have time to ourselves.

Message edited 9/24/2008 11:04:19 AM.

Re: My almost 3 month old is still not sleeping at night

How often does she eat during the day? I found that feeding my daughter every 3 hours during the day (even if she was sleeping and I had to wake her) really helped to put her on a schedule, and fill her up so she wasn't waking up hungry.

Re: My almost 3 month old is still not sleeping at night

I totally feel your pain. DD is 4 months and will give us one four hour stretch at night and is then up every three hours. I obviously dont haven any advice, since I am still suffering, but I think my DD's problem is she isnt eating enough during the day. She nurses every time she gets up during the night. I have tried giving her formula, but she usually wont take the bottle. Hang in there! I dont think this can last forever.

Re: My almost 3 month old is still not sleeping at night

Do you pump? I would try pumping and making her last bottle before bedtime a little bit bigger. Also - do you have a consistent night-time routine for her? We found that was essential.

Re: My almost 3 month old is still not sleeping at night

I feel your pain, my 8 week old daughter is up every 2 hours!

Every book says to put them asleep drowsy but she hates it!! I feel like she is still too young.

Maybe just waiting it out until they get older will help?