Sleeping newborn

[CarlaRuby]

My 2 day old newborn is rescuing to be put down in the Moses basket or this 3 in 1 cod pod. He just wanted to be put on your chest. However not getting any sleep. Any suggestions on what I could do?!

Hello!

Congratulations on your lovely new baby.

What you are describing is completely normal newborn behaviour. All your baby has ever known is being inside you where it is warm, cocooned, dark and he can hear your heartbeat constantly. So naturally the place he feels safest sleeping is in your chest or in your arms. As he gets used to being in the world this is something he will grow out of but for now he is so so new and it's it's often a case of riding it out. Can you and your partner take it in turns holding him so the other one can get some sleep?

I would also consider having a 'babymoon' where you all stay in bed for the next few days sleeping whenever possible, establishing feeding, cuddling your baby and recovering. It's best advice I received and we loved it.

Normal!

Google 4th trimester. Until very recentl times, babies slept with their parents.

I would get a sling for daytime naps and co-sleep at night.

DS1 was 5 before he was reliably going through the night in his own bed. DS2 is 2 and is still in with me.

Agree it's totally normal.

That being said if you're not doing it already then try swaddling, it can help them feel a bit womb like and easier for them to be put down.

Are you breastfeeding? I found with mine in the very early days that they just wanted to build my supply all the time. So if they weren't doing that they didn't want to be put down.

DS2 is 10 days old and only the last two nights begun to do stints in his snuzpod. Before that he was cocooned into me in my bed. I figured he was so used to being close to me it was hard for him to adjust so I just went with it!

My baby's now a month old and we had that problem at the start, I personally would never Co sleep as I find it too dangerous but some tips the midwife gave us was to put a hot water bottle in the crib/moses basket before they go in it so they still feel warm. Swaddle them and I have ewan the dream sheep which makes womb noises.

We tried at 2 weeks just putting him down as soon as he was getting sleepy as he was getting clingy and would wake up as soon as he was put down, but putting him down when he's half asleep seems to work! As soon as he's put in his basket (which he now associates with sleep!) he goes to sleep.
Sounds like I don't cuddle him lol, there's loads of time in the day I ll let him sleep on me but it's handy for night time if they would sleep in there own bed!
I hope you find something that works xx

Congratulations OP! I’m still trying to figure out what works for my 3 week old! So will be watching this thread with interest. She has only just fallen asleep (on me) after trying to put her down at 11.

Congratulations! Mine slept on my chest for ages. It all worked out well, he was happy.

Totally normal, as others have said, it's the 4th trimester. I like this image, it just breaks everything down and makes understandable.

megan do some research on co-sleeping. It's only dangerous if you don't follow the guidelines. It's the biological and evolutionary norm.

'Sleeping in their own bed' is something that babies haven't had to do for almost the entire history of humans. It's a very recent thing.

Even if you follow guide lines there is a risk, it's just my opinion x