My son is 5 weeks old and I feel like we're doing something wrong. He'll sleep for like 20-30 minutes then wake up screaming. We've tried different swaddles, white noise, room temperature, everything. My wife and I are running on like 3 hours of sleep a night and I'm starting to hallucinate. Is this normal? When does it get better?
5 weeks is still really early for sleep schedules to settle. We were dealing with the same short bursts at that age and it improved a ton by 8 weeks or so.
That's pretty normal for that age honestly. The sleep thing gets better, just hang in there. Have you talked to your pediatrician about it or are you guys pretty confident he's feeding okay?
Have you tried white noise or a slightly warmer room? Sometimes small environmental tweaks helped ours extend those stretches. Also just checking - is he comfortable and fed before bed?
5 weeks is still super normal for those shorter sleep stretches. Your son's probably just not in a deep sleep cycle yet. Both mine did the same thing. It gets better around 3-4 months. You're not doing anything wrong.
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Hang in there. That was the hardest phase for us honestly. The 20-30 minute cycles are brutal but it's temporary. Make sure you're getting some help so you can rest too.