i agree with the other girls & don't think you're creating a bad habit. my DS isn't quite 5 months old & has gone through so many diff stages with regards to day sleeps. at some points he would only sleep in the pram, others would only sleep on me etc. at the moment he's going through an complete anti-day sleep phase!
I wouldn't worry about "bad habits" at this age either.
My DS1 was exactly like your bub, would only sleep if I held him and would scream if I put him in his cot and refused to sleep in his pram too. I ended up buying an Amby baby hammock and it saved our lives! He loved being all snugged up in it and I could bounce him off to sleep in it. If he woke up too soon, I could just go in and bounce him back off to sleep. It worked SO well, I didn't know what to do with all my spare time LOL!
I'm using the hammock for DD's day naps now, I'm so glad I hung onto it
naaah, if you go back through the threads you'll find heaps of similar ones.
From my own experience I've had 2 exactly the same. With DD I wish I'd not wasted so much time trying to get her to do what eeryone else said. I haven't with DS and while he's still a crap sleeper, I'm experiencing only a fraction of the stress I did with DD.
They're only little for a short amount of time.
I had this issue with DS1 - he wouldn't sleep longer than 30 mins in his bassinet without waking up. My mother suggested I try placing him on his tummy (as mothers were advised back then to prevent babies from choking on their vomit). I was quite apprehensive the first time I tried it with DS1 (what with all the SIDS info etc)- but I have not looked back since. That day was the start of sound sleeping habits for my DS1, and the start of getting my sanity back.
My second son has been exactly the same- even when swaddled, I believe babies just feel so exposed on their back - its just them and the big wide world - iykwim? They like to feel nuzzled up against something - (if not your chest), to feel secure.
Of course I make sure my baby's mattress is firm and that there is nothing in his bassinet that may obstruct his face. It also makes for a much easier transition from being in the sling. You may not feel comfortable trying it - but I had to share my 'secret'. I would be completely bonkers with 2 under 2 were it not for tummy sleeping!!
Jellybean mentioned tummy sleeping as her 'secret' to get her bubs to sleep - well of course it is your choice with your bubs but it does concern me to hear it recommended to others.
Just in case others reading this think it's a good thing to try, SIDS organisations say that stomach sleeping is the no. 1 risk factor in SIDS. So really I'd urge the OP to consider the recommendations of the other posters before thinking of tummy sleeping. Sids and Kids - Safe Sleeping
Sorry Jellybean I know you were just saying what worked for you.
If you think of it from your DD's POV, up until very recently she's gone from being held, rocked, snuggled 24 hours a day to what is a dramatic cut to that time. It's only natural there'll be a transition period where she wants to be soothed the way she's used to.
As the others have said, this will change in time. You certainly are not creating any 'bad habits' for her, any more than carrying her in your womb for 9 months would have created a bad habit. Give her time to adjust to this new way of doing things.
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