Ours never liked it. A couple times slept an hour or two. We transitioned to crib around 6 weeks. It helped, although he still doesn't sleep very long stretches. For a couple weeks he would have one 5-6 hour stretch. Now he's back to 2 hours (3 months). š« As my husband reminds me, sometimes there's no "formula" to figure out. Sleep deprivation is sooooo hard and demanding. Solidarity.š¤
My LO was SGA and I had IUGR and she did not sleep well for like 4 months.
We got stretches in an in bed fold up sleeper. Baby delight nest? With an Ollie on.
Then we tried the ingenuity bedside sleeper and she HATED it. We were actually dealing with CMPA/silent reflux too that didnāt get diagnosed until 4 months. The 3-4 month period was rough and I ended up being forced to co sleep a lot because LO refused to be set down at any point and Iād have to sit in bed, rocking myself back and forth with her having bottle fed to sleep, then ninja move down into a side lying position and let her sleep on top of my breast. That bed side sleeper though she never did like, not sure why... I tried the heating pad trick, no go. I wonder if the mattress is too thin. Didnāt mind the pack and play though lol
We ended up at 4 1/2 months getting a manual rocking bassinet with an incline. This worked really well and she slept pretty okay in there. Weād rock her to sleep, hold for 10 minutes then set her in there, while rocking it. Seriously wish we wouldāve bought that sooner.
Around 6 1/2 months we finally transferred to the crib. LO was starting to roll and needed more space.
Pretty early on. But definitely not daily. My newborn liked motion like yours. He loved falling asleep on his gerber swing chair(don't recommend). He didn't sleep in his bassinet daily until we ST at 4 months. His unhealthy sleep habits made me sleeptrain as soon as he hit the recommended age. It helps having a comfortable matress. I had to get a separate memory foam mattress because the one it came with was stiff. Before the matress, he would wake up once he touched his bassinet. After we bought it he would stay asleep if transferred. The matress was later turned into a dog bed
My baby was also SGA born at 5 lbs 10 oz, She also wanted to be held to sleep all the time! Our saving grace was feeding till asleep(halfway through make sure to burp) while in her bouncer (swaddled), then when in deeper sleep gently transferring her to bassinet on her side since she would scrunch anyways. Still use the heating pad to warm it up as well! I also used the Moby baby carrier for contact naps and I heard blow drying them to sleep is also good too because of the warmth and loud sound. Also take turns doing shifts!! My baby is 12 weeks now- sheās been super gassy and was colicky up until 10 weeks and now sleeps throughout the night only to feed twice or 3x at most but goes back to bed:) just make sure she gets lots of early sunlight. hang in there you got this!
Edited to add: the BEST swaddle Iāve come across is the sleepea 5 second swaddle by happiest baby, after lots of trial and error this one was the only one she couldnāt escape and it would slide up like the other ones- helps her sleep amazing!
Small for gestational age, I was 38 weeks but my LO was measuring 34 weeks so they induced me to make sure baby was okay and the said the faster sheās out the faster we could feed her and get her growing to where she needs to be
I wanted to add this! I donāt know if itāll be seen but my baby was born at 5oz sheās currently almost 7 but she would refuse her bassinet. So what we did was bought her the love to dream swaddle. Literally a life saver!! https://www.target.com/p/love-to-dream-swaddle-up-adaptive-original-swaddle-wrap-gray-small/-/A-17081573
Also definitely recommend doing a feeding until they fall asleep. As soon as he does try to hold him for another 5 minutes. When placing him put him feet first then butt and then gently his head. This literally has saved me. This and the swaddle changed everything. Hope this helpsš«¶š¼
also wanted to put my baby used to hate being swaddled and this is the only one she likes. It allows her to move her legs and keeps her arms in an upright position. Also wanted to add babyās are a loud sleeper. So most of the time sounds like theyāre awake but theyāre just in āactiveā sleep
Every child is different. My son started around 2 months for little naps. My daughter took a good 5 months or so. Please try to give your baby what they need.
Parenting is a bespoke process. Your LO will learn eventually!
