"I know what your nights look like right now."
You've been holding your baby for what feels like hours. The moment — the very moment — you try to lay them down, their eyes fly open. They cry. You pick them back up. They settle. You wait. You try again. They cry again.
And you're doing this at midnight. And at 2AM. And at 4AM. And again at 5:30, when you have to be up in an hour anyway.
You're exhausted in a way that goes beyond tired. You're the kind of exhausted where you forget words mid-sentence. Where you cry in the car for no reason. Where you love your baby more than anything in the world — but you would give almost anything for just one full night's sleep.
You've Googled everything. You've tried the swaddle, the swing, the white noise machine, the pacifier, the dream feed. Some things work for a night or two. Then they stop working. And you're back to square one at 3AM, holding a baby who will only sleep in your arms.
Everyone has an opinion. "Just let them cry." "You're creating bad habits." "Sleep when the baby sleeps." (As if you can sleep when there's a sink full of dishes and a baby who only sleeps upright on your chest.)
You don't need more opinions. You need a plan that actually works.