I feel like I'm the only one

Who has nights of basically no sleep. This has happened twice now with my 3 week old, she won't stay asleep at night, when she does fall asleep and I put her in her bassinet, she wakes up like 5 min later. I figured it was gas so I did everything possible to help relieve it. Last night she seemed gassy or she just didn't want to sleep but seemed tired because she fell asleep every time I nursed her but would wake right up. I tried swaddling her but she doesn't seem to like that. And some times when I was feeding her she would keep latching off and cry and squirm like crazy and then look to eat again only to do the same thing. And I really don't want to get her in a habit of thinking she can sleep with me, but I laid her next to me and she would stop crying and finally sleep for a while so I slept for a little and would wake up and try and put her in her bassinet but she would wake up. It was the only thing that worked but now I'm afraid shell only sleep if she's next to me. I'm so tired right now, it's now 2:00 pm and I got maybe an hour and a half of sleep all night.

Trust me: you're not the only one.

<blockquote><b>Quoting The Doctor:</b>" Trust me: you're not the only one."</blockquote>




I know it sounds stupid, I just feel like I am for some reason

Quoting My Widdle:" <blockquote><b>Quoting The Doctor:</b>" Trust me: you're not the only one."</blockquote> I know it sounds stupid, I just feel like I am for some reason"

No, I know. It's hard. My DD was an awful sleeper, didn't sleep for more than a half an hour at a time until she was well over a year and a half.

Babies don't know how to sleep like we do, and it's rough. But know you're not alone.

You're not alone! But, that is how it feels when you can't see straight.

I just went with co sleeping. It's the only way I'd get any sleep. Even so, I don't get THAT much, I am still woken up for nursings, random needs, etc, but... I get more than I would if I had to wake up, get out of bed, feed the baby, and try to get him back to sleep in a crib.

DD was like that in the beginning. I started putting a heating pad where she was going to lay and then took it out right before I laid her down so it was nice and warm for her. She also slept on her tummy. It was the only way she would sleep at night and I was so exhausted.

<blockquote><b>Quoting The Doctor:</b>" Trust me: you're not the only one."</blockquote>




 

My LO did that the first couple months. Now, unless she's sick, she sleeps in her crib all by herself. She's still used to a warm spot and your heartbeat. Sometimes it just so much easier to let her sleep with you just so you both get a good night sleep. She is still young enough to break the habit when she's a little older.

If you are insistent that she absolutely does not sleep with you though, try putting a heating pad in her bassinet until you are ready to put it her, then take it out. That way it's toasty warm for her. She may also just want to pacify on your breast, so if you are willing too, try giving her a paci. Good luck mama. You are not alone in this!

She is only 3 weeks old. She wants to be close to ypu. I co slept with my kids for the first couple months and then started laying them in the crib i. Our room. They never got attatched too much



If thats the only olace she will sleep then sleep that wAy

You are DEFINITELY not alone. The baby is only 3 weeks old....not many babies at that age sleep through the night. It will get better in time, you just have to be patient.

You're not alone lol... I think every baby is like that. My midwife told me the first 2 months will basically be spent cosleeping or you will die from lack of sleep...
You can transition them afterwards, my LO sleeps in his crib for naps during the day. And at 7 when he goes to bed, he sleeps alone in his crib set by our bed untill we go to bed at 12ish.
Besides a heating pad you might want to put something in there that smells like you, a scarf or a sweater.

My first, for the first 2 weeks I BF and most nights she would scream and try feeding ALL night for almost 12 hours straight. I don't think she was getting much at all and she was making my nipples crack and bleed. So I'd be up all night, crying my eyes out, trying to make this baby stop crying while my lovely DH would sleep like a baby. -.- And the youngest one would be up alot of hours too, but was definitely more lenient than the first.

I gave up and let my son sleep with us. Sleep was more important to me than where he slept (I had to get up with a 2 year old in the morning). He slept with me until 7 months, when it wasnt working for either one of us anymore. I moved him to his own room and he's been there ever since.

Mine is two months old, and we've been having this same issue. She's only just started sleeping for a couple hours at a time in her bassinet. Her issue seems to be congestion; she starts snorting when we lay her on her back and wakes herself up. It's getting better now but before one of us would have to be up all night with her because she couldn't sleep on her back in the bassinet or in the bed with us.

i think every mom feels that way when they have had no sleep. my 5 month old had colic so bad when he was a newborn and it was hell and than about a week ago he was waking up every half hour at night cause hes teeth were hurting so bad