Mommas. I’m really mentally struggling (sleep). My babe is 10 weeks old - and I should probably start by saying that I know all babies are different, and I’m not worried ab this being a problem for him necessarily, it’s just taking a major mental toll on my health.

Right now my boy will only sleep up to two hour stretches throughout the night, and of course when he wakes up to eat it takes about an hour (pediatrician has determined he’s just a slow eater, has not suggested to change from his size 1 nipples), and this goes on from 9 PM until about 3 AM.

Then at 3 AM, he is 100% over being asleep and ready to be up for the day and kick and play. We have taken all advise that we ever received on getting our child to sleep longer (routine, bath, scented lotions, trying to get him to eat more, etc etc), and he is just not sleeping more. And it’s literally killing me, it’s really starting to affect my mental state. Even with my husband and I taking turns feeding him throughout the night, neither of us are seeming to clock in much sleep. Are there any other weird tidbits or things that Have worked for you guys? Or is anyone else in the same boat?

To lay out what we do now in-

1. Routine consists of bath, lotion, change, read a book and listen to soothing music, then bassinet (this is the easiest step of the night. He goes to bed instantly and has flirted with us with almost 3 hours of sleep once or twice)

2. He is in a bassinet and does pretty well going in for the most part, it’s only around 2 AM or later that he hates it. So usually around two or three I will try to bring him into the bed with us on a dock to squeeze in a lil more sleep, and he’ll be fine on it for about 30 minutes. And of course if he’s in our arms, he will hundred percent go to sleep and stay asleep. But I refuse to get into this habit

3. He is still in a swaddle, but we have started swaddling with the arms out and just having the body tight per the pediatricians recommendation and fear of him flipping over. It has not seemed to change his sleeping habits at all, frankly it seems like he likes being out of it

4. Throughout the day he really only eats about 2 ounces per feeding, and we know this is probably the culprit to it all because he has no issues with reflux or ever seems to be upset or in pain. The pediatrician is trying to get him up to 4 ounces per feeding slowly over time, and we are working on this during the day, but he sincerely is just happy with small amts of food and it’s not seeming to be easy for us to get him to be a bigger eater. There’s no concern for his weight either, he’s in the 50th percentile

5. He takes formula and loves it. We have a fan on, and a noisemaker w white noise, and a humidifier on thru the night.

Any advice or thoughts I would be so thankful for!!! My sanity is spiraling out and I really don’t know what to do as I feel like we’ve tried literally everything