LO Fighting Sleep😴

My little girl is 7 weeks old and she is fighting sleep like it’s the worst thing in the world. I will rock her, pat her, rub her hair. She will go to sleep for like 2 minutes and then ping back awake. I seem to be driving around just so she can get some sleep and I can have a break🤣

Any tips or tricks welcomed x

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Let me know if u find some tricks, right here with u in the 7 week trenches lol

Is she definitely tired? Is she grizzly or happy before you try and get her to sleep?
The rockit is good strapped to a pushchair to keep the movement going.

We had this at 7 weeks! She did not want sleep in the day atall! We would spends an hour getting her to sleep and a few minutes after she would ping her eyes open and be wide awake. She was just generally unsettled which wasn’t like her. And cried ALOT. Apparently they grow through a growth spurt at 6–8 weeks. And they are producing their own melatonin for the first time🤷🏻‍♀️ we are now at 8 weeks and she is finally back to herself! Hang in there xxx

How long is she awake for between sleeps? I find my little girl (8 weeks tomoz) really struggles anything more than an hour awake! If she does get a bit overtired like you’re mentioning I have to just rock and rock and rock so that when she does wake up I’m still rocking until she’s in a deep sleep haha

Same mine is coming up to 7 weeks and has been a complete fusspot the last couple of days and wanting feeds every two and half hours 🤣

We had this with my first, I swear she was constantly over tired for her first year of life 🤣😑 our 7 week old has days where she does this, and other days she will settle off without too much rocking/patting/shushing needed! X

Fresh air :)
Get out and about in the fresh air , do feeds outdoors.. my little one is so much more settled if we are outside during the day x

I second Jemima! My little girl is CRAZY for fighting sleep other than on a night. She will literally get so tired that she’s difficult to console - boob, dummy, rocking, white noise, car rides, nothing soothes her. However, being outside in the fresh air is the one time she does go off to sleep way easier and if she’s still refusing, usually she’s so preoccupied with what’s going on around her that she doesn’t get upset as easily x

Can I have advice on this my little boy is 6 weeks and the exact same

We are 8 weeks and just got through this. It does pass! Don’t have any tips though we had to do-sleep one night and we were consistent through the crying with rocking her the same we always do. It just took longer xx

There’s some really helpful sleep training pages on Instagram like babysleepdr and littlewinkssleep they’re all really good in spotting the early signs and when to catch them! I used them with my first and it helped him become a great sleeper!

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Can someone pls help i keep making this post and nobody is responding

My boyfriend booked a trip for us to go to mexico for a week as my push present. I have severe anxiety leaving my 7 month old with my mom. I know she will be in good hands but she’s exclusively breast fed for the most part but accepts bottles just fine. i have all my pumping parts packed and will pump when baby normally eats but i don’t want baby to forget me or have latch issues when i return!! any mommas ever experience this?

Postpartum

I’m only 3 days postpartum (FTM) and already have extremely bad anxiety. I’m crying every night, as I think of another night of no sleep. My baby will not settle in his cot, he cries every moment we put him down unless in his chair rocker. So me and my partner are having to alternate after 3/4 hours of being awake with him downstairs. I’m trying everything to get him to settle. It’s a load of overwhelming stress. I’m 23, I was desperate for a baby and now I have one and feel completely useless. I miss it just being me and my partner.

When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

Rant/WWYD

My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.

Night time routine

Heya, my 3 week old daughter is currently exclusively breastfed and I’m not pumping. Can anyone recommend the best way to share the load with my partner? At the moment I’m doing all the feeds/burbs/settling and my partner is sleeping through which obviously isn’t sustainable, I’m trying to work out the best way to get him involved. Any advice very much appreciated!

Rapid cool/ hot shot method

Sorry if this sound stupid but how are we doing the hot shot method?
Are we boiling the kettle and letting it cool a little before adding to hot flask? Then with the cool water do you boil the kettle and leave it to cool right down before putting into another flask?
My baby brain is fried trying to work out the easiest way!