Not Sleeping?

[PitBullMommy]

So, Princess Charlotte is 2 1/2 weeks old now and she will NOT sleep in her crib. We try holding her until she's passed out in a milk-induced coma, wait another 10 minutes to make sure she's TRULY out...then place her in her crib. 15 minutes later she's awake and SCREAMING. If we hold her she's fine and sleeps for 3 hours. If we put her in her boppy on the couch she's asleep for 3 hours. If we put her in the boppy in her crib...she's screaming shortly there after. Anyone else have this problem? It's so bad that DH has to sleep on our recliner with her at night now so that we can get SOME sleep...

 

[Tezzy]

my only advice to you is to carry on putting her in her crib every time she falls asleep. she'll soon learn that this is where she is meant to sleep.

swaddle her with a blanket so she feels secure

 

[xCherylx]

Jack was the same and he still hates his moses basket lol! However we swaddle him at night time so he knows it is time for sleep. I do the same routine every night:
-Change
-Feed
-Bath & Massage
-Swaddle
-Rock to sleep for 10 minutes, if he is still not clearly sleeping then we rock for another 10 minutes.
-When he then looks asleep we put him in the moses basket and rock him in there for 5 minutes and then if he is still sleeping I go bed
-If he wakes up in the moses basket I then rock him again etc

He is so used to this now that it only takes 30 mins to get him to sleep from when we get up with him

 

[sam's mum]

When she's on the couch is she completely flat or is her head raised slightly? Could be that she's got a bit of reflux if the only place she's lying flat is in her crib, and raising the head end of the mattress slightly might help.

I agree with Tezzy though, if there's no other reason why she won't sleep as she's fine anywhere else, swaddle her and keep putting her in it when it's time to sleep x

 

[smartie]

we had this problem but once we moved Hannah into her cot in our room and started swaddling her she started sleeping for upto 6 hours a night without waking up screaming.

 

[Serene123]

Caitlyn is the same. She won't sleep in her moses basket unless she doesn't know she's in there!

 

[Margerle]

Have hubby wear a t-shirt for a day, then lay it on the mattress of her crib, or use it to swaddle her with. Her crib smells foreign to her and she's only identifying with sounds and smells now.

Some kids take a little longer to learn how to self soothe and sounds like Charlotte is one of them She needs to know mommy and daddy are near sounds like.

The boppy would smell like you... as does the couch. I assume you wear it when feeding her? But in the crib is isn't as strong.

 

[luckyme225]

Connor just started sleeping.. THIS WEEK!! It was a long wait but I'm glad it's finally over (I hope). He would manage to get some sleep if he slept on top of one of our chests or if he slept in his snugglenest in our bed. It was only about 2-3 hours stretches but every bit counts! I hope she starts sleeping soon I know you've had a hard post partum recovery and you deserve some sleep.

Also, Conner started sleeping more when we bought a sound sleeper from babies r us, he loves listening to the running water of a creek. Now we can swaddle him, put him in his crib and he is out in about 10 minutes.

https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2401840

 

[ayshahudson]

I have the same problem, but Joseph hates being swaddled
Margerle your suggestion sounds really good, I think I'll try it!

 

[coz]

my baby will only sleep at night in his bouncer its so annoying he just stays awake in his moses basket or cot and eventually starts crying but hel drift off to sleep in his bouncer, my dr thought he may have reflux as it seems he hates lieing on his back maybe yours has it too ior maybe there just fussy xxx

 

[Holldoll]

Bella will only sleep if she's on her tummy, which I know you aren't supposed to do, so I will lay her on her side and she will sleep for about 2 hours or if I'm really tired I will put her in bed with us and she will sleep on one of our chests on her tummy. I don't mind, because we get sleep and that's what matters!

 

[PitBullMommy]

Thanks y'all. We're totally gonna try some of these suggestions! We're going to start a schedule (as much as we can with a 2 week old!) and we are SO putting DH's tshirt in the crib tonight! My Mom just bought her a new sleep positioner that is inclined, made of memory foam and plays womb sounds so we'll see how that goes too! Thank you again!

 

[BurtonBaby]

I tried the t-shirt, we tried swaddling, we tried lots of things when Erica was that age, and nothing really worked honestly. Finally we started to slowly allow co-sleeping so that we could get a wink of sleep. Unfortunately for us, we dont sleep soundly while co-sleeping, so it wasn't much better. Eventually we got her back into her bed, but it took a while, and lots of swaddling. Is she in a crib in her nursery or in a bassinet in your room? Erica is right next to my side of the bed in her bassinet, and I think that helped. I will often fall asleep with my hand on her chest and its comforting. Also, our bassinet vibrates and that helped for a while as well. Good luck! Its hard getting them to sleep in their bed!

 

[PitBullMommy]

She's in her nursery in her crib. We have a cradle, but even with the braces it rocks too much for our liking. We tried the new positioner last night and she slept in her room (with the exception of her 1am feeding) all night until 4am when she was tired of being in there. Then she slept on my Mom (visiting for the weekend!!!) until 830, then went back down in her crib. It's getting better!

 

[steph123steph]

Hello pitbull I hear you, my baby will not settle in her basket either, Ive resorted to letting her sleep in the car seat, and the 5 hours uniterrupted sleep I got last night was bliss!! I try her in her crib first and if she wont settle off to the car seat it is!! xx

 

[Margerle]

Glad to hear things are getting better.

 

[Ratty]

I had the same problem, but it was due to wind and he was uncomfortable on his back / side and wanted to be a bit more upright. Now that we have sorted that out we can actually put him down while he is still awake and he will fall asleep himself which is fantastic.

One suggestion I read about is putting a hot water bottle in the crib for a while and then take it out just before you put baby down. It could be that they just don't like the cold crib especially if they have been lying on your chest.

Also make sure the room is not too cold. My LO was waking between 3 and 4 in the morning and the only way i could get him to sleep was to lye on our camper couch with him. Tried putting him in a thicker outfit and it did the trick. The temperature in the room was fine when we went to bed, but just got too cold for him in the early hours of the morning.