My baby won't sleep on anything other than on me

[Msplove]

Hello
My baby won't sleep on anything other than me fay or night. She will do about 10-20minutes in a sleepyhead or cot before waking. Sleeps in baby bjorn carrier and sometimes in bassinet in pram when going for a walk.

I've tried :
-leaving a top I've worn with breastmilk near head

• swaddling with muslin, blanket, sleepea swaddle, tommee tippe swaddle, live to dream swaddle up
• tried putting her in our bed
• always use white noise
• warming sleep area up first with hot water bottle

Has anyone got any suggestions please? Willing to try anything. As contact napping and carrier is not sustainable.
Shes 9 weeks, corrected age 5 weeks. Does it get better?

Thanks

Yes, it does get better! You've probably heard it a million times before but the mantra of motherhood really is "this too shall pass". That applies to everything in your baby's early years so it's a good way of reminding yourself that you can and will get through the bad stuff but also to appreciate the good things too.

For me, accepting the situation (whilst reassuring myself it would not last forever), instead of fighting and resenting it, was the thing that kept me sane, because sometimes there really is nothing you can do apart from ride it out.

Have you tried using a T-shirt DH has worn as the sheet in her crib? Usually something you have worn makes them stir and want milk but something he has worn should give the crib a reassuring smell.

Hi this was literally me just over a week ago(possibly 2 weeks lost track of time honestly)
Does she possibly have reflux? That may be the cause of it try putting her cot on incline
In my case my baby had cmpa and I guess was just uncomfortable. When we changed her formula she became much more happy but still loved sleeping on us
I know its exhausting and my heart hurts for you. My baby still loves contact sleeping however she's gotten much better
We started putting her in her cot during the day for her naps. She would wake up after 10 minutes we would rock her back to sleep and put her back and we kept on doing this every nap and in the end she got used to it (she still wakes up a lot but a lot less than before)
I know this can be tiring so maybe just keep on persisting through the day and if it doesn't work isit possible to do shift work at night for maybe 4 hours a turn so you can get some uninterrupted sleep

I haven't gotten to the stage where I can say it does get better completely but honestly you just have to believe it does to get you through (and I have been assured by everyone I know that it does get better)
You'll get there in the end!stay strong

Of course it gets better. You don't see teenagers still sleeping in their parents. Honestly, just try to relax and enjoy it as much as possible. All your baby wants or needs is you. My children are in their 20's now, and their babyhood went by in the blink of an eye.

Ewan the dream sheep... always! He's a life saver!!

It does get better....as per pp it is worth exploring silent reflux/CMPA, as this was the case with our DD. We did overnight shifts at that age so we were getting some sleep...is this an option. I would keep persisting with the crib, trying some hands on settling in there. My DD also settled much better on her side....so we did this for supervised naps in her crib during the day. I recommend Rowena Bennett 'Your sleepless baby', some great tips in there. There is also something called a Rockit which you can attach to a stationary pram to trick the baby into thinking it's moving..not used this myself but heard good things about it. Hang on in there, things will improve. I think for us things got easier around 10-12 weeks xx

I’m in the same boat! Has it got any better for you?

It did for me. Both would only want to sleep on me in the day. They definitely grow out of it

I have a 6 week old that (at least sometimes) sleeps happily in crib all night but will only contact nap in the day. I'm going to a sling library 😅