Napping in the bassinet

Can I have a reality check? Is anyone’s baby laying down for the day sleeps? I’m nap trapped or baby-wearing mostly. At night it’s fine he’ll sleep on a separate surface no problem so I’m not complaining but I keep getting in my head “I’ll do X when the baby sleeps” but it’s just not happening!!

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I'm literally nap trapped right now! Little man loves contact naps through the day but is fine in the next to me over night x

I'll consider myself blessed then. He does like to nap on me. But I have no trouble with him napping in his moses basket. Wrap lil ones matress in a tshirt uve worn so it smells of u.

We invested in a rockit. It's basically a rocker that attaches to his basket n rocks it. Also white noise. See if they help xx

Same here ! Bubbs is 9 weeks old and refuses to sleep anywhere but on me during the day. I've got a sling so I wear him during the day so I'm not trapped on the couch the whole day. He's fine in his next to me at night though. Little monkeys!

UPDATE he’s asleep in the bassinet been there for an hour 😂😂 been running round eating and tidying up!!! Wooooo

Yeah my little one is 6 weeks old and will only sleep on me/in the carrier during the day. He does thankfully go down in the next to me at night! If I pop him in the carrier I can stuff done. Absolutely hates the pram and the car seat so that’s the next challenge…x

It’s reassuring to know it’s not just my baby. I feel like I’m never not wearing the sling. I hate the voice in the back of my head saying I’m creating a bad habit / making me feel guilty I’m not trying harder to get him to sleep in the pram/anywhere else during the day. He’s so little still!

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My nearly 4 month old has come out his bassinet due to weight limits and he’s now in his next to me in our bedroom again.
He used to sleep a dream in his bassinet, (6-7 hours) but I’m really struggling to get him to sleep longer stretches whilst in the next to me. I get 2 hours before he’s awake, and I can soothe him back to sleep just to get another couple of hours till he’s awake again. He has full feeds all day and is only formula fed.
We had this before with the next to me crib, so we moved him to his bassinet but there’s not much I can do now as he’s hit that weight limit.. I don’t know if he just doesn’t like the next to me crib🤣
Any advice or suggestions to try and get a longer stretch of sleep? I don’t think he’s going through the 4 month sleep regression as we’ve been away this weekend and he’s slept 7 hours every night in the bassinet, it only seems to be when he’s in the next to me x

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