Baby will only sleep on me..

Have you tried (supervised) building a U shape out of a rolled up towel and putting it around him when he’s on his back and then tucking the blanket tightly over? This was how my son was in NICU and whilst it isn’t safe for unsupervised sleep, it may help him understand that he can sleep on his back. My LO was 5 weeks early, so 9 weeks, 4 weeks corrected and he won’t sleep in anything where he can’t touch the sides x

please please please dont stress about this too much ❤️ your baby is still so so young, just enjoy the time you have got now with your tiny baby. soak up those snuggles. i stressed way too much about sleep when my baby came home from the nicu and it really ruined those newborn days for me. i promise things will get easier, but your baby is still so young and just wants their mumma ❤️

@Jessica funnily enough I’ve just brought down his bassinet for his pram and I’m going to build a nest in it today and see if I can get him to sleep on a walk. He’s been too small for the bassinet but thought a nest might help and get him used to being on his back. It’s mad as the whole time he was in the hospital he slept obviously on his own in his cot but the min we got him home he refused. I do get that given his tough start in life he’ll just want to be with us ❤️

I must say I didn’t think massively about it when ours came home from NICU but I know when we put him in the next to me he did not sleep, but he would in his narrower Moses basket - he still sleeps in the Moses basket which we place into the next to me x

@Gabby Thanks Gabby! So good to hear that it’s normal. I am absolutely loving all his cuddles, and funnily enough if I do manage to get him down even for 20 mins I miss him 😂 I’m worried that he’s going to get so used to sleeping on me that I’ll never be able to get him down.. but I think this is so common for preemie babies

@Jessica thank you!! 🙏🏻 Gorgeous bubba ❤️

i completely understand ❤️ nobody ever talks about how hard it is to get a baby to sleep independently. im not a great person for advice as we still cosleep, but i really encourage you to enjoy those newborn snuggles and being lazy, we missed time with our babies so we need to make up for it hehe ❤️ good luck, im always here for a chat x

My baby is 12 weeks (5 corrected) and is exactly the same. I do contact naps for most of the day but do keep trying to get him down in his Moses basket. At night we do shifts now if that’s a possibility for you to make sure we both get a few hours of undisturbed sleep but I’ve been having the same worry! We tried his next to me again last night and he slept 90 minutes which felt like a dream! Just persevering and praying for better nights soon x

@Imogen that is so reassuring that we aren’t alone! I’m so happy your little one managed 90mins! Hopefully a sign of things to come. Yes my husband and I do shift. I feel like we’re shifts passing in the night these days!