Help - newborn won't settle in cot or moses basket!
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I have no advice here as my son didn't sleep in his bassinet until he was 4m old and I had to sleep train him to do that. He would only sleep next to me or in his swing up until then. I know some people look down upon it, but there are safe ways to sleep with your baby in the bed with you.
Do you swaddle your baby? Sounds like a dumb question, but it helps them sleep. With my 2 kids, I struggled to put them to sleep on their bassinet so we co sleep with them. With my current baby, I am using a portable bassinet in the middle of the bed. Also, sleeping on their belly is the easiest way, but babies needs to be able to turn their heads.
I had this issue with my LG for the first 3 weeks and the only thing that would help her sleep in her bed was waddling her, I did it for 2 nights then tried it without and now she absolutely lives her moses basket, she hates her next to me so we haven't tried to put her back in that yet, we just bought a bigger moses basket for next to me in our bedroom x
Swaddle and white noise done the trick for us!
Prop stuff around you like extra pillows under arms if you’re in bed. Will make it safer, you could also look into co sleeping x also feeding them propped up in a blanket or pillow then transferring them is super helpful but only if you’re awake to watch. It takes a lot of time and effort to transfer, if you insist on wanting them to sleep on a Moses basket you will be up often and a lot through the night x Also we had to put Moses basket in next to me as it was too big and she wouldn’t ever settle. X
Honestly it's just survival at this point. As someone who couldn't function on less than 8 hours a night I somehow felt fine on 4 or less. Something that works one night won't work the next, and then suddenly it'll click for a bit, and then back to survival mode again. We persevered with the next to me from the day we came back from the hospital (day 3). She's right next to me, I can pop my hand near her, stroke her head etc. On the times she just won't go back down I can pull her across into our bed - sleeping in the c-shape, boob to face, out of her swaddle or sleeping bag as it's warmer with me, and the next to me crib is there so there's no risk she'll fall off the bed. Try to keep to the same routine etc, if you're going to swaddle - stick to it even if it doesn't seem to work. My LG much preferred the grobag type swaddles over the wrap around ones as she could still move her arms around/stretch but not jolt herself awake.
I have a 3 week old and same. Slowly but surely we’ve been getting her more accommodated to sleeping in other surfaces. She likes sleeping in the snuggle me lounger but we watch her when we do it. We will hold her for like 30 mins and try to transfer to bassinet but she wakes easily :/ my husband and I have been doing shifts to help with this. A lot of people suggested putting a heating bad on basket or cot before putting them in so it’s warm and snuggly.