9 week old fighting sleep

[kiana2015]

Hi my lg is 9 weeks old she has never gone to sleep for the night before midnight, the forst few weeks was 4am and gradually has got better where now it can be between 12:30 - 1am, the trouble I'm having is she is fighting her sleep, from around 5ish she'll wake and remain awake until she settles for the night, you can see she's tired her eyes are fighting to stay awake, from around 9 if I rock her she'll fall asleep in my arms but the minute I put her down she will wake and scream we do this about 5 times until it hits after midnight and then she settles, in the day I can put her down awake and she'll self settle, what can I do?

My baby is 10 weeks old and we had similar, we found having a night time routine for her made a massive difference! So every night she has a feed at 7pm, play time 7:20-8, a bath at 8pm, then into pj’s, lights off, white noise on, a little top up feed and then cuddle to sleep. Also if you haven’t been already then keep an eye on her wake windows through the day so that she is getting plenty of stimulation/play during the day and this helps to build “sleep pressure” at night, and timing the afternoon naps so that by 9pm she is ready for sleep. It is just trial and error to see what works for your baby and it’s a fine balance between overtired & tired enough but just have a little play around with your routine, you will find something that works for your baby x

Oh and also we gave a microwave pillow thing and I pop that in the crib for 5 mins before I put her down so that it is warm for her going in rather than her going from being in my warm arms to a cold crib x

Thank you! I have tried getting her into a routine I bath her around 730 every evening have playtime and try settle to sleep it just isn't working but she does tend to nap a lot at the beginning of the day if she wakes at 6 she'll go for naps 3/4 hourly I try to wake her around the 2 hour mark but she's so tired, I need to work on that maybe

Your baby just wants to be close to you… keep hold of her while she sleeps for the first half of the night…. Just watch TV or read quietly. Babies don’t need to be put down in a crib and sleep and such a young age. Self settling is a myth… most babies cannot do this until much later as their brains just haven’t developed that yet. So rock and hold your little ones. If you need to get to sleep yourself you could look at safe co sleeping guidelines and see if they would work for you (Lullaby Trust).
Honestly babies that young just need you close x