9 week old not sleeping

[TheNervousMum]

I see this is quite a common thread but was hoping for some advice for my LG. She’s 9 weeks old and was sleeping 3/4 hours in any one stretch at night, we were going to bed around 10:30 as we hadn’t yet got into a routine (a lot of sites say at least 3 months old before you can really start a routine). However, towards the back end of last week my LG got a congested nose which kept her up at night despite my best efforts with a humidifier and nasal drops/spray. She then had her first round of immunisations and since has slept max 45 mins in her next to me before waking up.

She is EBF and I haven’t started any sleep training with her yet, I’m not a fan of the cry it out method so she does currently fall asleep on me and I put her in the crib.

Any advice or people going through a similar thing?

Thank you in advance!

Sounds very normal, well except for the 3 to 4 hour stretches.

Would you consider cosleeping?

I don’t agree with this, it is perfectly normal to go 3 to 4 hours between feeds at night.
It sounds like she is still feeling grotty and will most likely go back to her old normal once she feels better.
In the meantime try to sleep in shifts.

Every child is different and sleep patterns just aren’t that predictable. My first only slept for 3 hours max for the first 6 months, my second only slept for 90 minutes max if I was lucky and sometimes only 15-30 minutes. (Both had reflux so we’re quite often uncomfortable)

I didn’t have any help with the night shifts so my best advice is to keep her in a moses basket by your bed and make it as easy as possible for you to reach in and soother her, make up bottles etc within easy reach etc. I used to manage to get them to sleep in the afternoons on my chest sometimes while I sat upright in a chair which helped.

Unfortunately the lack of sleep is hard, but it will pass. She’s just little and wanting to be comforted at the moment.

I’ve spoken with my partner about this and both agree we’d be too worried about her if we were to cosleep. He moves a lot in his sleep and I would be too paranoid to sleep.

Please look up safe Co sleep as it’s when people who don’t know how to do it safely and then do out of desperation and at 3 in the morning that babies die.

You don’t have to actually cosleep but it all but if you were to do it then the baby should never be between you and your partner and until 6 months old should only cosleep next to you.

The lullaby trust has information on it.