Dummy falling out, baby not liking basket – any tips?

[KKKKaty]

My 7 week old DS has, up until now, not been a great fan of going into his moses basket. I have been feeding him to sleep and then popping him in there ? something of a mistake, I think, since whenever he then wakes up (usually only 30-40 minutes later) he (a) cries, I think because he?s not where he was when he started and (b) needs a boob to go back to sleep again. Today I have started, with some success, to get him to go into his basket when awake, using a dummy, and he has had a couple of naps today, and I have just put him down for the night (or the first bit of the evening!) with it. However, the dummy does fall out after a little while which wakes him up until I put it back in again. For example this afternoon he had 45 minute nap during which time I had to put the dummy back in twice. In fact, since starting to write this post I?ve also been upstairs twice to put the dummy back in as he?s starting crying when it falls out. I did try and take it out before it fell out, but he noticed 5 minutes later and started crying with the same result. I?ve not had three consecutive hours sleep since he was born and it?s beginning to get a little tiring now. I was hoping for a regular four hour stretch by now, at least. He?s ending up sleeping in my bed with me most nights for part of the night now, which is not what I want, as I don?t sleep properly with him there. Help me!! Please!!

[hormonesnomore]

Does he like being swaddled? I ask because my DS had the same problem with losing his dummy & waking up. I used to swaddle him & wedge the dummy in with his blanket - not too tightly, but just enough so that if it fell out of his mouth, he could find it again by rooting around.

[SamiSpears]

From my two children I have had very different experiences when it comes to sleeping patterns, my first was a great sleeper who was easily settled unfortunately my youngest was the exact opposite. What we found worked really well was introducing a pattern to our baby, what my partner I chose to do was feed the baby until he was content then swaddle him ? this helps to simulate the womb ? it can be difficult for a baby to adapt from the warm and cozy to a big crib so rapping up like fajita feels very good and comforting.
Basically, i had him cry it out around four weeks. I would feed him until content, swaddle him tight and place him on his baby crib. The first night my son cried for about 1 hour with me going in every 15 min to re-swaddle, do a ?shhhh?, put my hand on him and made sure he wasn?t wet or any other problems ? I never picked him up. He woke up on and off through the night, unless i needed to feed or change him, I didn?t pick him up. Second night he cried for about 30 min then went back to sleep then the fourth night i swaddled him and he went to sleep on his own.
A lot of people think that you shouldn?t let your baby cry to sleep, and many think it is ok. I have seen this with many families and it seems to be the best option for us, and it isn?t the easiest thing to do, but the awards are far greater when you mastered it.

[hormonesnomore]

at letting a 4 week old baby cry for an hour.