How did you get your babies to sleep alone? Arwen is six weeks old and wakes up screaming EVERY time I put her in her bassinet. Even if she's fed, dry, swaddled (or in light blanket depending on the temperature). It's driving me crazy, I'm at my wits end! I can't sleep (as in I can't fall asleep) with her in my bed, and I'm so frustrated I want to cry.
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Get her a swing! Mine sleeps better and longer in the swing than the bassinet
Maybe try having something in the bassinet of your scent to help. Also maybe try for naps doing it to ween her into it. It's hard I gotta start putting my son in his crib and I'm gonna start doing it with naps first
what @queendavis said. your baby is too young to know how or even want to sleep alone. just think of it this way, your baby spent 9 months all warm and dark snuggled nice and cozy in your womb to be born into a cold bright loud environment, detached from their source of nourishment. Babies this young favor that warm dark cozy environment they got used to in your womb. if you want to try and get a little more sleep, try mimicking the environment in the womb. Swaddling my baby nice and snug at that age really helped me get a little more sleep as well as sleeping with baby skin to skin on my chest. Good luck, it gets better I promise!
theres a thing you can buy at walmart its called the first years close and secure sleeper . its kinda like a bassinet for your bed . i used one kinda like that a couple times and it worked amazing with my daughter
her I mean lol sorry @queendavis confused me lol
Ok, skin to skin while bottle feeding is a great way to soothe him
Sorry I meant her*** just used to typing him cause my son lol.
There's no way to make them sleep alone. For the first six months of my son's life I pretty much did anything and everything to soothe and make him happy. Up until about six months they REALLY need you and depend on your presence and touch. It's hard I know. I've had so so many sleepless nights and it's still not over and he's 1.5. There's honestly nothing you can do besides enjoy it and figure out a way to fall asleep with him next to you. You'll miss him wanting to sleep right on top of you. Trust me.
do u breastfeed?
do u skin to skin when u feed?
I understand that, but I need sleep as well. I'm crying every night and my relationship is falling apart because the lack of sleep is making me so irritable. I start college classes soon and need to be able to sleep (even just a few hours) to be able to focus
some babies need to feel the security if their mom's.
my son only sleeps when he's cuddled next to me, it soothes him and he feels safe.
little by little I've been leaving him on the bassinet. .. he only sleeps in it for about half an hour, when i go to him every 10/15 min and sing to him and touch his face he sleeps in there longer, a full 3 hour nap.
they're still too young and need your body heat. .. they feel your love. give her some time. also what helps is when I put a shirt of mine in the bassinet with him... he smells his momma and it soothes him
I second the swing! And swaddle and white noise and all the staples. But my son slept in either my or my husbands arms for the first three months of his life haha. Do you have a support person who could take baby for a few hours while you get some sleep? I used to go laybdown at 8 or 9 and hubby would get me up at 12 or 1. I would feed and go right to sleep and then he'd give one bottle and when baby woke up for the next feeding, I got up :) This will definitely pass. Hang in there, mama!!