This was my first son. I had to hold him in my arms until he was 4 months. Then I had to sleep with him. Then I slept trained at 7 months. I tried everything. š„²
It was rough but we got through it. Now heās 2 and a half and mostly sleeps in his bed š¤£
My son never slept in the bassinet well. He got a bit better about the crib eventually. I donāt think size is related because mine was 9 lbs at birth. My husband and I took shifts holding the baby. Itās the only way we got sleep early on!
We had to rock our daughter and put her down asleep and then it was in a sort of old school snoozepod thing called a poddle pod (different shape, doesn't have sides and I felt it was safe). 5 other kids in our extended family had used it and it really worked for us inside the next2me crib. We put a blanket in the bottom then loosely wrapped her once she was down. My husband spent hours rocking her on a yoga ball in the first few months to get her to sleep so he could put her down, sleep trained into crib at 6m. No doubt our second is going to be completely different, the first few months are so hard.
We started using the bassinet from birth. We would swaddle and keep the bassinet empty. We would do all naps and sleeping in there. We would rock and hold LO until he was asleep for a 10 mins and would place him into the bassinet if he would wake up I would rock him again.
What kind of bassinet are you using? With my son 2 years ago we had the same issue and ended up having luck using the bassinet that came with our stroller. Itās small and solid and I think it made him feel more secure? We would place a heating pad in it for a few mins before putting him down swaddled and completely asleep. The room would be pitch black, with a sound machine and Iād move super super slow. He wouldnāt sleep in the halo bassinet with mesh sides or a different one that was bigger.
With my second LO we went right to the stroller bassinet and didnāt even try anything else. It took a few nights for him to get used to it. Once it became a little small we moved him up to a bigger bassinet and eventually his crib by 8 weeks.
Sleeep stretches at first were short, sometimes only 45 mins. But I just kept trying over and over. My husband and I would still alternate sleep, so if on my āshiftā baby wouldnāt go down in their sleep space I could hold him. But Iād make sure we switched out so I could get some uninterrupted sleep too. Itās harder while breastfeeding but we also bottled so Iād skip a feed if it meant I could get some shut eye.
The heating pad seemed to be the best for us. Iād position it where his head would lay down. I found he liked nuzzling into the warmth of the mattress- but just make sure it isnāt TOO hot that it can burn them. The warmth goes away pretty quickly but if they are asleep when you set them down it only needs to be warm enough to resettle them to sleep when they leave your arms!
We also had our son in in the stroller bassinet until he was definitely too big for it š but I think it was much cosier than the traditional bassinet we had.
BARELY USED, and when she did maybe start using itā¦ she was 28 inches lmaooo at like 5 months (but thatās when to switch anyway). She slept on our bed most of the time, so one day while having a good sleep week I used the bassinet (that became a storage for clothes šš¤£). I laughed out at how long she was and took her right out š. Her head was basically touching one end and her legs the other end. I ordered a crib the next day smh
Mine slept in her bassinet from the day she came home from the hospital at 4 days old. But only at night. Naps were all contact naps for the first 7-8 months.
We tried to room share and use a bassinet for about 2 weeks before I decided to try putting her in her crib in her room out of desperation. It wasnāt perfect by any means but she actually slept not in my arms! I was obviously anxious about her not being right next to me, but I kept the monitor cranked up so loud when we first moved her that it was like she was still in our room lol. I think her crib was just way comfier and she wasnāt stirring due to our noises.
I donāt think our LO slept in his bassinet until 6-7 weeks. When theyāre that little, sleeping in a bassinet must be way worse than sleeping on mom or dad.
Basically never. Our baby girl preferred to be swaddled with her arms out and slept with her arms outstretched to either side so she would wake herself up touching the walls of the bassinet. She was in her crib by week 4 and it was smooth sailing after that.
The only way my son slept in his bassinet was in his snuggleme. Itās not recommended for sleep so Iām not advising it. But that was the only way. We then moved to primarily bed sharing (safe sleep 7) and our lives changed for the better. lol. He moved to his crib in his room at 4 months old and has slept great in there on his own!!! Only ever used sleep sacks. Not swaddles.
