3month old won't fall asleep on own in moses

[govindjid]

My lo 16wks will fall asleep in car seat on his own but not in moses. He puts up a fight and cries everytime and I have to hold him still in the moses and shush him to get sleep until he eventually passes out. What am I doing wrong?? Evem if I hold him to calm him he does the same

Once they're past the super sleepy newborn stage babies have to learn to fall asleep on their own, so you will need to teach your lo to settle. 16 weeks is still very young to expect them to fall asleep as well. They could also be overtired - how are you getting on with daytime naps? In a car seat they have the motion to get them to sleep, and are also packed in quite securely. What sort of blankets does your lo have in the moses basket? Perhaps something like a sleeping bag would help as part of the bigger process. Good luck!

My son is a similar age an I have been working on putting him down drowsy but awake for the last month.
Started with the sleep he was most tired for (bedtime) and then gradually did it for naps and now even when he wakes in the night. It has taken a lot of perseverance and understanding the difference between a sleepy cry and a frantic one ( baby makes himself quite clear in this house) we have our own set of sleeping issues so no baby is perfect. I had to start putting him down awake as it as impossible to transfer him from arms to cot asleep- if your happy cuddling him to sleep and he then stays asleep then carry on it won't be forever.

Have you tried a swaddle?

Have you tried a dummy?

He won't take a dummy and hates being swaddled. Nights aren't as bad as daytime naps. I have a routine at night, bath bottle sleeping bag, I shush him in my arms and put him in moses and cuddle himto sleep but he does cry t that part but not for long. Daytime cries are excruciating. Mainly when he wakes up too early and I try put him back to sleep. I feel like I'm slowly going crazy with the crying but don't want to go back to rocking him falling asleep on me etc

Aw, it can be so stressful when you feel like there's no end in sight. If it's any consolation we just rocked dd to sleep until she was about 6 months, then started trying to put her down a bit more awake each day. She's 8/9 months now and for most naps and bedtime we just plonk her in her cot with her comforter and she drifts off herself. Sometimes we need to to back into her room, take her our, give her a cuddle and then pop her back in the cot, but the improvement has been massive with time. 16 weeks is still so young, if your lo needs rocking and cuddles I'd just go with that for now to take the pressure off both of you. It won't be forever.

Do you have anywhere you can set the buggy up in the house? Try a feed, then down into the buggy tucked in a blanket and push it back and forward til he falls asleep. Eventually he may get to the point where just putting him into the buggy and a blanket over is enough to make him know its sleeptime.

Thank you so much. It's been better today, less of a fight, think I'm spotting the sleep cues so definitely less crying today. He still cries when I put him down but might just keep him in my arms longer and see how it goes