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wont sleep in moses basket
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hi ladies
tyler is 3 weeks old and he will not sleep at all in his moses basket, he will only sleep on us or propped up on the settee.
obviously this cant continue as at some point we would like to sleep in the same bed again where as at the moment one of us sleeps downstairs with him.
has anyone any suggestions ? i just bought a padded thing so he can sleep on his side in the basket and maybe not feel as though its too big for him, just still waiting for it to come.
thanks
sarah
tyler is 3 weeks old and he will not sleep at all in his moses basket, he will only sleep on us or propped up on the settee.
obviously this cant continue as at some point we would like to sleep in the same bed again where as at the moment one of us sleeps downstairs with him.
has anyone any suggestions ? i just bought a padded thing so he can sleep on his side in the basket and maybe not feel as though its too big for him, just still waiting for it to come.
thanks
sarah
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Hope you get there soon....I remember those early weeks well, my LO is 9 months now. I remeber feeling so overwhelmed but just take one day at a time it will all sort itself out in the end!
you're not alone here, our LO who's now nearly 8 wks did not settle at all in moses basket. We tried it all ways, on rocking stand, off stand, propped up on angle and in the end we just gave up with it! He now sleeps in a swinging crib which is a lot better. I don;t know what he didn't like about the moses basket but a friend of mine's baby was the same!
I don;t feel like I've been much help here, but just wanted you to know you're not alone with this one, and we went through the same and it is really hard to work out what to do for the best!
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and sorry to ask, but i can't quite tell if from ur post ur saying one of u sleeps on the sofa with baby? i don't want to sound patronising or know it all but co sleeping in armchairs or sofas is highly unrecommended and can be fatal in some cases, sorry if i've got it wrong and ur not, but just wanted to say that in case u were because it is very dangerous, by all means co sleep in a bed if thats what suits but please don't sleep with ur baby on a sofa etc. xx
sarah
mason doesn't settle at night at all and i think a lot of it is wind but my god its a nightmare last night i was up for 5 hours after feed trying to settle/wind/get him to sleep and i was at wits end... in the end he needed another bottle so had to give that then he still didnt settle so lay with him in bed until he was calm and dozing and managed to then put him down but then he woke at 6! i dont know what to do...it cant carry on like this i have a 2 year old aswell and just feel like serious cannot cope!
midwife came out earlier and she was very nice but obviously cannot really help much as we are trying everything - i think from your other posts Tyler has wind issues aswell doesnt he???
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yeah he is a really windy baby. am going to try swaddling, something has to work !!
I will definitely be using a crib or cot next time from day one, i agree with the others, i think its because they cant see out the sides and feel trapped.
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