3 week old won’t sleep during day

[Littlelionman19]

Hi!

I’m a new mum and my 3 week old baby boy seems to be very awake from the moment he wakes up at around 7 and doesn’t take long naps during the day. I try to feed him a put him down in his Moses basket when drowsy but he keeps having crying spells every 3 - 5 minutes and won’t sleep more than 20 minutes straight.

At around 17:00 it’s when he probably completely exhausted falls asleep for 3 to 4 hours straight and I think that’s not good for his night sleep...

At night he takes a bath t around 9 and goes to sleep waking up every 2 to 2,5 hours to feed and change his nappy.

Can anyone help? Thank you

Google 4th trimester

normal to sleep in short busts and not wanting to be put down.

He doesn't yet know day from night either

Completely normal. I have a 8 and a half week old (ftm) and the first 4-6 weeks were tough. I think we just want reasons why and I stupidly thought newborns slept all the time but they don't. We hit week 7 and my baby is in a routine already. I don't think there's much you can or should do to solve it at the moment, they're just so tiny and want mum. What I will say is, definitely try and put him down wide awake starting in the next few weeks. I was letting her fall asleep on me before I put her down and turns out she sleeps better for naps and night time when I spot the early signs of tiredness and whack her straight in her moses basket.

He is tiny! You don’t need to put him down; just hold him.

Very normal for him to want to be held and fed all the time. Is there a Sling Library near you? A cloth sling is best. Leaving your hands free. Call on family and friends to hold him if you are needing a sleep in the day (which u doubtedly you are).

Just hold him and let him sleep

You’re not alone OP. This is my second and I still thought newborns were sleepy- stupid me.

From the minute My 4 week old opens her eyes in the ‘morning’ she fights sleep all day long. She will rarely sleep longer than 30/45 mins even if held or in the sling. It’s beyond hard and I just don’t know what to do because as the day goes on she just gets so overtired and cries constantly. I held my first for all naps or had him in the sling till he was about 3 months old so I was more than prepared to do it again, this is something else.

But, this time I know it will end one day and won’t end me like I thought with my first

I have a near 3 week old and I do spend a lot of my afternoons and evenings holding her, she will nap well in the morning. If I'm feeling like she's ready for a nap but she can't fall asleep I'll take her out. Are you breastfeeding? I think they can be harder to put down because I think the instinct is to want to be feeding lots to up supply which results in them being harder to put down. Just enjoy the cuddles because it goes way too fast.

It’s the putting her down that the problem, try cuddling, rocking, slinging or pushing in a pram to go to sleep.