My first child went to sleep anywhere if she was tired (although preferred us) even as a newborn. My 3 week old seems to find being awake hugely stressful but she fights sleep and it’s been a bit of a culture shock compared to my first as she basically screams if she’s not in a sling.
She can’t seem to get to sleep unless she is in the sling or is fed to sleep (although that only works half the time). Is this normal?
She’ll sleep happily in the sling but doesn’t even seem to sleep or calm down from a crying spell with cuddles, bouncing, the pram or the car seat, white noise etc. She seems to fight sleep but then gets into a masive strop because she’s overtired. It’s also impossible to transfer her during the day (seemingly night-time is ok touch wood).
What can I do to help her get to sleep herself or do I just need to accept I need to get the sling out at all times? It’s so hard trying to calm her down when she’s crying inconsolably and the usual baby tricks don’t seem to work. As the two children have been so different I don’t know what is normal.