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babies can be fussy when they're sleepy, too. i didn't know, and kept trying to change/feed/burp/wam/cool the fussy LO and he didn't sleep!
now i always see if i can force him to sleep. it doesn't always work.
lately i'll put him NEAR the boob and give him a paci if he ate, got changed, got burped, got swaddled, and still hasn't stopped fussing

That was like my 11 week old when he was around that age too. He'll only sleep when someone's holding him. He'll cry as soon as you put him down. Babies do fuss when they are tired too. He usually cries like crazy from minutes to just seconds before he passes out on my arms. One trick that helps him fall asleep while being rocked is when I walk around while bouncing him up and down with my legs. It's tiring but he'll fall sleep. I do the same at night and swaddle him tight. I just see it as he gets some rest and I get some exercise. I'm lucky, so far, that he sleeps through the night and has been. Just a lot more difficult during the day. Hope you find relief soon as he gets older.

Tyler rarely sleeps 16 hours a day. He just doesn't sleep that much despite all of my encouraging. But, yesterday was ridiculous - finally I topped him off with a bottle, swaddled him, did some sshing and put him in the swing and he slept for 3 hours. Do you swaddle during the day? If not, that might help.

DD's 6 week growth spurt, which she had early at 5.5 weeks, was the worst! She ate every 45m-1h AROUND THE CLOCK! Even through the night. All her other growth spurts were just perma-nursing through the day but that one really did me in. I spent the whole next day in bed with her just sleeping and nursing. lol

Hope you eventually got some sleep.

Around that time, my LO wouldn't sleep longer than 2 hours at a time. She settled down at 8 weeks!

Good luck!! Hope your LO sleeps better soon!