i don’t know what to do

My baby girl is now 2 weeks old im recovering from a c section and she just will not sleep in her moses basket until afternoon time. Morning and night she will not sleep unless laying on me. Im so sleep deprived i have no idea what to do. By the time she’s settled in her bed its time for feeding time

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I’m in the same boat at 3 weeks!

They are still so young at this age and still need you!!

I did 3 hour shifts with husband. So your not totally exhausted. So baby slept on me during the day and night I slept on the floor with baby in moses basket. Then moved the moses basket into the crib then took the basket away

Me and my partner took it in turns while I was recovering from my c section, she didn’t want to be in her crib nor Moses basket but the sleep deprivation was real as I was probably getting 2 hours a night due to pain. Everyone she woke up for a bottle we switched who had her until she began sleeping on her own. I also didn’t bottle feed so when dad had days off he used to do the night shift so I could catch up on sleep and rest.

We found putting a rockit on the leg of the Moses basket stand so there was gentle rocking, would get us a 3 hour stretch in the early day. It was life saving.

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