Our daughter is 6 weeks old and we're on night 3 of basically zero sleep because she won't settle. We've tried everything. Swaddling, feeding, burping, white noise, the works. She just cries and cries. I know newborns are tough but I didn't expect to feel this zombified. How long does the newborn stage usually last? Please tell me it gets better soon.
Man, hang in there. Week 3 was our roughest patch too with our second. Have you tried the contact napping thing? Sounds counterintuitive when you're running on fumes but sometimes they just need to hear your heartbeat. This phase does pass, I promise.
Brutal. With four kids I learned that some nights you just gotta accept you're not sleeping and try to stay zen about it. Have you ruled out reflux or anything like that with the doctor? Sometimes babies won't settle because something's actually bothering them.
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6 weeks is still so new. Our daughter had her days and nights completely backwards at that point. We started taking shifts so at least one of us could get a solid 3-4 hour block. It saved our sanity. You're doing great even though it doesn't feel like it.