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#SLEEPLESS 2 WEEK OLD BABY HOW TO#

Do not receive good medical care while pregnant.Being born early and having a low birth weight increase a baby's chances of SIDS.ĭuring pregnancy, mothers also affect their babies' risk of SIDS, especially if they: Babies who live with smokers have a higher risk of SIDS. Babies with siblings who died of SIDS are at higher risk of SIDS. For reasons that aren't well understood, SIDS occurs more often in Black, Native American and Alaska Native infants. Infants are at higher risk between the second and fourth months of life. Boys are slightly more likely than girls to die of SIDS. But researchers have found several factors that might raise the risk. Being too warm while sleeping can increase a baby's risk of SIDS. But it may help if the infant sleeps in a separate bed in the same room with parents. The risk of SIDS rises if a baby sleeps in the same bed with parents, siblings or pets. Lying face down on a fluffy comforter, a soft mattress or a waterbed can block an infant's airway. Babies placed in these positions to sleep might have more trouble breathing than those placed on their backs.

A cold may lead to breathing problems.Ī baby's sleeping position, items in the crib and other conditions may increase the risk of SIDS.

Many infants who died of SIDS had recently had a cold. The baby may have less control over such automatic processes as breathing and heart rate. Being born early or being part of a multiple birth increases the chances that a baby's brain hasn't fully developed at birth. In many of these babies, the part of the brain that controls breathing and waking up from sleep hasn't developed enough to work properly. Some infants are born with problems that make them more likely to die of SIDS. Physical factors associated with SIDS include: For a how-to video on our AMAZING side-settling technique (perfect for babies right up to 3 or 4 months), click HERE.Both physical and sleep factors put an infant at risk of SIDS.

#SLEEPLESS 2 WEEK OLD BABY HOW TO#

For more tips on how to settle your baby to sleep, check out THIS article.

Don't beat yourself up if your baby isn't sleeping in their bassinet for all their sleeps - front packs are GOLD for new babies.

Allowing your baby to actually fall asleep on their own (when they're good and sleepy) is the best way to make sure they are capable of this skill later on, when they’ll really need to be able to do it. BUT at the newbie stage, it's more important to focus on getting them to sleep in the first place, no matter how you have to do it.

Swaddle them, play loud white noise (think vacuum cleaner loud), have them in a dark room, use movement – like swaying, bouncing, (a stroller or ride in the car if all else fails).

Your aim when settling your bub or getting them to stay asleep is to replicate the sensations of the womb – this is all they’ve known for so long, of course they find it comforting.

Your baby's awake times change all the time, so the awake time for a 2 week old baby is different to the awake time a 6 week old baby needs.

BUT undertiredness is a thing too! And trying to put your baby to bed before they've had enough awake time can mean they also refuse settling and sleeping.

Anything over that and they’ll definitely end up overtired and you’ll find it super tricky to get them to go to sleep.

And the amount of time they can stay awake between sleeps is small – like 1.5 hours maximum.

Just looking at their own mother’s face is about as much stimulation as your newbie can cope with.

However once this sleepiness wears off they are at risk of getting overstimulated very easily.

You’ll think “yessss I’ve got a good sleeper”…

In the first few days or even weeks your baby will still be so exhausted from the birth that they will be quite sleepy.