Newborn sleep worries.!

[scarlett27]

Hello,
I'm sure this has been asked a million times before but I'm a first time single mum and my beautiful girl was only born on Monday so bear with me...

I'm worried she's not getting enough sleep- she's feeding well and my milk came in today which I was hoping would satisfy her more but she'll only drop off when on my breast...then I cuddle for a while and sneak her into the Moses basket. At which point within 5 mins she seems to realise and back to screaming. She's overtired but fighting it all the time.. I've done nappy etc and she's clean and dry. Tried holding her for longer so she actually gets some rest but it means I don't get any sleep as I'm scared I'll squash her or something.
Last night I think we got a couple of hours total and today so far probably another couple. I'm stressing that if I'm stressed it's making her worse etc etc. Any tips or help much appreciated!!

Thanks in advance! Xx

Bless you! Totally normal, and really really rough. I wholeheartedly recommend you scroll down the sleep board to the thread 'awake with newborn, anyone else' - it is a really lovely supportive thread with lots of new mamas in the same boat as you xx

Thank you... will have a look x

A swaddle is usually good for the very new newborn. It recreates the tight, cramped enclosed feeling she had a week ago in your womb. Most newborns find it comforting in this first week at least.

It could be wind waking her up. Make sure you try to get baby to burp after ever feed.

Yes I second a swaddle. The miracle blanket is foolproof even in the middle of the night

Sleeping bag was a big game changer for us as rather than feeling she'd just moved from warmth of me to a cold bed she was in the sleeping bag that'd warmed against me. I also used to put the Moses basket mattress in bed under the covers to warm it under my legs for the same reason; I was willing to try anything!
Sadly though it will mostly just take time and you have to keep on trying to put baby down. From an evolution/survival point of view babies weren't safe unless they were in their parents arms so they're hard wired to want to be with their parents and to wake themselves up if not.
It does get better tho.
Try to take it in turns with a partner to get sleep and during the day try and sleep when a trusted person can sit with your baby for a little bit.

Thanks everyone will give all this a try. Just tried swaddling her and put her down and seems to be working but don't want to speak too soon
I hadn't actually thought of the temperature change but now you've said it seems obvious so I'll try warming the mattress etc too...really much appreciated. Know it will take time and it's very early days just need to relax and trust myself more too I think x

I just wanted to add that, disheartening though it is, I never managed to reliably put any of mine down (day or night) until around 3-4 months. They were just clingy, cuddly babies - which is also normal. We took up cosleeping and babywearing and it made things so much easier just to embrace it rather than fight it. It's a very short phase,though I know it seems endless when you're running on such broken sleep.

And congrats on your little girl btw!