Overtired baby

I’m really struggling with my baby getting over tired at night!she is just fighting sleep constantly, any tips to get her off to sleep? During the day this isn’t an issue! I’ve got white noise machine, swaddles, keeping to the same routine. She is only 4 weeks old but will cry for up to 3 hours each time before finally settling down and sleeping. I’m exhausted!

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Taking my daughter a bath with the calming baby wash and following up with the same lotion before bed and feeding as well as swaddling her really helped me get my little one to sleep faster and through the night

My girl is just over 3 weeks and I find each day and night different. We've tried to do the same routine each day/night too. I've been saying to myself are you not over tired?

I feel your pain, my baby goes to sleep at 2am each night, exhausted!

Your baby may be confused between day and night, I've heard keeping the baby mostly active throughout the day and winding them down at night helps. If its not that, usually a bath works or just hold them to where they can see you and sing directly to them. Works almost every time😊

My baby is 4 weeks old too and I’m going through this. She cried from 9pm-midnight x

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