Our baby doesn’t sleep any way but contact naps - how do I co sleep?

7 week old baby and he will only contact nap, he won’t sleep next to me or in his crib and he won’t nap on the day. Last night he was up for 6 hours between 1-7. I’m going mad, how do people Co sleep? What steps do you do to get them to sleep next to you.

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Happycosleeper on Instagram has some amazing resources (a lot of it for free).

Look up the safe sleep 7, Lullaby Trust has some good info, cosleepy on Instagram has a free beginners guide. Instagram accounts like happycosleeper and heysleepybaby have some good stuff too :)

has baby got reflux? or colic? could explain the seperation issue, mommas tend to soothe colic’s babies when they sleep on us, my little girl had extreme reflux and colic, it gets easier !

Have you swaddled him? Swaddling saved my sanity

Also, he slept better in his pram with a rocket turned on all night in the first couple months

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