newborn only sleeping on chest at night

[Baby2sky]

Through the day he sleeps fine in his basket, settles himself off to.sleep etc. But night time is a different story. He will not settle anywhere except my husbands chest. We have tried everything - raising mattress, items of clothes, feeding upright, burping throughout feed, swaddling, white noise, dummy, folded up towels at the side, warming basket... He wont settle on me, he wont sleep anywhere but pauls chest. Last night we left him on pauls chest over an hour to make.sure he was in a deep.sleep then.as soon.as we put him back.in.the basket he was awake screaming.

What else can.we do? Im really not comfortable with this. I researched safe co.sleeping but even being in bed with us isnt good enough, he needs to be on his chest

 

[lisastevo]

This will be controversial but if he's sleeping well on his front on his Dad's chest, have you tried him on his front in his basket? Goes against the SIDS advice but you could get a sensor alarm for under the mattress to give you piece of mind. A lot of babies just find it more comfortable on their front, especially at night for some reason.x

 

[MrsS143]

Maybe hes a front sleeper?

 

[JD.Deedee]

This will be controversial but if he's sleeping well on his front on his Dad's chest, have you tried him on his front in his basket? Goes against the SIDS advice but you could get a sensor alarm for under the mattress to give you piece of mind. A lot of babies just find it more comfortable on their front, especially at night for some reason.x

Never rely on an Angel care monitor, it goes off about 30 secs after it doesn't pick up movement. It monitors movement not heartbeats or breathing!!!
Great devices but it's not a sids preventer and this is highlighted in the manual.

My son is a tummy sleeper and did this although he'd sleep on my chest too. Perhaps a shirt of daddy's and swap so he can go on your chest too and take turns sleeping (we did this but didn't needed the shirt) and I've coslept with him in my arms the first months although this didn't do my neck any good so side swapping is required with this one.. By the time he'd reached 8 months he got a pillow and he's been sleeping better since. Bed sharing can be done safely but it's best with mom opposed to dad as moms have the instinct to wake up. I used to wake up when my LO started mooching off in the bed or any general movement. I've only started sleeping better since he gone in his own bed and sleeping through since he started sleeping through recently!

 

[Goat]

Hi Hun, my second was an awful awful awful sleeper and we co-slept for the first 7 months. Like your little boy, she initially wouldn't even want to lie in the bed so I would have to put her in the nook of my arm with the back of the neck resting on my elbow. This would almost unblock all her little passage ways and she seemed to settle instantly like that. I would keep her like that and just turn myself towards her. I would have a pillow behind me supporting me too so I wasn't uncomfortable. I would sleep ok like that as well. After an hour or so I would slip my arm out and more often than not she'd stay asleep. That may help you all get some rest and tide you over to when all the newborn discomforts stop.

Sorry if you've already tried this though!x

 

[WTT_june 2014]

Hi my little one went through a phase of this, hopefully it's just a phase for you too. I read that babies have much shorter sleep cycles and enter deep sleep after 20 mins and then after 60mins go to lighter sleep, so maybe try actually putting him down sooner than 1 hour.

Good luck xx

 

[tootie]

Hello

Dd slept on our chests for the first 6 weeks, as did my cousins DD. I think it's just a comfort thing and they will grow out if it. DD was the same, slept in the moses basket in the day but night would not settle unless on us, mainly DH because I think she 'felt' I was stressing about it and DH is much more laid back and comfortable lol. It'll settle down and little one will go off to sleep in their basket at night eventually. The important thing is that it's common and nothing at all to worry about. SIDS is very rare, and you won't sleep properly anyway because you are so aware of him. This is being a mummy I'm afraid. DD is 2.5 and she only has to cough and I'm awake now!

Xx

 

[Baby2sky]

Thank you all! Very helpful and reassuring xx

 

[Kiagirl]

Lucie liked to sleep like that too. We popped a hot wTer bottle in her cot then she would feelni e and warm when she got in. Have a check about sleep lengths, I'm sure newborns sleep in 20 min cycles so after 60 mins could have been in a waking phase. I read all about it whenL was newborn but can't quite remember now but it opened my eyes x