It is the WORST thing!!! It magnifies everything!!
I am generally quite lucky (touch wood) with my 9 week old DD in that most of the time she is fairly contented. We have established a pretty good routine and I am generally loving my time with her.
But on the occasions like early morning today she was unsettled I find it really hard and I know the lack of sleep is making it all so much worse.
She fed at 4am (5oz) and whereas she'd go through to 7am usually, she today woke at 5:45am and nothing I seemed to do would settle her. That was until I had her sat in my arms - sorta like a swing - and walked up and down the bedroom for an hour until her dad came to get her for the 7am feed!
When I tried to hold her over my shoulder she was fidgety, crying and thrashing her head from side to side - anyone know what that means??
The thing I find hard is when I can't seem to comfort her. There's nothing worse than your DD clearly needing something but cannot tell you what and you can't console her :(