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Its only been 6 days. Give it time. My son slept in his car seat for weeks. My other one loved the vibrating bouncy seat. My biggest piece of advice is to put him down tired but before he's asleep. It is early now, but once you get on more of a schedule, do that, and he should learn to fall asleep on his own. Good luck.
Oh, I wish I'd had something like that white noise for babies when my son was little. He didn't sleep more than 3 hours at a stretch until a few days after his 2nd birthday! And the first night he slept 6-7 hours straight, the next day he stopped napping - forever - until he was a teenager!
Swaddling really does work like a charm in those early weeks/months. For us the vibrating chair worked well when he was swaddled up nice and snug and positioned right. It's not so much the vibrating but anything that isn't just a flat surface where the baby sort of feels like it's being held even if it isnt.
Our son cried unless he was held for 4 months!
We all just took turns sleeping holding him, and my wife slept with him on her chest.
In a matter of a couple of weeks, he was putting himself to sleep in.his crib, where he sleeps by himself to this day.
No cruel cry-it-out, and people marvelled at how you just have to set him.down in it and he just puts himself to sleep.
He is 18 months old now and has been telling us now when he wants his nap...tonight he told us "bath" and led my wife upstairs for his pre-bedtime bath.
11 hours straight through the night since 6 months old, but it took those first 4 months of patience to get there.
OP, I learned how to nurse side-lying, and then was able to sleep while nursing. I co-slept with baby and just had to wake up long enough to latch her on. We both got enough sleep this way. It did take several weeks until baby was big enough to make this process go really smoothly though.
This was my key to surviving the newborn days. Side-lying nursing is a Godsend!
Yes i know that with a newborn sleep is very hard to come by. My little guy is only 6 days old now and only sleeps when held. Mother and i rotate meaning i sleep while he nurses and she sleeps while he sleeps and i hold him. Needless to say this is causing me to only catch very quick naps here and there and mother is also very exhausted. She cant just sleep eacc time he does because she needs to eat, sleep, walk (c section) and pee a lot.
I have zero problem holding my baby because this is what he wants and needs. I am just worried that we are going on so little sleep that we cannot do this forever. We do have my mom helping but only another week or so. But she helps us get some sleep.
Luckily i get 6 weeks off work so this is somewhat doable for now. But i am somewhat panicked about what we will do when i go back to work. I won't be able to continue staying up all night and holding him while mother sleeps and then only sleep when he feeds.
I have tried putting him in a crib and bassinet but he cries the minute we walk away. And i refuse to let him "cry it out" so i don't want to even debate that. Does anyone have any suggestions for mother and i to help get our little guy to sleep in a crib or bassinet? Or any other suggestions that would allow us some sleep before we lose our minds totally? I know our situation is not unique but I'm hoping for some suggestions. We have tried swaddling and placing into his crib and bassinet but he apparently hates it. It is no surprise since he loves sucking on his fingers and loves sleeping with his arms stretched above his head.
I know the feeling - it's terrifying. But I promise, it WILL get better and you WILL survive. There are two things I can recommend for getting a little more sleep. First, try swaddling. We found out about this from a book called The Happiest Baby on the Block (or something like that). It really worked, but got dangerous at month 4 when he started rolling over. But it worked well for those first couple of months. We got one of those swaddling blankets with the velcro and put it on tight, and although he'd cry while putting it on, as soon as it was on he'd calm down. He slept in that for the first few months.
The second thing that helped was one of those motorized swings. During the day I was having to hold him constantly (like you). The swing was a good substitute - I could put him in it and he'd sleep there for a while. It also had a mirror on the top that he could look into, and a mobile, and when he was a little bit older he enjoyed those things too. I highly recommend the swing.
Thanks all. We are definitely going to try some of your ideas.
Last night was tough. Normally he will feed the. I will hold him a few hours while mom sleeps. But last night he fed, i took him then 5-10 minuts later he was wanting to feed again. This went on practically all night so neither of us slept more than a wink.
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