Bed Time - Lakeland,FL

It's really hard to answer this question when you don't mention the age of the baby. I'm guessing you have an infant. If it's a brand new newborn, keep in mind they have a 24 hour cycle, not a day cycle and a night cycle. At night time when a baby needs to be fed, it's best to just take care of business and no other stimulation - no talking to or playing with the baby, keep the lights very dim, don't watch tv during feeding. The other thing is that it's okay for baby to be up. If she's not crying and you know she's not hungry, it's fine for her to just hang out in the crib in her own room or pack n play in the living room so mom and dad can get some sleep.
Good luck!

Maybe she is getting stimulated. No talking to her and No lights (far away ambiant light ok) just get her feed her change her and back to bed.

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My little ones use to do the same thing to me. It can get frustrating. Once you feed her, lay her back in the crib and let her lay there and coo and make noises it won't hurt her. She will eventually tire herself out. That is what I did with my youngest one. I would feed him and lay him back down. For the most part it took just about an hour and out like a light. But I never stayed in the room, because he knew that I would stay there to make sure that he would fall asleep and that would just keep him up, I guess in his little mind he thought that was his job, to entertain me. Just lay her down and walk out of the room, she will be fine. If she starts to fuss, let her fuss a little it won't hurt her. You and your wife will know the difference in a fuss and a full blown not happy come and get me cry.

Good luck.

S.
SAHM to 3 boys

It will all pass, it's normal.

How old is she?

I'm guessing she is fairly close to newborn. If so, that is pretty much what mine did. Sleeping wasn't about night and day, it was about wake up, eat, play, sleep when tired again. There was a period where my husband and I actually slept opposite each other, and he would just bring my son in to nurse, then take him back in the other room while I slept more. Then we switched off. When he had to go back to work, it was tough. I don't really remember it now, it is kind of a blur. (he works out of state so it was worse than tough actually, I think I've blocked it out- lol)

Some people co-sleep, and I think this is a big part of the reason why. Babies sleep easier when being held. I could never do that with a newborn, I was too nervous about it. I did sometimes sleep in a chair holding mine, just make sure she is very secure and won't fall if you loosen your grip. Boppies are great for that. If your daughter is content to lay in her bassinet or whatever, you can leave her in that awake while you sleep.

If she is older, you can start sleep training. But that isn't usually started until about 6 mos. So her age will make a difference on what you should try.

During the day follow the eat, wake, sleep routine. But at night after you feed put her right back to bed. It may take some extra rocking to get her to go back to bed but strive for no stimulation at night time like the last mom suggested. It might take a week or so of doing this but it will resolve itself.

make sure that when you get up to feed her there is little to no stimulation. If you are bottle feeding make the bottle then go in to get her, leave the lights down low and change her diaper. Good luck.