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Do you babywear? Not helpful to do that at night, but in my experience over tired babies don't sleep well at night. So maybe babywear during the day to get some good naps and hopefully night time sleep will follow! Hang in there!

I am sorry mama my first was more like that... Slept on our chests a lot and eventually we just bed shared. I would try to bust out ALL the tricks like diff swaddling, white noise, any other sleeping surface you have like swing, rnp, etc?

DS was like this! First 4 weeks he slept on us 99% of the time! We just kept trying and BAM.one day it changed!
He at 12 weeks is amazing! Hang in there!

I second baby wearing! It was so helpful in those dark early days. Does she feed ok? Maybe she's gassy and uncomfortable? Colic? (Don't need to be annoying, just throwing things out there).
I would just hold her as much as you need to/are able to. When my LO refused to nap except when held, we still did the whole routine in hopes that it would actually become a routine ...
It's most certainly a phase and I hope it's a short one!!

I feel for you DS would not let me put him down until he was 5 months old, even at night. But I second the questions about colic and MSPI, and or reflux? DS was all 3 and I believe that caused a lot of his sleeping problems for a long time. I tried wearing him but he didn't like that either unfortunitly, so I just counted down the days till I could set him down. Hang in there, your doing great mama!

@Pumpkin Pie: LOs MSPI didn't show up until 6 weeks. It was at 3 months we finally figured out what it was. His first symptoms were vomiting at night and then slimy (mucous filled poops). He was also always, always cranky. Cutting out gluten, dairy, soy, eggs, and peanuts made him an extremely happy baby that never spits up.

@Pumpkin Pie: both my boys were absolutely the worst during their 2nd month. They both had colic and reflux. Prilosec and a bland diet (no caffeine acidic food dairy crucifers and soy) really helped us. As soon as the Prilosec kicked in DS2 went from sleeping 45 minutes stretches to 10 hours, no joke.

@Pumpkin Pie: my DD had silent reflux. She would spit up any time that there was even a little pressure on her tummy. But the thing that told us it was silent reflux was when she was lying down we would hear her gagging choking on her spit up. And she was happiest being held upright which is why I ended up wearing her so much

http://www.thesleeplady.co.uk/silent-reflux-tips/

@pumpkin pie: sorry, mama! that sounds really rough. i'd probably schedule an LC appt (like others said, to make sure she is truly getting enough milk...but it seems like she is based on weight gain and eliminating)...and try to rule out the silent reflux symptoms myself. assuming all of that is ok, just do what you need to to get through the phase! carriers, letting her sleep on you day & night, co-sleeping, bottles of wine, whatever!

if it's nothing medical, i'm guessing she just finally "woke up" after having a sleepy first month

hang in there, mama!

@Pumpkin Pie: sounds like silunt reflux to me too, DS was always spitting up and throwing up after he ate, even in his sleep . A big sign to look for is if she starts screaming or crying right after spitting up, that usually a sign that it's hurting, also just listening for signs of her throwing up in her mouth and then reswallowing it. DS would scream and cry and it wasn't until I realized that he was having heartburn, and for him on nexium things turned around.

Keep an eye out for blood in her stool. My son was a very uncomfortable baby when he was that young and never wanted to be put down. We discovered that he had a milk protein intolerance. Once I eliminated all dairy from my diet, he was a different baby.