Baby does not sleep in Moses basket at all, would it be worth swapping to her cot?

[Faerie87]

My DD is 10 weeks although in the early days she slept in her Moses basket for a couple of hours at a time, she has started hating it and only spending an hour tops in it! That’s if she settled at all!

It has gotten to a Point where Oh and I have to split the night in two he will do from 8-12 while I sleep and I will do from 12-6 while he sleeps. All the while our Dd is asleep on our chest.

I have tried introducing a sleep routine because there have been times where my partner and I have fallen asleep with baby on us out of sheer exhaustion but with the LO not liking her Moses basket we keep hitting s brick wall!

We do have a cot set up in her room, it has quite a comfy and expensive mattress in it (was from mothercare reduced from £150 to £70) do you think it might be worth bringing the cot into our room now?

The reason I ask it may be more comfortable for little one, she often hits the sides of her Moses basket and startled herself awake, however on the other hand our Dd is only on the smallest percentile and only weighs approx 9lb as she had a low birth weight.

I just don’t know what to do for the best!

I have tried a lot of different things including
Swaddling
White noise
Dummy
Warming the basket with a hot water bottle
Keeping my hand on her while she falls asleep
And rocking the basket.

I also love cuddling her while we both sleep but I know I would probably make my health visitor and other medical professionals hyperventilate if they knew me and my partner fell asleep with her, we have not done it on purpose it’s just we are running out of ideas!

Any advice is welcome. Thank you xx

Yes! Definitely try! Our LO went into his cot from day one - midwife said he’d not like it but we tried it and had no problems.

We used a carrycot from a pram rather than Moses basket, occasionally, but by 10 weeks it was too small and baby wouldn’t settle in it.

And if you must sleep with her, look up safe cosleeping guidelines and get yourselves into a bed (baby on the outside, not between adults) with no loose covers. It doesn’t bear thinking about what could happen otherwise.

Definitely try the cot. DS hated his Moses basket and luckily grew out of it quite early so he went in a crib in my room and slept so well

Dd hated her moses basket after about 4 weeks. She liked to throw her arms out to the side so kept smacking them against the side of the basket and waking herself up! She was much happier in the cot.

I use my pregnancy pillow when I feed her she then falls asleep on me at that point I try to transfer her to her Moses,

Sometimes especially if we have done that routine quite a lot or she hasn’t settled I will fall asleep while she is on me, and I wake up feeling massively guilty that I fell asleep. I don’t want to co sleep as I don’t like the risks plus our little one was only 4lb 9 when she was born so is an increased risk.

I have even tried energy drinks in order for me to stay awake during the night so I don’t fall asleep with her.

I am going to try her in her cot tonight and see how we get on. I just hope it works!

@BossWitch - this is what our LO does! I think it’s her startle reflex! X

We used a cot from day one at home with both of our children, I was terrified of falling asleep with them feeding. I think I nodded of once very briefly and just felt the cot was right for us. I had the option of a muses basket but stuck to the cot. I remember the awful feeling of them waking when put down asleep but with second child had no option but to leave them and I came back and they were asleep having listened to the musical flashing light toy that attached to the cot. Good luck the sleep deprivation of a new baby hopefully gets better.

You are co-sleeping if you are falling asleep with her on you.

Our twins had low birth weight, we rolled up towels and made a nest shape. We then put the fitted sheet tightly over the towels to secure them in place. If baby fell asleep on us we would transfer into the cot and then after an hour or so we'd take the towels out if they were settled. Made them feel like they were still being held.

To stay awake I'd find an easy game to play on your phone or tv show to watch. I had an iPad in an awkward position so I wasn't comfy when watching a programme so I wouldn't fall asleep.

@Zillcat - that’s a good idea I may try that with the iPad! Will need to find my headphones though! Or watch it with subtitles lol!

I empathise, my baby really struggles to sleep alone! But honestly, it is riskier to fall asleep accidentally than to plan/prepare your bed for safe co sleeping, and use a safer sleeping position like the protective cuddle curl. Look up the safe sleep seven.