Sleeping independently tips

[Bug2025]

2 week old falls asleep beautifully and will stay asleep as long as she’s being held both day or night. Any tips on how to get her to go in Moses basket or cot without jumping awake and stay in there both day and night please?

Had two that slept like a dream, in cot or in arms.

Third never slept a second either being cuddled or co-sleeping until she was 2.5.

At 3.5 she now just likes you in the room whilst she falls asleep (no hand hold) but occasionally asks if she can try by herself. Shes really adaptable, has had sleepovers with grandparents and a couple of friends, and is a great bed companion if needs must,

Shes also the only of my kids who will happily snooze until 8/9 on the weekends (the others were 5/6am at this age).

They’re all different and I know it’s not the advice you want to hear but I’d just (safely) go along with what baby wants.
(Our hideously priced Moses basked became a washing basket)

Have you tried swaddling?

I have a 6 week old..what’s worked for us so far is

skip the cot for now, most baby’s find them too big and unsettling at first , use the Moses basket.

i feed and change baby, swaddle him tight with a blanket. Dark room with a red light (we just got a red light machine from Amazon) play womb sounds on YouTube and cuddle him to settle and send him to sleep.

I then slowly rock and lower him into the moses while I keep rocking. I put him down (feet first) and lean into Moses and put my arms beside him , quietly say mummy’s here baby shh shhh shhh so he can hear and feel me. Once he’s settled in the Moses I’ll slowly move away. At first it was a lot of perseverance he’d sometimes only sleep for 5 minutes and need settling again. If I heard him making noises or whining I’ll leave him for a minute just to see if he falls back asleep. If he doesn’t ill pick him up settle him then back into the Moses. Eventually he slept for longer and longer. Longest he goes atm is 2hrs as he still wakes for a feed every 2 hours but every baby’s different.

there’s some great resources online to show you how to safely swaddle. We used a cellular blanket, he’s a lot stronger now and can get himself out of the blanket so I’ve started to use a love to dream swaddle bags instead

a lot of baby’s wake themselfs up by kicking there arms or legs at this stage so the swaddling should really help. Good luck🥰

I did pick up put down, yes at this young age, as she quickly adapted and sleeping without being held.

Any complaints etc she was picked straight up and cuddled absolutely no crying occurred.