6 week old won’t sleep

Am I going insane!? Today my baby’s probably slept a whole of 4/5hrs since 9am. She’s not sick, she’s been fed, burped, bathed, comforted, fresh nappy. This has all came out of no where. Feel like I’m loosing the will lol

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My 7 week old will only nap for 45 minutes to an hour during the day! But he sleeps for 6-8 hours during the night so I don’t mind him being awake all day, it’s just harder to get jobs done we have to do them in town together 😂

They have a growth spurt around this time that may disrupt sleep, you’re not going insane girl 😂

Nooo you're not insane. At 6 weeks they have a spike in development which means they struggle to sleep as their brains are changing so much. It will pass and it will change. Just lean into it for now. 🩷

I think weeks 6-8 i almost cracked, he just NEVER napped and was so aggy from being overtired. He just refused! Id love to give you advice on how i fixed it but i honestly think it was just time, it got easier and easier to get him to nap and only in the last week or so has he been actually easy and predictable to put down, hes 11 weeks now so id say from 9 weeks on it eases up a bit and from 10 it was much better They’re just going through so much at that time it’s a lot for them. Swaddle contact or pram naps and hopes and prayers are basically all that got me through
Also huckleberry has helped me, the ‘sweetspot’ nap planning is actually impressively accurate and does make avoiding getting overtired a lot easier but dont put too much stress on those wake windows at this age and forcing a nap, the harder i tried to get him to nap the more frustrated id become. Just hang in there!!

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