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My LO is two weeks old and lately she only stays asleep when she’s in someone’s arms. Right when we lay her down she wakes up and starts crying but right when we pick her up she goes back to sleep. Is there anything we can do to try and keep her asleep when we lay her down?

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Do you wrap her before you try putting her down to sleep?

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Mine does this too. Unless i swaddle him in a sleep sack. Zip the zipper and put his arms in. If his arms are remotely out when i put him down he will wake up. The sleep sack will allow him to wiggle free if he wants his arms out to self soothe. But his arms need to be in when i put him down.  Otherwise he startles and wakes up. I also bought the snuggle me organic infant lounger for daytime. So i can put him to sleep without a swaddle.. well see how it goes. Havent recieved it yet. I did notice he doesnt like the hard surface of his bassinet mattress... likes my arms or my bed or pillow more. So i thought the lounger might help. Its supposed to mimic a "hug"

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My LO is a pretty good sleeper, we must have gotten lucky. Here is what I do though: we swaddle most of the time but we've been practicing a few naps during the daytime without a swaddle. When I first lay him down I'll bend way over the bassinet so he is against my chest as long as possible and gently lay him down (best if he is already sleepy after eating or being rocked, my guy likes when I pace and gently bounce or sway him) and then I will lay my hand lightly on his chest for a minute or until he settles (1 to 2 minutes max) so it feels like the pressure of being against my chest and our basinet rocks, so I'll gently sway him at the same time.  I'll also put whatever I'm going to swaddle him in on me or under my sheets so it will smell like me. Though honestly who knows if any of that actually does anything or he is just a good sleeper but it seems to work for us. I hope things get better!

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Ya our 2 week old is the same. She pretty much only sleeps on her own when she’s swaddled. If not, she starts wiggling around and wakes herself up crying. We’re trying to ween her off of always having to sleep on our chests and sleep more swaddled in her bassinet. It’s tricky when it’s like 2 or 3 am trying to swaddle her and we’re exhausted lol. Sometimes we’ll give in and let her sleep on our chests for our peace of mind haha!

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Make sure the room is really really really dark, do the hand test, if you see your hand then it’s not dark enough! Watch taking cara babeis videos. This totally helped me

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My Little One just turned 1 month today and she does the samething ctfu 🤦🏾‍♀️

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My three week old is doing the same thing 😭

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