sleeping ???

TARAnj

my daughter refuses to sleep unless she is held at night. I feed her well, put her down in bassnet and she wakes up instantly screaming. Any ideas????

Miss.Modular

i have been putting a heating pad on low in our bassinet to warm it up.  i take it out and put him down.. it seems to help!

pivey

Do you swaddle?

You can try warming the bed with a heating pad before you put her down to make it nice and warm - like you.

EcoBaby

This is how my baby and I ended up co-sleeping. He only sleeps when someone holds him or if he feels cuddled. A swing has also worked. He sleeps with me every night now though and he sleeps really well.

shaykrista

Learning how to swaddle saved my life!!

MEJ2008

Ditto warmth.

Also maybe sleep with the bassinet sheets one night and then put it back in so the bassinet has your scent?

tiffyr0se

Do you have white noise?  Turned up pretty loud.  We use ocean waves, but you can also use static. 

For the first week or so, we swaddled and used a sleep positioner to help dc feel 'held'.  We put Cole's head below the pillow of the sleep positioner so he would feel something on all sides of him. 

We also have a vibrator on the crib that we turn on when we first lay him down.  It helps soothe him back to sleep if he stirs.  https://tinyurl.com/bszqt4

We no longer swaddle or use the positioner, but still use the vibrate and white noise.