10 week old only sleeps in 20 minute stretches at night
FTM here to a beautiful baby girl! I love motherhood but without a doubt the hardest part has been getting her to fall (and stay) asleep.
Naps don’t bother me as much - they are all contact naps right now, but I would kill for even 2 hour stretches at night.
We swaddle her with love to dream, ensure she has a clean diaper, have white noise on, put her down feet/bottom first, wait to put her down until 20 min after she falls asleep, apply pressure to her chest for 1-2 min after putting her down, and we’ve tried putting my scent in bassinet & using a heating pad.
She sleeps great on our chests and will easily last 3 hours, if not longer. But that makes me very anxious and isn’t sustainable.
My pediatrician says to let her CIO in bassinet for 5-7 min and then gradually increase as time passes, but she seems so young for that approach. I should also mention she’s EBF and only 2nd percentile for weight, but on track with her own personal growth chart.
She seems to kick her legs up a lot when she sleeps which wakes her, but only after seemingly being in a deep sleep for the first 10 minutes of laying in the bassinet.
Has anyone had this experience and can share what worked and/or when it got better?