How do we do that though if she needs to be held to sleep

One thing we aren’t doing is doing naps in the bedroom. We were told that day should be bright and active since she is still developing a circadian rhythm. Should she be sleeping in the same room for naps and nighttime?.

Honestly these are all things we are currently doing. She is just so resistant to sleeping if she doesn’t want to. We try to encourage correct wake windows and cap her naps but then she is just angry for when it comes sleep time and becomes overtired crying nonstop and it creates a cycle of not sleeping then sleeping too much.

1. You mentioned her wake windows aren’t typically long, but also said she’s awake from about 9 am until 1 pm. Could you clarify what happens during this time? For example, do you feed her around 9 am and then spend the next 4 hours trying to soothe her to sleep while she cries? Or does she initially fall asleep feeding, wake shortly after in…

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1. Have you started waking her at a consistent time each morning? If so, what time? We assumed she was too young for a sleep schedule. We wake her for feeds during the day and let her wake us when she needs to eat at night. Normally my husband gets her in the morning around 9 am when she’s crying around that time.
2. Is she starting to stay awake…

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I am a first time mom and have no idea what is normal for baby sleep, so I don’t know if my daughters routine is okay or if something is wrong and we are setting her up for issues.

My daughter is now 5 weeks old. Most of her days consist of us waking her every 3 hours (we are doing longer now because the dr said she is gaining weight well) to…

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