Please help!!! 5 week old won't sleep without being held, day and night!

[Dizzywhore]

Poor little thing does have reflux but it doesn't seem to bad at the moment. My DD had it a lot worse!
Anyway he just will not sleep alone! I can understand being upright is more comfortable for him because of the reflux but he will sleep in his pram and car set. I have a swing for him which he does like, most of the time but will only stay asleep for 20 minutes max in it. Nights are so hard, we sleep in shifts holding him. If we try to put him down he wakes up. Any idea how I can make him feel settled on his own so he can get into a deep sleep?

My baby boy was exactly the same. He is 12 weeks now. He will still only sleep on me during the day or in his pram if I take him for a walk. He has reflux too. Nights have improved following moving him from his Moses basket to his cot at 8 weeks old. He sleeps on a ClevaSleep™
Positioner by Clevamama (I purchased mine from kiddicare) in his cot. You need to make sure the sides are snug. My little boys a wriggler so he slides down if his sides are not snug. He now sleeps for 3 hour periods between feeds rather than 45 minute periods followed by 1-2 hours awake & distressed.

HTH

DS doesn't have reflux but is extremely sicky and it would wake him up lots. We got a cocoonababy and he went from waking every 45 mins to every 3 hours overnight. I'm not a big believer in gimics that "help your baby sleep" as it's such a vulnerable market, but that was one investment that was worth it!