6 week old, is this normal?

[Broughton18]

Sorry for long post. Looking for any other mums who have had this as wondering if this is normal or not and what if anything I can do about it

My DS is nearly 7w. We’re working at bringing his bedtime earlier but currently we’ve just started bed routine and he goes down between 9.30pm and 10. Generally he sleeps well and quietly for the first 3-4.5hrs then stirs for a feed/change but for the rest of the night he doesn’t seem to be able to go through his sleep cycles as well. Occasionally he will wake fully after 45mins, sometimes he will sleep through two of them or most often what happens is he starts to thrash around, makes loud noises and waves his hands everywhere for sometimes 1.5hrs at a time. This happens for a minute or so then he can be still and quiet for a few minutes before repeating. His eyes are closed! Sometimes his passes poo which makes me think he is awake? Eventually he will settle into deep sleep again ~6.30am.

Is he sleeping? At the moment I just shush him and turn on his dream sheep but it keeping us awake for stretches of time when he otherwise seems to be asleep!

ah yes the grunting phase. I hated that as I couldn't sleep even when he did. At that age they don't need to be awake to poo.
It calms down eventually. Then you get sleep talking instead :-/

Hehe our daughter does the exact same thing. I just sleep through it now.

She is also nearly 7 weeks

Glad to hear you’re experiencing similar, do you think your little girl is sleeping well? Some mornings after a particularly noisy night he is really tired in the morning as if he’s not slept properly. Have tried shushing him in his Moses basket but makes no difference. Really worried that it isn’t normal! His sleep seems to be getting worse not better

Yeah she seems rested. Although in the mornings i bring her in bed with me. She feeds and i watch telly for a bit. Then we both have a nap for about 2 hours. It does mean i dont get up till the afternoon but the snuggles are worth it.

Im sure he is fine. Does he nap during the day and how long are his sleep at night x

He’s 7 weeks old - the concept of sleep getting better and worse is a fallacy at the moment, it’s just phases. My 2.8 year old doesn’t sleep through the night, in phases neither does my 7 year old (although my 5 year old does). You’ve got a long haul at this still to go, potentially literally years. My best sleep advice is don’t overthink it and just roll with it.

My son will be 7w on Tuesday. My DH doesn't come home from work until 8:30pm (I start wind down at 7pm, no stimulating music, quiet voices that sort of thing) me and DH have tea around 9, DS normally bf then will take ages to settle. He will then comfort nurse until just after midnight, I keep white noise on all night and overlap it with the shush feature also on the app.

He goes down in his basket about 12:15 then grunts around 2/2.15 but doesn't actually wake for a feed until 3ish, then the same again around 5 am.

I don't put the light on anymore and just use my phone light to try and keep him sleepy.

He then has a little sleep 7-8am which I normally do too. He naps well until afternoon and then he's more active.

The arms scare me when he just throws them out though! Time to transfer to cot soon.