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Thread Starter   I can't "sleep when the baby sleeps" because
the baby will not sleep apart from me during the day. Or almost
never does.   This is sort of a general cry for help. I'm going
pretty crazy here. DD is four weeks old tomorrow. She has been
super fussy almost every day. She will not sleep except on my
lap after eating, or in the carrier (I switched to a baby bjorn
someone gave me because the moby and sling were really killing
my back), or sometimes falls asleep in the car or stroller. But
there is no such thing as putting her down in a bouncy chair or
crib even, and I feel like I can't get a moment to myself, to
sleep or do anything else. Today I had to shower through her
screaming as DH held her. THe only way I could nap yesterday was
by lying down with her on my chest in the baby bjorn.   She gets
in cycles of fussi