Will things get easier?
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It's mostly the crying that I'm wishing away... I don't necessarily mind the broken sleep, the feeding, the nappies etc - it's the crying when I can't work out what's wrong (or when they're overtired and JUST WON'T SLEEP 😅). Does that at least get better?!
It’s baby dependent 😂 some people (seem to) have whingy kids (just going off what people post), others don’t. Not knowing what’s the matter is hard. I hated the whole burping thing. We found probiotic drops helped us.
I found at 3 months the random crying settled loads and I found things a lot easier. I can't promise anything but 3-6 months was a breeeze for me. 9 months on the other hand... 😅😅😅
I can't honestly say any of it gets easier, it hasn't for me anyway 😅. My baby isn't even a difficult baby bless her, but every age brings its challenges!
We had a realy hard paych of crying from over tiredness around 8/9 weeks which got better by getting a really good handle on his naps and ensuring her never went past the reccomend wake window. In the early days he just fell asleep so easily, but around that time he started fighting naps and we just sort of followed his rhythm which ment he was sometimes awake for 3+ hours. Once we realised this was the problem and supported him in taking a nap between 1-1.5hrs (this meant putting on his white noise music, rocking/swaying with him, into his buggy with closed hood so all dark and pushing him etc. - he never just falls asleep easily like he did when smaller). But once we got on top of this we very very rarely have crying from over tiredness anymore. It has made my days more restricted as I have to be very on top of his naps. But he only sleeps in his buggy/car seat, so I can still go out. Some people frown upon napping in buggy, but it works for him and I can't really understand the issue! Hope this helps 🙏
Our babies will have near enough the same birthday and yes, I'm expecting him to be pretty different in 4 weeks 😊 they'll be able to better handle longer stretches and it will all be easier to manage but you'll still need to keep an eye out for overtiredness - having said that I still have to keep an eye out for my 3 year old getting overtired and crying 🤦🏼♀️🤣 With babies you find that some changes are gradual and some literally happen overnight so you really do have to take each day as it comes. We're almost out of the fourth trimester, my plan is to stay on the "go slow" and expect him on me 24 7 for the next few weeks. I'm using this time to remind my husband of tiredness cues and the price we pay if he gets overtired - I was like the fun police with our first because he never wanted to stop playing and then he expected me to settle an overstimulated/tired baby 🤦🏼♀️ when that happens it can be worse than it is now but like I say, you have more control over it and it's much easier to predict 😊
Nothing gets easier, it just gets different. Not saying it to make you feel bad, just don’t wish time away. If night time sleep improves then you’ll get less time in the day. Start chatting / walking etc. you need to interact with them more. Feeding stops you have to sorts balanced meals. Nappies go, potty training etc etc You’ll forget most of the struggles (we didn’t get much sleep at all until 19m) Our LO is 2 1/2 and it’s gone SO fast. Trying to soak up every minute. 💛