Unsettled baby during the day

Our baby boys who will also complete 6 weeks tomorrow behave the same way. The only difference is they are calm during the day but unsettled in the evening/night.

This sounds very normal to be clingy at this stage. I’m in a similar stage and much less chilled than last week! I do lots of contact naps. But have you thought about baby wearing so you can do things but keep them close? Hopefully this unsettled phase passes soon. Apparently we’re in the peak of it ☺️

I’ve heard 6-8 weeks is a growth spurt for them so to expect for fussiness and crying. Hopefully it passes 🤞🏻

My baby is 7 weeks and she does the same thing. What I do is to put her in a baby carrier or wrap then do the things I need to do around the house. After 30 minutes or an hour, she will be deeply asleep then I put her down gently. She will sleep for about an hour before waking up to feed again.

You can try it if it will work for your baby.

I second baby wearing!
I also have a 3 year old, so really struggle to get anything done but have found wearing her in the wrap really helps! She has all her day naps in there pretty much, and most of the time I don't bother transferring her to the moses or anything because she just wakes back up, and I'd rather her have a more decent nap on me.

Also like others have said, huge growth spurt around the 6-8 week mark so that will be increasing the fussiness. I promise you it does pass, And its just a phase. They really just want to be on you all the time, which I know is not realistic and can be so hard, I really struggled with this with my first, but this time round I'm just accepting it and doing whatever I can to let her sleep as well as possible.

What's she like at night being put down to sleep? X

she’s absolutely amazing when going to bed at night, she’ll usually settle down for the night around 10 in her swing, I’ll then transfer her to the bedroom between 11/12 do a nappy change, bottle and burp then she’ll sleep in her bedside crib until she wakes up for her next feed x

My little one is 6 weeks on Monday and has been the same over the past few days. I’ve heard they go through a growth spurt about this age and so is normal for the constant crying and fussiness (or at least that what I’m hoping and telling myself)…..I’ve just resigned myself to the sofa for cuddles and movies for the time being, as well as ready meals eaten once they’ve already gone cold and any other household tasks can wait unless essential

My baby is five weeks old. She doesn't have any episodes of being alert and settled. She is either distressed cry, uncomfortable after feeding, or rarely...sleeping.

I hope it gets better :)

My little girl was 5 weeks on Thursday and she has been like this for the last 2 days but I’ll be struggling to get her to settle xx

6 weeks is about the time of the first ‘leap’ where they learn to smile etc so it is likely this.

My now 8 week baby went through something similar the past couple of weeks. I was against using the dummy but I started to give it to her when she would have this fussy cry and it instantly soothed her. I would put her down in her crib and she would fall asleep and only have the dummy for 5 mins. She only used the dummy a handful of times. Also as soon and she shows drowsy signs put her into her crib that helps as well!

Mine is doing this also but I with it up with her sleeping long stretches at night and chalk it up to still being a win

Totally normal. I call it the Velcro baby stage. Get yourself a baby carrier you can wear round the house so she can sleep and you can get lunch or whatever else. Other than that enjoy the cuddles and remember it won’t last forever

my little boy is exactly the same! I know it can seem really tough and upsetting but just reading through all of the simple answers if very reassuring. Your doing great job ❤️