So I know there is no way I’m the only one going through this ! Or who has gone through this

Since I have brought my baby home from the hospital, she hated to be swaddled. So I did what I always said I wouldn’t do and I put her in bed with me. She would either nap on me or in her swing.

One day she fell asleep, and I laid her down on her belly on her boppy pillow, and she literally napped for 2 hrs! Best thing ever. Or so I thought! It developed the worst habit! So me and my husband starting letting her nap like that bc well it was easy, we were right there watching her but could get things done around the house and also give our 3yo son some attention!

Well this turned into letting her nap in her crib on her tummy, watching her baby monitor like a hawk! But the long, consistent naps continued. She still slept on my chest at night, with me propped up. Sleeping 4 hrs stretches.

The problem is, me and my husband are fully aware of SIDS and would love to change these horrible habits. So here we are, she’s 12 wks, and we have created a belly sleeping baby whom HATES to sleep on her back.

For the past 4 days and nights I have tried swaddling her with a halo sack and laying her down on her back after being rocked to sleep. The longest stretch she has done is 30 mins.

I’ve tried not swaddling her, I’ve tried putting her down drowsy, I’ve tried making a “doc a tot” under her sheets with something the smells like me on there and literally NOTHING is working!

I’m at my wits end bc I am literally home by myself during the day and my poor 3yo is being ignored bc momma is in sisters room rocking her consistently. Baby girl, who literally has been the easiest happiest baby I’ve ever met up this point, is grumpy- cries 10x more than normal. I lay down our son at 730, so I’m usually laying her down at 745, and I literally rock her lay her down, she wakes 10 mins later and I do the same thing until 1030pm and I cave and just lay her on my chest.

I know the key is being consistent. But she literally HATES sleeping on her back. I’ve never seen her cry like this.

No she doesn’t have reflex, no colic, nothing.. she literally is the most perfect baby every- I have just created a horrible sleeping habit that I want to fix.

I have even thought to keep the routine the way it is bc she is almost 3m, rolling over is right around the corner, which in return it won’t matter if she falls asleep on her tummy 🤷🏼‍♀️

I’m here for literally ANY advice !

We have tried different swaddles such as the love to dream swaddle and halo.. tried not swaddling at all.. I’m so out of ideas except to let her CIO, but I think she’s too young for that and her swaddle is fleece and she will get too hot.

HELP😬