Sleep (extreme Velcro baby)

We have not been able to put our daughter down since birth, day or night. Even in a swing during the day time. The longest stretch we get is 20-30 minutes if we’re lucky. We were taking turns holding her the whole night but she needs to get used to the bassinet so we started putting her in it at night. She sleeps anywhere between 10-30 minutes, then wakes up and it takes about an hour to rock her back to sleep. We go through this cycle on repeat.

I want to keep trying because it has to click eventually, right? But I’m so tired and so discouraged.

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I just found this great YouTube channel by Emma Hubbard “Why your baby’s bedtime could be ruining your nights”. Babies experience REM cycle differently and there are some other factors discussed in her videos about routines for sleep. I’m sorry you’re exhausted though!

This has been us (baby born end may); my partner has gone back to work so I have to do most of the night and it's killing me... I sadly have no advice but I've seen so many posts on here about the 4month regression and I just felt jealous and alone that our baby has been sleep regressed since birth so wanted to say... It's not just you

I’m in the same boat, I’ve missed couple showers and toilet breaks because she literally won’t allow me to put her down for more than 5-10 minutes. She was premature so I’m not sure if that’s a reason why.

Have you tried tummy time? My little girl loves tummy time and will sleep for long, they don’t recommend it for longer than 10 minutes.

One thing is that is will get better, I’m really going through it now but my consolation is that they won’t be like this forever. Hand in there mama x

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Dummy’s

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Night duties

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Wake windows

For those who track wake windows and their baby doesn’t miss any naps during the day - are you noticing any difference in night time sleep? If they nap well during the day do they sleep better at night?