@michaellaporga 5 weeks was the hardest for me. My lo is 10 weeks now and already so much better. Went from miserable witching hours to sleeping through the night in a matter of 4 weeks.
It gets better
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@meroholda Ours was 10-2 
and luckily when I went back to work. She had her 2 month appointment and after that weekend things just magically started getting better.
and luckily when I went back to work. She had her 2 month appointment and after that weekend things just magically started getting better.
show it can potentially be for me.s husband wants us to go to a family reunion at 4 weeks pp !!! With our 19 month old… 
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@michaellaporga You’ve got this 
@billycress needed this. just went through night 3 and it was a night from hell - not to mention i still don’t feel like i know what im doing whatsoever 
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I’m sure you’re doing amazingly x@billycress I don’t think we’re totally in the clear but my little one is 7 weeks. Last week and early this week were so incredibly hard. He cried one day (varying levels of intensity) nearly from time he woke to bedtime. I felt like I had to be doing something wrong. Then, yesterday and today so sooo much better. Still fussy but 3/10 compared to before. We were able to leave the house without meltdowns. I was able to take a shower with him in his bouncer awake, not timing it around a nap… and he was happy just sitting there! I hope we are on the down hill now but, if not, at least I am getting little glimmers of it.
@billycress It does get so much better. Went from not finding time to shower or eat to having time to actually get ready for the day, exercise, cook, etc.
Everyone hang in there. But also, feel all the feels while you're in it because it can be really freakin hard.
Everyone hang in there. But also, feel all the feels while you're in it because it can be really freakin hard.
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@billycress I needed this. 4 week old and every day is something different in all the worse ways. Husband and I are feeling the emotions and lack of sleep as well. Everyone says it gets better and I just keep asking "when???" So thank you for giving me a timeframe to possibly look forward to.
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@blossoming First big change for us came at 6 weeks - the crying peaks and you might get a smile, the end of the angry potato phase!!
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@billycress Is it bad that while I do think things are getting easier, I keep waiting for the “if I can just make it until she can insert something here”. If I can just make it until she sleeps longer than 4 hours. If I can just make it until the doesn’t feed overnight anymore. If I can just make it until she a little bit bigger.
It is much easier now (8 weeks) than it used to be but I still feel like the days are a struggle. Most days I just wish I could sleep all night and be a potato during the day or go do something I want to do.
It is much easier now (8 weeks) than it used to be but I still feel like the days are a struggle. Most days I just wish I could sleep all night and be a potato during the day or go do something I want to do.
christlikekingdom
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@billycress I really needed this. Thank you, OP
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@christlikekingdom It is SO.HARD. I’m sure you’re doing a fab job x
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@billycress I have been really struggling lately so any words of encouragement are amazing, thank you 
th%C3%B6r1
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@billycress I needed to hear this today 
thank you
thank you@billycress My daughter cries a lot and sleeps is a wild roller coaster. She knocks out in the arms and sometimes when I put her down she starts fussing and wakes up crying. I get a bit frustrated and my gf takes over but I feel bad because I want her to rest. My daughter is a preemie baby. She was born 34 weeks and 6 days. She turns 2 months on Wednesday. Went through bad depression but getting better day by day. I go back to work Thursday. Hope everything gets better soon and she gets to sleep longer. Anyone with a preemie baby and have experience, any advice would be great. Thank you.