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Still dealing with this at 6 1/2 weeks. My LO will now sleep on a mattress if she's touching one of us, though, so I set up a cosleeping mattress in her room (no blankets, etc) and have been spending nights in there. No advice, just commiseration -- I'm just hoping she grows out of it soon because I want to sleep in my own bed with my hubby!

@Emsmems: @AmandaB8: have you guys read happiest baby on the block? Swaddling, white noise, swinging, sucking, etc are what they recommend.

Also, noise helps. And I bought an Arms Reach co sleeper so I could put my hand on him while we both slept so I could trick him into thinking he was in bed with me. Good luck!

Do you have a rock'n'play or a swing? M really loved movement when she was a newborn. We were able to rock her in the rock'n'play until she calmed down and eventually fell asleep (I literally used to read on my kindle in the dark and rock her forever) and then we could sneak into bed without having to wake her by putting her down. I would think you could do the same thing with a swing (or even an infant carseat!). I know people are all about not creating bad habits but the first few weeks are so tough. We didn't worry about her being able to put herself to sleep without rocking until 10 or 12 weeks.

I hope things get better for you soon! The newborn stage is so hard and sleepless nights don't help

Congrats!!! As for advice, I would guess that he is either a little chilly or is it possible you are burping him a little less at night than during the day and maybe he has a little gas that's making him uncomfortable? My girl did this to us a few times in the early weeks and it was always a little gas making her uncomfortable on her back (I guess we were a little tired at night and shortcutting the burping session). We also raised the head side of her bassinet which helped. Don't know if that might help, but worth a shot!

DS is 9 weeks tomorrow and we've struggled with this too. The most foolproof way to get him to sleep on his own is to wait until he's deeply asleep and then put him down. We've also found that we can do drowsy but awake in the swing if he's in the right mindset. Still working on drowsy but awake in the crib though.

We had this problem. I did something similar to @heffalump. I would let him sleep in my arms until he was in a deeper sleep (usually 20 minutes in) and then ease him into the pnp. I also kept a blanket on the pnp until I put him in so the sheet wouldn't be cold. Then he would sleep for about 1-1 1/2 hours and we would do it all over again...