Baby not sleeping in cot or moses

[meljayphillips]

Please help! I'm at the end of my tether, my 7 week was sleeping in snugpod upstairs between birth and now for around 2-4 hours between 8pm-1am. She would settle back down after a feed and the feed every two hours but from 5am that would be it - we can live with that. The past week she literally sleeps in it for two hours max and that's it. I now have insomnia on top of sleep deprivation and have broken to the point I got so worked up early hours this morning that I had a panic attack. My appetite is terrible and I'm even struggling to eat one meal a day. I have a 2.5 year old who is very busy and has a condition that requires a lot of extra care which thankfully isn't being jeopardised although a lot of juggling around feeds but that's all ok. My husband and I did shifts last night, I did 10-2am and then we switched but baby wouldn't go back in snugpod or moses, she slept in her joie swing chair (not ideal) but the rock, music and vibration were turned off. I had a very traumatic birth with her and it was a close call for us both so still recovering from that an no sleep really is helping my mindset, just feel negative about everything and getting to the point that I feel like cutting myself off to the world and just staying at home as that's the easier option (I think). My husband has a very good important job so worried about his lack sleep too although he says he is ok. Any suggestions please? Ordered a sleepyhead (not the expensive one, this one is around £50) in hope this will work. Thanks in advance x

Can you do safe cosleeping?

Mine slept with me exclusively until about 3/4months and then went into her bedside crib (I got ill so it forced the move). She wouldn't sleep for more than 45 mins at a time and was hard to settle otherwise.

We've regressed since because of teething making her restless so we're back and forth atm (5.5 months).

Hello lovely and we all understand ! Do whatever it takes! I had twins (and a two year old) and those twins slept in the bouncy chairs or car seats for hours and nights on end. It didn't do them the slightest harm and they are now strapping 12 year olds. When they weren't in the bouncy chairs, they simply slept in a double bed with me - so I could breast feed without waking up fully.
Can you lie down with the baby (removing pillows and duvets etc) and sleep together? Good luck!

Thanks ladies. I'm now becoming unwell myself due to lack of appetite and insomnia as I cannot settle probably knowing I will be up all night so no point in sleeping. We've ordered a sleepy head which can be used to co-sleep as padded sides stops you rolling over onto baby. Couldn't afford the actual sleepy head. I'm wouldn't be comfortable letting her sleep in car seat or her swing all night because of risk of sids but that's me personally and would never frown on anyone else doing it. So difficult at the moment x

DD did spend a fair bit of time in the bouncer in the first few weeks at night but eventually she settled well with me, car seat seemed too scrunched though.

Btw I found that if I went to sleep with her I was super aware of her and would wake up at the slightest peep but if I went to bed and then DP brought her in I didn't know she was there (usually in her cot or crying in his arms) so needed to be woken because my sleep was to deep. After realising that quickly we made sure I was woken up before putting her in bed with me. Never rolled on her either as I sleep weirdly uncomfortably still when she's with me.

I'm going to persevere with cot as she will have two hours in there so need to try my best to banish the insomnia and get that two hours sleep before the 10-2am shift and then my husband can take over.
Will try the swaddling as this has been suggested and persevere with the moses during the day.
It's so hard as she's a grizzly unhappy baby too or so it seems. My 2.5 year old is also craving my attention and I'm doing my best playing with her whilst feeding and/or holding the baby but it's so upsetting that I can't just put baby down for abit to play with her, no one sets you up for the guilt you feel when baby2 comes do they.
The sleepy head bed is coming in next day or two so hopefully that will help too. Just exhausted both mentally and physically x

Not made for Moses basket use but worth a try! My downstairs night shift has just began 🤞