Co sleeping

Hi all! My newborn is almost a week old and she will not sleep in her cot / Moses basket at night. She sleeps in the Moses basket during the day but when it’s night time she cries every hour. She sleeps really well on our bed. I know that cosleeping is very dangerous especially for newborns due to potential suffocation therefore I want to avoid her getting used to this. Can you please advise how I can get her to sleep by herself?

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I could have written this myself with my little one. In honesty until she was ready we didnt. I learnt to safely sleep with her / my husband slept int he other room on the bad nights. Them all of a sudden she decided she was fine. We did find that a blanket over her really helped as she was getting cold hence wanting the warmth from our bed

I have been co sleeping with my boy since he was born and he is 8 weeks now. He wouldn't settle in his cot or moses basket and the HV said as long as he had no blanket or anything around him and make sure he was on his back it was fine The lullaby trust has great advice on co sleeping safely

Maybe try a nightlight to replicate daylight, and maybe even calming music so they start to associate it with sleep time. You need to be strong, it’s very hard mentally to hear your baby cry , but if you don’t fix it now you will regret it later . I had my last baby co-sleep she was 5-6 when we got her in her own bed , it nearly ruined our marriage xx

I’ve been co sleeping for 8 months now for the same reason. Still can’t get her to sleep in a crib but I also love my night cuddles now. My midwife actually recommended co sleeping when I was pregnant said it helps baby and mom sleep better

Same happened with my first baby and I was so stressed over it, once he could roll both ways I just let him sleep on his tummy and he started sleeping in his bassinet. Second baby we are cosleeping for now, taking safe steps and when he’s ready I’ll put him in bassinet

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