Help!!!!
I just can't settle my 4 week old at all during the day.
Am mainly breast feeding with a bottle of formula last thing at night which makes her sleep for a good 4-5 hrs which I'm really grateful for.
but during the day is another matter.
I'm feeding on demand but it's constant - she'll feed herself to sleep and when I try to put her down she wakes up.
I can hardly move, it took till 12.30 today for me to be able to get dressed, even then I just had to put her down and let her cry. the house is a state, I'm skipping meals just because I only have one hand free which as I'm being told will make my milk poor quality, and being self employed I have to at least try and get some work done (but is the last thing I'm managing). Surely on demand doesn't mean constantly on demand?
I've tried letting her cry for a bit but even when I hold her she just keeps going, we've just been for a 45 min walk for which slept a good half the way and as soon as we got home sprung awake, tried rocking and singing, soothing toys things that resemble wombs, rocking chairs etc but nothing works.
I'm at my wits end and am finding it really hard to cope and not enjoying being a mum at all. I don't have help until my husband is home at 7pm and even then I'm the one with the boobs!
Any constructive advice very gratefully received
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can't settle 4 week old for love nor money
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rbmilliner · 28/06/2017 15:29
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