Sleeeeeeep help!

My little one is 10 weeks on Wednesday and ever since he has been born he has hate his next to me. Me and my partner have had to do shifts at night so we actually get some sleep.
I have tried every swaddle you can think of, white sound machine but he will only sleep on us (which I love obviously) but I don’t want him to get to used to it (seems he already has) if he is in a deep sleep he might allow us to put him in his next to me for between 10-40 mins but then screams and really works himself up and sleeps on us the rest of the night

Please tell me I’m not the only one.. any tips and advice would be greatly appreciated xx

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This is entirely biologically normal. Chest or co-sleep safely and you’ll all get the rest you need. Fighting biology often leads to a lot more lost sleep than leaning into it x

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