7 week old baby suddenly not sleeping except on us

[Girlmom12323]

hi hoping to get some advice
our 7 week old baby girl for the past week or so won’t sleep in her moses basket.
We get her to sleep then transfer to moses but then she 9 times out of 10 wakes up. And if she doesn’t she’ll only sleep a hour before she wakes again.
before this she was doing great sleeping in 2-3 hours blocks (occasionally a 5/6 hour block) and no problems in moses basket for naps in day and sleep at night

can anyone offer advice? Or re assure me it’s just a phase!

Might be worth trying her in a proper cot? Maybe she feels insecure in the basket now she’s a bit bigger. Also might be worth putting her down and letting her fall asleep without being held. You can still stay close by and put your hand on her to settle her if she fusses but it would help her to self settle if she wakes. I wear a Fitbit and it shows me coming up and down from deep sleep into light sleep tonnes. Your baby will need to learn to self settle soon if you are ever going to get any sleep.

We were trying the next to me to see if that made a difference but has been just as bad. So we have went back to moses basket for now

ahh okay I will try that tonight! She really cries and cries and cries

Babies sleep cycles change around this age and lots of people notice a change in their sleep.
Babies this young struggle to self soothe. It’s completely normal and natural for them to wake up at the end of their sleep cycle (45 mins ish) and need support to get into next sleep cycle.
You have a choice of how you respond to this - support them to make the connection (rocking, shushing, patting, feeding back to sleep). Some people choose to let baby “cry it out”. Lots of research suggests this doesn’t help baby learn to self settle, it instead shows them no one is coming and the fall asleep out of exhaustion/stress. Others will dispute this though and argue it works wonders. Really it’s what you feel comfortable with.
Next to mes and co sleeping help if you want to support them through it. if you breast feed that’s a great way to help them settle back down. If not - maybe try a dummy? Good luck!

I tried co-sleeping around that age because of the same problem, and that worked better for us. (Obviously followed the Lullaby Trust guidance.)

I wouldn't try to get her to self settle so young, it doesn't work and they need the comfort and reassurance of a parent.

At only 7 weeks you're still in the fourth trimester.

It is tiring but just a natural phase.

Have you tried a swaddle?

It wasn’t such a thing when my kids were little, but everyone now seems to do the baby burrito! Babies startle themselves awake.

We swaddled at the beginning and still put a blanket round her wrapped up but with her arms out as she loves her arms x

Thank you this re assures me
we also have health visitor tomorrow so will discuss with her
I think I’ll keep settling her myself like we are doing & adding in the dummy and see if that helps when I transfer to Moses basket.
I have done the odd bit of co sleeping but it terrifies me. each night is getting harder with the lack of sleep so it may be something we do start

She's probably going through some growing pains as I'm sure they have a growth spurt around this point. Is she hungry still because they drink far more than normal when having a spurt

If you do start cosleeping it's safer not to swaddle when cosleeping. Personally cosleeping has been my saviour!

Both of mine suddenly stopped being able to sleep in a moses basket at 6 weeks. I think developmently they started moving a lot more and being more aware of the world.
They both napped in a sling (and slept in short bursts at night 🥴) until about 12 weeks. Then I was able to move them gradually into a cot in a dark room and start self settling again. The eldest was a great sleeper from 3months. The youngest not so much...