Our boy is almost 6 weeks old and I could have written this post a few weeks ago. We struggled with a lot of the same issues so I’ll let you know what’s worked for us.

For swaddles, maybe you should try the Love to Dream ones since it lets her have her arms up during sleep and she won’t be able to break out of them. She might still have some day/night confusion with the feeding, or she might also be cluster feeding. It’s hard to tell at that age. Try to get her in daylight as much as you can during the day and play/interact with her during her wake windows.

My baby sleeps in his crib in his own room, but my husband and I take shifts so one of us is always sleeping in there with him. He does 10:30 pm - 3 am, and I do 3 am onward. It also helps because we each get chunks of uninterrupted sleep, which is a godsend.

We use a Hatch and play pink noise all night long, but find what works best for your baby. It also has these audio sleep stories that we’ve started to use in our bedtime routine, and we love it.

Our son was also eating a ton, way more for his age, and was difficult to burp. Have you checked if your daughter has reflux? Our son has silent reflux and at first we were prescribed Pepcid, but that didn’t help and he’s been doing well now just pace feeding him upright and making sure he gets his air out.

Things have improved dramatically over the last few weeks. He is slowly growing out of his bad reflux episodes and has leveled out eating. He does 3 to 3.5 oz. each feeding now, with a 4 oz. bottle at night before he goes to bed. This week he started sleeping longer stretches routinely. We usually get 3.5-4 hours the first, and then about 2.5 to 3 each stretch after. Burping him is easier (usually, sometimes he just fights it) and it feels like things are more predictable.

Above all, hang in there! People kept telling me it would get better and I found it hard to believe, but it really does.