Please tell me it gets better!

[Newmum26]

Our lovely little boy is 5 weeks old and I and really struggling with the sleep deprivation 😩
He sleeps in a Chicco next to me crib (with the sides up) and when we put him in there at night he squirms and wriggles and then kicks his arms and legs around making uh uh noises.
When he finally goes off which is usually after feeding him again by this point, he wakes in 2 hours! 2 hours!!! I have a friend who's baby is sleeping from 10-4 what is wrong with my baby?! Is this normal for a 5 week old to wake so often?
He wakes and is showing hunger signs so I feed him and he takes how ever much of a bottle he wants.
I had a traumatic birth, and still recovering and now have an infection in my womb so I am really feeling exhausted and in the night when he is crying every 2 hours I sit feeding him and last night cried myself 😟
Any ideas?

It will get better and please don't compare him to other babies. No good will come of it. Those first couple of months and mainly about survival and don't be afraid to ask for help and a break if need be

Newborns feed v frequently and it sounds totally normal to me! In fact I'd say it's more abnormal to sleep 10-4 at that age, but all babies are different.

It does get better, honestly. It feels like you'll never get a good nights sleep again, but you will and it won't be long! Have you got friends / family who could watch little one so you can have a nap and try to catch up on sleep in the day?

Sending hugs! Xxx

Can you feed lying down? Co-sleeping is the only thing getting me through at the moment.

I'm finding the sleepyhead deluxe in the co sleeper a godsend (third baby in) it's making a huge difference. Traumatic births can leave you feeling really knackered and a bit shit so please be kind to yourself- it does all get better/feel better with time xx

Totally normal. And I second not comparing with others- no good will come of it!

Oh I'm sorry love, it's normal and it does get easier in small steps (DS did a 3 hour chunk at about 10 weeks, best 3 hours of my life that was) then it gets longer (all being well!)

Sleep as soon as the baby does, if he goes down at 7pm so do you. Even better if you can either express or formula feed and let your partner do the first feed of the night then you'll get a chunk of sleep. My DS didn't sleep til midnight for the first few months so DH had him while I went off to bed at 8pm. It doesn't last forever but I wouldn't have survived without that

Sleep deprivation hell is a blurry memory to me now and hopefully will stay that way...

DS didn't sleep through for ages. If I compare him to my friend's babies at that age he seems like a worse sleeper than most of them.

But DS went on to be a really good sleeper. For a good few months we were getting twelve hours straight with no feeds! He was also napping pretty well. Weaning has changed things a bit but we're still getting plenty of sleep now.

So to sum up - yes, it gets a lot better, and just because your baby isn't the best sleeper at this age doesn't mean he won't go on to sleep well in a month or so.

I feel your pain though... first six weeks are tough. I hallucinated at one point