Sleeping tips for newborns?
Hi moms!
How are your babies sleeping, especially those under 3 months?
My almost 8-week-old baby sleeps for hours in my arms, on my chest, or in the carrier, even while I’m moving around doing chores. But the moment I transfer him to his bassinet, he starts grunting, wiggling, and wakes up and starts crying.
I can spend up to 2 hours trying to get him to nap in his bassinet, and he still doesn’t fall asleep. By then, his next feeding is already coming up, and he hasn’t napped at all! 😩
At night, he sleeps much more peacefully when we bed-share. I’ve also noticed that he’s calm and quiet on my chest but much noisier and more restless in his bassinet.
I’d love to hear your real-life experiences!
What actually helped your baby sleep in their bassinet? Do you use a special swaddle, a particular type of bassinet, or any tricks to make the transfer easier?
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We try to distinguish between day and night sleep with the environment. We only swaddle at night (we use a few different ones), use a star projector, sound machine, and a humidifier and our little one sleeps very well
I have no advice. My son is almost 8 weeks and I experience the exact same thing. Only co-sleeping and contact naps work right now.
this is human nature! an alone baby is an exposed baby (traditionally/historically). baby wearing is great if you need to get stuff done during the day
Hi! Try using a heating pad in their bassinet as a bed warmer before transferring them
Yea not advice . At that stage . I cried on the bathroom floor a lot . I mean a lot 😞😞. Sorry . Just try not to pick up immediately. Not at all cry it out . Give the baby at least a couple of minutes to settle with a pacy I do remember picking the baby right back up immediately. It made it worse . After bottle , diaper . I remember going mentally psychotic trying to figure out what was wrong . I was doing way too much , rushing myself . Trying to many things at once instead taking a breath to give the baby a minute the baby probably was overstimulated with how many things was trying
I realised my 10 week old sleeps way better when shes swaddled but we only swaddle at night to help distinguish between night/day. During the day she'll wake up here and there but i just try to pat her back to sleep or give her the paci and she'll fall right back asleep.
Swaddles/sleep suit, white noise, something that has your scent on it (ie. a t shirt you’ve worn tucked flat, so it’s not risk) and being mindful of wake windows would be some of my suggestions. Day/night confusion comes into play after 9 weeks old, so keep this in mind.
As a mom of a 12 week baby. I still don’t have any advice. Mine still is exactly like this. Even with distinguishing night from day using a sleep sack now (previously swaddle) I think it’s just human nature. I keep telling myself that one day he won’t need me as much. Does it help? Not really I still find myself sleep deprived and crying. But I refuse to let him cry it out and he won’t take a paci.
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Hi moms!
How are your babies sleeping, especially those under 3 months?
My almost 8-week-old baby sleeps for hours in my arms, on my chest, or in the carrier, even while I’m moving around doing chores. But the moment I transfer him to his bassinet, he starts grunting, wiggling, and wakes up and starts crying.
I can spend up to 2 hours trying to get him to nap in his bassinet, and he still doesn’t fall asleep. By then, his next feeding is already coming up, and he hasn’t napped at all! 😩
At night, he sleeps much more peacefully when we bed-share. I’ve also noticed that he’s calm and quiet on my chest but much noisier and more restless in his bassinet.
I’d love to hear your real-life experiences!
What actually helped your baby sleep in their bassinet? Do you use a special swaddle, a particular type of bassinet, or any tricks to make the transfer easier?
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