My son was 6 weeks on Sunday and we had a lovely Easter weekend with some good stints of sleep from him. Prior to that it was touch and go but we'd always get a least an hours sleep from him in his bassinet.
On Monday night it's like someone flicked a switch and I got a new baby... he will NOT sleep anywhere but on our chest. Every time we put him down he's waking after 20 minutes.. sometimes we've got as little as 8 minutes! I have tried putting him in drowsy and comforting him in there but after 20 mins he's still not asleep so I have to get him to sleep on me to prevent him becoming overtired. I've also tried putting him in asleep and that will get us 30 mins max. I can't even get him to lay next to me on his back - it's chest or nothing! I think he might have lingering bad tummy from immunisations as when we lay him on his back he is farting A LOT and squirming.
I've read about a six week sleep regression, combined with his immunisations on Tuesday, can't be fun for him. But I thought we would be seeing a light at the end of the tunnel by now.
I am quite literally at my wits end. I have sat crying for hours today and yesterday I had to go and sleep at my mother in laws to get a break. My husband and I are doing shifts but it's hard during the week when he's at work and after today (40 minutes of sleep in 8 hours!) he is finally seeing what I'm dealing with. I feel like I could be on the cusp of PND if this continues.
Does anyone have any tips or positive stories?! I know one other person from antenatal having the same problem but she's still going through it and I need some reassurance that this will end soon!