Anyone else have a velcro baby who only wants to sleep on you?

I love the contact naps but sometimes I would also love to be able to get things done around the house and put him down to sleep! It often takes 20+ minutes of rocking him to get him to sleep and then I try to put him in his bassinet, lounger, mamaroo (all supervised of course) and he wakes up shortly after and cries. My husband and I are doing shifts at night holding the baby while he sleeps since he won’t sleep in his bassinet. He’s only 5 weeks old so I know it won’t be like this forever, but we’re very sleep deprived and not too sure what to do. I just ordered the Snoo out of desperation and am hoping he will at least sleep ok in that at night, although he’s a super loud active sleeper. He also gets overstimulated and overtired so easily that we feel like we’re in baby jail because anytime we leave the house to do something that’s over an hour and outside of his wake window then he won’t sleep or it takes forever to get him to sleep. Any tips and tricks would be helpful! Or anyone that is also up from 2am on and wants to chat I’m here 👋🏻😅

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Try a lambs wool blanket. Dont know how but ive had 2 velcro babies its the only thing that tricked them xx

Hi Tess! How old is your baby? I can tell you what has worked for me so far (9 weeks old today). 1. Warming up her sleeping bag or putting her in her sleeping bag before she falls asleep. 2. Putting our hands on her for a couple of minutes (try different ways) on her chest, arms, bottom, whatever, gently so she doesn’t get waken up by her own reflexes. 3. Making sure there is white noise, rain sounds or womb sounds so she isn’t startled by any noise or movement around her when she goes down on the cot/bassinet. 4. Asking for help. Our mums are delighted to come and help by doing some stuff around the house but also simply holding the baby for a contact nap while we nap/study/do housework. The next thing I am trying is the Love to Dream swaddles to help with her reflex, but at the moment our baby is sleeping through the night in her cot and having most naps on us during the day, which is totally fine and we are delighted.

Do you have a carrier? I use that when my daughter wants a contact nap but i also need to be mobile. She loves it and it gives me freedom too

I was in exactly the same situation. I tried all the tips above and eventually she started to sleep in the bassinet at night although I did have to warm it up each time during every night feed. Naps in the cot only started happening from 5 months or so. I had her napping in a carrier. I would put her in the carrier and bounce her on a yoga ball or just standing until she fell asleep.

It does get better 🤗

Oh one thing that jumpstarted night sleeping in the bassinet for me. I gave her to my partner to hold in the beginning of the night while I slept 2-3 hours then melatonin produces in the milk. After the next feed she would go down way more easily into the bassinet and not wake up until next feed.

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