My baby will not sleep during the day and I'm loosing my mind

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Any advice on how to get my baby to sleep during the day! 😩 she sleeps what I would say well at night only 1 feed during sometimes none but the past week she will not sleep at all during the day , she will drift off in my arms the the minute I put her down in the basket, bouncer or my bed she is all eyeballs 😩 starting to forget what my shower looks like ... she's 6 weeks one Sunday and just need those couple hours to myself during the day as she won't even sit in her bouncer happily she will start crying after 5 mins 😩 Starting to feel so anxious and depressed

No advice on how to get her to sleep but my LO never really slept well during the day, 15-20 min cat naps and honestly the best thing I done was accept it and then I felt better. I had a super low moment crying my heart out as I really just wanted a nap and she wouldn’t sleep after that I just accepted that there would be no naps for me during the day and I have been knackered some days but not reached that low point again.
If she is sleeping wellish at night go to bed early, make sure DP gives you a chance to catch up on sleep at the weekend and if you want a shower bring the bouncer into the bathroom and just shower with her there sometimes you just need to let them cry the 5-10 mins you are in the shower such a short time won’t do any harm

As a parent to a similarly unputtable down baby (and the second one at that unfortunately) all I can say is sometimes you just have to let them cry while you have a shower.

The good news is that it doesn't last forever. Unputtable down baby number 1 is now 19 months old and an independent delight. Unputtable down baby number 2 is 9 weeks old and a nightmare, but I'm not concerned because I've been here before and know its not forever. DC 2 pretty much lives in a sling which means I have two hands the rest of the time but when I go for a shower its either first thing in the morning whilst DP has breakfast and entertains the children or DC1 hops in with me whilst DC2 watches/screams.

Have you tried a dummy yet?

Another option is rocking her to sleep in the pram/ pushchair so that once she falls asleep you aren't having to make a transition to walk away from her. She might scream for a bit as she is falling asleep, but thats ok too.

You aren't doing anything wrong though. Some babies are just hard work.

Hi OP! waves

You aren't alone. My DS did not sleep well in the beginning. If he did sleep in the early weeks, it was only for 15 - 30 mins max? He slept during the night okay-ish. Woke up every 2 hours for a feed until he was about 4 or 5 months?

He's 14 months now, has 2 naps a day and sleeps through the night (albeit interrupted for sleep feeds). So keep reassuring yourself that it won't be forever.

Sarah Ockwell Smith is really good on this stuff. She's all about creating positive sleep associations. The Gentle Sleep book is good or there's a link here: www.google.co.uk/amp/s/sarahockwell-smith.com/2017/09/05/8-ways-to-encourage-better-baby-toddler-sleep-without-sleep-training/amp/

Have you tried white noise? It's a god send for us. Look it up on YouTube. They have videos that last for 10 hours so you can keep it on all night for them (they wake up if you turn it off).

My DD was like that. Only slept if held, it was horrible. Two things worked for us, firstly a sling! I know it’s not perfect, as it’s not total freedom but she would sometimes nap for over an hour in the sling. So I had free hands! It was also a pretty cheap solution.
The other was a Sleepyhead. She just wouldn’t be swaddled and only wanted held. The Sleepyhead gave her the secure feeling she needed to sleep.