Transfer unsuccessful

Wait 10-15 then place slowly bottom first

Tap belly or stroke nose

Once baby was having longer sleep windows, I’d usually have to let her fall into a deep sleep with me - over 30 minutes before transferring her otherwise she would wake up as soon as I put her down xx

Same as Aimee if my Boy falls asleep on me I have to wait for him to be in a deep sleep before transferring him off me into his crib or he will wake up but wen I put him down I hold bk of head and bottom wen I place him down and a little shhhh is sometimes needed but once he in his crib that’s it he’s sleeping till his nxt feed

I got a rockit pram rocker and strapped it to the next2me cot. Don’t bother with the one designed to go inside the cot, that’s useless.

Another one, always put down feet first and then head it helps their startle reflex. I also will keep my hand on baby’s chest for a few shh shh shh, just so they feel like I’m still there before completely leaving them x

My little one usually goes down fine if she’s been sleeping for 20/30 minutes on me or my husband. But if she does wake up and realise she’s not in someone’s arms, I rub her belly and shush her and she drifts back off to sleep.

I've got one of those that don't go to sleep on their own no matter what I do. I do all of the above things people have said and most of the time he still wakes up and screams the house down. Now I found a safe position where I can sleep sat up with him in my arms. Not ideal but it's the only way I can get some sleep. I will still attempt to transfer him to his bed every time he wakes up so every night I will get 2 - 4 hrs lying in my bed but the rest is sleeping sat up or feeding him to sleep or rocking him to sleep. Exhausted is not the word...

@Nina omg this is me and my son

This is why I didn’t contact nap after 8 weeks. My mate had this issue and I knew I wasn’t going to go through it and I suggested this to her and within a few days it work. Could you not put a top or something with your scent on it in the cot so it makes baby think you’re still there?

I didn’t, we co-sleep and it’s been the best thing for both mine and his sleep.

I’ve never had an issue transferring and I believe it’s because I’ve always front slept him x

Mine never had this issue but we had to lower her cot and I genuinely can not gently lay her in there unless I join her 😂 so I am just putting her in bed and feeding her whilst she’s in there so shell fall asleep and then I don’t need to move her anymore

I totally understand how hard this can be. I cuddled my little girl to sleep for the first 4 months of her life, and she only contact naps on me during the day. At night I would have to hold her for 30 minutes before transferring and even then it wasn’t always successful and she would wake up several times a night and I would do it again. I started the pick up put down method last week. It was difficult for the first few days but I never left her to cry. She’s now falling asleep independently at bedtime. Throughout the night I still cuddle back to sleep but the number of wake ups have decreased because she’s able to soothe herself back to sleep sometimes