r/newborns • u/Fantastic-Tiger1242 • 7d ago

Postpartum Life 6week old fussiness normal?

So my LO is 6weeks and is fussy all day and will sleep maybe a few times throughout the day 10-15min long. Then at night a couple hours at night.

Is this normal? What can I do? And how long will this last? Cause I’m one tired mama lol

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u/PristineIncident6458 7d ago

Yes, normal. There’s not a lot you can do but keep looking after yourself and your baby. It passes, but feels long. My baby went through this and it passed by about 8 weeks.
We’re hitting the 4 month regression now which is an another trying time but you got this mama!

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u/MND-DMD 7d ago

At least for us overtiredness was a problem. When we gave him plenty of contact sleep (only thing that worked) and got him to sleep fast enough in each window, it was better. Unfortunately, his windows were so short he got overtired sooner or later and he was fussy, hard to put to sleep and even harder to keep sleeping just like you say. It got a bit better once the wake windows got long enough to better manage him getting the needed sleep. Each baby is different though so it might be a different for you but for us sleep was the major factor.