Recently my two week old has been fighting sleep. It’s a struggle to get him to stay asleep after he’s fallen asleep in my arms or at the breast. Anyone else struggle with this? I’m tired and desperate.
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Hello Brianna , I am seren an 18 year old mom to an 8 month old .! My daughter stayed consistent to her sleep schedule since she was a newborn. It took a lot of work, but I feel like I can help you get your baby on his sleep schedule.

Im a mom of a 11 month old, music helps them stay asleep, that is what I did with my son and still do

Aww I remember those days. Mine would do the same. A few things I did was make sure the baby was completely full, my son would fall asleep a lot and not be done and as soon as I moved him he suddenly remembered he was more hungry then sleepy now. sometimes feeding from both boobs and waking them up to make sure their fully fed can help. If that didn’t work I would remove baby in steps lols unlatch boob, rock and shshsh back to sleep, reposition, rock and shshsh back to sleep, lay down, pat back and ssshhh back to sleep lol

Most people probably wouldn’t agree but this worked for us. When my LO was a few weeks old and wouldn’t fall asleep, I started with his first hour or so asleep in the lounger, his next waking I laid back on the couch, not all the way down but not straight up. Propped pillows around me, and let him sleep on my chest for a few hrs at a time (fortunately I wake up to his movements and sounds). Every few days he’d sleep longer and longer in his lounger. Another wild moment people don’t like is we learned he LOVED to sleep on his belly. This was a game changer as he got older. I used to keep a close eye but he always turned his head to the side and slept like a gem. He recently learned to roll onto his back and this is our new sleeping struggle😅

I’m a Night Nanny…Try double swaddling him!!!