Losing my mind.. Baby won't sleep

I don't know what to do... I've been trying to put My 7 week old to sleep since 8pm... Its midnight now. She barely slept last night, didn't sleep a wink all day today, and is still wide awake now... How can this be?? I'm starting to lose my mind...

Re: Losing my mind.. Baby won't sleep

The only thing that I can suggest is maybe give Lo a warm bath and a keep lights low and don't talk. That may make them sleepy. Enya on Pandora worked for me when dd was a newborn and still works today. Good luck I feel your pain does up every two hours to eat.

Message edited 4/7/2013 1:04:58 AM.

Losing my mind.. Baby won't sleep

Sounds like my LO in the beginning. He would go all day without a nap and then keep me up every hour or two at night. I thought I was losing my mind. I started having sleep anxiety even when I could sleep! So I feel your pain. In my case, it turned out he was just insatiably hungry. I ended up pumping for a while to see how much he got, and then topping off with formula after.

I don't know if your LO is crying at all or is just up, but that's what eventually worked for us until my milk fully kicked in.

Re: Losing my mind.. Baby won't sleep

She's overtired! It's hard, but you can't let a 7 week old go more than about 2 hours without sleep. I say, do whatever you can to get her down...rock her, put her in the swing, take her for a walk or a car ride...whatever works!

Losing my mind.. Baby won't sleep

Have you tried white noise? Really helps them fall asleep. you can try the homedics sound spa ($20 & that has a timer or stays on), sleep sheep (timer) & you can even put ot the vacuum or hair dryer!

Losing my mind.. Baby won't sleep

Thanks everyone!! DH came home and relieved me around 12:30am and got her to fall asleep. I guess he has the magic touch. Today she woke up at 8 and I just swaddled her and put her down for a nap at 9:30am. She fought it for a few seconds but it looks like she fell asleep. SHE WILL NAP TODAY!!!!! haha thanks again!!