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2 week old. Not sleeping at night

Jeannam2008Jeannam2008 member
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I have a 2 week old who for the past 2 nights will fuss and cry from 8-2 or 3 in the morning. I breastfeed her every 2-3 hours, change diapers, swaddled her, tried a pacifier, tried her swing, lullaby music, her rock and play, skin to skin. Some things work but only for a few minutes. I don't know what else I can do
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Re: 2 week old. Not sleeping at night

  • CatsAreShadyCatsAreShady member
    Sorry to hear this. But it's normal for young babies to do this. It won't last forever but it will happen periodically. It's probably a growth spurt.
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  • secretbabasecretbaba member
    edited April 2015
    Have you tried offering her the boob every time she cries? Babies aren't like clockwork and it may be she wants feeding a little bit more often.

    ETA I agree on the growth spurt point, and this could make her hungrier.
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  • CatsAreShadyCatsAreShady member
    secretbaba said:

    Have you tried offering her the boob every time she cries? Babies aren't like clockwork and it may be she wants feeding a little bit more often.

    ETA I agree on the growth spurt point, and this could make her hungrier.

    And while it's super annoying, the constant feeding (cluster feeding) helps your milk supply increase to meet the baby's demands. It's a good thing, even while bring frustrated with it.
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  • PrimRoseMamaPrimRoseMama member
    Google the Period of Purple Crying.

    Young babies fuss. That's what they do. :-??


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  • shrkfanshrkfan member
    My mil is in town and won't put my son down all day (he's 2 weeks too) and now he won't sleep in his bassinet at night but will stop crying the second you pick him up... So I feel your pain right now
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  • secretbabasecretbaba member
    Ugh I wish I had your Robles when we were with my MIL - instead she tried to tell me to leave her to cry if out, otherwise 'we'd be in for a lifetime of troubles...' Took all my willpower not to make a snarky remark about her lack of bond with her own children!
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  • jeannagrove14jeannagrove14 member
    Hoping tonight goes a little better. She was awake more during the day today. I have found she likes being rocked and with a pacifier it helps soothe her to sleep. Noticed this earlier tonight but it was short lived by the time we crawled into bed she was awake and ready to eat.

    She is feeding longer too. About 15 minutes on one boob and 10-13 on the other.

    What are your thoughts on gripe water?
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  • secretbabasecretbaba member
    Were advised not to use gripe water until 6 weeks if we can help it, has the cluster feeding helped at all? A lot of it seems, to me, to just be trial and error. If you feel comfortable, try the gripe water and stay positive - you'll figure it out!
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  • kelseypiekelseypie member
    shrkfan said:

    My mil is in town and won't put my son down all day (he's 2 weeks too) and now he won't sleep in his bassinet at night but will stop crying the second you pick him up... So I feel your pain right now

    Your baby wanting to be held at night likely has nothing to do with your mil holding him. Babies need to be held, and 2 weeks old is entirely too young to "learn" and use it to "manipulate". Even if he wasn't doing it before your mil came to town (brand new babies change behaviors and routines all the time).

    That isn't even developmentally possible until at least 6 months of age. You cannot spoil a newborn. Cut your mil some slack and hold your baby when he needs you to. Because it actually is a real need at this age.



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  • BigboobsmcgeeBigboobsmcgee member
    kelseypie said:

    shrkfan said:

    My mil is in town and won't put my son down all day (he's 2 weeks too) and now he won't sleep in his bassinet at night but will stop crying the second you pick him up... So I feel your pain right now

    Your baby wanting to be held at night likely has nothing to do with your mil holding him. Babies need to be held, and 2 weeks old is entirely too young to "learn" and use it to "manipulate". Even if he wasn't doing it before your mil came to town (brand new babies change behaviors and routines all the time).

    That isn't even developmentally possible until at least 6 months of age. You cannot spoil a newborn. Cut your mil some slack and hold your baby when he needs you to. Because it actually is a real need at this age.

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  • Meagain31Meagain31 member
    It's what babies do. Try holding her. Mine would only sleep on me at that age. This too shall pass
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