MSE Parents Club Part 7

elle_gee

Does anyone think there's any truth in the theory (dunno who's theory exactly, I heard it from a friend) that babies born in the evening sleep better at night and babies born in the morning sleep during the day but not at night - sleeping straight after birth due to getting over the shock of it all..

Rhys was born at 8am and sleeps in in the morning (well, used to!) and doesn't sleep at night, whereas my friend's baby was born at 5pm and has always been a good sleeper at night

newmoneysaver_2

Just caught up but I'm not sticking around. Liam had a unsettled night, really clingy, sleepy and generally not himself. He kept nodding ff but waking screaming after about 20 mins or so and then falling back asleep after being settled by me or daddy. He also got a bit of fluff in his eye which had to be removed. That resulted in lots of screaming and an upset Mummy. It took a swsaddle blanket, a bottle and damp cotton wool to get it out He's in bed now, looking all peaceful and hasn't woken up screaming yet!

angelfairy

elle_gee wrote: »

Does anyone think there's any truth in the theory (dunno who's theory exactly, I heard it from a friend) that babies born in the evening sleep better at night and babies born in the morning sleep during the day but not at night - sleeping straight after birth due to getting over the shock of it all..

Rhys was born at 8am and sleeps in in the morning (well, used to!) and doesn't sleep at night, whereas my friend's baby was born at 5pm and has always been a good sleeper at night

i'm not sure elle,

LO was born at 7.50am and is not a good sleeper at any time of the day/night

xx

My_Fathers_Daughter

Have added my experience, just to compare:

weezl74 wrote: »

ok, maybe this will help, cos I really think children who are very high in rhythmicity are quite easy to spot and I think Fergus is one! Some examples:

In utero he woke and kicked at 7.30 am every day.

Benjamin was always very active during the day when I was at work - he used to kick the hell out of me during meetings!! He never once woke me in the night kicking UNLESS I was squashing him!!

He has never pooed in the afternoon or at night and usually between 9.30 and 10.30 am.

Benjamin now poos religiously at every meal!!

He naps for 45 mins and you can set a watch by it :rotfl:

Benjamin used to be 40 mins but this is now 30 mins - again you can set a watch by it - I think the reduction is due to the fact that I have a shower during his morning nap (when I know he is settled - say 10 mins) and I disturb him when I go back into the bedroom 20 mins later - no matter how quiet I try to be!!

Rhythmical children really notice when something is not as it usually is, and when DH wore contacts instead of specs once, fergie kept reaching out and patting DH's eyelids where the specs usually are.

Benjamin actually broke my specs because I wear contacts all the time and when I started to give him his breakfast in specs he was so irritated by them he lunged for them every time I got close enough

Does any of this help at all!?

Also - his eyes roll at 9am, 11am and 1pm (give or take half an hour) and if I don't catch him and settle him for sleep then our whole day can be b00gered by it!!

His 3pm eye-roll he can do without!

weezl74

angelfairy wrote: »

hmmm.... LO is nothing like that at all.

what she will do one day, she wont do the next (sleeping/waking/napping etc)

maybe i am being selfish becuase a routine would work better for me so i could get things done

ah! I see I don't think it harms a child to be low rhythmicity and live with a routine parent, cos I guess they can let you know if it's not what they want to do

I think it's only shown to have an adverse effect (rarely) the other way round, but I'll do a bit more reading cos that's a really good point and I wonder how our new baby will cope if s/he is very non-routine and has to live around me and fergus :rotfl:

weezl74

yep! MFD I reckon you have a high rhythmicity baby too!

Incidentally I don't feel routine or non-routine or low rhythmicity or high rhythmicity are better or worse than each other. Just lovely differences between people.

angelfairy

oh i am even more confused (not sure that is the right word) now............

LO used to kick only at work when i was too close to the desk, but she would constantly spin around day or late evening. i was never woken by her when i was asleep though.

there seems to be no pattern to LO's pooing, other than she can do one and then within an hour another, but that is not always the case.

i can spot when she is tired, but she will have none of being settled until she is ready (usually when she is completely over tired) and then sleeps for anything from 20mins - 90mins (and that can depend on whether she is being held or put in the carry cot).

redmel1621

Just a quick reply to elle.. My three were born; 8.25pm, 8.35pm, 8.08pm yes strange I know... Anyway ds1 pretty good sleeper, ds2 awful, awful sleeper, ds3 amazing sleeper... Not sure if any of that helps that theory?

Weezl- pm shortly:)

My_Fathers_Daughter

elle_gee wrote: »

Does anyone think there's any truth in the theory (dunno who's theory exactly, I heard it from a friend) that babies born in the evening sleep better at night and babies born in the morning sleep during the day but not at night - sleeping straight after birth due to getting over the shock of it all..

Rhys was born at 8am and sleeps in in the morning (well, used to!) and doesn't sleep at night, whereas my friend's baby was born at 5pm and has always been a good sleeper at night

Benjamin was born at 7.55am and has slept for 6 hours per night most nights since he came home

Unfortunately those 6 hours are usually when I am awake :rotfl:



I find that the more I need/want Benjamin to sleep the less chance I have of getting him to do so. The more I get stressed the less likely he is ever going to drop off because he feels my tension. I need to be relaxed and suddenly I have a sleeping baby.

angelfairy

mfd and elle - spooky that our babies were born at similar times in the morning