My son is now just over 2 weeks old; at first he was happy to be put down on his back in his cradle or basket or next to me on the bed. But for at least the last week he will not be put down on his back or even cradled leaning back in the traditional 'holding a baby position'. If we try this, he may accept it for about 30 seconds and then starts to scream - even if he was fast asleep. The only way to stop him is to either hold him upright or, even better, put him in a leaning forward position (ie up on the shoulder or propped leaning forward against my forearm). This means we can't even put him to bed at night so we have to try and have him sleep on my chest all night.
Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening and if its normal? And is there anything we can do about it? Its getting pretty exhausting and limiting.