Anyone else baby having a hard time sleeping at night? But only sleeps on mama or dadas chest?

Started happened to us around 2-3 weeks, when she sleeps on your chest are you guys laying down flat or upright?

Going through the exact same thing right now. I have no advice but hoping it’s just a phase and will resolve itself overtime lol. I’m still attempting to lay my son down for naps and bedtime in his pack and play. He will last for a bit but of course wakes up shortly after being put down. My poor chest needs a break 😮‍💨

My son‘s one month old does the same thing, but he doesn’t live with me. He live in foster care currently because I was falsely accused of abuse and neglect by my own adoptive parents when I could barely even move when I was in my hospital bed when I had him by C-section even though he was healthy it was because of my traumatic past of being sexually abused so I did C-section so I didn’t have to have too much of a touchy touchy of me.

I had the same problem. My daughter is an a month and 7 days old by now and I implemented a bath for morning and night (or you can simply just wipe them down clean), got her into a clean set of clothes (if it was dirty: Spit ups / blow outs), burped between feedings (Every 1-2oz or every 5-10 minutes when breastfeeding), held her in an upright position for about 20-30 minutes (to promote easy digestion), swaddled her, kept up w/ consistent diaper changes, and just let her eat as much as she wanted until satisfied, fed every 2-3hrs or whenever she was hungry and that seem to do the trick. For reference I did this today and she slept for majority of the day (aside from when I feed,change, and burped ofc). Not sure if this will work for you but I just wanted to share what has helped me atleast (:

Same thing happened to me. I just kept laying him down (knowing he would wake right back up 🫠) and then one day it just flipped. He will sleep in the bassinet overnight for 2.5-3 hours and like 15-30 minutes during the day. He still prefers his contact naps/sleep though. Make sure to fed the baby good right before bed. If EBF like me, I would gauge how long he was on the breast to know if he received a decent amount (I’ve done weighted feeds before with lactation) or you can give a bottle

@Lyss upright sometimes my fiance lays flat down cause his back starts to hurt but I sit in my swing chair and I’ll lay her on my chest as I rock her?

@Jaimee same here mama! I need sleep but I don’t want to co-sleep with her because I do have my 3 year old toddler sleeping with me on my bed. But I just keep trying putting her in her bassinet.

@Josie I’m so sorry to hear that. This breaks my heart for you! I pray you get him back very soon! That’s awful 😢 giving you lots of love and hugs and just hang in there! No mama deserves this….

@Teijah I will try this thank you!

I think baby needs to feel mommy, what I do is put her in the bassinet after she fall asleep in my chest and to be sure that she is deeply sleep I keep my head, just my head in the bassinet for a couple of minutes but I also keep doing sh sh noises and Then I slide my head back to bed 😂. Also my baby wakes up because she gets scared with her hands and she hates swaddle, so I stayed up a little bit and hold her hands down every time she stared putting her hands in her face, it just take me 10 minutes or maybe less until she falls sleep again . My baby is one month and 2 weeks and I’ve been doing this since she was 4 weeks

@Cinquá yes I’ll bf her before bed and then when my fiance comes home around 10ish he’ll feed her a bottle to give her more before bed so she gets a full tummy but it seem that she wakes up every time? Yesterday night she has been on my breast for 3 straight hour seen 8 to 10:30 almost 11. Like she’ll sleep in between but only on my chest every time I’ll put her down on the bassinet it’s wake up time 😹 I didn’t even have time to clean my house lol 😂

@Karla my baby is the same. She doesn’t like but likes swaddle. But she loves being on my chest, but I do the sh sh and pat then she’ll sleep but after I’m done she’ll wake up because she has this weird movement idk how to explain it wakes her up? But I only swaddle her because she tends to put her hands on her face where it’ll wake her up.

Also side note.. aside from those things I listed I got some good advice from sister in law. My SIL said that if your baby is still super fussy and you have a lounger (snuggle me), a bouncer, Bassinet, etc what you could do is get a piece of clothing or item with your natural scent on it and use it as a cover on one of the three things I listed so that way when the baby smells it they will recognize your scent and ease them up a bit. Hope that helps :) oh and you could also try consistent tummy time that’s on and off throughout day so they could get a bit more tired and sleep better at night.

@Rachel I have the exact problem! My 3 year old also sleeps with me in my bed so I’m desperately trying to get the baby in his pack and play to sleep because it’s already crazy in my bed as it is. I’m so touched out it’s not even funny 😮‍💨 Pretty sure my back and neck will be screwed once this phase is over

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You can just sleep with them on your chest. I slept two 3 hr stretches in cuddle curl bedsharing and one 1 hr stretch this morning chest sleeping. There are safe ways to do it. It’s better to setup and do it on purpose rather than accidentally fall asleep in an unsafe position or setup. In my opinion, obviously 💕

Find a sound machine and record your heart beat your baby just won't to listen to Your Heart thank me later Make sure you get a cheap heart Doppler for home and record it And put it on repeat Put her in her bassinet Make sure you get an owl sock just in case you do Decide for her to sleep on your chest and she stops breathing you'll know Best decision we ever done second time mom here