8 week old baby sleep

My little girl is 5 weeks old, and she will only sleep on me all day. Even being held by dad or a grandparent isn’t good enough for her! We have a Moses basket, bedside crib, pram and rocking/swing seat but she’ll only settle for a few minutes in any of these.

I have to rush my showers and trips to the toilet, I’m lucky if I get a meal in before she starts screaming 😓 I can sometimes get her down at night, but she’s currently cluster feeding so the last few nights have been a real struggle.

I’m sorry I don’t really have much advice, but don’t feel that you’re doing anything wrong at all, you’re doing something wonderful, as is every other mama…. Even though we’re all doing it slightly differently 💕 it won’t last forever, the chaos will pass

We are in the same boat at 8 weeks + 2 days. The first week or so I thought I'd lucked out and she was super chilled, would sleep in her moses basket (and even in the horrible plastic cot in the hospital for 6 nights after birth!) Since week 3ish, despite me trying she won't nap anywhere but in bed with me, on a person or in the pram if we are on a walk. I'm going to keep persevering. Just in the last 3 days she's managed one sleep a day in her next to me cot (sometimes for only 20mins) so hoping this is a sign things are going to naturally get easier.

my lil man is also 8 weeks old and he’ll either sleep on me, in his car seat in the car or in the harness when we walk. he slept in his bassinet for 1 night when we got back from the hospital and ended up flipping himself the opposite way i put him and pressing his face so hard against the mesh sides it left imprints. since him sleeping on me him and me have had the best nights sleep! i usually have to eat with him in my arms and have to rush showers and toilet trips unless i pump to give my partner the bottle. i choose to embrace it and he won’t be like this forever. they’ll be a time where he’ll prefer to sleep by himself and i’ll miss these cuddles so i’m soaking it all up x

My son is 8 weeks, 9 tomorrow and I literally could of written that myself! You’re not alone, and you’re not doing anything wrong.

I’ve practically given up putting him down, and when I do have to so I can pee he will cry but most of the time he’s being held. I like to think I’m building a strong nervous system that trusts I’ll be there for him and that he’ll always be safe with me.

Maybe I’ll regret it as he gets older, maybe I won’t, all I know is that he needs me to sleep ect atm so that’s what I’ll do.

I have found that getting a trip out each day helps, even if it’s just to the shop for 10 mins.

But know that you aren’t alone, and it’s completely normal behaviour and fine maybe some babies are happy in their bassinets or cribs or Moses baskets but mine ain’t and that’s fine, every baby is different and I’m there for him when he needs me

You are honestly not doing anything wrong 🙌

This is my 2nd child and whay I've learnt is that they are all soooo different. First was like your one and had to be on me for all naps. She needed (and still needs!) so much support to fall asleep. 2nd child just completely different and we've done nothing different. From the off she just falls asleep easier and more independently

They are all so different, so please don't feel incapable or that you are doing something wrong (although I definitely did a few years ago with my first), all babies are just different ❤️

My girl is 6 weeks and 2 days.. experiencing the same issue.. within the first week she was comfortable staying in her next to me cot or missed basket as sleep for long … but as she entered week 3 all changed.

She wants to be held most of the time.. only able to sleep of on me or her dad..

As soon as you put her down , thinking she is deep asleep, she will wake up as soon as she notices she not held or no one around her.. but most importantly, she has reached now the stage of not able fall back asleep if she knows she is in her cot..

She doesn’t like to be on her back so she doesn’t last long in her pram ( while out I must carry my mom cosy wrap) or chair

At night we end up co sleeping the first half of night as she struggles with gas which from midnight till around 3am keeps her awake

Between week 5 and 6 , have been sleep deprived so I’m looking to create a routine for her because I don’t seem to get nothing done or have a me time