Won't sleep

[AAlly23]

Hi , my two month old literally stays awake for 9 and 10 hours thro the day. It's midnight before he finally gives up after hours and hours of trying to get him to go down and stay sleeping. Throughout the day he might catch a 10 min or so which revives him. Staying sleeping once he's gone down at 9pm is impossible it's 3hrs of trying. Is this normal ? I feel like I'm totally failing here Thro the night he's awake a couple times and does a lot of sleep crying even tho he's changed, fed, warm. I wondered about silent acid reflux like I've read on here, Thanks if you've reached this far of my struggling babbling x

Oh this sounds tough! Baby sleep is so weird and so stressful!
How are you getting him to nap in the day? I found slings really helpful at that age. They just want to be close. Lots and lots of contact naps also - get some snacks and some water and watch a film with him in your arms if he sleeps on you?
where does he sleep at night too? Could be the same thing - needing closeness. The first few months are really tough x

Two month olds still wake in the night standard, I wouldn’t worry about that.

Struggling to fall and stay asleep and sleep crying does sound like overtiredness. Silent reflux exists but it’s rare. If he doesn’t have the usual symptoms (gagging while feeding is one I think) he’s probably overtired.

Agreed with @Brightandbreezey above - try sling naps, contact naps, pram naps, even car naps, anything at all. If that works, worst case scenario you get some time and he gets sleep. Best case scenario: it turns out he hasn’t been able to sleep because he’s overtired, he starts catching up, he gets back into a napping routine, and you can slowly reintroduce crib naps. (When mine was little I found first nap of the day easiest for that.)

There is such a thing as a low sleep needs baby. If you have one of those, just make sure you do ALL your chores while they’re awake. Dishes while he’s in the sling, laundry when he’s having some playtime on the mat. That can really save your sanity. Good luck. Two months is such a rough time. It’ll get better.

Girls thank you so so much for your replies! I've gone with more contact naps early in the day which in turn allows him more contact nap sleep later on as he was getting to the point he wasn't even settling with contact just too tired. Iv also brought him into the bed to co sleep and he feeds thro the night and settles back down. Thank you again x

How brilliant! I hope he’s getting a bit more sleep now.
Yeah absolutely - only way I could do it was with contact naps and co sleeping. Babies just want to be close to you. My baby still has contact naps and co sleeps and she’s nearly one. I haven’t even tried to get her in a cot (I don’t own one!) she’ll be going on a floor bed when we are both ready.
Good luck with it all, sounds like you’re doing a great job! X