Baby will not sleep in anything on her back
Hi all, our little one is 1 week 2 days and will not tolerate being on her back in anything we are having to take shifts to hold her overnight so the other one can sleep but obviously this can’t last forever and I’m so scared one of us is going to fall asleep holding her, she will sleep in her bouncer in the day as she’s more upright - any ideas?
We have tried making her next to me smell like us, we are trying different swaddles to see what helps her feel most secure I put her down and she will only give us about 10 minutes before she will start fussing leading to bawling if we don’t notice because we have fallen asleep
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Does she have reflux?
My baby is 10 days old and exactly the same - it’s really frightening and I’m just hoping she grows out of it soon. She does seem to be slightly less fussy than she was last week, so it might slowly improve?
Have you tried warming the next to me first with a hot water bottle? The reflux question is also a good one, my son was like this and had really bad reflux. My husband and I took turns sleeping with him in a sling on the sofa in order for us to get any sleep. However, we found a moses basket worked better than a next to me at first, as its a smaller space and easier for the little ones to feel safe
Sounds a bit like reflux as she is sleeping in the bouncer during the day which keeps her upright. I have seen a lot of advertisements for the pishuw dream cradle
Not sure if this is something worth a try?
I would look into safe chest sleeping so that you can be reassured you're safe if you accidentally fall asleep.
This was exactly the same as my first born! I thought reflux, but it wasn’t. She had lots of tension from her birth and her positioning in the womb, so we took her to a cranial osteopath and it was only then we started to see long stretches at night on her own.
A lot of it was also down to her temperament. She was (and still is) a very sensitive little soul and needed than proximity from us. I was terrified of falling asleep with her, but co-sleeping is safe if done safely (which includes chest sleeping). Happy Cosleeper on instagram gives lots of free advice on how to do this.
Hope that helps ❤️
My baby was the same for the first week or so and still struggles with daytime naps if they aren't contact. I found that even with a swaddle she was still able to flinch her legs a lot which was waking her up so we still had a thin blanket tucked tightly into the mattress over the top of her lower half so that her legs felt secure too. I hope you find something that works, keep trying different things and I'm sure you'll get there! 🤞🏻💕
It might be worth going to a chiropractor or osteopath? A friend had this and they could suggest some reasons why? X
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Hi all, our little one is 1 week 2 days and will not tolerate being on her back in anything we are having to take shifts to hold her overnight so the other one can sleep but obviously this can’t last forever and I’m so scared one of us is going to fall asleep holding her, she will sleep in her bouncer in the day as she’s more upright - any ideas?
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