Clingy at 12 week

[Harls123]

Hii,
My baby is 12 weeks, and she will only nap on me or sleep on me or next to me. Ive been transitioning to get her into her cot but shes not having any of it.
Any tips on how to get this sorted?
How long did it take?

Your baby is still in the 4th trimester. What they are doing is completely normal and would be for up to 2 years in many cultures.

As Needanexpert says; your baby is quite normal, it would be unusual for her not to be clingy at her age. She will gradually detach. Make the most of it for now, it doesn't last.

If you find out let me know 😆 clingy 18 month old that fits the same description as your daughter!

Your baby is biologically programmed to be near you for food, warmth, comfort and protection.

completely normal - just go with it if you can

I know it can be tough - and restrictive at times - but your baby needing to be with / on you all the time is perfectly natural. She's still so young. Keeping her close is great for her development, try to embrace it.

Can your baby sometimes go in a sling? I got one for £30 from Tesco, it was handy sometimes when I needed both hands free although I will admit I had to persevere with it a bit at first (feeling confident at wrapping it around me, getting baby into position etc).

Is your baby your first baby? If so and there are no other children to look after, try to embrace the napping on you thing. My PFB napped on me up to 10 months and I promise you it's not made him clingy in any way - he is napping in his cot as I'm writing this and sleeps in there all night too.

Good luck, it gets easier as they get older in my experience.

I'm in the same position, 12 week old just will not sleep anywhere than on me (specifically with a boob in her mouth) in the day. Luckily does go down in a Co-sleeper crib at night.
I'm just trying to ride it out for another month and then going to try and gently encourage cot naps, before sleep training at 5/6 months if we need to.

I can deal with the clingyness to an extent its just that she wont nap on her own and she ends up cranky at night.
Do i just keep putting her in het cot until she agrees with it?

No. Why does she need to nap on her own?She absolutely isn’t designed to. By rights she should still be in you! Its like expecting you to sleep upside down!

During the day just let her nap on you if she wants to.

At night its trickier as obviously you need to sleep and it's not safe for her to sleep on you, I would persevere with putting her in a cot/moses basket at night but close to you and with something that smells like you perhaps.

Sling is a good suggestion if you really need to be up and about. If not just use it as an excuse to sit down and have a rest yourself!

In the night she sleeps with me, we have trouble putting her down without waking her, surely this cant last forever?
,she never liked the basket, soo we are having to try the cot which is not going well so far. Second child will be in a cot from birth haha

Like I said my 3.5 yr old is just getting used going to sleep by herself and most her classmates aren’t there yet. It’s not the norm for babies to go to sleep by themselves.

Definitely try out a sing. Go to a sling library so you get a comfortable one.