7week old hates sleep

[Cluelessfirstimer]

As the title suggests - 7 week old hates sleep, or me. Not just at night, all the time. Gives me signals he is tired but will not settle. It takes me hours. I cuddle sing to him take him out in the pram take him out in the car... he can happily be awake for 4 /6 hours straight ... I've tried after 1 hr 2 hr 3 hr of being awake. He literally wriggles and scratches me or just stays awake. What am I doing wrong? :(

I've tried purposely trying to act like im not trying to get him to sleep walking around with him... he just stares in to space happily awake.

He doesn't seem unwell I think.. doesn't cry just irritable when I try to settle him. When I do get him to sleep he will sleep for 20 minutes maybe and the cycle starts again. He had a horrible week at 6 weeks, not sleeping stroppy etc then was fine for a few days now started again.

Is it a phase? Is he sick? Does he hate me?! I just don't know and it's making me so sad he is getting such little sleep.

GP basically told me to go fuck myself, deal with it and she will see me at his 8 week check up... but didn't actually see him.

How much sleep in total does he have in 24 hours. Not in a Moses basket asleep, but anywhere?

I know this because I've been logging it. One day it was 8 hours, another 10 and one day even 6 hours. Seriously - it seems so little to me. After his bottle, which he takes well, its like he has had a coffee. Dark room music etc doesn't seem to help

My son was pretty much the same. Can't give you much advice about the night - that does get better in time.

For the day time, however, I had a fabric sling which saved my sanity. I would put him in the sling when he showed signs of being sleepy, and either bounce on the birthing ball or take him for a walk. He'd fall asleep without much fighting and I got to sit down and have a brew/ some food.

However, he was around 6 months when I finally got him to sleep in his own crib for naps...

This is largely normal...
Have you set up some night time cues. I.e bedtime routine. Bath, dark room, white noise, sleeping bag & feed etc
If he is wriggling alot, it could be wind so have a look into ways to help (tiger in a tree hold etc)
At that age they still want to be on you allllll the time. It will get easier.

I dont even mind him staying awake all night if he slept during the day. Right now I'm kinda at the fuck my sleep this little one actually needs to rest.

I do have a sling which I tried but tbh gave up probably too quickly so I'll try again...

Yup. Like a military operation. Play, Bath, bottle cuddle take him upstairs, cuddle... he either scratches shit out of me while I try to rock him or lies on my arms staring into space awake

The car sometimes works.. but not really anymore. I would hold him sleeping forever if I had to - he just seems so disinterested in actually sleeping!

Hi, did it get better? I have a 7 week old who behaves the same and I don't see an end in sight...

It got so much better at about 10/11 weeks!