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[quote=Anonymous]You have gotten lots of great answers here - it definitely gets better when they start smiling around 6 weeks bc it makes all the hard work worth it. I'd say it gets a lot easier after 3 months. My son is 5.5 months now and even though the 4 month regression was absolutely awful, it was nothing compared to weeks 3-5 for me. I had a friend tell me "the whole first year is one giant regression" so just keep that in mind - they develop so quickly and there will always be something with each stage, just when you figure them out.

Have you had her latch evaluated by an LC? Mine had a tongue and lip tie and fell asleep on the boob constantly (yeah yeah i know, everyone's baby does these days) and we got them revised around 6 weeks and it made a world of difference in not just feeding but in everything. Tongue ties especially (depending on type) can cause lots of tension in baby's neck, jaw, etc. Ours seemed almost immediately better able to relax after revision and I think that helped in a lot of ways with everything.

FWIW, he's still held-to-extend for every nap at 5.5 months but sleeps through the night, plays independently on his playmat for good chunks of time, is happy to hang out in an activity center and watch us do chores, and is overall an absolute delight to be around 90% of his awake time, and has been that way since about 12-14 weeks. And he was HARD in the early days. It gets easier, but you'll still probably have days you feel touched out and like you have zero time for yourself even beyond the newborn days.

Good luck, you're doing great.[/quote]

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