7 week old will ONLY sleep on me... help!

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My 7 week old started out for the first 2-3 weeks being swaddled in his next to me but since then he will now only sleep on me or my husband.

I mean he won’t even nap anywhere else.

I have tried:

Putting him down completely asleep (jumps & wakes up crying after max of 10 minutes)
Putting him down fully alert (won’t sleep just lies there until he cries to be picked up)
Putting him down drowsy (sometimes will fall asleep but then wakes up crying after 10 minutes)

He sleeps like a dream on us, at night only walking twice for a bottle but it means the only wa6 we can get any sleep is doing shifts.

It’s worth mentioning he is formula fed.

Anyone experience this & sucessfully get their baby to sleep on their own?

It’s completely normal. Google the 4th trimester

Oh OP! It's tough but perfectly normal at this stage. They don't know they exist as a separate being yet. 4th trimester. Good luck it will get better!

Aw memories of those night snuggles, very normal 😊

I'm sorry but it's normal. It won't be forever or even for very long, in the grand scheme of things, if that helps at all.

Unfortunately it’s in the job description of both newborns and the only remedy is time.
Recruit others to hold the baby while you nap and use a sling during the day.

most newborns

Aww, totally normal. It won’t last forever, and you’ll miss it soon. Just try to grab sleep when you can and power through.

Mine took a while to settle in his bedside crib - what worked for us was swaddling, putting him down asleep and then me sleeping on my side facing him with a hand resting on his tummy for the first couple of nights until he got used to it. We also use white noise (have a my hummy in the crib) and try and keep the room as dark as possible even for daytime naps. He is nine weeks and will now sleep nights and at least one nap a day in his crib.

If he won’t settle for his lunchtime nap I find taking him out for a walk in the sling helps - it can be hard when I’m tired but I find it works better than letting him nap on me.

OP you’re doing great! Please be assured by the responses here, this is perfectly normal. Not knowing this first time, I tried everything as PFB would only sleep on me. I know it’s exhausting when you’re in it. If you can, when they’re asleep on you, try to take comfort in knowing you are having some rest. If there are things you need to do, slings can be great. My second is like this too, Moses basket/cot completely rejected! It will change, you will get more sleep