My daughter is 3 weeks and 4 days old. She’s almost a month old! 
but lately, in all honesty- it’s become hard to enjoy being a mom.
I feel as if I’m in between baby blues and postpartum depression. I guess I’ll call it postpartum blues? lol anyways, i’m all ready struggling with trying my best to be as patient as I can be.
but it seems like my daughter has been going through a growth spurt for over two weeks!
it started when she was close to 12 days old I want to say, and she was constantly eating frequently, even after she was just recently fed. sleeping for shorter periods, and wanting to eat.
i looked up those things and i learned she was going through a growth spurt and that it’s common around 2 weeks. i read it last for 3 days to a week.
so i thought okay, i just need to try and get through the week and things will start to calm down.
NOPE WRONG lol
it seems like it got worse.
she’s constantly fussy, never content for more than 5 minutes.
i can’t even eat, pump, use the bathroom for most of the day.
it’s a constant battle because she’s always crying.
she’ll fall asleep no more than 30 minutes, wake up, cry, eat.
act like she’s done. (some times) then eat some more.
then eat more.
then eat a little more, then be done.
she’ll get burped, seemed content, then no more than 7 minutes later wants to eat again.
it’s like a repeative pattern.
eat
eat
eat
5 minutes later cry-
then eat eat eat
fall asleep-
25 minutes later cry
eat
eat
eat
and thats all she does all day and night!
it’s making it hard to enjoy being a new mom because this constant pattern. (like i said i have at least baby blues)
i’m home by myself with her all day every day, (my husband works full time from morning to night)
and the only person around to “help” is my friend but she never wants to help.
i don’t know what to do! when will this end?
i mean i know i signed up for this when i decided to become a mom, but i though babies eat every 2 hours, not every 15-20 minutes, and i thought growth spurts last a week, not 2 and a 1/2 weeks
not only that but she’s constantly fussy now.
if she’s not fussy, she’s sleeping.
so she’s either crying and being fussy, eating every 15 minutes. or sleeping for no more than 30 minutes. any idea to why this is?
i can’t even relieve being engorged!
some helpful facts are-
-i exclusively bottle feed my breast milk (i pump 6 oz at a time so supply is not a problem, there is always a bottle waiting for her) So she drinks breastmilk
-she gained back all her birth weight and then some
-she never used to this before
-i make sure i try to get at least one burp out of her
I love her, but being with her all day by myself with no help and then dealing with this most of the night is driving me insane! any ideas? and when will this pass? :/ (i’m a first time mom)
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