Help! My baby won't let me put her down!

[Bellini28]

Sorry if this has been done to death but my six week old baby only wants to sleep in my arms.... On the one hand it's wonderful to just sit and hold her but I can't do anything plus I have an older dd who needs attention. - Incidentally I don't recall dd1 ever being like this. - She won't nap anywhere. Fast asleep in my arms I put her down, she opens her eyes and bawls... Any suggestions or reassurance that it will pass as it's starting to get me down.

Thanks in advance.

Sling :D

I second the sling. A stretchy wrap like a Moby. My DS2 lived in it for about 6 months. Came out occasionally for a stretch and a feed, then straight back in again. Neither of mine have been babies that like to lie on their back, kicking and staring around. Or sleep anywhere but on me (including at night). I get very when I see babies like that.

I have one but doesn't that perpetuate the problem?
I didn't use one with dd2 and she was such a little independent soul.. I understand all babies are different but I literally can't do a thing as she screams whenever she is out of my arms!

I'm not sure it's a "problem" to be solved. Some little babies need to be held more than others. I think if you fight it, you'll make life harder than it needs to be for all of you.

I'd just try a sling and enjoy all the snuggling. Ds was a bit like this, (although he hated a sling); what could I do but give in, sadly for the housework

It will pass, and going with it is a whole lot easier than trying to change it.

My dd1 couldnt be put down, dc2 can be. So i think you have the reverse. Slings help, and your dc will grow out of it at some point (though my dc1 would still spend all day in someones arms if she could, it is just who she is!)
Imagine my amazement when dc2 fell asleep, i put him down, and he didnt scream :)

Have you tried swaddling her? Sleep with the swaddle cloth one night and swaddle her in it for sleeps the next day?

Sling - it's not perpetuating a 'problem' it's a great solution to meeting the baby's needs and yours! And she'll grow out of it, DD was just the same, by 14ish weeks she was napping in pram (buggy set'up with fleecy liner), by about 4.5 months she was napping in cot. For nights we swaddled and that worked for us - warming up her bedside crib with a hot water bottle was key.

This article has some ideas:

www.troublesometots.com/how-to-get-baby-to-sleep-better-part-1/

There is a part 2 aswell.

It worked well for my son, he eventually napped on his own in his cot or buggy (albeit short) about 12 weeks-ish. By 8 months he was a champion napper and has been ever since!