My 3 week old baby is generally not a great sleeper- it takes up to 3 hours to settle him for a 1 hour nap- but up until now he's been ok about going into his basket after falling asleep on my boob, and stays put for anything between half an hour and 3 hours. The last couple of days though he has woken up and cried every time I've tried to put him down, in the day and at night. He used to be ok at self settling and nodding off again if he woke up but now just cries louder and louder.
The only way I can get him to stay asleep at all (and therefore get any sleep myself) is if I keep him in the bed, then he stays asleep happily for hours. I understand that he's teeny and just wants to be by me but I don't understand the sudden turnaround. I also don't want to feel 'forced' into co sleeping as the only option available, as I worry about 'making a rod for my own back' and that I'm introducing bad habits and he'll still be happily sleeping with us a year from now by which time well have completely lost our minds.
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3 week old suddenly refuses to sleep in Moses basket
cambezola · 18/03/2013 07:53
I sympathise, it's really tough when they are this new and maybe try not to worry too much but just get your sleep however you can - in your bed is better than none at all and I'm sure this phase will pass soon. I think it's probably too early to encourage bad habits and in time it will all click back into place 
What worked for us was fleece lining the basket so there was no sudden coldness as she went down and raising one end slightly with the phone book so she wasn't completely flat. Also holding her for 25/30 mins after she had fallen asleep to make sure she was completely zonked. Even so we had many many transfer failures - I remember the dread feeling when it was time to try again!
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