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Sleeping on chest

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Moms with LOs that would only sleep on mom or dads chest... How long did you have to do this? Our almost 4week old has been so inconsistent when it comes to sleep. When we first came home, SO and I took turns letting her sleep on our chest. Then we were able to get her to sleep a couple of hours in the rnp. Now the last few nights, she's back to only wanting to sleep on our chests. If we put her in the rnp, she's up minutes later and she's been swaddled. Now that DH has gone back to work, I'm mostly the one getting up with her and I'm not getting much sleep at all!! It's really tough. I'm worried we won't be able to transition her back to the rnp or even the crib at some point. Any advice??
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    horsevaulterhorsevaulter member
    My LO is a chest sleeper at night and really good about sleeping during the day. The past week though it seems like she will not sleep at all unless its on me. She is 5 weeks now. Sorry I guess I dont have good advice, hopefully someone else will :) I hav
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    laujam31laujam31 member
    So my LO has the same issue and call me a horrible mom, but I let him sleep on his stomach.  I have nothing else in the crib (except a small blanket, that I tuck in so it can't move with him.  We have been doing tummy time from day 3 and he
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    doozer1345doozer1345 member
    We did this at first until we found what she liked to sleep in. My LO likes to sleep in her swing. We also (I know it's bad) let her sleep in the bed some nights next to me facing me while on an incline on a body pillow. We put the swing next to my side o
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    MommymorticiaMommymorticia member

    :( Having the same problem. First week and a half he would sleep anywhere but now it has been a whole week of us giving up and taking shifts at night with him on our chests. Except now SO is back to work, I'm so tired. I keep trying to lay him down, I

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    jaime52005jaime52005 member
    Oh I'm so glad I'm not the only one..she slept in her rnp for 2 weeks but the past few days only wants to be on my chest..I'm so tired I am never comfortable.. does it get better?
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    VPGIRL06VPGIRL06 member
    This is around the time my LO decided it was the sling, me or no naps.  I think they use become more aware of their surroundings and realize if they are uncomfortable or not. She sleeps decent in the crib at night but she is very restless a lot of th
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    Kearney1022Kearney1022 member

    DS is now 3 weeks and two days and sleeps just about anywhere - he goes through parts of the day where he just wants to be held though.  The first week and a half it seemed like he only slept on hubby's chest.  He did do well with the swing -

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    lkm2006lkm2006 member
    With my first, I did it for about 4 lonnnngg months.

    This one loves to sleep on my chest during the day [which I don't mind] but he sleeps on his tummy at night which works for us. He sleeps 7 to 8 hour stretches, waking up only once.

     

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