Baby hates snuzpod at night

My baby will nap in their Moses basket in the day - not nearly as long as a contact nap, but if I put him in his Moses basket he will sleep for 20mins or so. When I put him in his snuzpod at night though, he really hates it and screams immediately. No matter how gentle I try to transfer him, he always wakes and screams. If I manage to get him to sleep there for 5 mins, he always wakes up and starts screaming inconsolably.

Because of this constant battle, I’ve been co sleeping so we all get decent stretches of sleep (2-3hr gaps between feeds). As much as I really love co sleeping, it really scares me and I’m desperate to get him to sleep in his snuzpod.

Does anyone have any tips on how to get my boy to sleep more independently?! He’s 6 weeks old!

TIA xx

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We are the same and haven't figured anything out yet. i hope with the time the baby will feel comfortable without me and will be able to sleep properly without me 🤞

Are you bf? I’m ebf and i believe it affects too.

Glad I’m not alone 🥹 yeah, I’m also ebf too. I Hope you’re right about the time thing! And I think you’re right about the breastfeeding thing - although he does always cluster feed in the evening and then we usually get a first stretch of about 2-3rs which feels pretty good!

Have you tried popping a hot water bottle in the snuzpod to warm things up before putting him down?
We had the same problem, took ages to work out it was a bit cold. We now use an extra sheet and seems to work well.
We also brought it down to use for naps during the day, helped get used to it

We went through the same for the first 2 weeks but our health visitor recommended that we put our moses basket inside our snuzpod and it worked a treat! our little one has slept really well ever since, so might be worth a try. hope you find something that works for you☺️x

Might be a bit controversial with regards to safe sleeping, but it has worked for both my children, when I used a sleep positioner with adjustable sides as it can change with their growth. It also helps to make their bodies feel secure (like being held) and to stop a baby from rolling onto their side or front. We also place our baby swaddled into the sleep positioner for extra security/ support. And our baby loves white noise to settle in between sleep intervals . My health visitor visited our home prior to baby arriving and seen the sleeping arrangements that I had set up and never mentioned anything that concerned her with regards to safe sleeping so i presume that it's not discouraged.

For reference : My baby is 7 weeks old, formula fed 4oz every 3 hours during day from 6/7am through to 10/11pm and will sleep through the night for 6 /7 hours .

Good luck to you and I'm sure you will find something that works for you 🤞

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Hour night wakes and 5am get up

Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

I think its fair

Me and my partner agreed to sleep in 1 day of the weekend.
He doesn't find it fair to look after both kids (my 4 year old isnt his) while i sleep so he looks after the baby while i sleep and my toddlers at his dads and ill look after both the next day.
Straightaway it was pretty unfair as i let him sleep in until he wakes up 10-12
He wakes me up when baby starts fussing because he wants milk (doesnt need it)
I cant pump as i dont supply enough.
So i get woken at 9/9:30 to feed baby then i get him sleep then theres no point sleeping in as my toddlers being dropped off.
I also find it unfair that i get both kids to sleep most night, i get my toddler to sleep everyday hes home (4/5days) and i get my baby to sleep most nights with the exception of maybe twice a month as his dad struggless then about 95% of his thru the day naps.
I have also been unwell for a few months (tumor scare) and am waiting 18 weeks to see a specialist so im obviously petrified for that, so unbelievably tired and alot of aches and pains, specifically these pounding headaches ive been having.
After i had been up til 11:30 getting both kids to sleep lastnight and my partner falling asleep at 10 then him ignoring the baby cries all morning until my toddler woke up im fed up slammed to door and rold him not to expect to sleep in unless he gets the baby to sleep the night b4.
I keep having issues with him not feeling the wet from baby being sick or weeing himself or being able to smell it do about 98% of the time hes given to me i have to clean him up n change him.
Including at night, we agreed my partner would change nappies (1 a night at 5am) while i feed (2,4,5,6:30) but every night when i get him hes pissed through and my partner gets annoyed when i wake him up n moan about it.
Then the morning after hes annoyed at how much washing there is (thats his job) and moans about how often i change myself (baby constantly shits thru and sicks on me) and baby
Honestly im just so tired all the time

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