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My 2 week old sucks at sleeping 😭 we try to watch wake windows and sleep cues but she only gets about 1-3 short naps a day and then is awake most of the night. It’s been so hard and idk how to fix it

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I’m 3 weeks in with twins and the trick I’ve found is figuring out their schedule first then adjusting to it after it’s become more routine.

I use the huckleberry app to track every time they eat. At first I would track how much they cried to eat and then after I saw the pattern I started beating them to the cry’s by waking them up before they alerted me. Then I started extending these wake times by 15-30 minute increments. Now we’re at a 3.5 hour sleep between each feeding time and at night we’re at a 5 hour sleep time.

It’ll take time but its all about learning it together. It really bonded me in a way with my babies. I hope it does the same for you ❤️

i had that problem the first couple days bc they have their day and nights switched.
but i started the day i got home- i would wake him up by 7/8am, feed, keep him in the main area of the house even during naps so it was active, bright ( open all blinds) put him in his chair etc & we’re a week and a half now and its MUCH better!

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