How should baby sleep?

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Hi all! I know that the safety recommendations for newborn is to sleep on their cribs by themselves without anything in there. But my baby wakes up the moment I put him in the bassinet Laying on his back & sleeps quite good if I put him on his tummy or if he is with me in bed (I.e: fell asleep after side-nursing & me too so I didn’t move him back). What would you do? Did this happen to you & the baby learned to sleep on their backs? I’d love to hear your opinions.

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My first was a belly sleeper, he would wake up as soon as I laid him down on his back. I didn’t put him on his belly till he could hold up his own head and move it side to side!; he is now 6 and is still a belly sleeper.
My second was a swaddled back sleeper she hated her belly. When it came too tummy time she would cry til I turned her on her back; she was fine when she started to crawl with being on her belly. She is 3.5 and still sleeps on her back I rarely find her on her belly.
My third and current is a swaddled back baby as well, he hates being on his belly and will cry during tummy time till I turn him on his back. He is 6.4 weeks!
I feel you need to do what you feel helps you sleep, as much as people hate hearing it I know I did but SIDS will happen no matter how the baby is sleeping just laying them on their back helps lessen the chances but they also said that about them being on their tummies or side. You need sleep, you cannot be a good mom if you are walking around like a zombie. Having less sleeps makes your mood change, you’re less happy with less sleep and it’s not fair to you or baby. 
The pictures down below is them sleeping right now lol

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With my first I put her in the bassist every night. By 3 months I was so tired of getting up the breastfeed I started just sleeping with her. She’s now two and still sleeps with us. Our clones baby who is 7 weeks old now, sleeps on the other side of me away from his sister. This is just the easiest way for us. We sleep with covers and pillows but we are very aware of the baby and his position. Every other country in the world cosleeps. For some reason we don’t. I think 
SIDS increased in this country due to a huge shift in parents starting to formula Feed around WW2. There is nothing wrong with formula feeding but back then the water wasn’t very clean and parents would put extra water in to make the formula last. There is research to back this theory up, just look for it. Anyway we couldn’t explain why the increase in SIDs and tried to blame co sleeping. Co sleeping is the
 Most natural way of sleeping and as long as you’re not drinking or on drugs it should be okay. Now this is only my experience. This does not have to be your experience. Just sharing.

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My baby is only 4 weeks old so my experience is limited, but this sounds exactly like what happened in the first couple weeks. She wouldn't sleep on her back at all, even swaddled. She would only sleep on me, and we even considered bed sharing and tried it a couple nights removing all blankets and sleeping in sweats, with her nursing while I was on my side. It felt so natural for her to fall asleep on my chest and while I loved it, I would usually fall asleep too and woke up so worried. Anyways, we found bed sharing too stressful (and too uncomfortable for me -- we removed our plush topper to be safe and sleeping on my side all night on such a firm mattress... ouch), so we committed to teaching her to sleep on her back, and once we made that intention, it's like she understood that's what needed to happen and she began to sleep longer and longer stretches swaddled and on her back in her crib, which we have side-car'd to our bed like a co-sleeper, so she's still physically close to me to easily nurse at night. During the day when she's napping, I swaddle her and put her on her back, too, so she gets used to it. We just introduced a pacifier, and now she's sleeping stretches of 4 hours at night, which means that I get 3-4 hour stretches 🙌 I think it just takes time. They were in this watery, warm environment for 9 months, and suddenly have to deal with breathing and gravity and different noises and smells, no wonder they want to be close to us and hear our hearts beating. I want that, too. But I also need peaceful sleep, and I want her to be able to sleep without me, too. I think you just have to do what's best for you and your family :) Good luck, I'm sure you're doing amazing, even if it feels hard right now 💕💕

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My kids sleep with me in bed. I wish they wouldn’t but it’s the only way I can get enough sleep that I’m a good parent in the daytime lmao

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Listen, you have to do what works for you and your baby.
My first would absolutely not sleep on his back. He hated being swaddled and put down in his bassinet. Turns out he had severe reflux and would sleep best on his side or tummy. I felt if that’s how he was comfortable I was more at ease with him in bed with us instead of sleeping that way unattended. It worked well for us. 
This baby is a better about being put down but she also has mild reflux and likes to be on her side and tummy. We moved her into bed with us and it’s working out the same way it did with our son.
There are recommendations out there about safe bedsharing. As long as you follow those guidelines it should be okay.

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If you haven’t tried swaddling your LO when they’re on their back, try that. We forgot to do that a few days in a row and we were baffled why he wouldn’t sleep. It’s supposed to help them not only feel comforted and safe, but also to help prevent their startle reflex from waking them up

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All 3 of mine are tummy sleepers (so am i). I tried with all of them to get them to sleep on their backs, swaddled them and all but they would just cry or wake up soon after I layed them down. Once they could lift and move their heads I layed them on their stomachs to see if that helped. All 3 have slept better once I did that. My newest one was just crying laying in her bouncer so I took her out and put her on her stomach on the play mat and she calmed down right away. I would have never thought to try if my mom (had 8 kids) didnt tell me to try when I called her crying and exhausted with my 1st.

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Look up Safe Sleep 7. Regardless of if you plan to cosleep/bedshare, statistics show most people end up doing so even if by accident from sheer tiredness. It’s best to know how to do so safely. Statistics also show most all incidents of suffocation have to do with NOT following safer sleep practices.

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Mine sleeps on her side. Definitely wouldn't do tummy.

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