I am new to mumsnet. I don't usually use the internet much but since having my baby 6 weeks ago I am finding the discussions on mumsnet interesting and reassuring.
My problem is a common one,our baby doesn't sleep much! But instead of being woken every 2/3 hours we cannot get our 6 week old to sleep at all either day or night. She eventually went down for an hour 2 nights ago and last night not at all! I was up breastfeeding her and trying to put her down all night. She does get sleepy after a feed but always wakes up 5 minutes later.
We have tried everything, cosleeping, taking her for walks in the pram, rocking her, singing to her, swaddling, and slings, pouches etc! The pouch does work,she will sleep for an hour or two in that,but I can't get any rest then.We even bought a fisher price cradle swing that rocks and plays ambient music but she also will only suffer that for an hour.
I keep reading babies sleep 16 hours out of 24, and I am really worried about her lack of sleep. She seems quite happy and alert when awake for a little while and then when she cries I end up feeding her,even if it's just minutes after her last feed.
She did have a week when she slept for 3/4 hours once at night and in the day-didn't know how lucky I was!
We also thought she might have gas so did try gripe water, which didn't make a big difference and made her constipated so have eased off that now.
We are having our 6 week checks next week so will go through this with the doctor.
I would appreciate any advice or reassurance that anyone has survived this! I don't know how long I can cope with no sleep at all.