Bed time 8 day old

So while my partner is off work we are taking each night in turns…every night it’s my night i get no sleep my son just won’t settle in his crib for me.. he will be asleep in my arms which might take a while but as soon as I lay him down he wakes up yet he will stay asleep when my partner lays him down on his nights… like what am I doing wrong a mummy of 2 on no sleep! I just want him to have a decent sleep like he does when it’s dads turn

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Are you bresst feeding? I know my 10day old wakes up more and unsettled unless he is in my arms. Its cause they can smell you keeps them up.

Make sure he’s really winded. Trapped wind at this age is one of the most common causes of not being able to settle. Then nice swaddle

Are you putting him down, feet, bum then head? If not that can unsettle them as they feel like they are falling.
Or if hes lay in your arms, change so hes lay on your chest then transfer him.
It could be hes a mommys boy & doesnt want to leave you ❤️ xx

We are the same, my husband can put the baby down in the moses basket during the day and he will sleep for 2 hours. Im lucky if I get 5 mins!

You're not doing anything wrong! Totally normal for a baby that young to want you, they've been inside you for 9 months and don't like being apart. Can you co sleep?

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My 16 month old is only waking twice a night but for both those time she is suckling on me for 40 minutes and then I can’t transfer her to the cot so I’m in there for nearly an hour and then have to end up getting my husband to come in when she’s asleep enough to pass her to him, within 10/15 minutes of being in there he gets her down

I know two wake ups isn’t bad but being in there for so long is killing me and then because I’m so awake after that it’s really hard to get back to sleep.

The only answer is to stop the nursing back to sleep but she cries so much I can’t handle it, a few minutes feels like a life time 😩 I feel so trapped and fed up this is so so hard. I can deal with multiple wakes if she goes back down easily but this is torture
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