Hi! I’m having such a hard time with my 5 week old. I feel like if she’s awake she isn’t happy unless she’s eating. We’ve tried mylicon and gripe water to see if it’s gas, but neither helped. Yesterday she cried any time she was awake. She normally sleeps 3 hour stretches and last night was up every hour to eat. It’s taking a toll on me and making me feel like I’m constantly doing something wrong. I’m not sure if she’s colic because it’s not consistent. She will have like 2 good days, then the next day or two she’s back to crying non stop.
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You’re going a great job mama! I wonder if it’s purple crying? Also sometimes babies just cry.

i'm feeling the same way! My baby is a month old. I looked it up and it says that they are going through a growth spurt from 4 to 6 weeks! So just might be a little extra fussy!

My 5 week old has been the same and he fights sleeping so it can take me hours sometimes to get him to fall asleep. I read that they’re going through a growth spurt right now and their senses are heightening which is overwhelming for them. There’s not to much to do about it just soothe them and contact nap a lot, skin to skin, I read to try put them to sleep in a dark room so they can’t see a bunch of things to get them less stimulated. Really just a growth spurt and that it will happen again around 8 weeks.

I know this won’t feel helpful but with my first I would worry over every little thing and with this one things have been easier when I remind myself that sometimes there isn’t a reason for this stuff, it’s just my baby doing baby things. They are changing so rapidly during this time that really nothing can be expected, your baby could be a totally different baby by tomorrow. Between 4-6 weeks they are also going through a major growth spurt. Fussiness and cluster feeding is all pretty normal, it’s always possible that it’s reflux or colic but colic is a pretty severe thing.

My 6 week old girlie does the exact same thing, and we can’t figure it out either. I wish I had helpful advice but atleast you know you’re not alone!! 😵💫🥰

Idk if you follow wonder weeks but babies typically go through their first developmental leap at 5 weeks and it can last 1-2.
My baby is 6 weeks and the past two days I have had to hold him basically all day. He will sleep with me holding but the moment I lay him down he is wide awake. And before he was napping perfectly.