Newborn help?? - Updated :)

escortg3

My grandaughter at 3 days old hated the moses basket and would not sleep. She ended up sleeping on a quilt on the floor for one night and she slept like a log. next day we bought a cot and hey presto she has slept great ever since. Dont think she liked being closed in and she slept with her arms outstretched

dreambirdie

thank you all so much for your replies. i think il definately give the towel idea a go as i think its because he misses being snug and cosy. also the ticking clock is a brilliant idea i will be giving tha a go aswell. thank you

looby75

babyfruitella wrote: »

Also he may have reflux. If he doesnt like laying flat that could possibly point at a bit of reflux. Raise the head of his moses basket a little. Also speak to your HV as she may be able to advice further.

I was just going to suggest the same thing, the OP's baby sounds exactly like my son was at that age, he had silent reflux (the burning pain but not vomiting) and wouldn't settle lying flat.

Try a folded towel under the top of the moses basket mattress so he's never completely flat and see if that helps. Good luck

Fruit_Gum

Hi

Swaddling is a really good idea, a lot of babies seem to like it and settle well, however he is only 6 days old and obv just wants his mummy. You are not making a rod for your own back, you can't spoil a new baby. He has been inside you for 9 months and probably just wants the reassurance you are still there. It will pass - promise, but for now just give him what he wants the most, which is you.

gratefulforhelp_2

dreambirdie wrote: »

My son is now 6 days old and refuses to sleep in a moses basket. he wouldnt even settle in the cot in the hospital. the only places he will sleep is either in my arms or his car seat! i dont want this to go on any longer as im aware im making a rod for my own back and il never be able to get him into a cot. i was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to get him to go to sleep in a moses basket. ive tried letting him fall asleep in my arms and then as soon as i put him down he wakes up! the longest he will sleep for is 2 hours the rest of the time is spent being really fidgety or crying. he just will not settle

DD2 completely refused, she knew what she wanted, and it was sleeping on mummy. I guess I was lucky I had the luxury to let her, but they're grown up in the blink of an eye so I just rolled with it.

Tried all of the above excellent suggestions.

smartie12

I stick Daisy's sleepsuit/pyjamas down my top (to get my "scent" on it) for about 30 mins before I get her changed into it for bedtime:)

She went straight into a cot and we did swaddle her at first but she doesn't need that now.

I highly recommend the Fisher Price Seahorse which is brilliant. Daisy loves it:D

Gillby1

dreambirdie,

Just to reassure you that at such a young age you don't need to worry about forming habits or setting up problems for later. My son, and almost all of my friend's babies, needed to be held to sleep in the early days. They are all now 4 and 5 months old and every one of them eventually slept happily in a moses basket or cot without any trouble. Although i wouldn't have believed it myself at the time, chances are that you'll gradually find that it gets easier and easier to put him down to sleep. I used to bring my little lad into bed with me in the early days, and we'd both sleep better that way. He now settles easily into his cot for all naps and sleeps - it's just getting him to stay asleep all night that's the problem now!

Good luck. Lack of sleep is a killer so make sure you take any offers of help xxx

rach

dreambirdie - how did you get on? my little boy is 4 weeks today and we're having the same problem...compounded by dh getting stressed (with me) that he's not in a fixed routine yet!! as i type he's snuggled on me. i love it but now it is every time he needs to sleep he'll only settle sucking my finger. i will try raising up the end of the moses basket and the hot water bottle tho. he was brilliant the first couple of weeks but think as he was drowsy from the jaundice!

he also is quite a fitful sleeper and flails around...ends up at the top of his basket...is he too young for a sleeping bag as he kicks blankets off!

gratefulforhelp_2

If its any consolation, OP, neither of my children would ever sleep anywhere except on me until they were about 6 months.

doesn't make for a tidy house!!

danielle1977

your baby has spent 9 months listening to your heart beat, voice etc, then gets taken away-it makes sense for them to be unsettled when not next to mum or dad (or whoever will sit and

My first baby was the same he wanted to be held all the time, as soon as you put him down he woke up-so I started holding him on a pillow, then when he went down he still had the warm of the pillow. It helped but the midwife didn't like it-she said what if he rolls off or gets smothered... I was just like he can't roll over yet!

It does get easier....