So in the day my baby happily goes down in the Moses basket for naps but at night she won’t settle at all which means I have her sleeping on my chest. My husband and I take shifts but when it’s my turn I often fall asleep with her on me and am horrified when I wake up. I’ve tried drinking cold water, watching tv or reading and find nothing is keeping me awake. Anyone in the same boat or have any tips please x
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What you are doing isn’t conducive long term for all of you and as you’ve acknowledged isn’t safe either.

Mine was like this, I looked up chest sleeping to get me through my shifts and to be honest still do it a lot now even though he’s older as it settles him the quickest and we all need the rest!

I'd recommend co-sleeping it was the only thing that worked for me, i used ro put my baby next to me using my arm as his headrest so i couldn't roll on him in the night x
I get so anxious about co sleeping 😞

I never co slept as neither of us really liked it. I just used to put her down in the Moses basket and eventually she sort of got used to it. I’m aware this is hardly groundbreaking advice. This period only lasted a few weeks and she slept through from 4 months in her own sleep space. There is light at the end of the tunnel!
I’ve just read you shouldn’t co sleep if they were born prematurely which she was, at 35 weeks and 5 days. She’s now 6 weeks old and only 6 lb 10 so makes me worry so much

Correct. Not safe for a preemie

Try putting something that smells like you next to her at night

Hi, I’m a preemie mum here and I co slept with my baby as it was the only way we could all get some sleep, I followed the guidelines on the lullaby trust and from my neonatal nurse and we were absolutely fine. We still co sleep now and he’s 9 months old.