My new born son 24 days is fine for the most part. However, he tends to get very restless especially after midnight. He doesn't sleep for at least 3 hours (usually from 1 am to 4 or 5 am).

His behavior makes me wonder if he is sick , He starts panting and throws up his little arms and legs in the air as if something is bothering him. He doesn't cry though. He wants to be held and is constantly throwing his arms and legs.

After this he usually falls as asleep early morning and sleeps and feeds well through out the day except for these 3 hours.

I've tried everything like feeding him, changing him, holding him. But he doesn't seem to stop this behavior.

Has anyone else faced similar situation? He has done this for more than 4 days now.

Thanks in advance

This is very normal. There nervous system is not fully developed therefore babies arms and legs often jerk while sleeping causing them to wake. Do you swaddle him? That would help alot. You need to make the swaddle tight but obviously not too tight. Maybe even get a swaddle blanket. I think that will help. Don't be alarmed they eventually stop jerking and sleep much more peacefully.

My dd was the SAME way ...up from 11-1 !.......

until I found the 'art of swaddling'!!!!1

Really .....as soon as I swaddled her, she

could not swing her little arms or kick

and she calmed down 'immediately'~

It was amazing!!! I swaddle her and

then I put her in the 'baby papasan'

chair and put the little blanket

that comes with it over her and

tuck in the sides......

-she is now ~3 months and
sleeps 8 hrs a night!

Every baby is different ....so try different things~

~ 'Swaddling' worked wonders for me~***

Thanks for responding. I have tried swaddling too, but he gets his hands out. May be I should perfect the art of swaddling.

My ds eventually would get his arms out too. After he was a little bit older I got him a sleep postioner and put him on his side. The night I put him on his side was the first night he really slept. The positioner helped keep him in place and off his tummy.

There are two parts to effective swaddling (at least as I learned it).

This effectively "burritos" the baby so to say.

Use two receiving blankets.

1) Loosely swaddle the baby with the arms at their sides and legs pulled up (like a frog).

2) With the second blanket, swaddle them more snuggly, taking care to tuck the first side well under the baby.

I know it is hard to describe online, but this method does work. I never successfully swaddled a baby until my son was in the NICU. These ladies (and a few gentlemen) were burrito making experts....lol. I learned to perfect the art of swaddling through the arm holes in the isolette (aka the incubator).

This method should keep your baby from wrestling loose (at least for awhile).

Amy

Yes, definitely learn to tightly swaddle that baby. I had the exact same problem when my son came home a few weeks ago. You want to keep their arms down at their sides. Don't be afraid to pull the blanket tight - you are not going to hurt him.

Someone on here told me about The Miracle Blanket and I bought one. Depending on where you live, you might be able to find one at a store near by (Babies R Us does not have it). You can order them on-line. They are really great and make swaddling so easy.

My son is 5 weeks old and can't even nap without being swaddled. He sleeps swaddled in his swing and when we go to visit people, he sleeps swaddled in his car seat.

It took me two weeks of sleepless nights to figure this out!:dizzy: