tips for encouraging a newborn to sleep in his moses basket

[blissieblue]

he's only 4 days old bless him and at the moment he is happiest in the sling and I am co-sleeping. This is fine for now but DH has been relegated to the spare room and I don't sleep as well with a baby in the bed (would like the little sleep I do get to be good quality!). Will he eventually come round to it himself or are there any hints for how to help him feel safe and secure in his basket? I do swaddle him when I put him down but it doesn't seem to make any difference.

is your swaddle tight? it can't be tight enough for them.

flannel is warmer than cotton jersey or plain cotton in the basket. may also consider warmning up the surface with a hot water bottle before putting the baby in (don't leave in the hot water bottle of course)

one last thing... here is instructions for safe co-sleeping. it is something you get better at doing the more you do it. so i would suggest maybe start by taking naps together first then build up to longer and longer time periods as your confidence grows. dh eventually started to sleep in the classic bf posture as well as we co-sleep with dd.

Ds slept on my stomach mainly for about the first 4 weeks and then became quite happy sleeping in his moses basket (most of the time).

I think he just needed some time to get used to being on his own. At least that way I got some sleep rather than spending hours trying to settle him.

We just kept trying him in the moses basket every few days and quite suddenly iirc he was able to sleep there.

Dd never slept in her moses basket. She would scream the house down whenever I put her in it. In the end I just stsrted using the big cot

I agree with pixiefish, my DD HATED her moses basket, and only really started sleeping well once she was in a cot.
Sorry!