FTM looking for advice! My nearly 4 week old is really good during the day, sleeps well and only really cries when he’s hungry or dirty nappy. However we get to about 7pm and he just becomes so miserable and fights trying to fall asleep and just cries. Tonight he stayed awake from 5.30 to 9pm and only had probably 20 mins of sleep during this time because he just kept fighting it. Every time he drifted off to sleep he was awake crying within a few minutes.
I brought him up to bed at 9pm and he’s basically fallen asleep straight away on my chest….. but what am I doing wrong?? Do I need to bring him to bed as soon as he starts getting unhappy.
Any advice is appreciated
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My baby is the exact same at the moment 😭 she is currently asleep after being awake for about 5 hours, we tried absolutely everything to settle her with no luck until eventually she just fell asleep probably through exhaustion rather than anything else.
I have been reading up on it and apparently it’s normal at this age…

My baby was like this. Colic because we later found out was bad reflux and very bad tension from birth. I recommend a cranial osteopath. They are wonderful

Perfectly normal! Just ride the wave 🌊
Don’t worry about trying to fix things because everything’s a phase and as soon as you’re done with one you’re onto the next

It’s called witching hours!