Help! 2 week old won't sleep in the next to me & hates being on his back.

I’m in the completely same boat! He just cannot be put down and is also EBF. I’m struggling as I tried to put him down 6 times last night 😫

I got a cot mobile for my little one as she decided recently that the next to me cot isn’t for her 😂 as soon as I put her down she wakes up and is fully awake 🥲 the cot mobile helps her settle down and eventually will fall asleep by herself. You can also try giving a dummy (if you are using one) as soon as you see your baby is waking back up, this might put then straight back to sleep (if this makes sense) However am not sure how to encourage a baby to sleep on their back :(

Look into safe co sleeping and safe chest sleeping.

Much better to have your sleep space set up for safe co sleeping in case you accidentally fall asleep, which 80% of parents say they have done at some point

My 2 weeks old didn't like the next to me either, she sleeps on the Moses basket

U tried putting something that smell like u with him when placing him dwn. Or if he wants to side sleep a wadge at the front so he can only role back ways os good too

Try Gaviscon as it could be reflux which is worse at night

We’re the same but my baby was in nicu after birth and was subsequently diagnosed with reflux there. Not wanting to sleep anywhere but with you is a sign of reflux amongst others things.

My boy was the same, I have got another Moses basket for upstairs and touch wood he sleeps amazing! I think the next to me’s can be quite big and daunting for them when they’re so little!

We’re in the same boat and cosleep as suggested by someone else. He sleeps really well when next to me. It’s really normal as they think they’re still part of you although it’s really hard! Cosleepy on insta is fab

Ooh, we put our little one in his Moses basket inside the next to me! The next to me is too spacious so they don’t feel safe to begin with. Give this a try. Also very different and I’m formula feeding, but our little one was in NICU for 12 days, we got given these small squares of blanket which we wore under our tops to scent them. They were then put with him in the incubator/ cot so he felt we were there as he could smell them. Maybe try something like this or a top etc. xxx

We’re the same, complete waste 😅 But it’s not our first rodeo so this time I made sure we were prepared to safely co-sleep and the EBF 10 day old (not every night some are brutal) is now giving me 2-3 hour stretches after midnight on the bed.

I second co-sleepy on Instagram and lullaby trust

Yes I can’t little one to use Next to me and have resorted to the Moses basket though she is getting big

Try putting your Moses basket inside the next to me. That’s what’s worked for us 😊🤞