Help! Tips for getting baby to sleep in own cot

[Newmummy080808]

Help! My baby won't sleep unless she is on me. I've tried everything but she still cries when I put her in her moses basket, she only wants to sleep in my arms. Strangely, this only occurs at night, she is fine in the basket during the day.

She is coming up 2 weeks old so I appreciate it might be early days. However, I'm not sure if there is anything I could do to help the situation. She wakes in the night and we are up for 4-5 hours before she is asleep again. Is this normal?

Totally normal, but will get better. Try swaddling & white noise to but her down in cot. Lots of daylight in the afternoon to help her separate night & day.

Oh yeah she’s not even two weeks old- she knows nothing except you. You may have to really lower your expectations here.

Have you tried warming the crib with a hot water bottle?

I was going to say give her more distinction between night and day aswell. Maybe get out for a short walk if you feel up to it.

For now you could look up safe ways to co-sleep, it might help you get more sleep and get her back to sleep faster in the night.

Unfortunately completely normal. DH and I took turns to hold DD while she slept. She is EBF so unfortunately I had to be up a lot more than DH however I was able to snatch the odd hour here and there to keep me going.
I think it got a bit better by 3 weeks as that's when DH went back to work. I just kept persevering with putting her down until one night she stayed down (only for a couple of hours mind!) we did hot water bottle and I put her blanket up my top. Then once she'd fallen asleep on the breast, held her for 20 minutes before putting her in the Moses basket.
She's just over 6 months now and those first few weeks already feel like a distant memory!

Totally normal I’m afraid. My dd1 was the same and my 6 week olds favourite place is cuddled up on my chest.

Your daughter has spent the last 9 months warm and squashed up in your tummy listening to your heartbeat and breathing and now they are expected to sleep on their own in a open space. It’s no wonder she want to be with you! It doesn’t last long, I promise. It’s hard but try and enjoy the cuddles ❤️

Thank you everyone for your quick responses! It makes me feel a lot better knowing it isn't just me (this is my first so it's all new to me). I'll try these suggestions and see how I get on.... Wish me luck! 😊

She’s biologically premature (all human babies are).

Have a read up of the Fourth Trimester and just concentrate on meeting baby’s needs.