My LO is just about to turn 5 months old and I'm still really struggling with parenthood. As a newborn he was so fussy, if he wasn't sleeping or eating he was crying / fussing. Everyone told me it was normal and would get better at around 3 months - it hasn't. I spend his every waking moment entertaining him in the hope to stop him crying and its exhausting. He naps around 3 x 1 hr a day which is my time to do the housework etc. The only saving grace was that he slept well at night, but now that's even gone backwards with at least 2 night feeds and regular restless periods through the night. Everyone around me seems to have such 'easy' babies, I don't know if people just pretend or if genuinely my baby is a lot more difficult than most. I knew parenthood would be hard, but I hoped by this stage I'd be starting to enjoy it or at least see the light at the end of the tunnel! Really I just need some reassurance that it won't be like this forever and it will get easier, because I keep thinking 'it'll get better when x' and it just doesn't! :(
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