My 10 week old daughter won’t sleep

Hi! So my daughter is refusing sleep and we have tried everything possible, currently 3 am and she’s been awake since 11 pm, I’ve fed her, changed her nappy, took her for a walk and even read her stories but nothing seems to be helping and it is so overwhelming, I’ve just started my period too so it’s really hard to rock her and hold her as I suffer with severe period pains and bleeding, I just feel like the worst mom for not being able to help her sleep.

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You’re an amazing mom for everything you do for your daughter. I’ve gone through nights like you’re having right now. I’m sorry I know it’s rough. I know it feels like it will never end and is impossible but baby will sleep eventually. Is she nonstop crying? Or have a fever?

I know it's not necessarily sleep safe, but will she fall asleep on your chest? My littles always slept on me when they were that little. If you aren't comfortable with that maybe co-sleeping? Does she fall asleep in the car? Maybe to the sound of a blow dryer? On top of the dryer?

You are an amazing person. You are just overwhelmed at the moment. Does your daughter have a safe space where you can put her down and step away for a minute? Can you put ice on your wrist or run cold water across it? Also you should try some deep breathing. I’d also recommend a noise canceling headphones for yourself and put on your favorite music.

If you really just need to cry and let things out. I just want you to know that you are not alone. It’s okay to feel this way. We are all in this together. Somewhere around the world is a woman failing to calm down their little one right now. So do not take it as you have failed as a mom.

Can you promise me one thing? Please be kind to yourself. It’s okay to take a step back and take a moment to yourself first.

You may have tried these already, but things that worked with my daughter at that age were pre-warming the crib mattress/bassinet with a hot water bottle, leaving the hot water bottle next to her until she was asleep and then removing it, and white noise/womb sounds.

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Feeling hopeless, crying my eyes out every night and can’t take this anymore…

My 2.5 year old was an incredibly difficult baby, awake 6,7…8 times a night for about a year. Things plateaued for a while and she was a lovely lovely child, ate well, slept through, so kind and gentle.

Fast forward to now, terrible 2’s doesn’t even cover it. She screams, hits, bites and throws things at me. All. Day. She doesn’t eat ANYTHING, not even her safe comfort foods anymore, she will not go to sleep. It’s taking 3 hours average to put her to bed. I’m eating dinner at 12-1am sobbing through my meal. This is all day, every night. I have gentle parented her, I have kindly disciplined her, firmly disciplined, ignored her, walked away and even gone against my biggest morals and given her a slap on the wrist when she punched me in the eye. I’m at my f*cking whits end and I’m just so depressed and overwhelmed. I genuinely am so patient with anyone and everything but dealing with this day in and day out is making me want to literally run away or in front of a bus.

Video below is after 2 hours of trying to put her to bed and stepping out for 5 mins to gather myself together.

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Someone tell me this is a short phase and that it will get better 😥

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What the sleep ?

I see posts where everyone is worried for waking every 2-3 hours ,i wish that was my case .Baby is 15 weeks and from about two weeks ago her naps are anywhere from 10 -30 min max.

Is hard to get her to nap ,she will fight ,arch and push her legs and cry .At bed time i have to hold her for hours as the minute her bum touches the mattress she is up ,up !!!will only sleep on my or my husband chest and if i want some hands free for a minute i need to put her on her tummy .If i am to put her on her back she is awake in seconds and will start crying .I don’t understand what have changed as she use to sleep well at night in the next to me crib ,on her back from 9pm-1am and from2am -5 am and then sleep till like 7:30-8 am .Im paranoid letting her to sleep on her tummy even though she has a great neck control ,i end up just staying awake scrolling the phone to keep en eye on her so between me and my husband we taking turns but still is incredibly difficult as we have a 3 year old to entertain during the day and we run on such a little sleep .please tell me im not alone and there is light at the end of the tunnel .I simply don’t understand this drastical change and her strong preference for tummy sleeping .

What kind of hair products are yall using on ur sons hair?

I bought the lucci’s pomade and it not giving what this gave lol. My son got a hair cut and the woman said a baby gel would work great but it looks too slick back and oily looking with no hold. Maybe I’m not doing it right. His hair from this pic lasted through a nap😭😭