5 days old

Swaddling might help 🙈 , I'm not sure if you've tried this already but it may help x

Warming up the cot, I bought a heat pad off vinte and it’s been a lifesaver! Also stuff a muslin down your bra so it smells like you and pop down on top of the sheets so he can settle smelling you! Our baby is 7 weeks and we still do these things. It will get easier I promise. Stay strong ❤️ you got this mamma xx

There's a school of thought that they can't settle well in the next to me cots at first as they are quite large and it panics them.

I've heard of a lot of people placing the moses basket inside the next to ne to make it more snug in the early days.

Otherwise, second what Sarah has said.

Finally, look out for silent reflux symptoms, it could also be a discomfort thing.

It does get easier, you are in such early days, if it's your first it's all a bit of a shock.

My little girl couldn't settle in her next to me cot when she was born either so we used to put her moses basket inside the next to me and she was Swaddled in a cellular blanket that smelt of me it worked really well for us ☺️

My eldest wouldn’t settle in her cot when she was first born, so we put the Moses basket in the next to me which seemed to help. I think the next to me can be quite big for them so they don’t feel very safe in there x