To use a washing basket as a cot??

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My baby is 4 weeks, rubbish sleeper & HATES his cot, Moses basket, pram & pretty much everything else!

However, I put him in a washing basket (with a pillow as a mattress underneath) & he's slept for nearly 3 hours!

WIBU to carry on using it??

I question him spending an entire afternoon away from you at that age to be honest

How is this helpful to anyone at all? I have a friend who left her baby to go to Spain at 12 weeks under the care of loving GP's. He's growing beautifully. Anyway this digresses from the thread.

If you lived in Scotland you would have been given a box for the baby to sleep in however the box would have a firm mattress. Soft pillows are a suffocation hazard - if he likes the wash basket then line it with folded towels instead.

I question him spending an entire afternoon away from you at that age to be honest. 

He spent the night at my mums last night don't some people go back to work when they still have newborns??

life you really dont have to defend yourself on that point. Many many people need or want to utilise GPs in this way.

It's not usual nowadays. 40 years ago, maybe.

I'm a single parent, if I decided not to leave him with anyone for say 4 months, I would NEVER get a break.

He also isn't the best sleeper. Thursday night, I slept half an hour.

MTV view is probably coloured by a (former) friend, who did very similar very soon after birth (so she could go out on the lash/have her nails done - all things vital to the wellbeing of a tiny baby). By 1.5 she was locking him in his bedroom at night because his waking and needing reassurance was inconvenient to her.

Prepared to be flamed here(and OP I'm not telling you to do this but) ds was in hospital at 7 weeks, he was quite sick and he couldn't sleep in the cot so the nurse got a pillow, wrapped it in a towel, covered it with a sheet and made a little hollow in it, she called it a nest and he slept like a log. We did it when we got him in his crib for a few weeks and it worked great. Again this is not my advice nor am I suggesting the op do this, I'm just saying!!

I question him spending an entire afternoon away from you at that age to be honest.

Oh please!!

You've got some twats for friends then titty.

What does that have to do with op?

MTV view is probably coloured by a (former) friend, who did very similar very soon after birth (so she could go out on the lash/have her nails done - all things vital to the wellbeing of a tiny baby). By 1.5 she was locking him in his bedroom at night because his waking and needing reassurance was inconvenient to her.

Everything I do is for my son, I haven't drank alcohol since May last year.

If I leave him with my mum overnight it's so I can go home & straight to sleep so I can recharge my batteries to ensure I can continue meeting his needs.

I couldn't justify spending money on alcohol when I was single with a lot of surplus money in my pocket, I certainly cannot justify this now I've a baby.

*DS1 once slept in a drawer .

The drawer was not closed I may hasten to add, or even in the chest*

Showing my age ... but in my day it was quite common for tiny babies to sleep in drawers. I have a number of friends who did, especially if they were first born or late born ... or so tiny and jaundiced they were not really expected to live. An Irish friend tells the story of being given the last rights as she slept in her mother's underwear drawer.

My cousin slept in a drawer as a lo too. On cold nights
the drawer was put in the airing cupboard. My sister swears
the artificial heat is why he grew so tall and lanky - like a forced
tomato plant.