2 week old baby wont settle after a feed - help!

[lu9months]

my 2 week old feeds well, (BF only) every 2.5-4 hours on demand during the day, and was feeding once at night and settling after, but for the past few days has been impossible to settle after a night feed, despite burping , changing etc. she gets very distressed, but settles when I pick her up, only to scream again when put down. I end up feeding her again, even though I dont think she is hungry. last night she was awake and very distressed from 10pm to 3am despite several feeds, then slept but woke again at 4 for a feed, and I am totally exhausted.I have tried swaddling, white noise, a dummy (she just spits it out), infracol etc. I am too anxious to have her sleep in my bed because I am so exhausted I think I may roll on top of her, but I cant cuddle her all night. please help!

at 2wks tbh a lot of this sounds perfectly normal, esp the exhaustion on your part so do not feel bad

what makes you think she isn;t hungry?

4h is a long time for a newborn to go, and one nigth feed doesn't sound like very many to me...

feed and feed and feed. at 2 wks they're supposed to only settle when you pick them up. it's to keep them safe and close to their mum. they don't just feed for hunger, they feed for comfort and contact.

in their first 2 weeks they do sleep a heck of a lot. then they sort of wake up. takes a long time to recover from just being born.

I am on 6 weeks with my DD and only now she is starting to settle.. it really doesn't help you to know but at 2 weeks I was awake nearly all the night.. I propped myself up on the bed putting pillows either side and her sleeping on my chest... not ideal and you wont get proper sleep but it should take the edge off a little.. sorry cant be more help Good Luck sounds like you are doing your best x x x

Probably not what you want to hear but from my own experience and from looking here at the time, it sounds quite normal.

Lots of pillows to prop you up so that she can sleep on you or could she sleep on your DP/DH ( or any other warm body!) if he is less tired?

One feed a night doesn't sound like much so maybe more feeds in the evening. I used to let DS sleep on me in the evening and wake every now and again for some more boobie (after reading great advice here)

Please please rest as much as you can in the day and it WILL get easier.

I seem to remember 2/3 weeks was hard and the tiredness really starts to get to you and you think it'll never change.

Poor you - it is so hard the first few weeks. As Pinkcaz says, somewhere around 5/6 weeks it starts to slot into place and feel more do-able. The midwife who came to see me after DS was born said that if you are exclusively bf you won't roll on your little one - so maybe try setting yourself up to feed lying down in bed? Then you can drift in and out of sleep while your baby feeds. One night feed doesn't sound much for a 2 week old - DS used to feed every 2-3 hours day and night, and sometimes cluster feed for 3 hours at a go. It does get better I promise promise promise - hang in there x x

thanks so much, it does help to know she is ok and this is normal.

lu9months I feel your pain. My DD is 2 weeks too (15th Dec). TBH though, she is generally feeding around 11ish, 2ish, 5ish and 8ish. Last night however, thanks to our new oral/nipple thrush she was awake ALL NIGHT as she couldn't feed properly and it was hell. I have cried all day.

My DH sits her on his chest alot after a feed as she doesn't settle easily either. They are very windy when they are this age and don't settle easily at night.

My DS was the same, infact he was worse. I think he spent his whole night on our chests and never in the moses basket - at least she spends SOME time in it! He ended up having reflux - a bit like colic ten fold.

However, even he was sleeping through from 11pm to 7pm by 14 weeks (breast fed) so there is hope.....Finding it hard to see the light myself !