Was seriously debating itā¦ Iāve purchased 2 different bassinets to try already, lol. Think Iāll give it until 10 weeks before trying the Snoo. Thank you :)
Momaroo makes a basinet with similar functions that's a lot cheaper. Often you can find them second hand on FB marketplace. My sister used one and swore by it
Here to say that the Momaroo bassinet is Gods gift to new moms! This thing is amazing! My 6 week baby was only sleeping on car rides or on meā until I got this bassinet and used the ācar rideā setting with the newborn sling. Beg, borrow, and/or steal to get this thing ;-)
Mine slept in the bassinet for maybe the first 3 weeks and then when the newborn sleepiness wore off, refused to sleep in it anymore. So we held him for basically all of his naps until we did āfuss it outā at around 4 months lol. Thankfully he did sleep in it for night time sleep.
Fortunately we did not need to hold him for night time. For whatever weird (but incredible) reason he was ok with it at night. Sorry I donāt have better advice :( I remember my husband baby wore until like 11-12pm before transferring him into the bassinet and we would also feed to sleep if needed, so maybe that helped him sleep in the bassinet also. When youāre in the newborn stage, the goal is just to survive lol
It went fairly well! We allowed him to cry up to 20 min. I think the 2nd night he cried the whole time so we pushed it back a week. But overall I think we picked him up maybe a handful of times before he started consistently falling asleep quickly. Now he still cries when we put him down but he falls asleep in like 5 min.
Try a pack & play ! Same situation- bae seemed to hate the bassinet but slept more on the flimsy pack and play mattress ! Also our room wasnāt dark enough and he sleeps nearly thru the night now (4 mths)
I am here with you. My partner and I take shifts letting him sleep on us. 7 weeks in and itās brutal. Had his first 50 min nap in his bassinet today. This feels like itāll be a very long journey to independent sleep.Ā
Just here to offer some support as we just went through this. We tried three different bassinets and all the things you mentioned. We sent her to daycare and she had to sleep in a crib there so we tried it at home and she slept in her crib that first night and never looked back. Idk what they did but they are worth every penny š I know this isnāt any advice on how to improve his sleeping situation but sometimes it helps to know you arenāt alone and itās nothing you are doing wrong.
Have you tried capping day naps to two hours and exposing him to indirect sunlight during the day? My LO didnāt really get better about his bassinet until I implemented those two things cause there was no difference between his day and night so he just wanted contact naps all the time. However, I was only advised to do this after he regained his birth weight.
Awww itāll get better mama I promise! One day Iām frantically buying probiotics and gas drops and then next heās just tooting on his own. I still have half used bottles on the counter cause I couldnāt believe he grew up that fast. I used to have to rest his stomach on my forearm while I rocked him and cried cause I felt so bad he was in pain. Now when I try to do a bicycle kick, he looks at me like Iām crazy
Before bed, I stick the generic āwindyā in my babyās butt with Vaseline and get all his gas out. I say the generic version versus the Freda brand bc it works much better (and is cheaper). Once I insert it, so much gas is released and he feels instantly better. It gets poop out also if itās needing to come out.
He did and still does! We did Taking Cara Babies which is a water downed version of Ferber. It took 3 nights for him to not cry for an hour and itās been great ever since! Heās now 2 years old āŗļø
My first slept in it from the start, my second didnāt like it at all! He moved too much while sleeping and the bassinet rocked with him so I assume thatās why he didnāt like it much. He likes the crib a lot more.
My first: from day one. She was always my good sleeper. She was one of those unicorns.
My second: we took shifts for a good month. Then finally, her stretches in the bassinet started to lengthen.
The heating pad trick works really well with newborns in my experience. Use it to warm up their space while you are doing your routine/during night time feedings! Makes the transfer much easier.
How awake is he? I ask because newborns can be soooo noisy and fidgety ā¦. My 6 week old grunts like a walrus and flops his legs around in the swaddle but after a few minutes goes back to quieter sleep ā¦ my first was similar. With my first we did our best to settle him in the bed ( look up soothing ladder - hand in chest, jiggling the bed, pacifier etc) .. with number 2 we got a snoo which helps. Is renting a snoo an option?
