Hello! Proud new mama of 11-week old baby boy here. He’s exclusively breastfed and falls asleep on the boob at night when I usually nod off too and, on waking, gently put him in his side cot where he can sleep through from 6-ish hours.
Without the boob it is a long, long time of crying and rocking and putting him down drowsy, waking again, crying until he falls asleep in my arms, I wait 45 mins and the night put him down. So feeding to sleep at the mo is fine by me.
But during the day he will only nap in the baby carrier which means I have to go out every nap time. He falls asleep almost instantly and can have a nap upwards of an hour and a half. I need to get him used to napping in his cot though...I have tried literally everything, staying beside him and patting and shushing, picking up, calming, putting back, letting him cry it out but with me by his side reassuring him, nothing works. After an hour or more I just pick him up and he falls into an unsettled sleep and I figure it is better he has a rest rather than starting the whole palaver again.
Any tips? I do the whole gentle, winding down routine. Is he just still too little? Same issue in pram, he’s happy as Larry until he gets tired and then just starts screaming and won’t nod off.
Thank you!!