Sleep? What's that?! Advice for five week old

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I have a lovely five week old DS (born two weeks early). However, since he was born he will not sleep anywhere except on my chest or in the sling. He will not let his dad or anyone else settle him.
We've tried everything - warming snuzpod before laying him down, muslin with my scent on it for snuzpod, white noise etc Then we bought a sleepyhead pod which he hates (Though it worked brilliantly for his older DS when she was a baby), swaddling worked only once but he now refuses to be swaddled, have also tried a dummy (sucks it for 5 mins, spits it out and then refuses it).
I'm going on next to no sleep and have no idea what to try next. I know he's still very little but a block of two or three hours sleep when I can put him down ( and catch up on my own!) would be amazing!
I feel I should have this as I also have two DDs but I honestly feel very clueless and useless.
Any insights or bright ideas very, very welcome!

No advice but my third was the same. Would only sleep on me in the sling. Tbh I just went with it. Still so small and it's natural that they want to be on you. I did occasionally have success by wrapping him tightly in my dressing gown and holding him until he slept and then transferring him to the cot or bed. And I bought a Hushh machine from amazon as white noise worked for him. Had to be loud though. Otherwise, I think you just have to go with it and take it easy on the housework for a few more weeks.

Like you, I felt like I should be an expert after three non sleeping kids but they are all different. My third is now 10mo and we consleep because the sleep is still so awful despite everything I've tried. I go back to work in tow weeks so I'm going hard core after 10months if attachemnt parenting. See you in the other side.

Thanks Bangwhistle - I'm sure I'll look back on this with a wry smile (or will have blocked it out completely!)

We have tried the cosleeping too, not a chance of getting him to lie down beside me before 4am but he has managed it a couple of times after - need to persevere.

Good luck with going back to work!

Can you sleep upright with him on your chest with your husband supervising so it's safe? Not ideal but might get you through til you can move on to cosleeping

Unfortunately not, DH is not coping with lack of sleep and when he is he's sleeping very deeply. Have had to relegate him to the spare roomwhen we've tried cosleeping!

Mine was just the same (three months old now) and eventually grew out of it! Mine had reflux and tongue tie, which I think was a factor, but to some extent I think it might just be his personality hang in there, it's tough!

I think you could be right Stickytoffeetart - he's a little man who seems to know exactly what he wants - and doesn't! Hope things get a bit easier in the weeks to come, can but hope.