Does anyone else feel like this?
I have a 9 week old daughter. The past week I just feel useless. I don’t seem to know what her cry’s mean so half the time it takes me a while to figure out what she wants and by that time she’s red in the face upset.
She’s always getting over tierd But nothing I do in the day seems to sooth her to sleep for a nap in the day apart from the sling but I don’t keep her in too long as I worry about her overheating in it in the house as her face is always red on the side she’s had on my chest. She’ll cat nap occasionally but only for 20mins so I’m guessing one sleep cycle. She naps in the pram but wakes up as soon as we stop. I feel like I should have at least vague set times where she naps, but she’s so alert most of the time it’s impossible. She’ll just be awake until she has a melt down from being over tierd.
Nighttime is a nightmare. I just can’t sooth her to sleep and she screams like crazy at anything I try. I tried a bed time routine but again, nothing seems to help, now I feel like I’ve been lazy not sticking to something.
On top of that she had a bad reaction to the rotovirus vaccine on Monday and had had dioreah since. I’ve had her checked by a doctor and it’s jusy one of those things but after fighting her to sleep for hours I’m now having to get her up every hour as she’s waking up because of a dirty nappy. So she’s not getting enough sleep in the day or at night.
She’s been such a happy baby until a week or so ago now she’s fussy and just won’t settle. Feel like it’s something I’ve done / am doing wrong 😭 feel like I’m watching her turn from a happy little lady to an unsettled grump and it’s my fault ☹️