Sleeping situations

Most babies are like this until 2.5 months. Enjoy every moments because in a few months they won’t want to cuddle the same anymore. I wish I could go back and ignore the pressure of having to feel like she needed to learn independence sleep so soon. For daytime try baby wearing. Start naps in strollers even. Some swear by breastmilk on their cot so they can smell you , warm the bed up first, etc. so sorry h don’t have much advice. We were stuck on every nap being contact the first 2 months of her life and oh boy did I love it. I was very very sleep deprived but made it through

They’re wired to want to be near you for the first 3-4 months of their lives.

Have you tried swaddling ?

I’m at 4.5 months and haven’t stopped cosleeping yet I’m trying to be really gentle about it with him. We attempt the first stretch of sleep in there but I’m lucky if it’s 30 mins atm. We also do first nap of the day in his Moses basket and it’s slowly getting longer before he wakes himself up. His sleep cycles are about 30 mins and today for the first ever time he’s napped for an hour on his own in his Moses basket! So there’s light at the end of the tunnel it just might not be yet x

We had this for the first 3 days as she wouldn't sleep with a blanket either. We use a swaddle sleep bag at night and lightweight swaddle during the day and she settles quite quickly (still using at 15 weeks). It's normal as they don't know they're a separate human until about 6 months old.

Warming up the bassinet with a heating pad was a game changer. Cheap ones on Amazon. Put it down for 5 minute prior to putting her down.

My baby slept on her own in her bassinet until she turned 4 months At that age the sleep regression hit hard and I caved and let her sleep with me so we both could get some sleep I personally felt like it helped me bond with her more than when she was sleeping in her bassinet When she was sleeping on her own, we used sleep sacks as she loved to be swaddled but also have some room to move her arms a little more than in a traditional swaddle, it depends on the baby, at first she loved to be swaddled with her arms by her side, then with her arms up as she got a little older, and then loved the sleep sack And we would warm up the bassinet with a heating pad while she was eating and then take the heating pad out and put her in when she was drowsy to fall asleep on her own and she usually did really great Also having a bedtime routine helped so much

Thank you for all the advice and support! My health visitor makes it seem that co sleeping is failing& is really unsupportive around the whole situation, so I’m glad I’m not the only one who decides to do this! I kind of felt I was doing something terrible and I was failing already!