should i persist putting her on down on her own or

[Anonymous]

Hi ya

i Have got 8 week old who since day one refuses to sleep on her own. Whenever I used to put her down, she owuld wake up within 10 or so minutes and either cry or be sick.
She is on Gavsicon and sickness has improved, though not gone.
SHe still wakes up each time i put her down, even in the daytime, whether it is a bouncy chair, swing or ar pillow.
i do not put her flat.
she sleeps on me ever since she was born, in a sling in a daytime and on my chest at night on the sofa.
i do not want to get her into bad sleeping habits but if i persist trying to put her donw, i end up doing it all night and never get any sleep at all.
i just don;t know how long can i let her sleep on me, when should i start trying again, whether she will ever sleep on her own.what is right and what is wrong?
is she wakes up troubled, does it mean she should have different medication?
she sleeps perfectly on me, why she is not troubled on me?
lots of questions.
thanks
anna

[Anonymous]

I say first and foremost, do what works! if you are exhausted and need sleep, then if her sleeping on you is working right now you do what you have to. when the reflux is under control and she is not in pain, then i would work on a different sleeping arrangement, but i found what everyone “said” i should do was out the window when i had a baby in pain…..

hopefully others will have more/better advice, but my suggestion is not to worry about what you should do and just do what works until the pain is under control…..

[Anonymous]

but when would the pain be under control? is it a certain age?
or maybe i should give her stronger medication to help her with the pain?

will she ever be without the pain?

[Anonymous]

I rocked my son to sleep for naps and bedtime until he was 16 months old! probably not what I should have done, but I did what worked until it didn’t work anymore.. Frustrating to have to do it, but it meant that he slept and therefore so did I. We didn’t really do sleep training at all… he was 16 months old and started “playing” when I would try to rock him for bedtime so I got fed up one night and just plopped him in his crib and walked out of the room. He NEVER cried, took him 2hrs to fall asleep, but he never once cried. So I felt like I “had” to keep with it. If he had cried or thrown up or anything then I wouldn’t have done it. We were much older obviously and i never even thought about having him put himself to sleep until I knew for sure he wasn’t in pain. You LO is so young still.. I think most babies can’t really even self soothe until they are 12 wks old or so. Hang in there.

[Anonymous]

thank you for your reply

[Anonymous]

8 weeks old is young. Do what works to get the child to sleep, then run and take a nap!

[hellbennt]

I posted to you about babywearing…
swaddle the baby, put baby in a sling (ring sling, pouch, asian style carrier called ‘Mei Tai,’ wrap, etc) and walk around the house, outside- when baby falls asleep continue to wear her or take off the carrier and put her down…she’s still swaddled…

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