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Does anyone else's newborn agressively fight sleep during the day?! 🙈

My 4 week old will regularly be awake for 3-4 hours before he eventually gives up and falls asleep. He looks exhausted and gets quite miserable by the end of it! We have tried everything to settle him after the recommended wake window but he clearly has some bad FOMO!

Anyone else?!

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Mine does this majority of the time throughout the night mainly than the day time!

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Yep. Everyday my 3 week old will fight his sleep until early afternoon. Then once or twice a week he’ll have a day where he’s so overtired he cries into the evening. Wondered whether it was colic or trapped wind 🤷🏼‍♀️ it’s become part of my day to be hanging on by a thread

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My girl started doing it, I now use the napper app to start putting her down after about 50 minutes. Rocking singing, outdoor walks anything, a week in and she is much better. I breastfeed but noticed she is not drinking well in the afternoon started giving her the bottle around 2pm to make sure she eats enough and it looks like it’s helping.

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Mine is 5 weeks and she does this, it’s a struggle especially because she’s getting overtired in the evening and cries for hrs between 7 and 10 pm , apparently it’s called witching hour which happens between the weeks 6-8, hoping to will pass quicker 😂

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My boy 3 weeks old up since 4 am pretty much due to trapped wind. First nap 7am, lasted 10 mins second nap 12pm lasted 20 mins . He sleeps outdoor in pram but at home there is no a good place anywhere for him

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Yep! And with a toddler to also entertain, it’s tough going!

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My 4-week-old does the exact same thing, I was worried I was the only one because everyone says about the 40-60 awake window. I need to rock and walk for the longest for her to nap and she’ll only nap in my arms

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We have Awake Window 5+ Hours for our 3 weeks old : mix of screaming , lying down, changing nappies, breastfeeding, rocking , carrying , everything but sleeping...

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