6 week old velcro baby

[Diglett567]

My DD is now 6 weeks old and currently has to be held constantly. She spends her entire day on me or my DH, she'll tolerate 5-10 minutes while she's awake on the changing mat or in her bouncy chair but won't sleep anywhere but us. She does so a few hours on her own in the cot at night but wakes very frequently.
I know this is completely normal for a baby- the fourth trimester etc. My question is just about when this stage might end? What are your experiences with similar babies and when was the transition to being able to have daytime naps in the moses basket/sleeping better on their own at night?
I'm using a sling when I can and enjoying cuddles on the sofa (running our of TV shows!) but it's obviously tough!

All I can say is it DOES get easier. I promise.

I'm sure all babies are different, but I managed to get DS to nap in his cot rather than on me at about 4 1/2 months I think. It was hard work to get him in there at first but it's rarely a problem now. He would never really go down in his Moses basket. I used to (and still do sometimes) cuddle him to sleep on my bed and then do a "roll away" manoeuvre without disturbing him so that I could go and do something else for a while. (Now 7mo)

I used to find it very frustrating that I couldn't do anything else other than hold or cuddle my baby for what felt like forever, but the time has gone so quickly. Forget about everything else and enjoy it. And the sling is amazing.

My first daughter was like this. All her naps were on me or the sling. At night it was a combination ofseeping in the next to me and in my bed. At around 5 months I tried putting her in her cot for naps and she surprisingly went to sleep. Every nap since has been in her cot and she has slept in that every night since.
She is currently 18 months old, all we have to say is good night, close the door and she will happily fall asleep herself.
It is soooo hard when you are going through it, I felt like I would never be able to do anything alone ever again.... but it does get better!!!

In my experience when they are like that it doesn't really end until you decide to put a stop to it. I tried frequently with my dd to put her down to sleep alone and it was only around 15 months i really managed to get her to sleep in her cot alone because I braved the controlled crying method which took a few weeks and let her cry her frustrations out. Even now at 19 months it is a battle to get her to choose to sleep in her cot or get her to nap by herself (right next to my bed!). It was a shock to me as I'd never seen a baby like that. I think it is a personality thing.