Baby wont sleep in her cot

[gwiz]

please do anyone have suggestions, my 5 week old baby wont sleep in her cot at night only on me, the longest she will go in there is about 45minutes before she starts crying, ive tried her in a moses basket, swaddling but the only place she will sleep longer stretches is on my chest, my mum suggested letting her sleep on her stomach but the thought of it scares the life out of me, i dont know what else to try any suggestions please

Look up the guidelines for safe co sleeping and give it a try. You need some rest. The safest is to have no cover on, so you would need a dressing gown or really snuggly pjs. But Ive always managed to have the duvet or blanket just on me. Also....you may need to kick your partner out of the bed for a bit. When baby feels safer to sleep for longer stretches (in a few months) you can try the cot again.
For daytime sleeps you could try a stretchy sling.

Normal! You're her safe place. Sidecar her cot to the bed so she can't roll off, dress warmly and keep the duvet down at waist level and pillow behind you. Settle her next to you; sleep on your side curled around her.

Doesn't last forever! DD is still in her sidecar cot at 10 months.

I had the same with my DD. People kept telling me to practice safe cosleeping with her but that involved putting her down on the bed next to me and she would scream and wake up. She would literally only sleep while I was holding her. Do you think she might have silent reflux? Mine did and that's why she hated being put down on her back. Try elevating the head of her cot and also keeping her upright for a while after feeds.

In the end the only way I could get mine to sleep was in a sleepyhead. I know a lot of people cite the lullaby trust guidelines which advise against them but it was either that or no sleep at all for me. I fell asleep holding her once and that scared me so much, so I decided the risk was much lower in a sleepyhead than with me holding her. I bought a clip on breathing alarm to put my mind at rest.

Hope you're ok, I remember that stage so well, it was terrible but she did start to sleep better eventually x

thank you for all the suggestions i will give them a try xx

I bed share. My baby is 5 months old and has slept in bed with me since day 1 as she hates the crib.
We are EBF and follow safe sleep guidelines- it scared me to death to start with but it is working well.

DS only slept cradled in my arms until he was 8 months. So that's what we did! I wore a long sleeve top, DS was in a sleeping bag, the duvet was up to my waste with DSs sleeping bag over the top. I was propped up on one pillow with DS in my elbow crook. I ended up with a frozen shoulder and hip pain, but it was the only way I got at least 20 minutes of sleep. It was hell.