When does it get better...

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My baby is only 5 weeks old. I read about others parents who’s babies around the same age are already sleeping through the night. (Well at least 5-6 hours) some even say more. 
Meanwhile my baby is up every 2 hours.. sometimes 3 if I’m lucky. It’s so exhausting & I just feel so miserable during the day with how tired I am. I start work next week and I’m sad that we still have no routine started. My baby was planned and very much wanted. I’m not trying to complain but I’m for sure looking forward to the day I can at least get a solid few hours of sleep so that I can be a better functioning mother during the day. I get depressed when night time comes because I know it’s going to be a long night and it’s not like I get much rest anyways. 
When does it get better? When do newborns typically start sleeping more at night? And staying up longer in the day? 😔

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I promise it gets better!! My daughter was the same way at that age. 
She didn’t have a sleep routine until 5.5 months old. I don’t know if you’re planning on sleep training, some people don’t need to and that’s awesome but it worked wonders for my daughter. For the past 2.5 months she has taken two 1.5 hour naps during the day and is *mostly* sleeping for 11 hours at night. She wakes up but is able to self-soothe and fall back asleep.

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I feel like those parents have to believe lying. Lol it might take a while to get real sleep again, but it does gradually get better. I know you really want it to be better right now. I totally get it. But some day very soon you will start getting more rest. Hang in there momma. And if there is ANYONE that can come and hold your baby so you can take a nap. Do not be afraid to ask. This mom stuff is HARD.

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Girlllll.... my baby didn’t sleep through the night until he was 8 months old (he was breastfeed and a terrible sleeper from day one). I know that doesn’t make you feel better but just know, that’s not always the case. Every baby is different. It DOES get better though! Don’t worry! My son is now 16 months and he sleeps 12 hours a night since he was 8 months and takes a 2 hour nap each day. I don’t have to rock him to sleep or anything? I just say “goodnight, I love you” give him some quick cuddles and kisses, put him down in his crib wide awake and he falls asleep on his own. You’ll get there momma! ♥️

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With my first that I breastfed he started sleeping through the night at 4 months. Just on his own... before that he was up every 1-2 hours... lucky if it was 3. It was miserable but it does get better!!

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By 4 months is usually the changes to easier. Each baby is different.

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4 months. 5 months when he napped better. Still had off days. Much better at 7-8 months when he slept 11 hours

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Mine is almost 6 weeks and just in the last couple days he started sleeping in a 3-4 hour chunk from about 9-midnight or 1am, but the rest of the night gets progressively shorter. The next chunk is about 2 to 2.5 hours, and the last one is usually 1 to 1.5 hours. It is NOT the norm for them to sleep through the night at this age, in fact my doctor said he would be worried if mine was. Even formula fed babies don’t usually sleep through the night this early. And sleep training shouldn’t really be started until 3 months if that’s something you want to do. They are supposed to eat all the time at this age because their stomachs are still small and they are doing lots of growing. I cant remember if you said your were BF or formula feeding above, but if you are BF, your baby’s constant eating is also making sure your supply continues to grow. That should stabilize around 3 months, babies eat about the same from 3-6 months so your breasts won’t have to increase much after that. Most people say that although babies are still eating at night, that they do start to go for longer spans around 8 weeks. Even if its just every 3 hours, you can get 6 hours of sleep pretty easily then and, at least for me, that feels amazing. So hopefully yours will soon give you one or two longer chunks! Fingers crossed for you! I was never a huge sleeper before the baby, but I can’t stand this new born stage. I am just a total jerk if I get no sleep. It’s been hard for me to enjoy my baby. If you’re feeling that way, don’t feel bad. I want to pop women when they tell me to enjoy this stage. My baby is colicky and only in the last couple days have I slept enough to feel somewhat human. It’s tough! But the worse is nearly over. 8 weeks is close and 3 months isn’t too far off either. We should see continued improvements as we get closer to those ages. 
I am so so sorry that you have to go back to work this early. My only saving grace is that I can deal with sleep deprivation on my couch. Can you pump and have your partner (if you have one) get up to do one of the feedings so you can sleep? Then the next feeding you do, you can pump one side while baby eats on the other so your supply doesn’t go down? If you’re going back to work, it would be a totally fair request to have a partner share the load. 
Also something I do when we’re going down for the night is darken the room and play like meditation music off pandora. When baby wakes up I don’t talk to him at night or turn on lights if I can help it. I change him by a dim light and make shushing noises. I feed him and then try to put him right back to sleep. They start to figure out the difference between day and night around 8 weeks and it helps them catch on if things are done differently during the day and night.
Good luck Momma!!!

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My son was up every 1-2hours for the first month-ish. I'm not sure exactly when he started sleeping more than that but he's currently 17months and still wakes up 1-2times every night😓

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Wondering the same my daughter in 4 weeks and 2 days and also gets up every 2 hours to feed

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