NC. AIBU to be upset, scared and regretful because my second is just as poor a newborn sleeper as my first? I think it's reflux again as well as 4th trimester velcro baby stuff. Baby is 5 weeks and formula fed for past 2 weeks after breastfeeding stopped working. No other issues apart from he won't be put down for more than a few seconds no matter what at any time of day or night. DP & I look after him (and our 5 year old) in shifts at the moment but he's back at work in a few days (works out of the home) so our current arrangement won't be sustainable any more. I am terrified I won't get any sleep because I'll have to sit up awake all night and day with the baby who won't be put down. How the fuck can I do it? Am I stupid to have had another baby when it was so hard first time round even tho I had family help in the daytime last time (they have since died)?? We have no one around us to help because friends all work and family are either too far away or not physically able to help anymore. I have been doing so well with my mental health since the birth but that bubble has well and truly burst. I feel like I've suddenly woken up from a lovely dream and am now faced with the reality of no sleep. I cannot cope without sleep, it will destroy me. I can't believe I've done this to myself and my poor little family. What a fool. But how can I regret this lovely baby?
Please, has anyone else been in this situation and come through the other side with their health & family intact??