Does it get easier

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My baby girl is 3 weeks old and her sleeping patterns have changed. Before she would eat and go right back to sleep, now she’s just fussy and take longer to go to sleep. At night she sleeps for probably an hour at a time then she’s back up to eat and fuss a little bit more. I’m so exhausted I just want a full day of sleep.

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Sounds just like my baby at 5 weeks. I’m so exhausted and don’t know what else I can do anymore. I think my baby is colicky and just getting worse!

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This is the 5 week leap. My son has hit it HARD.

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It gets easier but not for a while. My 5 week old sleeps a little longer but wants constant contact and touch. He’s awake for longer stretches but he doesn’t know what to do so he’s cranky unless he’s being talked to, rocked, and thinks he has to eat just because he’s awake. Even if he’s already eaten a half hour before. I don’t remember when my daughter started sleeping through the night even though she’s only 20 months old. Lol. It’s the blur. I just remember going to sleep and jumping awake and rushing to her crib because it was 6 am and she hadn’t gotten up yet. She was peacefully snoring away 😂

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Download the Wonder Weeks app.  It shows and explains different growth spurts (mental and physical) that babies are going through at certain times.  You may be going through a “leap” right now.  Most times there’s not much you can do but they’re all temporary.  
Have you started anytime of bedtime routine?  Establishing bedtime rituals could help maybe?

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