Sleep advice pleaaase
My 4mo has recently started rolling from back to front and it’s literally all he wants to constantly do. He can’t however roll front to back yet (or hasn’t shown us that he can). Due to this we have changed him from his love to dream swaddle to a sleeveless sack for sleep as advised. He is still in the next to me in our room.
He is adamant that he now wishes to sleep on his side or front, and refuses to lay on his back in the next to me. He uses a dummy, and we’re finding that he’s waking up 5/6 times a night due to his dummy falling out with the rolling over and he isn’t at the stage where he can put it back in himself due to his age. When rolling onto his front he is also moaning that he stuck - when he’s on his front he isn’t head down and cosy, he’s head up like tummy time! But despite the crying and moaning, if I try flip him back over gently he cries more. I’m absolutely shattered - he previously would sleep so much better.
He has a rolling side preference, so I’ve positioned him slightly towards that side in the next to me meaning he would roll onto his side but not fully onto his front due to space, and he still wakes and moans / cries.
His dummy won’t stay in and I’m constantly replacing it - I’ve tried to not replace and he just cries more and more, fully waking himself up. I’m just at a loss!!! Any advice would be amazing. Thank you
Co sleeping help
I really didn't want to go down this route as there is are so many negatives to it and the NHS don't advise but I feel a very sleep deprived mumma is almost just as unsafe. I have done the research into co sleeping, ensuring my duvet is on me waist down, c curl position etc. But I have a tempur mattress. It is memory foam type that moulds to your body and when you first sleep in one, takes months of getting used to albeit incredibly comfy. Obviously, babies should always be sleeping in a firm mattress. My question is, how do I go about co sleeping with a type of mattress that is completely advised against having your newborn sleep on? Have you just cracked on and co slept despite your mattress being completely incorrect for a baby? I'm worried about bones/spine developing incorrectly if we do this.
My baby is 5 weeks old and I have tried everything - as most of you with your little ones, she won't sleep anywhere but on someone. She needs the contact all the time. Have tried next2me, bassinet, baby box, swaddles. Even through the day she will cry as soon as I pop her down while I quickly go to pee, or hang up washing etc. So co sleeping at night is my last resort i think unless anyone has any other suggestions?
Help a v tired mumma out please 😪❤️ thanks girls x
