Bassinet Help!

Hi! I need help getting my baby to sleep in the bassinet. She is two months and refuses to sleep anywhere but on me or in a docatot in my bed or next to me. I’m terrified to sleep with her and need to start the bassinet journey more hard core without losing more sleep and sanity! I’ve tried the five S’s and to have her fully asleep before placing her in the bassinet but she wakes up immediately. Send help!

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We put a hot water bottle in my little ones moses basket to warm it up before he goes into it. He falls asleep on us and then we transfer him in

I would highly recommend looking into safe cosleeping for the time being. Cosleepy and raised goods have amazing resources on insta. It is always better, and safer, to be fully prepared and equipped before your little one can sleep independently. It’ll give you so much peace of mind once you know all the information.

We put our LO down sleepy but awake so he’s learnt to go to sleep on his own. For a couple nights at the beginning we did the pick up put down method where as soon as he cried, we’d pick him up and settle him and put him straight back down. After a couple of nights he was good but you just have to accept for those few nights you’re going to be awake so get some tea and biscuits and a good podcast xx

Hi mama, dock a tots are not safe for sleep. Do you use a sleep sack at night? And have your tried a sound machine

What worked for me was when she was refusing to sleep when I was holding her I figured she may as well cry in the moses basket if she's going to cry anyway. She fell asleep in there & that was the start of going to sleep in there.

We put a heating pad in our bassinet to warm it up. I would switch her to a football hold but on her back and then slowly lay her down head last..if she stirred or started to wake I would pat her chest and then slow down the rhythm till it was super slow. By this time she would be asleep and usually stay asleep till her next feeding. I think we did this till 3.5 - 4 months which is when she was ready to be put down drowsy. It is usually a hard couple of nights because they have to get used to the change but it's so worth it. We also used a sleep sack that allowed the arms to be up as she hated being swaddled. 🩷 You got this!

The warmth and heating pad are such great ideas!! What sleep sacks do you recommend? I thought the ones that constricted their arms wasn’t recommended after two months in case they turn? I’ll also look into safe co-sleeping in the meantime! We bought an owl sock for sanity too. Appreciate these comments so much!!!

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