Any advice for newbie parents?! RE sleeping

cazscoob

i agree with the swaddling but also what i found worked was to put the tshirt i had been wearing beside him when i put him down as he could still smell me and would settle quicker, worth a try!!

foreversomeday

There is a book a lot of people swear by called the no-cry sleep solution by Elizabeth Pantley, have a look for it on Amazon. I think it might be mainly for older babies but I believe there is a section on newborn sleep too.

It's an in-between between leaving the baby to cry and cuddling/feeding to sleep every night, leaning more towards the child centred approach but it doesn't encourage babies to develop parent dependant sleep habits.

funky-footprints

another mummy who used the swaddling method for those first weeks, and we also bought an oceanics fisherprice aquarium swing. ...... wow a god send !!!!!!!!!!!


for the first fortnight, my daughter settled much better in the moses basket, so we used to settle her down stairs in that, and then at bedtime place the moses basket inside the crib.

must admit with my last one, i just sat and cwched her to settle. they arent tiny for long. xx

ChasingButterflies

Everyone else has offered good advice - the only thing that I can add is that I would put the top that I had been wearing that day down in the cot (I would put lo on to of it) I am not sure if this is more helpful if lo is breastfed or not

Just a thought.

It does get better

I do remember trying to "swaddle" our lo's by the time our youngest came along the sleeping bags had become popular enough for me to have heard about them. They were fantastic (imo) dd2 wouldn't give hers up until she was 18months! but for teeny tiny baby worth swaddling first. I think tesco.com had some reduced sleeping bags in the clearance section.

Loopy_Lobes

awww congratulations on your new baby! Everyone has givn great advice above, swaddling is excellent for making baby feel secure, I'm sure your midwife or health visitor will be able to show you how to do it. You could also try a sling, I found a coorie invaluable in the early weeks as my little one wanted holding ALL the time. http://www.brightsparkslings.co.uk/

Enjoy your gorgeous newborn!

Bitsy_Beans

At 3 days old your baby is too young to be left to cry. I cuddle my 10 week old, she does feed to sleep but I don't stress about making a rod for my own back. It's such early days I would do what ever is necessary to get baby to sleep - when you are suffering broken sleep too just go with the flow.
I have a sling too as Loopy Lobes suggests and that's been really good. Swaddling is also good idea although my two have never been able to swaddle well. when my daughter was first born I put two rolled up towels either side of her in the cot (no where near her head) as the cot felt too big and wide for her and she's fling her arms about. Once wedged between the two towels she was always calmer as it was more confining.
If you do try this please bear in mind your baby overheating with regards to SIDS guidlines.
Congratulations by the way. the time goes far too fast so enjoy this time whilst it's here.

Loopy_Girl

I also agree with the swaddling although I didn't have the hands free...I gently put her arms down and swaddled her nice and tight. No problems with putting her down and she slept thru the night from about 8 months and has never been one of these children that get up during the night either.

Not sure if your partner is breastfeeding but I also used to put a breast pad that I had been using (sounds eugh I know!!) in with her moses basket which would have the smell of my skin and also my milk to soothe her.

Don't worry....it's only been 3 days!!! You will find your own way soon!!!:beer:

Loopy_Lobes

I've got this CD 'baby cello' for my little one, it's fab but beware it'll send you off into the land of nod too! http://www.babymusic.com/acatalog/info_CACD0116.html

Click here http://www.babymusic.com/acatalog/info_2.html to get it on special offer with 'baby symphony' which is brilliant to have on in the daytime.

galvanizersbaby

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

when my daughter was first born I put two rolled up towels either side of her in the cot (no where near her head) as the cot felt too big and wide for her and she's fling her arms about. Once wedged between the two towels she was always calmer as it was more confining.
If you do try this please bear in mind your baby overheating with regards to SIDS guidlines.

Congratulations!

The above method suggested by BB worked for me when my son when born x

alwaysonthego_2

I co-slept with both my dd's until they were 12 months and they both went straight in to their own cots, in their own room with no problems. I was breastfeeding and was absolutley shattered especially with dd2, only 20 months age gap. Aslong as the parents are not over tired, been drinking, taking prescribed/unprescribed medication, drugs etc then it is perfectly safe. My hv though she said it was not recommended, she did the same with her los.