Cannot get 5 day old baby to settle - any advice?

So sorry you are going through this! My baby was like this for months! It was so so hard! Some things that worked occasionally for my baby….

- swaddle her
- football hold her and lightly jiggle arm
-Baby carrier
- shushing or sound machine
- walking around the house
- dancing and singing while holding her
-swaddle bath
-going outside
-nursing
-bike kicks

Sometimes nothing worked. And then we would just take “shifts” holding her while she screamed.

If you have a wrap carrier you could try wearing him if you haven’t already! I think being close to mom’s heart best helps!

Try leg exercises or the panda position

Skin to skin was my saviour in that first week. Midwifes advice to me was it’s always one of three things: bum, breast/bottle or burping. I’d add in closeness, baby just wants to feel safe and warm. Hope you are ok!

What about a bath? It’s the only thing that settles my little one

Football hold is a great tip to try

Have you tried the white noise? It helped for my baby. Go on YouTube and search it. It mimicking the noises they heard while inside the womb. Lmk if it works for you. It works for me and still continues to at 15 months.. or if that didn’t help try going in the bathroom and turning on the shower with hot water. The steam and sound usually will knock them right out.

I agree with all of the above. Feed, change, cuddl (skin to skin is best, so strip down to nappy and you take top and bra off), change of scenery (outside if possivle, different room, go for a drive etc), rock in football hold/on their front, Google baby massage techniques, a bath always worked really well for us when our LO was distressed.
Just keep repeating the above. Make sure you take some breaks from the crying. They will fall asleep eventually

Nappy change, feed, swaddle, sing, talk. Confined space, so cradle cuddle rolled in towards you on the breast or if you put them down, then in the Moses basket.

Comforting technique when they fuss, with escalated levels of comfort:

1: voice
2: voice and touch
3: pick up

They want to know you are nearby and can only really see about the distance you are breastfeeding them. So I think they probably go mostly by sound when they can’t see you.

If you need a break then give to dad to bounce and rock, singing or talking to them with a soothing tone of voice.

Make sure you are always talking (with a bright sing song tone of voice) or singing to them, especially when doing the nappy change if they find that unsettling.

Baby sleep sounds playlists on Spotify. Rain sounds with white noise etc.

“Sh” works to keep them relaxed but not if they are already worked up. Try to keep them calm before they start hyper ventilating. Movement/walking. Drive. Skin to skin.

They basically want to be a fetus again so you have to imitate the conditions in the womb. Settling a baby is a fine art and what works sometimes may not work every time.

I swore by some daylight every day and that was hard in rainy November!