Our beautiful 5 week old son sleeps about six hours through the night but during the day just naps between feeds & he does that on me. If I put him down in his bassinett he wakes and cries.

I can't leave him to cry, it breaks my heart to hear him upset. I pick him up, cuddle him to settle him and wait until his breath is calm, put him back in the bassinett, rock him or pat him (whatever I think he needs...sometimes I just put my hand on his chest & stand there with him), as soon as I move away he cries or cries within five minutes.

After a few times of trying to settle I am to upset to continue and cuddle him until he is asleep but often by the time this happens he is ready to feed again so he doesn't get to sleep & the cycle begins over again.

He doesn't always stop crying when I pick him up & when he cries a lot in a day I end up in tears too. I just feel like I am not taking good care of him and he is unhappy. If someone else takes him (like Daddy when he comes home or a friend if they come to visit) he stops crying.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get him to sleep and reduce the tears?

During the day I wrap him to sleep but overnight he sleeps in a sleeping bag.