I just can’t function at the moment, I’m running on empty and I can’t do it anymore. Baby is 6 weeks old. From the minute I put him down in the next to me around 10pm last night he’s fussed all night long despite being regularly fed, changed and burped. I’ve spent the night constantly putting his dummy back in as he spits it out after a few minutes then cries for it back. I’m beyond exhausted. He will only settle on me which is ok during the day as I can put him in the sling but I can’t keep going on like this at night. I also have a 3 year old and it’s just not fair on him for me to be this sleep deprived and have no energy for him. My partner works away and is only home at weekends. I’ve tried co sleeping with him in my bed which makes no difference at all. He just wants to be on my chest. He sleeps in a sleeping bag and I have white noise on all night. All nights are poor but even on a slightly better night he just will not go back to sleep at all after 4/5am feed so most of my days start around 4-4:30 which just isn’t sustainable.
My oldest boy was sleeping through the night at this point and before this was doing 6/7 hour stretches so it’s a shock to the system this time round, even though I didn’t expect to be that lucky again it’s just the complete opposite. Not sure what I’m expecting here I just needed to vent but if anyone has any miracle tips please send them my way.