10 week old wants to be held and latched on all night

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My nearly 10 week old baby wants to be held in my arms and latched on all night. We have a co sleeper, but whenever I lay DD in it she will wake up within five mins. I have tried side feeding (so that I can get some light sleep while she's latched on), but she just gets upset as she wants me to sit up and hold her.

It's gotten to the point where I only get about 3 hours of broken sleep every night, and I'm completely exhausted. I also have a two year old who has recently dropped her nap, so I'm unable to catch up on sleep during the day. I have tried DD with a dummy before, but she just gets angry that it's not me.

Does anyone please have any advice? I know that it won't last forever, but I can't cope being this sleep deprived anymore. Thank you

Bumping is for you. My seven month old is the same so don't have any advice I'm afraid. I also have a toddler so feel your pain x

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Couple of random questions! Is she being placed in a sleeping bag yet and does her side sleeper tilt? If you feed her in her sleeping bag as a last feed she might stay asleep as she will be warm from the bag if that makes sense? If she wakes after five mins you may have to do lots of shhhs and pats in the sleeper. If she is used to sleeping on you this may be hard to get her used to it :(

I'll tell you our routine not sure if it will help. When we are getting our 11 week old DS ready for bed we give him a bath (which he hates) and then dress him for bed. Then I'll feed him and he will often fall asleep on me, I then burp him put him in his sleeping bag (still sleepy) and then feed him again. once asleep put in the side sleeper and put some white noise on. If he stirs I do lots of shh's and pats. I tend to just sit on the bed next to him for about 15 mins in case of this. I've also found that putting a fleecy blanket on top of the sleeper mattress makes it more cosy (although this is against safe sleeping guidelines) the tilt may also help as she isn't lying directly flat. Know self settling and putting to bed awake is the holy grail but this way seems to work ok for us at the moment!

Another thing you could do is once she is asleep on you place her on top of the covers on the bed which will be nice and soft as an intermediate position to see if she sleeps not on you (keep an eye on her while there tho) and then if she stays asleep place her in the sidesleeper

Just bumping for you. I have an 8 week old that will only sleep latched on too. I can manage to get some sleep but I'm not comfy and I'm in pain with my back due to not being able to lay comfortable because of it

I found it was the change in temp on her back that woke her up. I had her in my arms on a blanket, then put blanket and all in the cot, tucking down the sides. I also sometimes put a hot water bottle in the cot, taking it out just before I put her in.

Thank you everyone for your replies - it's nice to know I'm not alone, and there are some really good tips here!

We have sleep bags in storage that were our toddlers; I'd forgotten about them actually but will see if dh can find them for me. I'd also not considered the blanket idea, so I'll give that a try too.

To be honest I think I may be too quick to pick DD up when she stirs, rather than keep trying to settle her in the co sleeper.

I too have had back ache from DD sleeping on me, which is a big reason I want to hopefully improve things. My first DD was the same - and although little baby cuddles are precious - it just got to be too much over time with not sleeping. It went on for months so I'm hoping it won't this time!