Ds2 is 6 weeks old and will not go to sleep unless he's lying on me or dh. I'm seriously beginning to despair that I'll ever get him to go to sleep on his own. Each evening he has a bath, then a cuddle and i swaddle him then once his eyes start to droop I put him down. Cue two hours of shhh pat hell with max 10 mins of peace if he actually falls asleep. He soon wakes and the crying starts again. If I pick him up, he immediately shuts up and his eyes close only to fly open as soon as I gently put him back down. I'm trying a dummy, fingers, swaddling, not swaddling, on his side etc but nothing seems to work. Typically he sleeps lovely on his stomach but I just couldn't do that at night - I'd never sleep myself thru worrying about cot death. Btw he won't sleep in the car or in pram either. Any advice gratefully received at this point as I can't cope with too many more nights like it. X
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