Newborn sleeping routine

Are you using any swaddle right now? That helped with sleep so much in the very early stages. My boy is 2 months old now and swaddles have saved me!

Have dad help if he's in the picture. The only way I survived.

I also use swaddle which helps! I usually have to rock my son to sleep, or I’ll lay next to him in our bed until he falls asleep, then I sneakily put him in his bassinet. My son HATES his arms locked in the swaddle, so I just swaddle his legs, it helps to not startle him. Also pacifier helps my son, along with white noise

We put a heating pad in the bassinet for a few minutes then removed before we put baby down! That way he still got the warmth he would when being held. We also got a sound machine that mimicked the sound of a heart beat. Those helped us so much because our babe would wake up the second he touched the bassinet lol. I can’t say much for swaddling because my baby hated it and we switched to sleep sacks at 2wks old

Thanks all so much! We’ve tried swaddles but she hates it - she always wriggles her arms out. Will definitely try heating the mattress and using a white noise machine

It’s 💯 biologically normal for babies, especially newborns, to only feel safe enough to sleep if in close proximity to their parents. My baby NEVER wanted to sleep apart from us even with trying all the “tricks.” We gave her all the closeness she needed and she’s now 20mo and a confident little sleeper. Its not going to be like this forever. If you are home with baby, rest when baby sleeps and snuggle them. Get to know the safe sleep 7 in case bedsharing becomes the best way first you to all get some sleep. A baby sling/carrier is really helpful too as baby can nap on you while you are handsfree. Sleep is developmental and changes day by day… focusing on your sleep is very helpful. Like if a partner or trusted family member can take baby for a couple hours first thing in the morning so you can get a couple hours of uninterrupted sleep.

@Danielle have you tried to swaddle her legs only? Like her arms out ? I thought my son hates swaddles completely, I stopped it for 3-4 days, when we would put him down, he would scream bloody murder ! We kept holding him, putting him down, still nothing was consoling him and on top of that he was having the startle reflex. So he would move his legs like a wrestler, scare himself awake, and cry. Once I started to swaddle his legs only, he stopped startling himself awake and slept with his pacifier. There’s a video on YouTube I loop, I’ll link it here, my son loves that white noise and falls asleep. Even for me it’s relaxing https://www.youtube.com/live/2FItVyxLNNc?feature=shared

Baby is still so small Momma and you’re all they know. Unfortunately no amount of “self soothing” and sleep training which honestly is something so new and mostly practiced in the U.S. doesn’t really match with the developmental milestones baby has. They’re biologically made to be able to sleep in your arms or next to You. I mean heck anyone would be able to sleep more comfortable if they were in a new HUGE scary place and the only person you knew keeps putting you in a different space than being next to Them.

It’s ok to do contact naps while they are so little! Mama is their safe space so it’s completely normal. Night time having blackout curtains and a sound machine was helpful for my babies.