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sunflowerjesss
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Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
Ryan is 8 weeks (will be 2 months on the 24th).
He has kind of made his own schedule:
Out of bed 7:30ish
Nurse
Hang out till about 10am then nurse to sleep
sleeps till about 1pm (3 hours)
Nurse
Hang out till about 4 then nurse to sleep
sleeps till about 6 (2 hours)
Nurse
Hang out till bath time (between 7:30 and 8)
Nurse to sleep (falls asleep about 9)
Wakes up at 2 am to nurse
Sleeps till about 5am I'll nurse him trying to get him to go back to sleep but it's a battle. He'll usually fall back asleep somewhere between 6 and 6:30 only for about an hour.
I EBF but have been pumping so I have a bit of a supply in the freezer. I'm not returning to work either so I'm willing to use what I have in reserve.
Does this schedule seem normal? Any advice as to how to go about cutting out some of the middle of the night "up-ness"?
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shellybean
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
yes sleep eat sleep eat...sounds firmiliar at 8 weeks...haha
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| Posted 8/23/08 12:51 PM |
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sunflowerjesss
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
bumping for more advice
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| Posted 8/23/08 3:38 PM |
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Laura1976
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Laura
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
pretty darn good for an 8 week old. What kind of advice are you looking for?
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| Posted 8/23/08 3:59 PM |
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Heather617
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
Totally normal...Typically at this age they make there own schedule...Eat, sleep when they want
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| Posted 8/23/08 4:12 PM |
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sunflowerjesss
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
Posted by Laura1976
pretty darn good for an 8 week old. What kind of advice are you looking for?
Ummm...maybe how to extend his night naps?
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| Posted 8/23/08 5:45 PM |
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sasha96
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
Sounds similar to my 9 week old...only thing is at night DD usually sleeps until at least 4:30ish for her first feeding, but the last two nights she slept all the way through until 6:30am. I pray it stays that way!!!! I have no advice though b/c I don't think we did anything differently to bring this about.
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| Posted 8/23/08 5:55 PM |
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nickipa
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
I think it sounds like you are doing great!
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| Posted 8/23/08 6:28 PM |
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
Posted by sunflowerjesss
Posted by Laura1976
pretty darn good for an 8 week old. What kind of advice are you looking for?
Ummm...maybe how to extend his night naps?
He will grow into that on his own! 
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| Posted 8/23/08 9:03 PM |
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Laura1976
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
Posted by sunflowerjesss
Posted by Laura1976
pretty darn good for an 8 week old. What kind of advice are you looking for?
Ummm...maybe how to extend his night naps?
little bellies need filling up a lot. As he gets a little older he'll be able to sleep longer.
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| Posted 8/23/08 9:33 PM |
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Kelly9904
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
Posted by Kerie-is-so-very
Posted by sunflowerjesss
Posted by Laura1976
pretty darn good for an 8 week old. What kind of advice are you looking for?
Ummm...maybe how to extend his night naps?
He will grow into that on his own!
Only thing you can do is give him more time....
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| Posted 8/23/08 9:43 PM |
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sunflowerjesss
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
Posted by Laura1976
Posted by sunflowerjesss
Posted by Laura1976
pretty darn good for an 8 week old. What kind of advice are you looking for?
Ummm...maybe how to extend his night naps?
little bellies need filling up a lot. As he gets a little older he'll be able to sleep longer.
Little belly? He's just a few ounces shy of 12lbs already  
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| Posted 8/23/08 9:45 PM |
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shapla79
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
He sounds pretty normal. I would just follow his cue and eventually he'll sleep more at night. For DS, it was like a light bulb went off in his head one night (around 2 1/2 months) and he just decided to sleep!
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| Posted 8/24/08 8:29 AM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
That was pretty much my schedule at 8 months. The only reason why I remember it was I had 2 of them on the same schedule.
The only difference is that I would dream feed them at 11pm-12am so there was no 2am wake up.
Dream feed = if they are movable & will stay asleep, pick them up & nurse them, put them back down. If you're not nursing, feed them the bottle in the crib while they sleep.
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| Posted 8/24/08 10:37 AM |
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aliwnec10
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Re: Does this sound normal for 8 weeks?
that's pretty much the same schedule as my son! Seems normal to me...
But i don't see us getting rid of the 2a-3am feeding anytime soon. I'm just glad that he sleeps from 9pm until 2-3am now! 
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| Posted 8/24/08 5:38 PM |
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