Sleep help!

Have you tried swaddling or a swaddle sleeping bag?

Definitely try a swaddle if u haven't, they can be a God send x

You might find this article helpful. https://www.babycenter.com/baby/sleep/harvey-karps-happiest-baby-method-for-baby-sleep-and-soothin_10373838 Couple of things: - If you do decide to use a dummy, try to ditch it by four months (earlier if possible) otherwise it’s just going to become an unsustainable crutch and fuck their sleep up - Invest in a white noise machine (I prefer brown noise myself) rather than a Ewan. You want one that will run continuously throughout the night - Red nightlight might also be helpful - Warm the Moses basket with a heated or hot water bottle before you transfer them into it. This will stop them from waking when they are transferred from your warm lap to their cold bed. Obviously don’t leave it in with the baby. - Get a Rockit. Get two. Get three. Put one on anything with wheels.

My baby was sleeping but so fussy and unsettled in his Moses & next to me so we bought a swaddle and put it on him last night, he slept from midnight and I had to wake him for a bottle at 4.30 then he went back to sleep again till 7! Hoping it works again tonight

Thanks ladies, my health visitors heavily advised me against a swaddle so I’ve got major anxiety about swaddles - I know that sounds daft - I do have one so may give it a go!

What, what, WHHHAT? Swaddling is a perfectly cromulent way of soothing a newborn. Not really sure what’s going on there. Health visitor advice is so inconsistent I stg. 🙄 If you are too nervous to swaddle, try a Love to Dream swaddle bag. You can buy them in different weights for the weather, there’s loads secondhand on Vinted and they are a great compromise between a swaddle and a sleeping bag. They allow you to swaddle the baby without overheating but also lets them have their hands up by their heads, which helps them to stay asleep (something to do with the startle reflex) and stops them from rolling.

Here’s the Lullaby Trust’s advice on swaddling: https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/baby-safety/baby-product-information/slings-and-swaddling/

Im actually selling some love to dream swaddles if you're interested, dm me 🖤

Lots of good advice given already, but just to say that if you’re happy with co-sleeping then it’s fine to just roll with that too. I ended up co-sleeping with my first baby as we had a lot of sleep challenges, and I’ve just embraced it with my second too. Means we all get a good night’s sleep, and my first transitioned really well to his own bed when we made the switch

Mine refused to sleep in the next to me. Also absolutely hated being swaddled. We ended up co sleeping and i felt sooo guilty.. spoke to the midwife and she just said as long as it's done safely and you're happy with it, check out the lullaby trust guidelines. We co slept mostly from then on and it was great. Will probably do it again when this one arrives.

We’ve been putting a heater on to warm up the room a bit then making sure she is full. I let her fall asleep on my chest then transfer her

My first HATED the Moses basket and being swaddled 🥲 our friend had a next to me they let us borrow and he slept much better in there. I’d put my arm in as he fell asleep so he felt close to me and remove it when he was asleep. My second loves being swaddled, they are all so different!

@Aimee the love to dream swaddles are a lifesaver & and they are fine for safe sleep too, you can use them up until baby starts to show signs of rolling xx