Getting baby to sleep in Moses

[clairerow7]

My little girl is now 3 weeks (tomorrow) she sleeps on my chest at night and refuses to go down.
I'm desperate to get her to sleep in her Moses basket for her safety! I'm after hints and tips to make this happen without letting her cry it out!!

I also think the sleepyhead has worked because our Moses basket and chicco next 2 me are too big for DD. This was the same with DD1 who was 12 weeks prem and had had boundaries in hospital but then nothing at home. I don’t think the sleepyhead was around then but if it had been it would have saved an awful lot of horrendous nights with both of us in tears!
I was wary about spending over £100 on it and we didn’t get it until she was 6 weeks old but it really has been a life saver. I know it won’t work for everyone but she’s asleep in it now and I’ve managed to shower, load the dishwasher and do a load of washing! Before I had it I was having to sling her which meant I couldn’t rush around as much as I can without her on me. Do you have a sling? I know your question is to get her down in the Moses basket but if it’s so you can do bits in the day a sling may work.
I also hate the idea of leaving a baby crying and never did with my first DD. However now with two sometimes the baby has to cry for a little while while I sort the other’s lunch/toileting/tantrums. Often she won’t be crying more than 30 seconds and by the time I get back to her she will have dropped off. I think after a while you can differentiate between a distressed cry due to hunger or a dirty nappy and a tired cry. My DD’s tired cries have always been a bit more pathetic as though they can’t really be bothered to cry.

She is doing very very well!

Clairerow our son is 3 weeks tomorrow.. We have found having him fall asleep on our chest before then transferring him to moses basket and getting blanket over him quickly and keeping hand on his stomach / stroking his face for a few mins seems to work. (Sometimes not always) although I have also found that he seems to be cluster feeding in the evenings so sometimes we can try this 3 times needing to feed him in between each before he will eventually settle.. But he was early and low birth weight so I'm not sure if it is feeding for comfort or to catch up.. Last night we did this at 7, 8, 9 and 10 before he finally settled and slept until needing fed again at 1.
Like you I won't have him in our bed for his own safety.
Often though we only get a couple of hours between feeds at night - 3 and a half to 4 hours is longest stretch and usually only get that once.