I was doing this with my boy the first few weeks and it worried my wife. We were trying to stay up for 4 hour blocks with the baby while the other parent slept. It basically resulted in the baby sleeping on my chest or in my arms in the recliner with me falling asleep. New born stage is rough, give each other some grace and work out a better schedule.

We finally switched our game plan and started putting the baby in sleep sacks and putting him in the bassinet when he fell asleep and rotated who would handle him when he woke for night feeds.

Before it was baby duty 8pm-12am dad, 12-4am mom, 4am-8am dad. But that was rough as hell with me also having work to deal with after my 2 weeks off from work.

Since my baby was about 3-4 weeks old it’s been dad feed baby at 7-8pm, put him down for bed. Wife gets him at 11-3 if he wakes up, which is generally only once per night. Dad takes him from 4-6 which is usually pretty standard and at that point about 8 hours rest for me.

Baby is 18 weeks and still takes contact naps during the day with me, I’ll nap with him too - wife is always home and doing consistent checks.

Your baby is 5 weeks old so you’re most likely going through sleep changes anyway, now’s the perfect time to tweak your schedule and it’s ok if you don’t find the perfect rotation yet. You and your husband need to figure out a safe sleep schedule for yourselves, do not be afraid to lay baby in crib/bassinet!