[bekah876]

Peyton is now 2 weeks old. She still has her days and nights mixed up which means long nights for me. When she is awake at night she is fussy almost like she is fighting sleep. When she does finally fall asleep I will lay her down for her to wake up 15 to 20 minutes later and the process starts all over again. Sometimes I find it easier to just hold her so that she will sleep a little bit longer. Are there any tricks for me to try to help her sleep at night or to help her get her days and nights on track?

[tickle]

Are you breast feeding ?

And how many feedings are you giving her a night ?

The answer may lie in how content she is after feedings. You absolutely have to be available to her and realize she is only two weeks old, for her feeding schedule. Usually every three to six hours. Eventually she will catch on but you have to be patient, sleep when she does so you don't get stressed out. When you are anxious, stressed, she will be too so the better rested you are in these early days will benefit both of you.

Your spouse should be helping you too get some sleep and with the new baby and if you are breast feeding you can still supplement with a small bottle of formula which he can offer her to relieve you.

[bekah876]

I am breastfeeding. I try to keep her on a 3 hour schedule during the day and whenever she seems hungry at night I feed her. My husband helps as much as possible. I don't want to supplement with a bottle until breastfeeding has been well established.
I just didn't know if there were any special tricks to helping these little ones get things figured out or to helping them fall asleep. She fights her sleep with everything she has got at night.
Every now and then she has a good night. Lucky for me last night was a good one. I will see how tonight goes.

[DoulaLC]

Watch for hunger cues and feed her more often in the day if need be. You may want to wake her after 2 hours during the day... or sooner, if you are still trying to establish breastfeeding and build your supply. If you notice her thrusting her tongue out, lip smacking, sucking on her fists, becoming a bit more animated, these are often hunger cues. Crying it the last one! If you aren't already, many new babies do well with being swaddled at night... quite snuggly and with some background noise... could be white noise, womb sounds, etc.
If you are comfortable with it, maybe consider a co-sleeper. There are ones that go on your bed and ones that attach to the side. Many breastfeeding mothers find they and baby sleep better, or get more rest, when baby is close by.