Baby trouble sleeping

[Sweetheart12]

Hi everyone! I need help!

I given birth just over a month ago to a little girl when we came home from hospital she use sleep in her Moses basket all the time during the day and sometimes on a night! the last 2 weeks she has been crying a little for me to take her out like she is unsettled anyway I recently moved into my own home just found out I have post natal depression, I am a single mum and the last 2 days my daughter has been really unsettled she will only sleep in her Moses basket for 40 minutes no more sometimes even less! She just wants to constantly held all the time when it’s getting to the night time it’s hard because she will be in a deep sleep I will put her in and she will just wriggling then just start screaming for me to get her out! My relation has insisted on getting a Swinging crib? Do you think this will help? She turns 5 weeks on Wednesday! She just will not settle in a Moses basket! Why ? I am upset that she is upset too! I know babies can pick up on that! Just don’t know where I am gonna put her down and try to get some sleep? I have tried her in the cot but I think it’s too big for her! She loves her Swinging chair but only can stay in that for a certain amount of time! Any help please? Being a first time mum I worry x

Sorry, that sounds really tough! I'm afraid she's just being a newborn, they do start sleeping a bit longer after the first few weeks.

Is she big enough for a baby sleeping bag yet? I think that's what helped mine the most.

Try not to stress too much about the lack of sleep, you can survive on much less than you'd think. The hormones will get you through!

I so wish there was an easy answer to this but as previous poster said she's just being a newborn. I found I could at least get some daytime naps for myself by taking my daughter out for a walk in the pram and letting her fall asleep. She'd stay asleep in there for a while once we got home x

Your baby is in their 4th trimester (Google will tell you lots about this). They want to be held and to hear you breathe, and your heartbeat. Not to be laid flat in a basket away from you. It’s absolutely normal. You’ll probably find it gets easier if you just go with it rather than fight it.

My baby was like this. Look into safe bed sharing.

Almost all babies are like this. It’s absolutely normal baby behaviour.

@Sweetheart12 Im sorry you are struggling- newborns are tough! I currently have an 11 week old :) you say she has been particularly unsettled the past 2 days? Babies go through a developmental leap at about 5 weeks which can leave them very more unsettled than normal, but it often only lasts a few days so you might find she settles down again in a day or two (but the get these leaps every month or so so be prepared!) You might find once she settles down that putting her down in a dark room at night, swaddled and with some white noise could help her to sleep a bit longer. Good luck, it sounds like you are doing amazingly x

Thankyou so much! She loves being rocked so I may try the crib! I have been reading so much on things I over work myself, x

Have you considered getting a sling? Both mine slept for ages in them while I could get on with whatever I was doing.

I co-slept with both which mean more sleep. Use blankets not duvets and a baby sleeping bag for lo.