Tiny Love Rocker - Please Help!!!

[owlpacker]

My 5 week old DD will only sleep in her bouncy chair or in our arms, day and night. As soon as we move her to a lay flat cot she wakes and cries and we are getting desperate as obviously we are getting no sleep at all.

Ideally, we’d let her sleep in the bouncer but I know this isn’t safe so I did some research and found the Tiny Love 3 in 1 rocker (www.tinylove.com/uk_en/3-in-1-rocker-napper-red) which seems to be a rocker chair that lies flat. This would be perfect as she could fall asleep sitting up and then we could recline her, but I’m not sure if it’s safe for unsupervised sleep? Do any of you ladies have one of these and did you use it for naps? Don’t want to spend so much if it’s not safe for the purpose we want it for! Thank you anyone that can help :)

I should think it is safe for supervised naps, but not unsupervised. But baby could nap in same room as you? I had one briefly but passed it on when my sling loving koala baby refused to nap in it. From what I can remember it is quite clunky so may not be very smooth or quiet to recline a sleeping baby so it might be worth checking that before you shell out. Have you tried a sling? None of my babies would sleep in a cot when so tiny, they just wanted to be held, it's so normal.

We’ve got one (bought 2nd hand off a buying and selling group Incase DD hated it!!)
The recommendation is that it’s not used overnight for sleeping - but I know people do go against thing. I think it’s because there isn’t really a mattress so it’s not hugely comfy for long sleeping. My DD is 7 weeks and does 3/4 hour stretches in it during the day asleep, I get on with my daily business and she is just fine in it.

When getting my daughter to sleep for naps when she was young, I used one of these a little bit. It's ok for short daytime naps I think, and it should be supervised. Tbh she enjoyed it more for a bit of a play, or for calming down if she was upset. It didn't get much use as a napper, but when it worked it was a godsend. My sister had similar results with her little one, but i've also known people whose children loved napping in it.

I think it's worth the purchase either way, but your actual use may vary.

Thank you for the replies! Sorry I should have specified - by unsupervised I mean if I were to also nap myself!! I’m just looking for a solution to shift sleeping with DH really because he has sleep-related epilepsy so getting a good night’s sleep is very important so I stay up until 4am with DD and then he does 4-7 and then I have her when he’s out through the day again so I’m absolutely exhausted. And there’s no sleep when the baby sleeps because she’ll only sleep in my arms or in the bouncer (she’s 5 weeks so similar age @maternity123qwe :) ) and I’m too scared to sleep while she’s in the bouncer in case she slides down and can’t breathe. So I can get chores done when she’s in there but I’m just not getting any sleep at all outside of those 3 hours. I know this is really normal but it’s killing me so thought I had found a solution in the lie flat bouncer but sounds unlikely.

Anyway, I found one on fb market for cheap so will pick up tomorrow and maybe see if I can get her to sleep in there and then transfer her over while she’s already sleeping in a lie flat position rather than putting her down in her cot straight away. Who knows, worth the punt second hand and like you say @FatherB I’m sure I’ll get use out of it somehow!

Thanks again for the advice! :)

Oh forgot to say I have got a sling and she does sleep in there too @beemay but obviously doesn’t help me to sleep! They are great for getting things done though :)

Have you looked into safely co sleeping in bed, no duvet or pillow etc? Baby gets to cuddle you and feel close and you get sleep too.

Have you tried a Sleepyhead op?

@brittlestar yes, have tried co sleeping and it’s been a mixed bag. Some nights she slept a few hours and some times not at all. I didn’t enjoy it very much, I worried about her a lot and didn’t sleep well myself. Plus it’s cold with duvet around your waist!!

And @laura is a sleepyhead the pillow with sides? Haven’t tried that but I thought Lullaby Trust don’t recommend them anymore as the sides aren’t breathable? Could be wrong though, I’ll have a look :)

@owlpacker you’re right, it’s a baby nest which is not recommended by the lullaby trust. FWIW they are said to be very breathable and I satisfied myself that it was safe to put my baby in one...on balance it’s been a godsend for me as my ds wouldn’t sleep flat on a mattress and I was worried about falling asleep holding him so took it as the lesser of two evils as he will go down in that.

Apart from the sleepyhead I am absolutely by the book for all safe sleep stuff, I just chose to make a concession there.

Could you try slightly elevating the crib/cot mattress? My first was so tiny and hated her cot/crib to begin with and she liked to be able to touch the sides so she slept in her carry cot (silvercross one was safe for sleeping), then she got reflux and hated lying flat so the HV suggested elevating the crib slightly, we used a big book (maybe an argos catalog!) under the crib feet, then got foam wedge for a bit, then we bought the chicco next2me and that elevated on its own... was a godsend for us but you could try the catalog/foam wedge to see if it makes a difference to begin with. Also, instead of the sleepyhead, you can use a towel rolled up under the sheet, did that for a bit with my second and he settled much better!

@purple yes, I have the next 2 me and it’s already inclined. Good thought about the towel though, like trying a sleepyhead before buying I suppose :)

@laura It’s such a minefield isn’t it? So many things are considered unsafe, you have to choose the risks you want to take really. It’s like the people who make the recommendations have never had a real life baby before!

I have just miraculously managed to get 3 hours by putting her in her car seat until she was deeply asleep then transferring to the bed and she didn’t wake up!!! Probably a one off but I am grateful for it anyway.

Thanks again for your advice ladies, will proceed with trial and error!

My little one is 6 months now , I found that putting a muslin under his Moses basket for the first few months really worked , I kept the muslin so it smelt like me used a big one and folded it under the mattress although he didn't have reflux I think this really helped him

have you tried swaddling that was a god send for me I used one of the Velcro ones so he couldn't get out of it !