10 week old sleep help

[Hibbs126]

From about 6 weeks my little one would sleep from around 10.30-3 then 4-6.30. The past week this has gone out the window and the sleep periods have got shorter and shorter and after the first sleep period she won't sleep in her crib only on me. Tonight she slept for an hour and ever since I have been trying to get her down but after 10 mins in her crib she is wide awake again. I try to settle her but nothing really works other than feeding. The past few weeks I had been feeding her until she was almost asleep then having her on my chest until she fell fully asleep then transferring to her crib.

I feel I am rapidly going backwards and things getting worse but don't know how to make it better. She has never really let me put her down for naps in the day so most of the time I end up holding her so that she actually gets some sleep. Has anyone got any suggestions as to how I can improve things?

I'd suggest swaddle and dummy.

The swaddle just needs to be a cot sheet or similar, nothing fancy. Teamed with a dummy it makes independant sleep (ie not sleeping on you) easier for baby and without tears.

Thank you. I had been tucking her in tight with a blanket but it seems to frustrate her as she tries to kick so much and can't but will try doing this again.

I can't get her to take a dummy, have been trying for the past few weeks and she just screams or gags on it. I usually try when she's calm and happy and she will mouth it a couple of time then start crying. If I give it when she's upset it makes it worse.She's breast fed and I can't get her to take a bottle either. Have tried different teats/dummies but no luck so far.

I hope things have got better for you now, but just thought I’d say that my 12wo hates regular swaddles but settles really well in the ‘love to dream’ swaddle. It allows them to have their arms up so he doesn’t try to fight it as much.