So f*cking tired....help?

Question

So, my daughter is 2 weeks old. My husband has been on a business trip for the past 10 days, and DD has decided that sleep is for the birds. She woke up at 1am, and here I am at 5:30 in the living room with her, praying that her little rocker will help her sleep. This is baby #2 and I don't remember #1 sleeping like this. WTF do I do?! I'm so fucking tired.

Also: how long are your newborns up for in a stretch? Mine is maybe up for 20 minutes a few times a day and then she passes out again. Should I be keeping her awake?

Answer

It takes time for them to regulate days and nights. What I did was keep the windows and doors open during the day, music playing and lights on while going about my day and at night I would turn everything off and even if he woke up I'd leave it dark and quiet. He figured it out after a few weeks.

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Do you have a friend or relative who can come over and hang out with the baby while you nap/shower/do anything else? I had a friend come over and hold my baby for a few hours and I got so much done, it was awesome to get a break and I felt recharged to take care of her again.

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Hang in there!! Mine didn't sleep more than 2hrs at a time for her entire first month of life.  Now that her poops finally spread out (not sure if it's because I went dairy-free or if her digestive system matured), but she just slept a 5hr stretch for the first time in her life!! It will get better, stay strong!! You can do it!

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Is she sleeping during the day? She might have her days and nights mix up

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I kept my babies awake during the day so they would sleep longer. While baby #1 may not have been that way each baby is extremely different and with act/sleep/eat differently. I would try to swaddle? I have had 5 children and my last born was the only one who NEEDED to be swaddled in order to sleep 4hr stretches at night.

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My daughter slept like this in her first month of life, but right around the two-month-old Mark, she became a really great sleeper. Are you breast-feeding or formula feeding? My doctor told me that if I increase the ounces of formula that I give to her in each feeding, it would help her sleep longer at night. It seemed like it worked like a charm. The other thing is if there's anyway you could get the baby out side into some sunshine for about 20 minutes each day before 2 PM, the sun helps reset the circuit he and rhythm, which could be part of your problem.

So f*cking tired....help?

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