A quote from "Margin Call": it's just gonna suck for a while and then you'll be fine.
Hopefully you have parental leave so you can catch on sleep with a nap during the daytime.
For us the key was:
- consistent bedtime routine
- short breastfeeding when waking up at night
- white noise (low volume radio static)
- lots of activities when awake, baby swimming almost always resulted in a good night's sleep
Good luck!
Thanks for the tips, I hadn’t tried tiring them out as much as possible, that’s a good one!
Did anything help? Our little one is pretty consistently sleeping through the night now, its fucking heaven to get 6-8 solid hours of sleep again.
A few things helped. We have been getting him to bed earlier each wake window so baby gets more familiar with the bassinet while in a good mood, before getting over tired. As well we have been doing the pick up put down method so that baby gets a chance to fall asleep on his own, instead of falling asleep in our arms and then being confused when he wakes up not in them.
Also just time has been a big gfactor previously baby was up every ten minutes which I think was just the sleep regression due to his sleep cycle naturally changing.
Also more tummy time to get baby tired I think has helped