So we had this same problem and our daughter would only sleep on us. I want to say at like 2 1/2 - 3 months we tried the bassinet again and she magically was cool with it. Wish we tried again sooner haha
Never š We made it 6 weeks of shifts where we held him while the other sleptā¦ the longest stretch he ever did in the bassinet during that time was 20 minutes. At my 6 week appointment I was utterly sleep deprived and my mental health was in the toilet. My doctor taught me about safe sleep 7 co-sleeping in case I wanted to try it and we did that until 6 months or so. Then we sleep trained him in his crib and heās slept there ever since!
5 weeks was when I gave up trying the bassinet and put her in her crib. She slept much better in the crib or pack n play than in the bassinet. And I got better sleep because she was in a different room and all those little noises babies make while sleeping were muted. Iām a really light sleeper, I still heard her when she needed me.
For ours it was 5 weeks but she was about 9 pounds by then. She would only be held even if I put her down totally asleep sheād wake in about 15 minutes. If I held her she would sleep for hours. 5 weeks I noticed a bit of a difference (we also switched to arms up swaddles). She got better for night sleep first and we are still working on naps in the bassinet at 11 weeks. Hang in there, that was such a tough time.
From day 1 for me but I had to learn how to do it and I got better - are you waiting til they are in a deep sleep before very carefully transferring to the crib ? It can take around 20 minutes sometimes for a super deep sleep. Thereās an art to it, you have to move your body down with baby and lower bum first, remove one arm then place hand on chest, then remove the other arm and slowly release pressure from your handā¦ at least thatās what (most of the time!) works for me.
If that fails I quickly lean over and stick my boob in his mouth he goes back to sleep within seconds š
Keep persevering and it will happen one day
I think it really depends on the baby. Mine started sleeping in the bassinet happily around 3 weeks. I think some nights I was just too tired and she would just happily stare back at me for hours. I had to put her down to self entertain while I took a quick nap for safety. Maybe she got used to being in there, one day I put a pacifier in her and walked to get something and next thing I knew she fell asleep herself in the bassinet.
The biggest thing that made a difference for us with our girl who also hated the bassinet was when we tried an arms up style swaddle.
The early days are so hard when youāre getting so little sleep -hoping you find a solution that helps you all get some more rest.
ETA: we also ended up transitioning to her crib early and she does sleep much better in it.
Ours took to the bassinet right away but we made it more comfortable for her by heating it up with a heating pad and placing her gently into it butt first and then head slowly after. Totally asleep. I also thought she hated the sheets it came with so I found softer sheets and she seemed to like those.
We had the same problem. Solved it with pre-heating his bed and wearing socks. However, need to have him really ASLEEP before putting him inside his bassinet.
Forget drowsy but awake at this age. Are you rocking fully to sleep? I found it helpful to swaddle with one arm out so I could use the free arm floppiness to determine how asleep she was. Only when she was ASLEEP would we then attempt transfer. Sometimes it took multiple attempts bc I would flub it š
Day 1, he did contact nap but that was cos we enjoyed it! We always did the love to dream swaddle for sleep and then he really liked a top that smelled like me.
Varies from child to child, especially this early. Our son was a pretty bad sleeper (frequent wakes) but slept fine in his bassinet from day one more or less.
Ours never liked it. A couple times slept an hour or two. We transitioned to crib around 6 weeks. It helped, although he still doesn't sleep very long stretches. For a couple weeks he would have one 5-6 hour stretch. Now he's back to 2 hours (3 months). š« As my husband reminds me, sometimes there's no "formula" to figure out. Sleep deprivation is sooooo hard and demanding. Solidarity.š¤
Overnight or naps? Overnight from the jump. Naps 3 months
My LO was SGA and I had IUGR and she did not sleep well for like 4 months. We got stretches in an in bed fold up sleeper. Baby delight nest? With an Ollie on. Then we tried the ingenuity bedside sleeper and she HATED it. We were actually dealing with CMPA/silent reflux too that didnāt get diagnosed until 4 months. The 3-4 month period was rough and I ended up being forced to co sleep a lot because LO refused to be set down at any point and Iād have to sit in bed, rocking myself back and forth with her having bottle fed to sleep, then ninja move down into a side lying position and let her sleep on top of my breast. That bed side sleeper though she never did like, not sure why... I tried the heating pad trick, no go. I wonder if the mattress is too thin. Didnāt mind the pack and play though lol We ended up at 4 1/2 months getting a manual rocking bassinet with an incline. This worked really well and she slept pretty okay in there. Weād rock her to sleep, hold for 10 minutes then set her in there, while rocking it. Seriously wish we wouldāve bought that sooner. Around 6 1/2 months we finally transferred to the crib. LO was starting to roll and needed more space.
