Unable to put breastfed baby down

Same here, baby is 3w6d. I can only sleep 1.5-2hr stretches at night by co sleeping (following safe sleep). Otherwise during the day the longest I can put her down by herself is 5 minutes on the playmat looking at the black and white toys which she seems interested in otherwise she’s in my arms from the moment we get out of bed. Doc said she’ll just grow out of it… Heard a few tricks on Reddit such as putting a piece of your clothing in the bassinet, heating pad then remove it before you put baby down so they can feel some warmth. Hope it’ll get better soon, any advice? (Written with baby currently sleeping on my chest)

Honestly same boat as you. I put my daughter in the rocker with her little blanket that I slept on during the night and that seems to soothe her enough for about 30 minutes 😅

Same - can you have baby in a sling or carrier? That’s what I do so I can still do things

Same here, baby girl is 4w5d and constantly being held (currently in my arms) and even if I take her out for a walk in the pram she doesn't settle and I end up having to pick her up. I'm holding out hope it gets better in the coming weeks.

I said to my fiance yesterday that I have a whole new respect for mums doing it solo, especially if they have a clingy baby, it's tough for me with a partner so doing it solo must be a whole other level of difficult.

Also similar! I will just have my hay in the sling in order to have hands free for toddler or be able to do anything.

Sounds really tough! We are the same in the day but baby settled at night meaning I at least get some sleep. We found it’s the swaddle that makes the difference if you haven’t tried one? We’ve got love to dream one

I’ve experienced this recently but we seem to have turned a corner this week. I’m solo so sometimes there has had to be a few tears shed (from both of us) in order for me to be able to cook / go to the bathroom / shower.
My little man prefers to be more upright so if he can’t be in the carrier and I’m putting him down, I’ve got him one of those swing seats and a baby bouncer to keep him happy and that seems to do the trick for about 20 mins, which is enough time for me to get some stuff done.

I’ve been baby wearing to be able to get things done which has helped loads

Had a velcro baby with my first and it nearly broke me. Now he's 3 and a half, i have a 5 week old now so in tje same boat as you. Its all a phase.bSome tips I tried: Stuff a muslin down your bra, when youre trying to transfer wrap the muslin around the moses basket mattress as a bottom sheet so it smells of you. Love to dream swaddles made him feel like he was being held, try vinted for them. Pram walks were also amazing cos he fell asleep and I child get my head down on the sofa when I got back home from the walk.

Omg, my baby is literally doing this. He doesn’t sleep at all during the day. I cannot put him anywhere, he prefers to sleep on me or others or on boob after feed. Its so difficult to get anything done and he cries all the time