[Solved] Awright everybody?

Hi and welcome and congratulations.

It will take a while for things to settle down, so I'm not surprised you aren't sleeping yet, but it will come.

This is a bit random but one of the things I used to do was, at bedtime, if my children wouldn't go to sleep I'd pick them up and walk round in circles in the garden with them, usually nice and snug wrapped up in a blanket (baby not me). Usually after 10 minutes or so baby would be fast asleep. Sometimes more, sometimes less. It works much better when the stars are out. When you've had a long day of crying babies and stress, it's a great way to ensure you get a couple of hours peace. On rainy nights, not so good. Make sure there's no noise in the house for when you come back in - it will wake baby. Or hum a lullaby while you're walking around and then the change in noise levels isn't so bad.
As for the crying there are two schools of thought - the first is that you shouldn't spoil baby by picking them up when they cry or they'll wrap you around their little finger. Then there's the softie approach where you pick them up all the time. I won't say which one I chose every parent is different.Just whatever you do, both parents should try and give the other a break - constant crying can drive you round the bend. And try to keep calm - getting stressed won't help. Soon baby will get to the point where he/she will be distracted with toys and rattles etc and hopefully the crying will happen less often. Congratulations!

Hi there and welcome to the forum

Congratulations on your new arrival! The first few months can be tough, tiredness seems to overshadow daily life until a routine is established.

Try not to get too anxious, as your little one will pick up on this and react by being more fretful. Parenthood doesn't come with a manual and I'm sure we've all been in your position; at a loss to know what to do to stop them crying! Wrapping a baby (called swaddling) can help, or trying different rocking actions, some swear by the ticking clock next to them, which mimics mums heartbeat when they were still inside. Rocking and gently patting the bottom can work...its trial and error, but you will find what works I'm sure.

All the best

Hi There,
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Lots of tips above, it will be trail and error until you find something that works for you and baby, as said above you both need to be doing the same thing or baby will manage to play you off against each other, seems they manage to do this from a very early age Lol
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I remember that my son when he was very young would cry until he was picked up, this went on for a while until i started to leave him to cry he very quickly realised that he wasn't going to get picked up, so he stopped and went to sleep, after a few nights of the same he started to sleep pretty much all the way through the night.
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Stroking feet, head or back/[censored] can be very soothing for babies.
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