Newborn sleep PLEASE help!!

DS is 2 weeks old and I can NOT lay him down he ALWAYS wakes up within 5 to 15 minutes... I am SO tired... I nurse until he falls asleep and then I wait until his little lids stop fluttering to put him in the safe co sleeper I got... and he will start to stir and get cranky so I will do the shhhhhh thing that reminds them of the womb... but he always wakes and opens his eyes until he lays next to me and then he will sleep... I AM NOT a fan of full co sleeping with him actually in the bed I am so scared of sids... I have tried the swing a rock n play sleeper... a bassinet... a co sleeper... this child is a mega light sleeper... What can I do???? I love holding my son but I need to my house work and sleep too... he ONLY sleeps well if he is on me in my arms or next to me... and yes he is breast fed... PLEASE mommies help me!!!

Do you swaddle him?

Sleep with him.
He spent 9ish mos next to your heart, it'll take more than 2wks for him to get over that.
When you bedshare/nurse your baby his brain, breathing and heartbeat syncs with your which drastically reduces sids. Countries who only really bedshare sids is virtually nonexistent and until the 90s sids was called crib death.

So as long as your bed sharing safely its fine

The only way I got ANY sleep was co sleeping. I kicked DH out of the bed and it was just me and the baby for months.
To get my babes to take naps I bought one of those white noise makers. (Or I used a free white noise machine online) My daughter would take the longest naps with the white noise going. Still both my kids sleep with a fan going, we all sleep much better.

Quoting Gir is a Slytherin:" Sleep with him. He spent 9ish mos next to your heart, it'll take more than 2wks for him to get over ... [snip!] ... sids is virtually nonexistent and until the 90s sids was called crib death. So as long as your bed sharing safely its fine"

I am petridied to smother or roll over on him... i do wake every so often to check... but BOY he slept 4 hours this morning co sleeping it stunned me!! I do not swaddle b/c ghe hates it... he screams until his arms are freed up... I am the only one that can calm him when he cries too... SO cant for the life of him but once I get him in my arms *silence*

Quoting Chelsey Lee:" I am petridied to smother or roll over on him... i do wake every so often to check... but BOY he slept ... [snip!] ... I am the only one that can calm him when he cries too... SO cant for the life of him but once I get him in my arms *silence*"

Unless you are a very heavy sleepers you wont roll over on him. Your natural instincts will kick in.

Quoting Chelsey Lee:" I am petridied to smother or roll over on him... i do wake every so often to check... but BOY he slept ... [snip!] ... I am the only one that can calm him when he cries too... SO cant for the life of him but once I get him in my arms *silence*"

Sounds like you've got a co-sleeper on your hands. My babies loved to be swaddled that young and they were fine either co-sleeping or sleeping in their cribs. But not all babies are that secure straight out of the womb. Some take longer to adjust to this big, scary world they were just thrust into.

If you're not a super heavy sleeper, you won't roll over on him. Your instincts will kick in and you'll be careful to avoid him even in your sleep.

Quoting Chelsey Lee:" I am petridied to smother or roll over on him... i do wake every so often to check... but BOY he slept ... [snip!] ... I am the only one that can calm him when he cries too... SO cant for the life of him but once I get him in my arms *silence*"

With my 1st baby I didn't cosleep until he was over a month old. I was scared too. Then one night I was so tired that I decided to give it a try, and I slept so well. I was surprised at how connected I was to my baby. I would wake up just to him stirring or if he made any sound. I would research safe co sleeping methods and see if it is right for you and your baby.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Gir is a Slytherin:</b>" Sleep with him. He spent 9ish mos next to your heart, it'll take more than 2wks for him to get over ... [snip!] ... sids is virtually nonexistent and until the 90s sids was called crib death. So as long as your bed sharing safely its fine"</blockquote>




Very well said. They call the first 3 moths the" 4th trimester" for a reason..

Quoting Jennybananna:" Unless you are a very heavy sleepers you wont roll over on him. Your natural instincts will kick in."

  

I was asleep and caught my newb midfall once, I wouldnt have even known if my SO hadnt watched it happen

Just sleep with him. You'll be fine. My 8 month old still screams when we put him down, so he's been sleeping with me and hardly ever wakes up.

Co-sleep. I avoided it with my first for four months and it was the biggest mistake I've made with him.

I'm getting the vibe that you don't want to Co sleep and you shouldn't have to.. Just keep trying mama and good luck

Quoting Chelsey Lee:" DS is 2 weeks old and I can NOT lay him down he ALWAYS wakes up within 5 to 15 minutes... I am SO tired... ... [snip!] ... too... he ONLY sleeps well if he is on me in my arms or next to me... and yes he is breast fed... PLEASE mommies help me!!!"

My daughter was the exact same way. Thats how we ended up fully co sleeping because she would absolutely HATE sleeping in her crib and would refuse to sleep unless she was right next to me. She would also only fall asleep after breastfeeding in bed with me until she was full. Sometimes she would comfort BF for as long as she wanted throughout her sleep but I would have to stop her cause it was hurting my nipples. I don't want to scare you with what I'm about to say I really don't. But I wish I had tried harder then ever to get her to sleep in her crib or in a co-sleeper. We recently lost our daughter to SIDS last year on May 29th, 2012. She was fulltime breastfed, healthy, and we fully co-slept. Us co-sleeping didnt have anything to do with her passing (no blankets on her or pillows or anything, we have a firm bed), just that she had passed away due to SIDS.

But because she passed away in our bed I can't help but feel guilty everyday of my life... I would hate for anything to happen to you (emotionally) or you LO. The only ways we could get our LO to sleep was, I would have to change her diaper, breastfeed her until she slept and held her for a good hour until she went into a deep sleep and then transfer her into her crib very very quietly and slowly. This was the best way for us to do it, it didn't always work out but I wish we would have tried more just to save us the emotional heartbreak for co-sleeping.

I support co-sleeping 100% and loved it. I loved sleeping with my daughter so much! But now it just frightens me, I still support it!... it just scares me because I lost my daughter recently. I hope that your LO starts to transition well into sleeping without being directly in bed with you guys. Good luck mama you can do it!

Quoting Kairi's Mama!:" My daughter was the exact same way. Thats how we ended up fully co sleeping because she would absolutely ... [snip!] ... that your LO starts to transition well into sleeping without being directly in bed with you guys. Good luck mama you can do it!"

I'm so sorry for your loss. <3