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6 week old not interested in Moses Basket

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VickiB · 15/03/2006 13:33

I'm looking for any suggestions in getting my 6 week old into her moses basket.
She's breastfed & is sleeping with us at night - which isn't a problem - however I want to be able to get her into the Moses basket.
During the day she'll fall asleep on the breast & then will go down into the basket, asleep for a good long nap. However, she finds it hard to settle herself (spitting out a dummy) and is pretty determined when i comes to cc. I can't do cc at night as I have a 3 year old who gets woken up by the screaming.
I've tried swaddling, a t-shrt with my smell on it, making her basket warm so her head isn't cold on impact......... but nothing makes any difference. Does anyone have any suggestions or is it just a time thing????????????

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SoupDragon · 15/03/2006 13:35

You surely can't do CC for a 6 week old anyway!

How about tipping the head of the basket up so she's not completly flat? Putting her in on her side? They tend to flop over onto their back fairly quickly.

bundle · 15/03/2006 13:37

too young for cc. try putting your hand on her tummy/chest when you put her down and removing the pressure gradually..tip i had from a friend that helped when mine were tiny.

starlover · 15/03/2006 13:38

you know what? it's perfectly normal!

you cannot do CC with a 6 week old.. it is recommended not to do it until at least 6 months.

everything your dd is doing is perfectly natural... she is only 6 weeks old, she loves you and wants to be with you because you make her feel loved and secure. she likes your smell and she likes to be cuddled.... nothing wrong with that!

harpsichordcarrier · 15/03/2006 13:39

ok, why do you want her to be int he Moses Basket during the day?
what about wedging her in with rolled up blankets to make her feel more secure and cosy?
(dd2 never took to a moses basket either)

Flamesparrow · 15/03/2006 13:40

DD hated her moses basket with a passion... I think it was just too small and she would whack her arms on the side - we gave in and put her into a big cot, and she slept lovely. I don't know if that helps at all.

(Oh, she was 6 weeks at the time, and we went with pick up put down....)

PrincessPeaHead · 15/03/2006 13:42

i've just moved my 6wk old out of a moses basket into a cot. why dont you try that. maybe she feels too constrictd in it

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VickiB · 15/03/2006 13:57

Thanks for the suggestions. I do put her on her side and wedge her in with blankets already, but elevating the basket may work - she goes off in her chair which is slightly raised. I'll try the cot thing too if all else fails! I suspect that its just because she wants to be cuddled, which is fair enough at 6 weeks, but with a 3 year old already isn't entirely practical all of the time every day.
Why do I want her in the basket? I suppose its purely selfish.... I don't want her sharing my bed when she's 5 and these habits (like being rocked to sleep) are really painful to break further down the line. If I can help her learn to settle herself somehow that would be great!

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Enid · 15/03/2006 13:58

mine never lasted in moses baskets beyond 5 weeks

too restricting as pph says

they were happier in their big cots

Enid · 15/03/2006 13:59

in fact I sleep with them for 5 or 6 weeks

dh banished to spare room

harpsichordcarrier · 15/03/2006 14:01

vickib I seriously think that worrying about forming bad habits in a six week old is way too premature
imho
what about a sling? would that give you more freedom.

LadyG · 15/03/2006 19:18

Mine slept about half the night with us til 5 months-took about 2 weeks to get him used to his cot and now goes down beautifully (71/2 months)
So i agree 6 weeks is too early to worry about habit forming.
He hated the MB too-never slept in it for more than an hour. I think the mattress on those things is crap. We got an Amby hammock thing which worked til 5 months when he became too wriggly/wanting to roll over.

getbakainyourjimjams · 15/03/2006 19:32

I bought one of \link{http://www.naturesnest.co.uk/mbh.htm\these} for ds3 who hated his moses basket (and wished I'd had ot for ds2 as well). It was great- he stayed in it until 9 or 10 months and has slept through from the week we got it (except when he's ill).

getbakainyourjimjams · 15/03/2006 19:34

oh ha ha ladyG has already mentioned the Amby- they really are great. We also had to move ds3 when he started tryiung to roll over in bed- but that wasn't until 9 or 10 months.

Nightynight · 15/03/2006 19:35

hi vicki,
Id throw the moses basket away if I were you, and try something else. My babies also had these likes and dislikes, you just have to admit defeat and go with the flow. dd1 refused to sit for an instant in a very expensive rocking chair, fortunately ds1 loved it!

LadyG · 16/03/2006 15:41

gosh gbiyjj as i suspected ds is obviously a nutter like his dad-started trying to fling himself over in the Amby at 5 months-he is my 1st so wasnt sure. Gotta go as he has jut pulled ou laptop lead and trying to eat it....

LadyG · 16/03/2006 16:53

Oh and just to illustrate a lot of babas hate the MB a friend said her lo never slept until she put her (on her back) on a pillow in the MB-of couse I am not recommending this and would NEVER do it myself because of risk of SIDS etc

Hulababy · 16/03/2006 17:00

DD hated her crib and I was told that it was common for some babies not to like a crib or moses basket. Some babies just doon't like the small enclosed space I guess. We bought a bedside cot for DD and she slept in that form about 2 weeks, although still came into our bed during the night for a time.

CC is not recommended for babies under 6 months.

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VickiB · 16/03/2006 21:54

CC is probably a bit of exaggeration. More like letting her fuss for a little while before going in to her. I think that i'm going to need to let her settle in her own time and just keep trying to put her down either in the cot or MB....... one day she'll take to it. I just hope she's not 18 when she does it. Its easy to forget that she's only 6 weeks - it feels like she's been around forever!

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PrincessPeaHead · 16/03/2006 22:17

mine sleeps on a sheepskin in her cot which she likes - comfy and also never gets cold so doesnt' have that feeling of getting out of warm arms onto cold mattress. highly recommend it. I just put a muslin under her head otherwise she is directly on the sheepskin

sareg26tymaddie · 23/03/2006 20:40

my son never liked a moses basket. He would wake him self up as he was so incased. This caused me to have sleepless nights so decided that when i had my daughter to put her straight in the cot and she has slept through the night since 7 weeks. I think somrtimes it is the little things like that that can get them into the habit of waking up and becoming unsettled in the night.

spinach · 23/03/2006 20:43

we have a lovely unsed moses basket, with lovely rocking stand, that dd refused to be put into! I'll get it out of the loft for the next one but i wont hold my breath!

JellyNump · 18/04/2006 21:20

My ds didn't like the basket and my dd seems not to like it much but both prefer the cot which seems to be they can see out of it thru the bars

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