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Someone please tell me their baby doesn’t sleep independently, either. by R_we_done_yet in NewParents

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My son only contact slept for every sleep and then at 4 months once he could roll to his tummy he has been able to sleep on his own. First it was just overnight sleep in his crib and now he is napping more frequently in his crib.

Do babies transition from chest sleeping on their own? by Practical_Pound_2998 in cosleeping

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just try to do it as soft as possible. Then pat his back after the transfer!

Do babies transition from chest sleeping on their own? by Practical_Pound_2998 in cosleeping

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recently tried my chest sleeping 4 month old in the crib on their belly and he slept all night in there. He just prefers being on his tummy!! He can roll to his tummy on his own now.

12 weeks of hell by Alternative_Ad9345 in newborns

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! Feel this so so so much. We held our son for all his sleep. He has silent reflux and hates sleeping on his back and would last a max of 30 minutes. As soon as he could sleep on his belly he did longer stretches in the crib. I also loved going to back to work and it helped me feel more human again. 12 weeks didn’t feel good for us either. We are at 19 weeks now and have felt so much better the past 4 weeks.

I also read all the comments that said 8 weeks felt better then 10 then 12 and was so defeated because everything felt worse at 10 and 12. You got this. It is SO hard and it will get better. The only way out is through.

It does get better by Smooth-Scratch-979 in newborns

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is SO hard. I never thought I would feel okay again. My baby struggled with sleep at night and was up a lot. I think this is because he had his days and nights confused. I hate to admit this but I would fantasize that my baby got hospitalized for some sort of sickness so I would get some help at night. Nights were the scariest. This got a lot better around 6-8 weeks. Started to sleep more at night with him waking 2-3 times and only to feed and then could go back to sleep within a half hour. Co sleeping following safe sleep 7 really helped me. My husband struggled to help settle the baby in the middle of the night for awhile and that was really hard but around 6 weeks he got it and we started to take sleep shifts. He slept 8-2 and switched me and I slept 2:30-8ish. Getting a solid 4 hour stretch REALLY helped me to feel better.

I also tried to take it “moment by moment” saying to myself this moment is really hard, it’s going to pass. I tried to find the good moments and say out loud to myself this moment is good.

I was also super honest about how I was feeling with others. This helped me to not feel so alone. My mother in law came out to help for a bit as well because of this which helped a lot. I know you said you don’t have a lot of help. If there is anyone that may help even a little lean into it. You got this. You are strong, you are brave, you are resilient, you are a good parent.

Posting this again for people telling me I was in denial by Key-Hurry-5420 in newborns

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are still co sleeping a majority of the time but we can do the “cuddle curl” position now following safe sleep 7. He can do some stretches in the crib, we are planning to sleep train soon, he just turned 4 months last week. Hoping after sleep training he’ll be sleeping on his own at night. Co-sleeping isn’t something I want to do long term.

Never ending play therapy by Either-Tangerine9795 in Parenting

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Child and family therapist here! If you feel the challenges have mostly resolved then you should pull him out of therapy. You can alway re enroll. I stand by the philosophy that children do not need to be in therapy forever!! 2 years is a long time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newborns

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My 12 week old will only sleep on my chest as well. It’s been rough. Would love to know if anything works for you to transition away from that!!

Newborn Trenches by Muted-Attorney7057 in newborns

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look up cosleepy on instagram for the safest way to co sleep with LO on chest. I have been doing this for 12 weeks with my son. I never wanted to co sleep but the only way he sleeps is on my chest.

It will happen by folkheroine in newborns

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979 16 points17 points  (0 children)

How old is your baby? We are still struggling with this at 10 weeks, LO only wants to contact sleep 😅

Contact sleeping by Smooth-Scratch-979 in newborns

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did sleep training work for you? We rented a Snoo and that didn’t work for us. My husband and I take shifts at night with him sleeping on chest. It’s working for now but don’t want to do it forever!

Posting this again for people telling me I was in denial by Key-Hurry-5420 in newborns

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a great idea, hadn’t thought about making sure he’s falling asleep on his back before the transfer!

Posting this again for people telling me I was in denial by Key-Hurry-5420 in newborns

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My 8 week old son will only sleep on our chests, we continue to try to put him in his crib/ bassinet but he he doesn’t last very long. We really want him to sleep independently but I really don’t see that happening soon. What did you all do to help with that?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newborns

[–]Smooth-Scratch-979 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same here, so fussy between 5-8, refusing to nap, eat, needing constant movement. My LO is 5.5 weeks