'it gets easier'/'the first few weeks are the hardest' anyone not agree?

[moomin momma]

I've found the past few weeks (5months) the hardest. maybe I'm looking back at her newborn days with rose-tinted spectacles but right now I'm pretty miserable and crying quite a lot most days. She won't sleep for long at night, won't nap more than 15minutes, 3 times a day if we're lucky, so i pretty tired most of the time. Am seriously close to sleep training in an attempt to fix it, something I said I'd never do!

its so hard when they won't sleep, hope it improves for you soon. You could try a gentle form of sleep training maybe. I never thought I would do it either but have had to resort to it now.

I was just reading your PU/PD down thread. Very tempted to try PU/PD, I've tried ssh/pat and I think she may be too old as it just annoys her. DH wants to give her a bit longer and see if things improve after WW26 is over (we're at 26.5 weeks now so I guess things aren't meant to get better just yet). She sat up by herself for the first time yesterday so I'm hoping that this is the 'new skills' bit of the WW which, from what I can remember of the other ones, is when things did improve.

 

[Natsku]

I've found the past few weeks (5months) the hardest. maybe I'm looking back at her newborn days with rose-tinted spectacles but right now I'm pretty miserable and crying quite a lot most days. She won't sleep for long at night, won't nap more than 15minutes, 3 times a day if we're lucky, so i pretty tired most of the time. Am seriously close to sleep training in an attempt to fix it, something I said I'd never do!

its so hard when they won't sleep, hope it improves for you soon. You could try a gentle form of sleep training maybe. I never thought I would do it either but have had to resort to it now.

I was just reading your PU/PD down thread. Very tempted to try PU/PD, I've tried ssh/pat and I think she may be too old as it just annoys her. DH wants to give her a bit longer and see if things improve after WW26 is over (we're at 26.5 weeks now so I guess things aren't meant to get better just yet). She sat up by herself for the first time yesterday so I'm hoping that this is the 'new skills' bit of the WW which, from what I can remember of the other ones, is when things did improve.

Things should start to improve from WW26 in the next week or so and if she's learning new skills now like sitting up then it might improve once she's a bit settled at that.
I found everything annoyed Maria even rocking her to sleep so I just try and do what annoys her the least now which is mostly giving her space and rubbing her back/stroking her hair when she wants it.

 

[k4th]

i dont agree...
newborn stage was the worst for me.

i love where james is at now at 7.5 months.
however, i hear there is a 8/9 month regression that makes me nervous....

Totally, totally ^wss!!

I do remember a tricky period when lo was not quite 4 mths though. She was awake a lot but not able to entertain herself. That was tricky, but I'd take it over newborn anyday... It's the smiles that do it for me