10wk old DD will only go to sleep in moving pram or on breast - Help!

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Can anyone suggest any tips on how to get DD to go to sleep without being attached to me or being walked for miles in the pram (only to walk up within seconds of stopping)?

Yesterday, we tried moving DD into her travel cot in the living room for a nap just as she was getting sleepy - we moved her with the cushion she always sleeps on when she's fed during the day, but once she was down, she refused to close her eyes again and would whimper if we tried to step away.

Am wondering about trying sleep training in a couple of weeks to hopefully break the back of it before DSS1 & 2 go back to school in September - heard/read that 12 weeks is a good time to start this? We're co-sleeping with DD, so could do with any tips on how to successfully do this as I want a tiny bit of my life back!

Thanks.

Er I'd say it's too young for any kind of cc training.

Do you want her to self settle or just nap in a cot? If the latter, can you rock her to sleep and put her down after a while? Then work backwards to putting down less drowsy? That's how I got dd napping in her cot

Sleep training before about 6months isn't recommended.

15wo DS has finally napped in the stationary pram for the last few weeks with a combination of dummy, swaddling and a white noise app. Swaddle, stick the dummy in, app on, lie him down and pat until he goes off. 30-120 minutes of peace. Until then he would only sleep on me a person.

Same here with ds 8 wks, you have my sympathies, ive tried everything. Ds wont even sleep in pram when I take him for long walk. Gah! He likes his sling though....

Just came on to post with the same problem! 14wk DS has got worse and worse - a while ago he would stay asleep for 20-40 mins if I put him in asleep, now he wakes up almost instantly. We are also cosleeping and I'm happy with that, it's just the evenings that are killing me as he's clearly tired but will only stay asleep when in my arms.

Tonight I'm currently feeding him to sleep on our bed to see if that will work - it's far from ideal but maybe a step in the right direction!

So swaddling is working even at 15wks, flisspaps? Do you swaddle the arms too? may try that again then. I know the answer is probably hours of shush-patting but I just don't have the energy after a long day with DD (3).

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spaghetti yes, it's working at 15w - it didn't when he was younger but now he pulls his dummy out and wakes up if he's not swaddled - only for naps though although that's probably because he BFs for what seems like all night

I found that DS started to self settle at around 13 weeks once he found his fingers. If I pop him down when he first starts looking tired, he will have a little grizzle & then suck his fingers/thumb until he drops off!

Doesn't happen all the time but he just started going it one day. I had to rock or pram him before that & it was killing me, so there is hope!

Hi all, thanks for the replies. Unfortunately, DD is not a fan of rocking, or even of being put down anywhere other than next to me!!

I spoke to the HV yesterday to ask for some tips - I tried putting DD down in her bed nest last night after a bath as suggested, but DD wouldn't feed herself to sleep in bed. I left her to see if she would self settle, but 10 minutes later the shouting began. After going back & forth for 20 minutes (think I was in the bedroom for most of that time), I brought her back downstairs where she did feed herself to sleep and proceeded to sleep all evening after being asleep most of the afternoon. Whoops - cue me being kicked in the stomach at 3am by a wide awake baby. And she's decided to be asleep most of today so far as well - Argh!