8/9 weeks fussiness

Girls, when does it stop 😭

My little one just turned 9 weeks and we had the most awful nights this week.
First it takes ages for her to go down at night, it's constant fighting, moaning, fussing for 4, 5h.
She wakes up after a first stretch and it's 1h30 at the breast with her crying every time I unlatch her.
I just gave her to daddy because I needed a break and she cried for 15min till she finally relaxed in his arms.
It takes us 2h trying to settle her to go back to sleep. And it's gonna be the same again in 2h.
We're exhausted and we don't know what to do anymore.

How long is it going to last?? When will we have a peaceful night again!

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Honestly it’s hard to say, some babies are just easier than others think it comes down to temperament. Does she have a pacifier? Sometimes they just want that comfort, I don’t breast feed so my baby has a dummy to help soothe we also use a white noise machine. My little girl is 3 months old and still hasn’t slept through yet she only wakes once now for a feed in the night but can still be a bit fussy on and off which keeps me awake so I am right there with you on wanting a peaceful nights sleep 😴 it will get easier at some point just stay strong X

Have you considered expressing milk and then sleeping in shifts? My husband and I do 5 hours each, with him starting at 9pm and doing a change over at 2am. I then pump at 2am and handle any demands until 7am.
We attempted to both do everything together but it just meant we were boyh exhausted. This way we get a good chunk of sleep each and my husband can be involved in feeding too.

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