How to get baby to sleep on her own??

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My baby is 9 days old today and refuses to sleep on her own, even napping during the day. I think part of the issue is that she absolutely hates to be laying on her back. But even swaddled tight and set down in a deep sleep, she will wake within minutes and cry like crazy! She constantly wants to be on her mama. Which I love and all, I know I'll miss her newborn snuggles one day, but I'm having a hard time even finding time to myself to go pee and I'm starting to lose my mind not being able to do anything except hold her 😕
Any tips to get my little girl to sleep by herself?? I feel like I've been trying everything!

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A newborn is a trip isn't it. Never quite what a person expects is it lol
Your baby is trying to adjust to life outside the womb and she needs to be comforted. It's scary and overwhelming for her. She's going through the 4th trimester. Your baby’s fourth trimester starts from the moment she’s born and lasts until she is three months old. The term is used to describe a period of great change and development in your newborn, as she adjusts to her new world outside your womb.
It sounds different, it feels different it smells different etc.
You cannot leave a baby under the age of 6 months to cry. They lack the ability to soothe themselves before than, every child development expert agrees on this. 
Make adjustments to cope, my dh and I slept in shifts with one of us holding the baby so she could sleep. After a couple weeks I was able to nap at 5:30 pm when dh got home until 11pm. And than I took over. He would just bring her to me when she was ready to nurse. These times are temporary. The first couple of months are the hardest.

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Baby wear girl. It's normal for newborns to want to be on you all the time. Look up the fourth trimester!

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Babywear. When they are small it's easy to pee with them on you. I later on just took a bouncer seat in the bathroom and had the vibrate on and sounds, it helped. My son loved the swing with music, but most of the time I baby wore  him and I was able to cook, clean, shop etc. I suggest an infantino carrier or boba wrap, both are under $25.

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Babies that young often need to be touching you all the time. My son was the same way his first three months. It's harder than you'll ever imagine, but you'll get through this. At this age, and through about three months (or older with some babies) touching you isn't just a want, it is a true NEED just like she needs milk. During the day, ask your SO or other support person to watch you and the baby and try napping next to her. At night, try a swaddle when baby is in the crib. We always preferred Velcro swaddles. Keeps baby feeling nice and snug and comforted. I also recommend you read up on the "fourth trimester". My son fit this to a T. He didn't like or understand being on the outside for just about three months. So I needed to be there for him and hold him because that's what he needed.

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Like everyone else said, it's much to early to sleep train but you can work on baby's awake times and hopefully get baby more comfortable lying on his/her back . 
Lie baby on the bed with you or on their playmat and lie down next to them. Play with baby lying next to you so they get use to being on their back instead of only in your arms. Make them feel secure by being right next to them while they're awake on their back. Everyone says you can't spoil a newborn but i do believe you can form bad habits. There are ways of making baby feel secure without holding them 24 hours a day. 
I'm breastfeeding and would feed in the side lying position a lot in the beginning. As baby fell asleep (on their back, feeling my body against theirs), I would be able to pull away and do other things. Of course if she would wake and start crying, I would pick her up. As she got older, she learned that being on her back isn't scary (because she was use to it during playtime) so she could fall asleep on her back instead of in someone's arms as well. Good luck mamma 🤗

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My little girl wont sleep on her own in her crib or her halo bassinet. She only sleeps alone in her rock n play, because she hates laying on flat on her back and it has an incline.

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This is what we used

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Leechco podster. Saved us. Buy on Amazon.

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My baby loves the incline of a rock and play! I also wear him from time to time in a solly baby wrap which is so snuggly for him. He sleeps really well on his belly which I know is a no no, but I only do this during the day when I'm right next to him. Good luck! Having a newborn is super tough which makes us mommas super tough.

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Try the sleepyhead/dock a tot