How are other moms getting 4-5 hour stretches at night?… I’m lucky if I get 2hrs and that’s when I even cosleep… As soon as it’s 11pm my 5 weeks old thinks it’s morning and will keep her eyes open for hours on end… I thought introducing formula will at least make her sleep since she’ll be full and it won’t digest easily… she’ll take 2 feeds of 4oz and stare me in the face like ‘what you gonna do’?…. I feel so jealous when I see other moms talk about how their babies sleep for 6 hours at night… sounds like magic and I’ll really love to have some of that.
Signed
A tired mom who just wants to sleep at night
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Unfortunately what you’re describing is very normal! My 7 week old did (and still does) do that. They have their days and nights mixed up and will start to resolve around 8 weeks.

Yeah at 5 weeks this is totally normal I’m afraid. I never wanted to be one of those “just you wait” mums but a baby sleeping through at 5 weeks certainly doesn’t mean that’s it forever. They’re still waking up to the world - that’s why the 4 month ‘regression’ happens and often hits a lot of people hard. My only recommendations would be to focus on making sure they’re getting lots of daylight / fresh air during the day and then lovely dark and cozy at night to help with their circadian rhythm x

Baby is 5 weeks old so your sleep expectations are slightly unrealistic and will have you feeling mentally exhausted as you will keep trying to get her to sleep for longer periods when biologically she’s not there yet.

It's super normal at 5 weeks unfortunately. But also try setting up her recognition of day and night. As soon as its morning for you, open all the curtains and turn on the lights, play music or put the tv on, take her for a walk if you have it in you. Then in the evening start winding things down, use lamps instead of the big light, keep it quiet or use soothing music or white noise, you could introduce an evening bath and massage (she doesn't need soap every day but some warm water is fine just to build that routine) also check Huckleberry (website or app) for an idea of when to do naps during the day. She will get there eventually ❤️