Tips for getting baby in her own bed!
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Use a sidecar bassinet or sidecar crib. They're biologically wired for closeness. Some infants never adapt to a bassinet or crib, mine is one of them. We even had a sleep coach and after trying her advice once, he screamed for THREE. DAYS. STRAIGHT. Would wake up, scream, eat, pass out, wake up, scream, eat, pass out. It was horrific. It's not worth fighting biology to me for the sake of "teaching independence" that evidence shows they're too young for until they're older. My son is 3 years, sleeps through the night now in his own bed in our room. We used a sidecar crib when he was an infant until he was 2 years old. Then we transitioned to a full size bed in our room and when we move he'll have his own room. Right now his nursery is across the house and for safety reasons I want him close
Yes @BriannaI ! can attest that warming up the bassinet does help. I had this same issue but as soon as I started warming it up (letting it cool a little) and putting him in he stayed asleep. Being that young they will still get up every few hours to eat but at least you can sleep comfortably or lay comfortably in between. Also making sure the swaddle stays snug (if you are swaddling) good luck mama
@SeaSea awesome! Going to buy a heating pad today lol
@Brianna great im going to buy a heating pad today!
@Faye thanks for the knowledge, i sleep trained my older son but he was probably a toddler by then. Now i value my grown up time too much so hoping we get this worked out soon.
The same thing happened with my daughter at 4 weeks. We started bedsharing following the safe sleep 7. It was the only way we all actually could get some sleep
@Selena At 3 weeks old, it's very unlikely that it'll be anytime soon. For infants sleep trained under 6 months old and sometimes even 12 months old, it doesn't "stick." Meaning you're still spending the same amount of time waking up and going to your child, but now you're trying to force them to do something they're not biologically ready for instead of just meeting their needs so they go to sleep. My son and his best friend are a week apart, we never sleep trained and his Friend was sleep trained. They woke up the same amount of time for the same amount of minutes, almost exactly every single night until they were 3 years old 😅 But he does also have friends who their parents started putting them in their crib at 4 months old and they were fine sleeping by themselves in the same room.
I put a lambskin under the bassinet sheet to soften it a bit and heat the bassinet. I think some babies are more sensitive to the movement too, being moved down feels like they’re being dropped and their startle reflex kicks in
If you can warm the bassinet first that might help. Like use a heating pad to warm it up and then remove the heating pad before you place down baby. Make sure it’s not too warm, you might have to wait a minute or two. It helps keep baby from noticing the difference in your body heat and the bassinet