Suggestion for 7 week old baby - Sleep issues

Hello Mum’s,

My 7 week old daughter is very fussy and does not want to sleep in her crib/cot .

As soon as I put her down she starts grunting and crying within minutes.

These days she is having very short naps like 15 to 20 min max

I tried swaddle ,sleeping bag , white noise but nothing seems to work.

Anyone had face similar baby sleeping issues?

If yes, keen to hear what you tried and what worked?

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Sorry to hear that. Are you putting her in asleep or awake? I’m no expert as my baby is 7 weeks on Wednesday, I think it’s a phase they go through around 6-8 weeks as it’s another growth spurt apparently?

I'm having the same problem. I think mine struggles with pain in his tummy with wind and when he poos. But i know they also go through this fussy stage about now. Sorry I have no suggestions but following as have the same problems. Good luck x

My LO has been like this and it is TIRING 😫 She would only sleep on us and just wouldn't go down. As I'm one of those that listen quite intently to the HV I have avoided hungry milk but have been recommended it by friends who have LOs and since we've tried it, she's started settling, still only around an hour or 2 at a time but it's soooo much better than not at all, and it was quite instant, tried it Saturday afternoon and she had her 1st 2 hour nap in 2 weeks, shes 8 weeks x

Is the mattress cold when you put her down? I find some nights I have to lay a blanket on top of the mattress (tucking the edges under) because the mattress is cold and that makes her irritable as she hates being cold. Even then she still would rather sleep on me lol x

I am putting her when she is in deep sleep still she wakes up instantly.
Yea I guess it’s growth spurt phase

Very similar here. My son grunted constantly and wouldn't be put down at all. We saw an osteopath last week and he's like a different baby. She said he had a lot on tension in his neck and body due to quick labour. He's now napping for a good hour or so in day in moses basket. he would never do that. We've still got a few more sessions as he finds pooping ver difficult. She said he was still all tucked up like in the womb and needs stretching out. The first session straight away he was totally different and far less grunting!x

Thanks . Glad to know the problem resolved and your LO is sleeping well.

Did you see the osteopath on the NHS or privately?

What did they do to fix the issues?
Thanks

No privately. It was cranial osteopath ,so she did stretches on his neck and back. Was hard to tell exactly what but was the most calm relaxing emotional experience. You could see his whole body relax. He's totally different baby ,night sleep still tricky and is still a bit grunty but hoping that improves after another session. It was well worth the money.

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Sleeping, not sleeping and safe sleeping…

I’m a FTM to a beautiful baby boy, who will be 3 weeks old tomorrow but sleep, or lack of sleep in this case, is a source of anguish in our house at the moment and it got me thinking about the information we are given as new mamas.

I get there are rules about safe sleeping to prevent SIDS, and I understand why we have them BUT why is other information that were given on sleeping a little contradictory to this?

1) We are told to nap when baby naps
2) We are told it’s ok if the only way baby will sleep is on us/cuddling us
3) Safe sleeping rules tell us we cannot sleep with baby on us, on a sofa or in a bed

My point is, if the only way baby will sleep is on us, how are we supposed to nap when they nap, if the safe sleeping rules tell us we can’t sleep with baby in bed or on a sofa with us?

If I’m missing something then please someone point it out for me but it seems a bit contradictory and confusing, does it not?

Why?

I am sick of my family telling me there’s something wrong with my baby.

She is almost 10 weeks old. She was born just under 1 month early.

She is my second child, my first born was a chilled baby. She is quite grumpy a lot of the time she does smile daily however. But she’s quite whiny and she has recently been really unsettled / fussy and been having some days where she has really bad crying episodes where she screams. For instance today she’s been fussy all day on her bottle, she did a poo mid way through one - so I stopped and placed her on her mat and noticed it had gone through the top of her nappy on to her sleep suit so I had to undress her and she literally screamed like I’ve never heard before to the point I wanted to cry! I proceeded to try and change her after picking her up to soothe her and again she screamed the place down and started sobbing. She’s quite a gassy baby she is always passing wind and has hiccups all the time also. But I am so sick of my family members telling me “she needs to be checked!” Or my mother saying “what’s wrong with her?” When she comes over and she cries. They said she’s more unsettled than settled always. And I can’t help but think why??? Is it something I’m doing? They are making me question everything and it’s making me feel like I’m heading in to a downward spiral. They make me question myself and my life. I’m just fed up.

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Second time mumma here, a bit worried about how much baby is sleeping! She’s 6 days old and vastly different from my first who had a tongue tie and struggled feeding so was awake and alert a lot.

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Also she’s so lazy on the boobs but when a bottle comes out she guzzles. Any tips? X

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