Day 11 & struggling

[Claire]

You're doing a great job - well done!

Those first few weeks are really tough especially if you have a wakeful baby which my first was. My only suggestion is to feed, feed, feed - forget about how often and for how long and try and get as much rest as you can. You need the stimulation and baby obviously wants to be close.

Do you wear your baby? A sling would be great to carry bubs around and still feed if you want to.

[2CheekyMonkeys]

i agree you are doing a great job! my DD was just like this!!!!!! it is so hard, so tiring and so frustrating at times! you get used to it, then they change for the better, you get used to that then they change for the worse again! but with time it does get better. i found when my DD was at this stage i kept comparing her to other more 'easy going' babies and what was 'expected' of her at her age and what the 'experts' were telling me and it really makes you doubt yourself and your baby. it made me quite upset on many occasions.

the only advice i can say is... do whatever makes him sleep, (car, walk, sleep with him on you, co-sleep) whatever gets you a little bit of a sleep as well. my DD slept in her basinet for all of about 1 night!!! then slept on my chest while i slept on the couch, then slept on me while i was in bed, then next to me in bed, while DH got to sleep in spare room, eventually DH moved back into our bed, then at about 6 months i got her into her cot during the day only but that lasted about 2 months. she slept on our bed during the day. woke for a comfort feed back to sleep 2 hourly until about 16 months old! finally got her in her bed during the night and sleeping for most of the night and that was at 18months! but during this time i learnt to accept her for how she felt comfortable in sleeping and stopped thinking about all the other good litlle babies doing what babies were supposed to do.


i agree you should try a lying down feed cause that is truly how i got through all those months! and yep, sounds like you have a snacker! mine was too. i couldnt find a way to get her out of this habit, just fed on demand even though at times i felt like oh my god get off me!

sorry for the long post! whoopsy... but yeah, it does get better, and you will start feeling more confident with time and the more you get to know you little one.
(but it is hard work) :-)