days and nights switched--anything I can do about it?

[LiLStar]

Am I just SOL here? my first 2 babies slept all night long, waking to be changed and nurse then would go right back to sleep, with few exceptions. baby 3 does the opposite. sleeps all day long, waking (or being woken!) to be changed and nurse, then back to sleep. he's 3 weeks tomorrow. When does this end?! He'll be up twice in the night for at least 2 hours each time, then one more awake stretch that would legitimately be a good time to get up for the day if i'd actually slept at night. then he's asleep for the day by 10-noonish. During the day I keep him out in the main part of the house with lights on, around the chaos of the other kids. I keep the bedroom dark at night. I wake him regularly to change and sometimes potty, and nurse. He just goes right back to sleep. Today I was desperate and drank a nice big glass of mountain dew (right after having a glass of coke) and I avoid caffeine especially while nursing because i've noticed it keeps my babies awake. So I hoped maybe my caffeinated milk would keep him up all day and give him a night time "crash"...sleepy as ever :/ I can't make a tired baby wake up, and I can't make an alert baby sleep. is there anything beyond waiting for him to outgrow it? How long does this take? 

[Mama2ChicknLil]

From my experience with other mommies, the reverse cycling sometimes let up after a growth spurt, and if you haven't hit the 3 week(ish) one you might be closer to normal cycles than you think...If you have, you may have another couple of weeks to go.

In any case, is there ever a time when dh or a friend can take over for a couple of hours? Maybe after dh gets home from work? Get the kids to bed and then leave him with baby and have him bring you baby only nurse for a few hours?

In any case, you're so fresh out of the gate...the first month is baby boot camp, even if you've done it a million times before :)

Deep breaths and heck...go get yourself a venti drip at Starbucks if necessary. If it doesnt bother your baby at the very least it will give you some energy to get through the day.

Good Luck mama!

[lifeguard]

Ugh - we are living it too. Ds did it at around 3-4 weeks - I tried hard to keep things dark & quiet at night & bright & noisy during the day - was totally unconvinced it did anything. When he switched it was instant, in one day it was completely different.

Dd has been doing it now for a few weeks (she's 8 weeks now) & believe me our days are noisy! She is hauled all over the world for ds' activities, to the store, whatever but it doesn't seem to really phase her. The past 2 nights she "seems" to have switched to sleeping at night (I don't trust it until it's been at least a week) - I'm hopeful.

My neighbour said to turn the baby end over end & put them to sleep with their heads the "wrong" direction - old wives tale but I'll try almost anything when I'm this tired...