Anonymous
04/13/2022 15:51
Subject: Re:Six week old newborn
6 weeks is the literal worst. I have a 9 week old (my second kid) and the entire week 6 my husband and I just kept repeating to ourselves this the absolute peak worst, it will end. I still cried some nights trying to console her through the witching hour. Even at just 9 weeks things are somewhat improved.
Anonymous
04/13/2022 15:38
Subject: Re:Six week old newborn
6 weeks is the worst! Fatigue sets in and everything feels crazy.
My main mantra with parenting is - it's just phase, it will pass. And everything does. It will change soon enough OP.
Good luck. Reach out to family/friends for support.
My main mantra with parenting is - it's just phase, it will pass. And everything does. It will change soon enough OP.
Good luck. Reach out to family/friends for support.
Anonymous
04/13/2022 15:36
Subject: Six week old newborn
A few more weeks. Those first 2 months were awful.
Anonymous
04/13/2022 15:24
Subject: Six week old newborn
3 kids. 6 weeks was peak worst for each one.
Anonymous
04/13/2022 15:21
Subject: Six week old newborn
Yes, first six weeks are the worst. Social smiles are super close and they help a lot.
Anonymous
04/13/2022 15:12
Subject: Six week old newborn
Anonymous wrote:Tell me it gets better. Please.
Oh goodness yes! That's probably the hardest week based on age.
It will get so much better.
-- Mom of teenagers.
Anonymous
04/13/2022 15:02
Subject: Six week old newborn
It gets better. My little one is now 4 months and the difference between now and two months ago is astronomical. You got this, OP.
Anonymous
04/13/2022 14:58
Subject: Six week old newborn
It gets better. You are just at the far edge of the worst, most physically demanding and exhausting part. It will get exponentially better in the next few months. Hang in there.
Anonymous
04/13/2022 14:57
Subject: Six week old newborn
It gets better. Hang in there OP. For many of us it’s a very tough stage.
Anonymous
04/13/2022 14:57
Subject: Six week old newborn
It’s pretty widely acknowledged that 6 weeks is “peak fussiness.” Hang in there!
Anonymous
04/13/2022 14:56
Subject: Six week old newborn
Better in some ways, worse in others. Welcome to motherhood!
Anonymous
04/13/2022 14:55
Subject: Six week old newborn
We stopped at two kids because I think one more newborn stage would have broken me.
Our youngest had severe colic and absolutely refused a bottle, cup, syringe, spoon, anything for her entire first year. She was my literal ball and chain. It was the hardest year of my life.
Now she's a happy easy going 18 month old and I honestly feel like those days were so long ago.
Our youngest had severe colic and absolutely refused a bottle, cup, syringe, spoon, anything for her entire first year. She was my literal ball and chain. It was the hardest year of my life.
Now she's a happy easy going 18 month old and I honestly feel like those days were so long ago.
Anonymous
04/13/2022 14:53
Subject: Re:Six week old newborn
So much better. I used to love newborns until I had one. Now I’ve had two and I hate that age with a fiery passion. If I could give birth to a four month old I’d probably have four kids. As it stands, we’re trying to figure out if we can stomach going through that again for a third.
Anonymous
04/13/2022 14:40
Subject: Re:Six week old newborn
So. Much. Better. 4-6 weeks was the worst phase of new parenthood for me by far. It slowly but surely gets better and better.
Anonymous
04/13/2022 14:32
Subject: Six week old newborn
Tell me it gets better. Please.