How do your little ones go to sleep?

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My little girl is 6 weeks today. She seems to only fall asleep in our arms. Some nights she’ll have her night feed, fall asleep after winding and then sleep until 4/5 in her Moses basket wake for a feed and then back in her Moses basket until 7-ish.

Lately she’s been really struggling, she’ll go until 4/5 in her bed but then want to be either held or laid on my bed and then she’ll sleep through until the morning.

She had a bit of constipation and a cold so we were holding her quite a bit because she was upset but it feels like we’re delayed and everyone’s saying how she should be sleeping in her bed during her day time naps and throughout the whole night etc. I’m at a loss at the moment honestly, feel like I’m failing at parenting😣

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My girl is 8 weeks and for the last week has only done contact naps during the day, she’ll be awake with in 15 mins if she’s put in Moses, and at night she’s falling asleep in our arms before being transferred into Moses, but is mostly managing to stay asleep.

They are going through a leap 6-8 weeks so I’m just enjoying doing absolutely nothing all day and watching her sleep.

You are not failing at parenting at all ... you do whatever works best for you and your little girl

My boy generally naps on me to start with during the day (after a bottle) but I transfer him to his crib after about 20 minutes when I know he's asleep. Other days he sleeps on me during the day - it's just whatever works. He will also fall asleep on us after a bottle at night and then we do the same and transfer him after about 20 minutes and then he'll stay in there for the night.

She might be going through a growth spurt, they are a little more fussy around those times but they don't last 🙃

Our boy is 6 weeks and is falling asleep on us atm. During the day it’s 50/50 if he will go into the Moses basket to finish his nap. At night time he has bath, bottle, snuggle and then usually goes down in his bed once he’s dropped off in our arms.
He doesn’t seem to settle very well if we put him down whilst he’s still awake

Omg don’t listen to people! You’re in the 4th trimester, it’s so normal for them to want to be close. Mine is sleeping on me all day and only sleeps on me or in a sling on me. At most he’ll sleep for 5 mins away from me, enough time to go to the toilet, even if swaddled. It’s so normal. This period flies by so try to embrace them wanting to be close and hold them 😘

Have you tried a sling? Babies sleep so well in them! And you have your hands free to do some stuff or go for a walk

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