Am I setting myself up for sleep difficulty later?

jrosa1

My daughter is 4 weeks old. We have been swaddling her and putting her in her bassinet. Usually if we put her in when she's asleep, she'll stay asleep for 1-1.5 hours. The past 2 nights she will not sleep in her bassinet for longer than 10 minutes. She's sound asleep when we put her in but then she wakes up crying. Needless to say, I am beyond exhausted! Between 4 and 6am, I have been taking her in bed with me because she'll sleep for 3-4 hours that way. Am I setting myself up to have difficulty with her sleeping in her crib later on or is she still too young? Thank you!

jessib10

I personally think she's too young. I would suggest though that you keep trying to put her in her own bed. Have you considered trying to not swaddle her? Maybe she's over it. Or could be she was just fussing a little and would have calmed back down?

slwprincess

We are in the same boat- 4 weeks today. She suddenly started hating her bassinet last week. I've tried elevating the mattress, warming it first with a heating pad, and waiting until she's really asleep. She won't stay more than 5 minutes! I really hate doing it, but she sleeps great in the rock n play. I'd rather use that than co sleep so that's what we are doing right now. I remember my middle child went thru this too and we had to let her sleep in the swing in our room. Eventually, she got over it and went back to her bassinet/crib... I just can't remember how long it took or how I transitioned her.

jrosa1

I also thought it was too early! Thank you!

Flyingtoast

My LO would only sleep for 30 if we were lucky in her bassinet. But 2 hours if she could touch us. We researched and took all the precautions, so she could bed share with us. But mostly she slepts on my chest on her ka tan on the recliner. Some slightly uncomfortable sleep was better then no sleep in my mind.

Honestly, at first it's all about survival. If you do what you can to be safe, and still get some semblance if sleep go for it. 4 weeks is still too young to create bad habits.

Tikvahc

I agree it's too early to create bad habits,(even though I personally don't consider bed sharing a bad habit, I still bed share with my 3 year old) right now you're in survival mode so however you can get some sleep and as long as LO is safe then that's fine. My 3 week old has been sleeping in her rock n play right next to my side of the bed at night and sometimes for naps she just sleeps in the moby wrap...whatever works!