Sleep Help - 1 month old

babies can be hard work can't they! Mine was the same, all I can suggest is a moby wrap - ds slept in the moby on me every day from 6 weeks - 4 months when he started sleeping in the cot. God only knows why - I'd just try the cot every day where he'd have 20 minutes or so a few times in the morning, and then would put him in the moby every afternoon and he'd have a decent sleep in there.

my babe is older now, but this is what i do...

She is on her side in a wedge, with a dummy with a muslin threaded through it so I can tuck it in her blanket and it stays put til she spits it out once asleep
At first I hold the dummy in, and with that same hand put weight on her upper body to stop her turning over and making a fuss, its not forceful unless she is overtired and grouchy, and she holds my hand while I rest it there, then I tap her bum with my free hand, once she settles or closes her eyes I slow it down, until she sighs (her sign to sleep) then I take it all away and she goes to sleep
I resettle her the same way if she wakes too soon, if i know she hasnt got wind
It took about a week for this to work 95% of the time, before that I couldnt even put her down without screaming
Now more often than not she just closes her eyes once I put her down or put her dummy in
I couldnt do the CIO either, but I agree with bizzy to put him down awake and calm him in his cot
Someone said to me (or maybe i read it) how would you like it if you woke up in the bath - it needs to become familiar to him
Once he has caught up on some sleep it will probably become easier too, once he isnt exhausted

Edited by Raspberryjam

I know exactly what you are going through, our daughter is 12 weeks old and still we cant get her to sleep during the day. We get a reasonable sleep at night but we are all tired and cranky by evening. She will sleep in the buggy for a while if we go for a walk, or the car seat, or front wrap, but I dont want to have to always put her to sleep, it would be nice if she could self settle at some point. Even if we get her to sleep by rocking, cuddling, carrying or feeding, if we put her down she will wake up after 5-10 minutes. I really dont want to let her cry it out but I am approaching the end of my tether.

Up until he was 3 months old Riley would only sleep during the day if someone was holding him. I imagine that might not have worked if there had been a toddler around though. He cried a lot during the day. We did have around a month during this time when he would nap with me in bed from about 3.30 - 6.30pm which was a real godsend for me. Once again, possibly not that practical with a toddler.