my baby is 9 weeks. she’s starting to rock side to side when on her back so I wanted to start transitioning out of the swaddle. however her hands are a huge issue. she has like no control. she puts them to her face starts to suck but gets so mad that her hands are at her face it wakes her up or keeps her awake. it doesnt matter if she has a pacifier or not they always find a way there and she gets so irritated
i have been struggling with my 7 week olds sleeping.
leading up to this week she did great with naps. was up for an hour then would fall asleep if I put her in her mini crib. sleep for 1-2 hours then repeat. night time has been a struggle from the start. she would fall asleep in her mini crib but at some point one of her feeds she wouldn’t go back down. she would only sleep in a boppy pillow. my husband and I took shifts watching her while in it which was exhausting.
I bought a bed side bassinet that elevates. this helps with night time. I place her in it at 9/10 and she will sleep until 3-4. sometimes longer so she gets a good 6 to 7 hours stretch then sleeps another 3-4 hours until 7:30 basically. she needs to see me and feel my hand in her to fall asleep though. sometimes is hard to get her down she will start to fall asleep then pop her eyes open when I lay her down or move my hand. . she tries to break out of her swaddle which if my hand is there it relaxes her arms so she’s not fighting it and then falls asleep.
this week though naps are now terrible. she falls asleep and wakes up with in 5 -15 minutes. She then becomes overly tired and is a nightmare.
ive tried leaving her arms out but she gets upset because her hands go to her face.
she doesn’t take a pacifier. I’ve rocked to sleep waited to put her down but again 5-10 minutes she up again. I’ve tried Even the boppy again and me watching her which is not working now. she will not contact nap with same thing happens she falls asleep then is up in 5-15 minute
she seems to be more hungry too. I breast feed and bottle feed/pump. I’ve started to do more bottle feeds because she seems more content at least until today. She will eat her full bottle then be ok but an hour later wants more. Not a full bottle though just a bit then will stop won’t take any more. Then anywhere from 15 minutes to a hour passed and she will take a bit more. I’m trying to pump when she feeds but she is eating so often I’m only producing drops At this point. I’ve nursed as well but she seems frustrated With that. im assuming because she’s eating so often I’m not giving her much from my breast.
she currently has been up since 7:30 am it is now 1:02pm with one 30 minute nap, and maybe one 15 minute nap.
i have a toddler as well which i have not been able to focus any attention on today which has caused her to be whinny as well. Which is making getting the baby down even harder.
I’m just becoming so stressed out I can’t figure out what she wants or needs.
my baby will be 6 weeks Friday. I feel like all she does is sleep and eat, I nurse and bottle feed. she wakes up I will feed her. she’s still a little sleepy while eating . I feel like she just eats the entire time shes awake. if she’s not eating she’s crying. then she’s ready for bed again. she’s awake about an hour each time. she sleeps 1-2 hours then is up again ready to eat. is it normal for them to basically just eat and sleep, I feel like i can’t even do tummy time because she’s ready to sleep. I know it’s normal early on but at 6 weeks I thought she’d be awake more. I’m lucky because she is napping but if she’s not she just cries