Night time problems

Amu

Im a ftm to a 2 week old and having a hard time. My baby girl has no trouble sleeping in peoples arms and during the day she will sit awake and alert in her mama roo with no problems. Night time she will not let me put her down. For this week and half of next my husband is working nights so I’ve been dealing with this alone. 😩

The cycle is I give her her night time feeding (breast fed) after a routine of PJs, lotion massage and quiet cuddles. She falls asleep on my breast so I gently take her off, walk slowly around the room with her while burping her then lay her in her bassinet. She always wakes up a bit but then dozes off again. In less than 5 minutes from there she will wake up screaming bloody murder. I pick her up and she roots on my chest frantically and rejects a pacifier. I give her my breast again and she eats for another 10 min before falling asleep again. Rinse and repeat.

I’m scared my milk is drying up or something. She is gaining weight, poops/pees constantly so she has to be getting something but I just don’t understand how she can “need” to eat so often. I’ve read babies will use their moms as a pacifier but the way she latches on is always so aggressive like she is hungry and not just looking to soothe.

Some nights I handle this like a champ but others, like tonight, I just feel so tired and defeated that I feel like crying. I know 2 weeks is not a long time but after 5 nights of getting 2-4 hours of sleep, including naps I squeeze in during the day, it feels like an eternity and I just want to know what others think.

Things I’ve tried:

Swaddling

Pacifier

White noise

Mamaroo movement