2 week old flailing arms and awake

[Tayel]

My DD is 2 weeks - when she wakes around 7am she will be up for around 3 hours and then nap throughout the day (naps last between 1-3hours depending) but then she will also be up for around 3 hours before her bedtime that she has set herself of 10pm.
If I put her in her cot during this 3 hour awake window she will just flail her arms and legs and become irritable. She will also take dribs and drabs of her bottle during this time and not just 1 or 2 whole feeds - she just doesnt seem settled.

Any advice please?

All completely normal, enjoy the evening cuddles. Our 9 week old is exactly the same and has been since day 1! Babies are annoyingly nocturnal for the first few weeks!

Swaddle her. The flailing is a reflex.

In terms of why she's awake flailing and not feeding - my guess is she's not tired or hungry.

I second the swaddling!

My DS hated his arms being confined but needed his legs wrapped up 😍

Ive been told not to swaddle though as its not safe sleeping by the midwife? Maybe ill try arms out swaddling x

That midwife I feel has her wires crossed. Swaddling is actually advised if baby has strong moro reflex. The only thing you must do is stop arms in swaddling when baby starts rolling but it is too early for that. I used a normal swaddle at first then changed to a swaddle that had his arms up by his head. The arms also unzipped so you can gradually transition to no arms as you see fit. Highly recommend, my baby had strong moro reflex too and swaddling really helped.

Midwives are usually a big fan of swaddling in my experience. You can buy special cotton swaddle blankets if you are worried about over heating. Also if you don't already use a dummy that could help with being more settled in the evening. Lots of babies like to suck for comfort as much as food.

Swaddling should be fine as long as you follow all SIDS guidelines.

I suspect you, like I did, only sleep really lightly when you're co-sleeping?

Alternatively, you could try a sleeping bag? Some of them are quite snug and they've got sleeves for the arms?

Mothercare do some lovely ones.