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6 week old fighting sleep

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Wowjustwow99 · 15/03/2020 15:40

Please help !
My 6 week old DD, will not sleep in the day with out a fight. She is exhausted but just keeps crying, I have to rock her, bouce her anything i can think of before she will sleep it can take hours and she is getting more and more tired.
She will also not let me put her down, once she is finally asleep I'll wait until she is in a deep sleep and try and put her in her mose basket or next to me she will be there a matter of minutes before she is wide awake and crying again.
Does anyone have any tips on one getting her to sleep and two how to keep her in her mose basket or next to me ?
I've tried my t shirts in them and warming them up with hot water bottles. I've let her cry ( only get a very short time to see if she will self settle ) at night she goes to sleep straight away once we are in the bedroom but will still no go in the next to me so she has slept on my chest for the last 6 weeks which is not ideal.
Thanks Smile

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basicwitches · 15/03/2020 15:47

My dd is the same, all ive managed to do to get a 40 minute nap out of her is swaddle her! Or put her in her pram, out a load of washing on and rock her, the only benefit to this one is ive never been so on top of washing in my lifeGrin

Wowjustwow99 · 15/03/2020 15:56

My DD hates being swaddled and just gets more upset by it.
I could deal with the crying i think if I could st least put her down afterward and have a few minutes just to rest, do the washing or even the washing up
I would love to have a cuddle with my DH every now and then too but no she always has to be in one of our arms Hmm

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HaroldTheDad · 15/03/2020 17:25

What happens at night after sleeping on you when you try to put her in the noses basket?
My D2 is 3 and half weeks now and only just accepts sleeping in her noses basket (but still wakes up 3 times or so a night for a cuddle and feed). For the first 3 weeks she would only sleep with us and as soon as we put her down she would wake within 10 mins.
Have you tried putting her down at night after the "floppy arm test"?
Sorry, I dont know what to suggest about her napping in the day. My daughter will ONLY sleep in the day after a big feed. My partner and I spend all the time with her in 1 arm during the day until she feeds. If it wasnt for her sleeping after a bottle we would have bought a sling. Is using a sling a possibility for you?
Good luck with your little one

Wowjustwow99 · 15/03/2020 18:35

@HaroldTheDad hello, thanks for the reply. At night when I try to put her in the mose basket or next to me She wakes after a few minutes.
I've tried putting her in them when she crys, settle her and put her back but she just wakes again. It's been a long night when we have tried this Confused

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HaroldTheDad · 15/03/2020 19:54

@Wowjustwow99
If she needs cuddles that's what you got to do in would say.
Both my daughters are having a terrible night right now. D1 is hyperactive and crying demanding stories from my partner and keeps running out of her room. D2 is with me and windy as hell and just wont settle. It is hard I know

Wowjustwow99 · 15/03/2020 20:24

She is still so small, so just kinda running with it at the moment. Thinking about the four trimester etc and if she still won't settle after that I might start with more tough love and leave her to cry a little longer

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