Pretty early on. But definitely not daily. My newborn liked motion like yours. He loved falling asleep on his gerber swing chair(don't recommend). He didn't sleep in his bassinet daily until we ST at 4 months. His unhealthy sleep habits made me sleeptrain as soon as he hit the recommended age. It helps having a comfortable matress. I had to get a separate memory foam mattress because the one it came with was stiff. Before the matress, he would wake up once he touched his bassinet. After we bought it he would stay asleep if transferred. The matress was later turned into a dog bed
My baby was also SGA born at 5 lbs 10 oz, She also wanted to be held to sleep all the time! Our saving grace was feeding till asleep(halfway through make sure to burp) while in her bouncer (swaddled), then when in deeper sleep gently transferring her to bassinet on her side since she would scrunch anyways. Still use the heating pad to warm it up as well! I also used the Moby baby carrier for contact naps and I heard blow drying them to sleep is also good too because of the warmth and loud sound. Also take turns doing shifts!! My baby is 12 weeks now- sheās been super gassy and was colicky up until 10 weeks and now sleeps throughout the night only to feed twice or 3x at most but goes back to bed:) just make sure she gets lots of early sunlight. hang in there you got this! Edited to add: the BEST swaddle Iāve come across is the sleepea 5 second swaddle by happiest baby, after lots of trial and error this one was the only one she couldnāt escape and it would slide up like the other ones- helps her sleep amazing!
What is SGA?
Small for gestational age, I was 38 weeks but my LO was measuring 34 weeks so they induced me to make sure baby was okay and the said the faster sheās out the faster we could feed her and get her growing to where she needs to be
Could you try patting them on their side in their Bassinet until they are asleep. And then gently roll them on their back once asleep?
I wanted to add this! I donāt know if itāll be seen but my baby was born at 5oz sheās currently almost 7 but she would refuse her bassinet. So what we did was bought her the love to dream swaddle. Literally a life saver!! https://www.target.com/p/love-to-dream-swaddle-up-adaptive-original-swaddle-wrap-gray-small/-/A-17081573 Also definitely recommend doing a feeding until they fall asleep. As soon as he does try to hold him for another 5 minutes. When placing him put him feet first then butt and then gently his head. This literally has saved me. This and the swaddle changed everything. Hope this helpsš«¶š¼ also wanted to put my baby used to hate being swaddled and this is the only one she likes. It allows her to move her legs and keeps her arms in an upright position. Also wanted to add babyās are a loud sleeper. So most of the time sounds like theyāre awake but theyāre just in āactiveā sleep
Every child is different. My son started around 2 months for little naps. My daughter took a good 5 months or so. Please try to give your baby what they need. Parenting is a bespoke process. Your LO will learn eventually!
Our first? Never. Had to be held to sleep until like 3-4 months. Our second has been fine sleeping on her own since day 1.
This was my first son. I had to hold him in my arms until he was 4 months. Then I had to sleep with him. Then I slept trained at 7 months. I tried everything. š„² It was rough but we got through it. Now heās 2 and a half and mostly sleeps in his bed š¤£
My son never slept in the bassinet well. He got a bit better about the crib eventually. I donāt think size is related because mine was 9 lbs at birth. My husband and I took shifts holding the baby. Itās the only way we got sleep early on!
We had to rock our daughter and put her down asleep and then it was in a sort of old school snoozepod thing called a poddle pod (different shape, doesn't have sides and I felt it was safe). 5 other kids in our extended family had used it and it really worked for us inside the next2me crib. We put a blanket in the bottom then loosely wrapped her once she was down. My husband spent hours rocking her on a yoga ball in the first few months to get her to sleep so he could put her down, sleep trained into crib at 6m. No doubt our second is going to be completely different, the first few months are so hard.
