My newborn is driving me crazy!!!?

Question

I had my baby girl last week and she is driving me crazy!! Im still trying and getting use to her, since this is my first baby. For some reason she will sleep all day, but at night she is up and cries quite a bit, what is wrong with her? Am I doing something wrong? I have not gotten sleep at all, what can I do to make her happy and have her sleep longer? I wish I could at least sleep a full hour or two hours at night, but its impossible!! Any tips?

Answer 1

i guess just take everyone's advice. (except the jerk who told you that you should have never had a kid. apparetnly this loser has no compasion for other peoples feelings. news flash a**hole not everyone is a pro at motherhood a week after their baby is born), it's hard but try to get her into a scheduleof staying awake more at day time and sleeping more better at night. just remember this doesn't last long. mine is 2 1/2 months already and it seems like just yesterday i was going through exactly what you are going through. now he sleeps for 8-9 hours and gets up and eats a bottle and sleeps for 3-4 more hours! i loveit. so just tell yourself that it doesn't last forever. you'll be amazed at how fast they grow and change! good luck

Answer 2

Newborn Driving Me Crazy

Answer 3

Okay, reality is she is a week old, so there isn't a whole lot you can do, but maybe this will help:
Don't let her sleep for more than 45 minutes to an hour at a time during the day. Pick her up, feed her, change her, whatever, but break the sleep cycle - I would personally wait a while to do this, because they sleep because they need to, but I understand your pain.

When she does wake up at night, do NOT turn on the TV, the radio, a cd, or anything. Keep it as quiet and soothing as possible. You need to her to realize that it is night time. The opposite is true during the day, play the TV, Radio, whatever, when she wakes up during the day, so there is noise and activity so she associates that with time to be awake.
Your only other option is to just sleep with her during the day. I know it sounds hard to do, but the saying is true, your best bet is to "Sleep when they sleep".

You might want to also enlist some help for the next couple of weeks until you get use to eachother, if you have a mother or mother in law or someone available. They can be live safers, especially with your first baby.

Good luck, and sweet dreams (I hope)!

Answer 4

I am sure your doing everything fine. Its your first baby and it's a big change even though it's one you've been waiting for. All I can tell you is that when my daughter was born she seemed to constantly cry day and night and I felt the same way you do. Try to take naps when she does whether its 15 mins or an hour. Forget all about having a house that looks amazing. Do you have anyone that could help you out for and hour or two aday where you can use that time to nap, shower or even just go out for a walk to the store so that you could aleast get a little time to clear your head.
However it does get easier as time passes and you both fall into some sort of routine.

Good Luck and Congratulations on first born

Answer 5

She's got her nights and days mixed up, but if you keep things quiet and lights low when she is awake and unsettled at night, she should soon get into a better schedule. In the meantime catch up on your sleep during the day when she is asleep. For the first few months, it's a good idea to try and have a nap, or at least a rest, every time the baby is asleep.

You're not doing anything wrong, she's just adjusting to life...it's all new to her! There's not much you can do to have her sleep longer, apart from making sure her needs are met, that she is comfortable and not overstimulated, and that you are staying relaxed yourself.

Answer 6

Congratulations!!Welcome to being a mom. Usually when they are newborns they don't know yet what is day and night. You need to try and keep her up in the day by talking to her and stuff. Nothing is wrong it's completely normal. My son use to be the same way, but it got better as he was becoming older. The baby needs a lot of sleep anyways. My mother in law would try and keep my son up for as long as she could, which usually wasn't that long, but eventually he started sleeping a little bit longer not much. You just have to be patient, it's going to be better trust me. As for sleeping, yeah, your not going to get much. You need to sleep whenever she is sleeping, which I guess would be mostly during the day for now. Have you tried rocking your baby at nights to make her sleep? It worked for me, the only thing that sucked was I would end up falling asleep while still in the rocking chair. I got some sleep though.

Answer 7

In utero your baby was sleeping becuase the motion from your movement would put her to sleep, then when you would sleep she would be up playing in your tummy. Atleast this is how my Doc explained it... so now her schedule is off. It will be this way for a couple of weeks to maybe 7-8 weeks. I say (if possible) that you need to sleep when she sleeps, even during the day. You are going to have to switch your schedule to match hers. She is way too young to try and "make" her do anything. Trying to keep her awake during the day will only make her even more fussy. She may be crying a lot at night if she can sense your frustration. or she may be gassy. Little babies just cry sometimes - I would get used to it now. If you are resting during the day then up all night wont seem as bad.

You might also want to try swaddling her or putting on some soft music. They also make cd's and other things that are supposed to sound like the womb.

Good luck and remember that this too shall pass!!

Answer 8

Sleep when she sleeps even if its durning the day. Shut the phone off and go to bed. Ask for help if you can. I suffered for 6 weeks after a horrible birth. I just let the house go to pots and tried to sleep whenever I could (which was really tough). your not doing anything wrong. Its jsut the way some babies inner clocks are set. Dont talk or play with your baby at night at all and keep lights really low. In the day keep the lights on, dont decrease daily noise (enless your trying to sleep). This helps baby learn night is for sleeping and day time is for playing. As for crying all newborn babies cry allot. It usually starts to decrease around 6 weeks-3 month.

Answer 9

sleep when she sleeps during the day....as much as you can. Try to get her to switch her sleep patterns from the day to the night. Find things to do with her when she is awake to keep her up. It may only be five extra minutes of awake time at first but it seems like a lot more to her. If she is doing things like play on the floor and sitting in a bouncy chair to look around at toys these things exhaust babies. Do a bath in the evening. It will wake your baby up and will be very exhausting and she will have a good feed time before she goes to bed. When she is awake in the evening don't make a lot of noise and turn on a lot of lights, let her know it is sleep time by keeping it as dark as possible. She won't be like this forever she will get changed back around.....get some help from a partner or friend if it seems to be too much. The best advice is to nap when she is sleeping during the day....then you won't go so crazy at night when she is up so much.

Answer 10

Hi, I remember having the same issue with my first baby. That was 10 years ago! I know it's hard and seems like it will never end....but it will. It takes about 8 weeks for babies to settle into a routine and for us new mother's to figure them out! I know you're exhausted during the day from lack of sleep but try waking her every 2-3 hours for diaper changes, playtime, and feedings. This might help her be less prone to waking at night and help her sleep more during the night like you want her to.
Congratulations! Before you know she'll be off to school. =)