I have a 3 week old baby girl who is breastfed. She always falls asleep in my arms and is put into her moses basket. In the day time this is fine and she will sleep for between 1 and 2 hours before waking for another feed. At night time, however, I settle her in her basket downstairs and then carry her up to the bedroom. When she wakes for the first time I feed her and she falls asleep with me. When I put her into the moses basket she lasts for less than 5 minutes before waking and screaming. I have persevered with this and tried dummies (she won't take one), warming the blankets, elevating the moses basket so that her head is higher than her feet, covering the hard mattress with a soft fleecey blanket... I am at my witt's end... my husband is sleeping in the spare room and my beautiful baby is in bed with me sleeping like an angel, but I am not sleeping at all as I am scared of suffocating her and also because I am stressed about the whole situation!
I know it is early days and I am not on my own with worries about my first baby... but PLEASE... any advice is gratefully received!
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My 3 week old won't sleep at night unless in my bed!
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beckymcarter · 09/09/2008 15:55
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