u/Gullible-Employer469

About a week and a half ago my now 2 month old stopped going to her dad… she cries and eventually purple cries with him, and will stop right away when he hands her to me. Before this sudden switch, she did great with him and he was the best at soothing her during her witching hours. I’m at a loss for why this has happened but it’s made it very difficult for me to go anywhere knowing they are both miserable- she will scream for up to an hour while I’m gone.
Has anyone else experienced this? Any tips? TIA!

I don’t know what to do about my 8 week old baby. Every time we think we’ve figured one thing out, like acid reflux, something new comes up. She hates the stroller and car seat and screams the entire time, despite trying so much to make her comfortable, so I don’t know how we’re supposed to take her anywhere. She still only contact sleeps day and night, which has been so challenging, and now, the newest thing, she only wants me. She cries/screams nonstop when my partner tries to soothe her and calms as soon as I take her, which is making our already rough sleep situation even harder and makes it feel impossible for me to leave her and go anywhere.
None of the advice we’ve gotten seems to work for her (put her down drowsy but awake, go by wake windows, etc) and I’m told she’s too little to do any kind of sleep training and I’m scared these patterns are just going to keep getting worse.
I also feel really isolated because no one I know with a baby seems to relate to what we’re dealing with. I am part of a moms group and have personal friends and neighbors with babies my age and no one seems to be able to relate to my situation.
I feel so defeated and like I’m going to break.

I don’t know what to do about my 8 week old baby. Every time we think we’ve figured one thing out, like acid reflux, something new comes up. She hates the stroller and car seat and screams the entire time, despite trying so much to make her comfortable, so I don’t know how we’re supposed to take her anywhere. She still only contact sleeps day and night, which has been so challenging, and now, the newest thing, she only wants me. She cries/screams nonstop when my partner tries to soothe her and calms as soon as I take her, which is making our already rough sleep situation even harder and makes it feel impossible for me to leave her and go anywhere.
None of the advice we’ve gotten seems to work for her (put her down drowsy but awake, go by wake windows, etc) and I’m told she’s too little to do any kind of sleep training and I’m scared these patterns are just going to keep getting worse.
I also feel really isolated because no one I know with a baby seems to relate to what we’re dealing with. I am part of a moms group and have personal friends and neighbors with babies my age and no one seems to be able to relate to my situation.
I feel so defeated and like I’m going to break.

I don’t know what to do about my 8 week old baby. Every time we think we’ve figured one thing out, like acid reflux, something new comes up. She hates the stroller and car seat and screams the entire time, despite trying so much to make her comfortable, so I don’t know how we’re supposed to take her anywhere. She still only contact sleeps day and night, which has been so challenging, and now, the newest thing, she only wants me. She cries/screams nonstop when my partner tries to soothe her and calms as soon as I take her, which is making our already rough sleep situation even harder and makes it feel impossible for me to leave her and go anywhere.
None of the advice we’ve gotten seems to work for her (put her down drowsy but awake, go by wake windows, etc) and I’m told she’s too little to do any kind of sleep training and I’m scared these patterns are just going to keep getting worse.
I also feel really isolated because no one I know with a baby seems to relate to what we’re dealing with. I am part of a moms group and have personal friends and neighbors with babies my age and no one seems to be able to relate to my situation.
I feel so defeated and like I’m going to break.

I’m concerned about my newborn’s napping. She’s 7 weeks old and has been very alert since day one! She usually naps about 4 hours per day, most of that in one big chunk in the afternoon. Despite efforts to get her to nap sooner, she doesn’t go to sleep until 11am or noon, after waking at 8-8:30am…and then will sleep for a long stretch of about 3 hours, with other very shorts spurts of sleep the rest of the day, 30 minutes here, 15 minutes there but usually totaling about 4 hours on average. It’s a real struggle trying to get her to sleep and she is only sleeping with contact naps right now, usually in the carrier. We want her to sleep in her bassinet but she wakes up within minutes of setting her down and are worried about her development if she is not getting enough sleep.
I feel like there’s something I’m missing or not doing right. Has anyone else experienced this?/ has tips to help manage?

I’m concerned about my newborn’s napping. She’s 7 weeks old and has been very alert since day one! She usually naps about 4 hours per day, most of that in one big chunk in the afternoon. Despite efforts to get her to nap sooner, she doesn’t go to sleep until 11am or noon, after waking at 8-8:30am…and then will sleep for a long stretch of about 3 hours, with other very shorts spurts of sleep the rest of the day, 30 minutes here, 15 minutes there but usually totaling about 4 hours on average. It’s a real struggle trying to get her to sleep and she is only sleeping with contact naps right now, usually in the carrier. We want her to sleep in her bassinet but she wakes up within minutes of setting her down and are worried about her development if she is not getting enough sleep.
I feel like there’s something I’m missing or not doing right. Has anyone else experienced this?/ has tips to help manage?

My six week old baby recently went from sleeping for 2–3 hours stretch stretches during naps and nighttime sleep to only sleeping well if she is on me or my partner. Without contact napping, she will only sleep 20–30 minutes at most, but otherwise will sleep several hours if she is on one of us.

I know she is still a newborn, but I am concerned about setting up bad habits for later and I also just want to get some sleep and some daytime breaks again. We have been trying to set a regular nighttime routine however, this has been complicated by her only sleeping well in a carrier and she has a witching hour every evening around 7 PM. She is breast fed every 2–3 hours yes we do make the room dark, swaddle her, have a sound machine going and use a heating pad for the bassinet.

Any suggestions about ways we can help her sleep better independently again would be greatly appreciated!

My six week old baby recently went from sleeping for 2–3 hours stretch stretches during naps and nighttime sleep to only sleeping well if she is on me or my partner. Without contact napping, she will only sleep 20–30 minutes at most, but otherwise will sleep several hours if she is on one of us.

I know she is still a newborn, but I am concerned about setting up bad habits for later and I also just want to get some sleep and some daytime breaks again. We have been trying to set a regular nighttime routine however, this has been complicated by her only sleeping well in a carrier and she has a witching hour every evening around 7 PM. She is breast fed every 2–3 hours.

Any suggestions about ways we can help her sleep better independently again would be greatly appreciated!