Wondering if anybody can offer me some words of comfort… currently week 7 and 2 days and I feel like we’ve been in the thick of the developmental phase for what feels like forever!
Fussiness/distraction/crying and wind during feeds, the witching hours, barely sleeping at night, really struggling with day time naps you name it!
Can anybody offer their experience with this and when did it get better? I’m surging with just 2 hours of sleep for the last couple of weeks and between and my partner who works full time, I don’t know how much longer I will cope (obviously I will, I will have to) but anything to suggest that it could pass soon and we can finally start establishing some sort of routine and longer stretches at night?!
We can never seem to get past the 2 hour mark in the crib and hope that as this phase passes, we’ll see those longer stretches!
Also… has anybody got a oarticular routine they try to follow daily with feeds/naps/playtime/bedtime routine that seems to be working for them? So far we’re just winging it and I think that’s not helping.
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Ive been there and i know exactly what you mean. It feels the cycle is endless. But trust me it will end and everything will just be a blur and you will forget about it.
What we did was, getting us into the routine( not the baby) but me and my husband. We increase the feed per oz then from 2hrs it became every 3hrs, also we go outside as much as possible. It doesnt matter how long it was. Also, we used infacol,dentinox and gripe water as my bub had colic before. We changed milk formula as well. What else, we also bath my bub everyday as it become a routine for us. Until around 12-15 weeks we see changes, less fussiness, no more colic its just like new baby. Well she still waking up every 3-4hrs but its much better. Now my girl is 10months old. All the sufferings( lol) now forgotten and just enjoying one day at a time. I know its hard but trust me it will pass. Always remember your doing a good job!

I feel you!! I felt exactly the same! Week 9 everything turned a corner for us, it went on for ages and we really expected it to be over much quicker! But week 9 onwards she was a dream, suddenly sleeping 5 hour stretches at night and a much earlier bedtime of around 8pm! It has been so much easier since then x

My little one is 9 weeks and 5 days and we can already see a bit of a difference. I try to stay on top of wake windows as much as possible during the day and feed him on demand. If I miss a wake window, we've got a grumpy baby for a while after! Wind issues are also getting better. We now get certain days with no issues and it is amazing. Those days are my favorite as my boy is happy and awake, no crying.
He currently sleeps roughly from 9:30pm to 5am and then to 8am.
Hang in there, it does get better! 😊

Hey, I feel you! The last 2 nights, I've put my t-shirt in the next to me cot as a fitted sheet and my baby has slept for 5 hour stretches. I did this and played white noise x