Newborn sleep issues

My newborn is almost two weeks and In the beginning she slept really well throughout the night but as soon as she hit a week +1 she started to stay awake screaming and crying and not wanting to sleep during the night but by the time it hits 8 am she is just able to sleep normally, she’ll sleep in our arms at night but as soon as we put her in her bassinet she wakes up and cries but at my mothers apartment (we’re neighbors) she seems to sleep so well In her pack and play bassinet even when it’s bright out, the temperature is always colder and it’s not quiet. Me and my partner have tried everything we do at my mom’s to see if that’ll help her sleep but it’s no use. Please help (sorry about the ramble I haven’t gotten much sleep) (ps forgot to mention I do wake her up every 2-3 hours to feed, she does always wake up to eat at around the 2 hour mark sorry my wording was off again I’m tired 🫶🏼)

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Newborns tend to be nocturnal and they have no sense of what’s daytime and what’s night time. She’s still really young so is figuring it all out. I know it’s hard 🫶 It sounds like she likes a bit of background noise/white noise so you could try that! And maybe a night light/red light, I’ve heard that works for some babies.

She’ll find her routine eventually, for now just experiment with different things and try to sleep when she sleeps if you can. Prioritise rest over household 💕

Heyyy, I’m no expert but you mentioned baby is 2 weeks and sleep throughout the night? Baby is still very small so I would still continue to wake her up every 2-3 hours for feeds.

Her body is still adjusting to the world my son was exactly the same he would sleep very well during the day but at night sleep very little. When he got to about 8 weeks old it changed again and he went back to sleeping during the night.

It’s possible she’s just a baby that sleeps during the day (for now) so if you can try and get plenty of rest during the day with her so you have more energy during the night x

We had to wake up our daughter for feeds every 2-3 hours until she hit 4 weeks. This was during the day too.

Now she’s almost 8 weeks and is able to go about 6-7 hours before she wakes up.

They also don’t know they’re not apart of you that early, so she may be wanting the comfort of being with mama. They’re still so new, they don’t know they’re their own being.

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