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Can we sleep safely with 5 wk old baby on me

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fairgame84 · 15/11/2022 12:30

DD is 5 weeks old, term baby, breastfed with top ups due to poor feeding (tongue tie, snipped yesterday).
Since Friday she has decided that she will only sleep on me. She won't sleep in the cot and she won't sleep at the side of me in the bed, she has to be on me.
I'm worried about sids so hardly had any sleep over the past few days.
I've tried all the usually swaddling, sleeping bags, dummies, transferring her to the crib awake, drowsy and asleep. Warming the crib, putting in a boundary etc etc.

This is day and night. She won't sleep in her rocker now and won't go in the sling.

I think I'm just going to have to ride it out but can I sleep with her on me safely?
I currently prop myself up on pillows so I'm upright and I only have the duvet up to my waist so it's not over her.
She likes to be tummy to tummy with her head on my chest.

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Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
MrsSkylerWhite · 16/11/2022 00:05

Most research suggests not.

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