Too anxious to sleep

[JRLM]

I have a 3 week old baby and im struggling to sleep when he sleeps. My partner and I share the night feeds but when he is put back in his next to me crib he is soo noisy in his sleep, he almost sounds like hes crying sometimes and I cant sleep through it and ignore him. He wriggles out his blankets but he is too small for a sleeping bag.

Im so paranoid something will happen when I am sleeping I just lie there listening to him. Im constantly checking his and the rooms temperature incase he overheats or is too cold and im terrified hes going to wriggle under his banket. I dread every bed time and cry when im suppose to be sleeping.

He isnt a sicky baby but does occasionally bring up some milk and im so scared he does this in his sleep and chokes on it. Also right after a feed even after being up right for a while after to let his milk go down he usually still has milk lying at the back of his throat which I can hear gurgling away as he breathes in his sleep which also scares me as it sounds like he is going to choke.

I just cant switch off unless i know someone else is awake and watching him and the lack of sleep is starting to take its toll. Please can anyone offer some advice and help!

Oh I know this feeling but babies don't choke on sick even when lying on their backs, they are perfectly safe.

I ended up putting my headphones in with white noise which helped me drift off back to sleep. I didn't have on loud so I could hear if they cried but just something to take the attention away from the baby noises. Could try that?

Firstly, a lot of the time it's quite normal to feel this way and be scared it sounds like this is your first baby which can also be terrifying in general for a lot of mums.

However I came on here to say that I felt exactly as you did and not being able to sleep when the baby sleeps is a symptom of PND so it may be worth asking your partner to check on how you are in general as sometimes you don't know you have PND and if you still feel this way or if your partner agrees there are other issues that have arisen since the birth mention it to the Dr or health visitor ASAP because it's much better to catch this early.

Definitely have a chat with your HV. I think everyone worries to some extent but as pp said, lots of worrying can be a sign of pnd.

Re sleeping bags, have you looked at the gro bags from Tommee tippee? These can be used from 5lb.