Newborn night time

Sounds like the witching hours unfortunately which are common and can’t really be helped! It does eventually pass and you are not alone we struggled with this so much! It feels like it will go on forever but it doesn’t! The only advice I can offer is consistency with times, dark room, white noise, projector on the ceiling, skin to skin and warm baths. These all helped settle my little boy more but it was only when he was a little bit older that the struggle fully went away xx

Hello! It does sound like normal newborn behaviours and like Emilia said “witching hour” it can just be a really tricky time. I remember for my little girl I used to just have to stand and hold her in “tiger in the tree hold”. Babies do tend to be more awake in the night so it’s ok to pick him up and feed him, your breastmilk is higher in melatonin so will be make him sleepy 🥰

This may be completely off but my daughter was very similar to this before I realised she had a cows milk (and egg) allergy! She was very gassy, visibly uncomfortable when laying on her back, and wanting boob but also refusing it as the position was uncomfortable for her 😣 just to say that it could be other things causing it that aren’t necessarily sleep related like an allergy/intolerance!
Since you mention bottle, what’s your current system with that? If bottles aren’t properly pace fed it can cause baby to be impatient with the boob which could also contribute.
Also what’s your method for getting him to sleep? Does he feed to sleep? Is it when you try to put him down in the crib that he gets upset or is he just not able to drift off at all?

what the other three ladies said
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keep a simple routine. very boring, always the same. babies like this boring repeating stuff!
dark rooms, white noise or relaxing music (best if it sooths you aswell…), skin to skin or in a carrier (or wrap, whatever YOU prefer).
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keep what you do. if you decide to walk in circles in the bedroom, then keep on doing this. do not walk for a few minutes, then bounce on a ball, then lay down… keep with one thing, even if he keeps on crying.
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sing. when he is crying, sing. because the moment you sing, you are calm and you are not afraid, you are very sure of what you do when you sing. that feeling transfers to the baby/child/grown up.
i sing a lot in the car, for instance. i sooths the baby and i sooths me, so i can drive properly.
and it doesn‘t matter, if you can or cannot sing well… i am definitely a bad singer… no one cares.

I just feel so bad because he’s so sad and I know he’s so tired. Oh we also tried covering his eyes and he freaked out.

Awww Aura, it’s so rough but you’re doing it all right please don’t think there’s anything you’re doing. Unfortunately it’s just a period of time 😢 I’ve also remembered some things I looked at around this time, it’s called PURPLE crying xx will share the Infographs xx

hopefully it doesn’t go on for too much longer 🤍 I can’t remember how long it was with my little girl, I think maybe a few weeks? Hope your week has been a bit better x