When did your newborn settle in next to me cot?

He likes the warmth of your arms. Let him fall asleep and after about 15 mins try to transfer him. I used a heating pad to warm the bed then shut it off before putting my child in. Only put it on the last setting the warm setting. I had a blanket on top of it. It warmed it just enough that when he laid down he didn’t wake up and slowly it would cool off as he stayed asleep. Best advice I got from my lactation consultant. Also feet first against the bottom of the cot is best.

Every baby is different. Mines 12 weeks and still won’t properly settle in his crib. As he learns to self soothe i have been told it’ll get easier. But do what’s right for you both!
He just loves being on his Mummy 🩵

My son spent the first month mostly sleeping on me at bedtime. Id put him to bed and he'd be up 20 minutes later. Neither of us were sleeping so we co-slept. It was at that point I broke down and bought a bedside bassinet. It was much better after that. He was sleeping 9-12 hours a night until about 5m. Now he falls asleep around 8 and is up around 2-3am for a bottle and diaper before back to bed. He's 6m now and still in the bedside bassinet as he's a potato and doesn't want to roll. I'll probably start transitioning to his pack and play again in my room for a while longer before I move him to his room.

Hey lovely, I had the same issue with mine. During the night time I swaddled her and also was advised my midwife to put the mouse’s basket inside the next to me crib which fit perfectly and that did worked for us! After some time when she started growing we removed the Moses basket without an issue. Hope everything goes well for you!

Had the same issue and the hospital had terrified me into not co sleeping. After about 3 weeks of not sleeping, I researched safe co sleeping and went for it - best decision ever! Co slept with him for about 8/9 months and then began transitioning him slowly to his own bed and own room. He now sleeps solid 12 hours every night in his cot in a separate room, he’s 18 months old.

Last night I just leaned into it.. we’re in a cluster feeding phase… we nursed side-lying for like 2 hours straight and once he was finally SUPER zonked out I transferred him to his bassinet and we got a couple hours of sleep before doing it all again. He’s lucky he’s cute 😂

Mine was settling in her own bassinet at around 2 months. We coslept for the first two months cause that was the only way she’d sleep and it was just me and her and my boyfriend slept on the couch so it would be safer. It’s different for every baby but yeah that’s what worked for us. And now she sleeps very well in her own bassinet and is turning 5 months in a few days.

I found it hard at the beginning so did a lot of safe co-sleeping. I then moved the next to me away from the bed with the side still down so I can see her but she’s not right next to me. Someone recommend the love to dream swaddle suit and it was a game changer, she settled so much quicker on her own and started to sleep better.
Don’t put any pressure on yourself, it’s completely trial and error and all babies are different xx