Problems with 3 week old

[lozzy1982]

Hi ladies, i have an adorable 3 week old baby boy whom i am breast feeding. So i know my nights are gonna be really disrupted and im fine with this. However, he hates hos moses basket. Last night he would just not go into it. He sleeps in it ok in the day. But last night, and on others, he had a good feed before bed. I think, yes! Hes gotta go down now. He falls fast sleep on me, but as soon as his head hits the moses basket all hell breaks loose. Weve tried swaddaling, making a nest with muslins and towels, putting a hot water bottle on the matress to warm it up, waiting longer for him to settle after a feed before putting him down, nothing seems to work. Last night we only got through coz i let him stay next to me in bed after hos feed. It is becoming a real stress point and im not sure what else i can do. Any suggestions?

Congratulations on your new baby! Mine did not want to go down in his moses basket either. They just love being curled up on top of you, which is lovely for them but not so lovely for you if you're exhausted at 4am and all you want to do is sleep! I eventually bought a bedside crib which allows you to have him sleep next to you as if in the same bed, only a lot safer. Also white noise really helped us. There are several free white noise apps that you can get for your phone or tablet. The vacuum cleaner was a winner for us - I didn't like the noise but I did like that I was getting some sleep :)

Good luck!

He doesn't hate his Moses basket, he just loves being cuddled up with you and being able to hear your heartbeat. This will pass. Google "fourth trimester".

My 3rd was like this. We gave up and coslept eventually. It was lovely :)

DH moved in with one of the others and the baby and I shared for about 3 months. Some babies are just more needy than others. It will pass.

I gave away the cotbed & the Moses basket in the end. My 2 just would not sleep in them. Three years later I still sleep with one on each side of me. Babies have always slept with their mothers, and in much of the world they still do. I read somewhere it was the Victorians that invented cots because they believed there were bad 'emanation' from the mother, or some such runbish