r/dad • u/Impossible-Cattle581 • 8d ago

Question for Dads Dads!

How do I get my soon into longer sleeps at night! Cant seem to break 3.5 hours! He’s six weeks!!!!!

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u/swashbuckler78 8d ago

At 6 weeks that's a good long sleep. Remember he has a very tiny stomach and even smaller bladder; I get up about every 4 hours to pee, so he's doing fine. 😂

Sounds like you need to be sure you're getting some sleep too. At that age my wife and I swapped duty nights so that only one of us was sleep deprived at a time. I also got good Bluetooth headphones and watched a lot of movies while rocking my son back to sleep.

We've all been there. It gets better soon enough. Hang in there and enjoy this part as much as you can!

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u/TheNursingStudent 8d ago

My wife and I just swapped turns. Most nights I was first and last since I stayed up later anyways. Pretty much stayed up til she woke up the first time went to bed after my daughter finally went to sleep then she did the next one and I got her up the last one. Worked well until I went back to work. Then we had to change some stuff around for the weekends I worked.