7 week sleep regression??!?

My baby is 7 weeks (8 weeks on monday🥹🥲) and recently he has had a really rough time sleeping especially during the day. I’ll try to watch his wake windows and he’ll fall asleep initially but be awake again in 10-20 minutes. When he is asleep even the slightest movement or noise will wake him up. I’ve tried nursing him to sleep but he just wakes right up once the boob is out of his mouth, I try contact naps which he seems to sleep a little longer when on me but still not too long. He has been staying awake long past his wake window and i’m getting worried that his lack of sleep is going to affect him. Is this normal at this age and is there anything more I can do??

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Hi Lilly. I can remember my son having something similar. They are still so so so little at 7 weeks. I don’t think there’s any real sleep pattern established to even regress from at that stage. I’d love to hear what the other mamas think but He is probably just now starting to realize he’s not in your tummy anymore and that may be part of the reason his sleep feels all over the place. Do you have blackout curtains up? White noise machine? Etc?

@Dev 🇺🇸🇮🇪 I don’t have blackout curtains yet, we’re about to get some and I do have a sound machine. I’m hoping once we get the blackout curtains it will help him

He may be in a growth spurt

He’s probably hungry and needs higher caloric intake. So he will want to cluster feed/feed on demand.

Yes I think that will help a lot. It was a game changer for us. Also, if you have a pregnancy ball, try bouncing him on that. That helps my son. Overall, I wouldn’t be too worried. You’re aiming for those sleep windows and that’s all you can do. The name of the game in those first weeks is “survive!” lol you’re doing great xx

@Lilly my boy will be 8 weeks Sunday and we are going through the EXACT same thing ): it’s so hard!!

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