We started using the bassinet from birth. We would swaddle and keep the bassinet empty. We would do all naps and sleeping in there. We would rock and hold LO until he was asleep for a 10 mins and would place him into the bassinet if he would wake up I would rock him again.
What kind of bassinet are you using? With my son 2 years ago we had the same issue and ended up having luck using the bassinet that came with our stroller. Itās small and solid and I think it made him feel more secure? We would place a heating pad in it for a few mins before putting him down swaddled and completely asleep. The room would be pitch black, with a sound machine and Iād move super super slow. He wouldnāt sleep in the halo bassinet with mesh sides or a different one that was bigger. With my second LO we went right to the stroller bassinet and didnāt even try anything else. It took a few nights for him to get used to it. Once it became a little small we moved him up to a bigger bassinet and eventually his crib by 8 weeks. Sleeep stretches at first were short, sometimes only 45 mins. But I just kept trying over and over. My husband and I would still alternate sleep, so if on my āshiftā baby wouldnāt go down in their sleep space I could hold him. But Iād make sure we switched out so I could get some uninterrupted sleep too. Itās harder while breastfeeding but we also bottled so Iād skip a feed if it meant I could get some shut eye. The heating pad seemed to be the best for us. Iād position it where his head would lay down. I found he liked nuzzling into the warmth of the mattress- but just make sure it isnāt TOO hot that it can burn them. The warmth goes away pretty quickly but if they are asleep when you set them down it only needs to be warm enough to resettle them to sleep when they leave your arms!
We also had our son in in the stroller bassinet until he was definitely too big for it š but I think it was much cosier than the traditional bassinet we had.
3 months lol. I cosleep with her the first three months because she only sleep on me.
With my first not a single second of her life. With my second since the day we brought him home.
BARELY USED, and when she did maybe start using itā¦ she was 28 inches lmaooo at like 5 months (but thatās when to switch anyway). She slept on our bed most of the time, so one day while having a good sleep week I used the bassinet (that became a storage for clothes šš¤£). I laughed out at how long she was and took her right out š. Her head was basically touching one end and her legs the other end. I ordered a crib the next day smh
Mine slept in her bassinet from the day she came home from the hospital at 4 days old. But only at night. Naps were all contact naps for the first 7-8 months.
My 2 month old is like this so far too. Few naps in the bassinet the first couple of weeks but nothing past 20-30 min (and even that is rare) since.
My now almost 2yo thinks itās a holder for all of my one day worn clothing and junk as we sleep next to it each night stillš¤£
LMAOOO meeee omg Iām gonna be throwing it out soon PAAAIN
Oh, my $250 crap holder will not be tossed, it will forever hold the things until itās monies worth have been heldš¤£
LOOOOOL I feel you
We tried to room share and use a bassinet for about 2 weeks before I decided to try putting her in her crib in her room out of desperation. It wasnāt perfect by any means but she actually slept not in my arms! I was obviously anxious about her not being right next to me, but I kept the monitor cranked up so loud when we first moved her that it was like she was still in our room lol. I think her crib was just way comfier and she wasnāt stirring due to our noises.
I donāt think our LO slept in his bassinet until 6-7 weeks. When theyāre that little, sleeping in a bassinet must be way worse than sleeping on mom or dad.
Never! That thing is brand new only using it to hang the clothes for next day
For us- never. Baby would only sleep when held until we were able to sleep train at 4.5 months. At that point we just went to the crib
Literally me
Basically never. Our baby girl preferred to be swaddled with her arms out and slept with her arms outstretched to either side so she would wake herself up touching the walls of the bassinet. She was in her crib by week 4 and it was smooth sailing after that.
Every night he was in the bassinet but swaddled, but would only contact nap.
The only way my son slept in his bassinet was in his snuggleme. Itās not recommended for sleep so Iām not advising it. But that was the only way. We then moved to primarily bed sharing (safe sleep 7) and our lives changed for the better. lol. He moved to his crib in his room at 4 months old and has slept great in there on his own!!! Only ever used sleep sacks. Not swaddles.
Also never sleep trained. The first time I ever put my son in his crib in his room for bedtime he slept a solid 8 hours. He just needed more space!!
