6 weeks, NEVER slept in crib or moses. Help. I’m desperate

Try next to me actually connected to bed with the side down so you can cuddle her, maybe in the evening a few min at a time to get her used to it and know it’s safe
We ended up putting the carrycot from the pram / Moses Basket inside the next to me for a bit as it was smaller and probably felt less scary

Try the 10-12 min put down method. Appreciate you’ve tried it all by now but it seems to work 8/10 times for us
Let them fall asleep on you, set a (silent 😉) timer for 10 mins and then transfer.

Place bum/feet down and then head. Apply a small amount of pressure across the whole torso with both hands until you see them relax, could be seconds, could be minutes.

It’s just what has worked for us most of the time, sometimes we have to reset and start the 10 mins again.

omg really! I thought I was only one with baby never sleeping in anything. Everyone else I speak to isn’t having this problem. Thanks so much for sharing, will try that out.

Oh no trust me you’re not alone, think it’s actually quite common. I joined forums on Facebook and all sorts as I’m breastfeeding too was a nightmare like he breastfeeds to fall asleep but at the start we couldn’t move him any further than a pillow by mine or my partners side so we had to take in turns staying awake and had next to no sleep. He’s better now with his crib but doesn’t settle for very long in there yet, it’s varies. I do co sleep with him in the bed but make sure it’s done very safely. It was a last resort and didn’t really want to do it but you can’t sustain no sleep on going can you? Like reduced sleep yes but no sleep is just not possible! Really hope it works, but all I’ll say is in time even week by week things get so much better x

Have you tried a cranial osteopath? We had this when my son was born, he was in pain laying down because he was so tense. A few sessions with our Osteopath and he went down in his cot no problem!
I couldn’t still be doing those night shifts we were doing at the start, hope you find something that works soon! X

Mine is nearly 9 weeks and we still have very varying success eg last night she wasn’t having any of it but before that she did 3 nights of at least the first half of the night in it. They will get there it’s just very frustrating - all I can say is keep trying it and one day I expect it’ll work!

My 10 week old was the same until about week 8 when we tried something similar to Emma as we have something similar in his pram so gave that a shot and he sleeps for 3ish hours has a feed and then another 3 hours. My health visitor also said it's not ideal but sleep deprivation isn't ideal either and we can't safely co sleep due to medication. I know it's rough right now but it does get better. My partner would stay up with our boy till early hours and i would wake up very early so he could sleep on us and that kind of worked with us having naps. Also there's a help line called cry-sis that we were recommended should we need it that is apparently really good. Good luck to you all!

Until you find a solution have you checked the safe sleep 7/lullaby trust for guidance on safe co-sleeping? Best to do it safely rather than having baby sleeping on you and falling asleep yourself like that x

My 8 week old won’t sleep in a Moses basket, next to me crib either. We co-sleep but I understand that’s not for everyone, just wanted you to know you’re definitely not alone, my first baby was very similar too.

Thanks so much everyone, needed to hear wasn’t the only one. Thanks for all the suggestions, will be trying them all!

We have the same issue and we did with our first daughter after 12 weeks too. We ended up cosleeping but don’t have that option this time as she was early and low birth weight. We just take it in turns to do the night shift or swap early evening so we both get a few hours x