6 week old baby will not sleep in cot?

Question

will fall asleep on us but when she goes in cot wakes up what can we do to help her stay in cot

Answer 1

I used to keep a heating pad under the mattress of the bassinett and then I would have a shirt that I had worn in there and lay her on that. It smelled like me and it was warm from the heating pad. Once she settled in (about 10 minutes) I would turn off the heating pad! Hope this helps!

Answer 2

I think that a moses basket is better at this age, you can have the baby near you in the evening and then carry her up to bed with you later on without waking her. Babies need to feel all snug and secure, a cot probably feels really vast to your little girl!

Answer 3

have you tried wrapping her up nice and snug in a blanket befor she falls asleep in your arms then that way when she goes down she'll still feel nice and secure, i've got 3 kids and it worked on them all it was a tip from my nanna or if she sleep in a moses basket i've even put the basket in the cot with baby in it so they fell fimilar but get used to there new surrondings of the cot bars

Answer 4

Don't rush getting your baby girl in a cot, enjoy theses first months cuddling her.

I used to let my daughter sleep in her mosses basket but i'd put it in the cot and make sure her blankets had my scent on them.

When you daughter is ready, Introduce her gradually to the cot by putting her in it while you clean up and let her play with her toys inside it.

Babies dont like open spaces, it makes them feel insecure.

Answer 5

hey its a funny advice but try doing this i did that with my daughter and it worked, usually the cots are too big for such small babies so i took one of my shawls and tied it from one end of the cot to another which kind of made a hammock out of that shawl but make sure that the hammock is inside the cot then attach a string to it i mean just sew that to a shawl, next time put the baby all swaddled up in the shawl and gently rock her you'll see wonders, make sure whenever she gets up in the middle of the night don't lift her rather rock from your bed only and if need arise that you need to get up to lift the baby ask her father to do it, as babies expect mother to lift them and then snuggle them they do not expect this from their dads, my baby was colicky and she adjusted so quickly to that once she grew a little old we removed the hammock thing and she got used to her cot.

Answer 6

Is the cot huge for her? Try swaddling and maybe use a moses basket. Babies like to feel snug!

Answer 7

maybe your baby feels that the cot is to big as my baby did, wen i got a moses basket she went stright to sleep. sometimes even though it sounds horried you have to leave them let them cry for abit about 5 mins. go back stop baby crying and keep putting baby back in cot. its a lot of going bak and forward but it does work

Answer 8

My son Adam was like that from birth. What I did was take a small blanket and twist it until it forms a rope type shape,(like you do when you take a towel and twist it to pop someone in the butt with!) then form a horseshoe and place a blanket over the hole (make this to where the baby's rump sits nicely in the hole in the middle...) make sure you've swaddled him/her and place them on the horseshoe-head up at the highest spot...THis gives them the slanted angle and helps some still feel like they are being held..he still kinda sleeps like this...he's going to be 6 in April.

Answer 9

You will probably find that she feels a little lost in such a big space! Make sure her head is touching something and that you perhaps roll up some blankets and place them close to her, so when she does move she feels something. Babies this small feel more secure in a snug space! I used to put mine in a moses basket, in her cot! Remember she is used to be all crammed up inside your tummy,and this sudden huge empty space leaves her feeling insecure. She will settle soon enough, but I think its important you make her feel cosy! Especially against her head!

Answer 10

Wrap her snugly and put her down still wrapped so she doesn't feel the transition from your arms so much. Also, she may well change over the next few weeks, many settle from around 2-3 months so six weeks is a bit young. It's the natural thing for babies to want to be next to their mothers.