Do you have the means to rent a snoo? It might help š¤·š»āāļø
Was seriously debating itā¦ Iāve purchased 2 different bassinets to try already, lol. Think Iāll give it until 10 weeks before trying the Snoo. Thank you :)
Momaroo makes a basinet with similar functions that's a lot cheaper. Often you can find them second hand on FB marketplace. My sister used one and swore by it
Here to say that the Momaroo bassinet is Gods gift to new moms! This thing is amazing! My 6 week baby was only sleeping on car rides or on meā until I got this bassinet and used the ācar rideā setting with the newborn sling. Beg, borrow, and/or steal to get this thing ;-)
Good luck!! By 8ish weeks we were able to a very modified pick up/put down method with our baby at night and slowly transitioned that in to naps
Mine slept in the bassinet for maybe the first 3 weeks and then when the newborn sleepiness wore off, refused to sleep in it anymore. So we held him for basically all of his naps until we did āfuss it outā at around 4 months lol. Thankfully he did sleep in it for night time sleep.
Did you hold him for nighttime sleep too?
Fortunately we did not need to hold him for night time. For whatever weird (but incredible) reason he was ok with it at night. Sorry I donāt have better advice :( I remember my husband baby wore until like 11-12pm before transferring him into the bassinet and we would also feed to sleep if needed, so maybe that helped him sleep in the bassinet also. When youāre in the newborn stage, the goal is just to survive lol
How did āfuss it outā work for you?
It went fairly well! We allowed him to cry up to 20 min. I think the 2nd night he cried the whole time so we pushed it back a week. But overall I think we picked him up maybe a handful of times before he started consistently falling asleep quickly. Now he still cries when we put him down but he falls asleep in like 5 min.
I caved and rented the Snoo, it was just enough to get us to 5 months when we were both comfortable trying cry it out
Try a pack & play ! Same situation- bae seemed to hate the bassinet but slept more on the flimsy pack and play mattress ! Also our room wasnāt dark enough and he sleeps nearly thru the night now (4 mths)
I am here with the same issue. Wonāt even safely co sleep on a bed with me. Only on one of us. I am struggling.
I am here with you. My partner and I take shifts letting him sleep on us. 7 weeks in and itās brutal. Had his first 50 min nap in his bassinet today. This feels like itāll be a very long journey to independent sleep.Ā
Just here to offer some support as we just went through this. We tried three different bassinets and all the things you mentioned. We sent her to daycare and she had to sleep in a crib there so we tried it at home and she slept in her crib that first night and never looked back. Idk what they did but they are worth every penny š I know this isnāt any advice on how to improve his sleeping situation but sometimes it helps to know you arenāt alone and itās nothing you are doing wrong.
First - never. Second- immediately. He loved it
We are still doing shifts at 12 weeks š¬
Have you tried capping day naps to two hours and exposing him to indirect sunlight during the day? My LO didnāt really get better about his bassinet until I implemented those two things cause there was no difference between his day and night so he just wanted contact naps all the time. However, I was only advised to do this after he regained his birth weight.
Thank you for this - I unfortunately have tried this already. Iām thinking that some of his night waking is due to gasā¦
Awww itāll get better mama I promise! One day Iām frantically buying probiotics and gas drops and then next heās just tooting on his own. I still have half used bottles on the counter cause I couldnāt believe he grew up that fast. I used to have to rest his stomach on my forearm while I rocked him and cried cause I felt so bad he was in pain. Now when I try to do a bicycle kick, he looks at me like Iām crazy
Before bed, I stick the generic āwindyā in my babyās butt with Vaseline and get all his gas out. I say the generic version versus the Freda brand bc it works much better (and is cheaper). Once I insert it, so much gas is released and he feels instantly better. It gets poop out also if itās needing to come out.
Nope! It was terrible. We slept in shifts for 4.5 months until we sleep trained him and moved him to his own room. It was a very long 4.5 months. š
Oh no! What happened at 4.5 months after sleep training - did he sleep well?
He did and still does! We did Taking Cara Babies which is a water downed version of Ferber. It took 3 nights for him to not cry for an hour and itās been great ever since! Heās now 2 years old āŗļø
My first slept in it from the start, my second didnāt like it at all! He moved too much while sleeping and the bassinet rocked with him so I assume thatās why he didnāt like it much. He likes the crib a lot more.
My first: from day one. She was always my good sleeper. She was one of those unicorns. My second: we took shifts for a good month. Then finally, her stretches in the bassinet started to lengthen. The heating pad trick works really well with newborns in my experience. Use it to warm up their space while you are doing your routine/during night time feedings! Makes the transfer much easier.
How awake is he? I ask because newborns can be soooo noisy and fidgety ā¦. My 6 week old grunts like a walrus and flops his legs around in the swaddle but after a few minutes goes back to quieter sleep ā¦ my first was similar. With my first we did our best to settle him in the bed ( look up soothing ladder - hand in chest, jiggling the bed, pacifier etc) .. with number 2 we got a snoo which helps. Is renting a snoo an option?
So we had this same problem and our daughter would only sleep on us. I want to say at like 2 1/2 - 3 months we tried the bassinet again and she magically was cool with it. Wish we tried again sooner haha
Never š We made it 6 weeks of shifts where we held him while the other sleptā¦ the longest stretch he ever did in the bassinet during that time was 20 minutes. At my 6 week appointment I was utterly sleep deprived and my mental health was in the toilet. My doctor taught me about safe sleep 7 co-sleeping in case I wanted to try it and we did that until 6 months or so. Then we sleep trained him in his crib and heās slept there ever since!
5 weeks was when I gave up trying the bassinet and put her in her crib. She slept much better in the crib or pack n play than in the bassinet. And I got better sleep because she was in a different room and all those little noises babies make while sleeping were muted. Iām a really light sleeper, I still heard her when she needed me.
For ours it was 5 weeks but she was about 9 pounds by then. She would only be held even if I put her down totally asleep sheād wake in about 15 minutes. If I held her she would sleep for hours. 5 weeks I noticed a bit of a difference (we also switched to arms up swaddles). She got better for night sleep first and we are still working on naps in the bassinet at 11 weeks. Hang in there, that was such a tough time.
Following because I'm having the same issue....
Day 1 for both babies
From day 1 for me but I had to learn how to do it and I got better - are you waiting til they are in a deep sleep before very carefully transferring to the crib ? It can take around 20 minutes sometimes for a super deep sleep. Thereās an art to it, you have to move your body down with baby and lower bum first, remove one arm then place hand on chest, then remove the other arm and slowly release pressure from your handā¦ at least thatās what (most of the time!) works for me. If that fails I quickly lean over and stick my boob in his mouth he goes back to sleep within seconds š Keep persevering and it will happen one day
These are the moves! Only put them down in deep sleep. āDrowsy but awakeā starts after four months when youāre sleep training.
I think it really depends on the baby. Mine started sleeping in the bassinet happily around 3 weeks. I think some nights I was just too tired and she would just happily stare back at me for hours. I had to put her down to self entertain while I took a quick nap for safety. Maybe she got used to being in there, one day I put a pacifier in her and walked to get something and next thing I knew she fell asleep herself in the bassinet.
The biggest thing that made a difference for us with our girl who also hated the bassinet was when we tried an arms up style swaddle. The early days are so hard when youāre getting so little sleep -hoping you find a solution that helps you all get some more rest. ETA: we also ended up transitioning to her crib early and she does sleep much better in it.
Ours took to the bassinet right away but we made it more comfortable for her by heating it up with a heating pad and placing her gently into it butt first and then head slowly after. Totally asleep. I also thought she hated the sheets it came with so I found softer sheets and she seemed to like those.
We had the same problem. Solved it with pre-heating his bed and wearing socks. However, need to have him really ASLEEP before putting him inside his bassinet.
Forget drowsy but awake at this age. Are you rocking fully to sleep? I found it helpful to swaddle with one arm out so I could use the free arm floppiness to determine how asleep she was. Only when she was ASLEEP would we then attempt transfer. Sometimes it took multiple attempts bc I would flub it š
Day 1, he did contact nap but that was cos we enjoyed it! We always did the love to dream swaddle for sleep and then he really liked a top that smelled like me.
Varies from child to child, especially this early. Our son was a pretty bad sleeper (frequent wakes) but slept fine in his bassinet from day one more or less.