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In bed with me!

We had LO in a pack n' play in our room for the first 3ish months & that worked really well for us

for the first week she only slept while being snuggled, so she slept in my hubby's arms (so I could get some rest). Then for about 2 months she only slept in the swing. Now at 3.5 months she sleeps in the bassinet beside me in bed. In another couple months she'll be in the crib in the next room with her sister (in the room...not the crib obviously).

Don't stress it, they get more independent as they get older

With Lala, we had the same issue. She'd only sleep on my chest or in the crook of my arm. 2 years later, she still needs my arm under her! With Maisie we were very strict about putting her down in the pack n play. We would pick her up, soothe her and put her back... even if it took a bunch of times. She is now a very good sleeper and sleeps in the crib.

He prefers to sleep in his carseat. That's when he gets the most sleep. The doctor said its because it's upright and tight. We also found that he didn't like the lights off the first week and a half or so, we are guessing maybe because of the nursery lights being on at the hospital all the time? Thankfully we have dimming lights so we could get some sleep because he's sleeping in our room, in the pack n play, in his carseat.

how about one of those vibrating baby holders?

Our little one doesn't seem to like her bassinet yet either, even in a nice swaddle. We've been using the bassinet that came with her pack and play. It vibrates and is more contoured. We spent a few nights with it between DH's and my head but now just have the pnp beside our bed with her settled into that. She's sleeping like a champ in it

So far, (11 days in) she has yet to nap much during the day other than in someone's arms/snuggled against me on the couch. That's partly because there's been a lot of grandparent time At night she's sleeping in the nap nanny. We've found that's the only "baby gadget" that she will sleep decently in. Granted, it's only at night that she will sleep well there. During the day we only get about 30 minutes before she wakes up.

She slept in the "newborn napper" attachment on our Pack N Play. We pulled it right up against the bed, double swaddled her, and turned on the vibrating mode. The vibration was key to getting her to sleep. We also use a white noise Sleep Sheep when she goes to bed. Just last night we finally got her to sleep in the Pack N Play bassinet without the newborn napper.

@Mrsdaredevil: have you considered trying one of these? I know a few people who had issues with their babies sleeping flat on their backs and this seemed to help: http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Newborn-Rock-Sleeper-Yellow/dp/B002M77N22/ref=sr_1_5?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1337459548&sr=1-5

@regberadaisy: Charlotte stopped napping a lot during the day when she hit her 2 week growth spurt and then started sleeping a 5-6 hour stretch at 2 1/2 weeks. She still does nap a lot sometimes but mostly she might catch an hour in the morning and then 2-3 in the afternoon. I have found that she has started sleeping longer at night and goes down easier at bedtime when she doesn't nap a lot. She'll be 7 weeks on Tuesday,

LO slept in her crib, which is in our room, from the first day we got home. I considered a cosleepet but since her crib is in our room we nixed the idea. We didn't have many options for her so she didn't have a choice. Surprisingly she never had trouble sleeping in the crib. We had to keep her swaddled though, otherwise she was pissed! After the first few weeks of the sleepy newborn phase, I started having trouble getting her to nap so we had to bring in the swing. She didn't love it but it worked when she was super exhausted. Now she doesn't even use the swing since we try to encourage her to sleep in her crib. The Fisher Price projection mobile with Sleep Sheep rain noise is the magic combo for naps.

The first few weeks in her bassinet by our bed. When we switched to a smaller room because of ants we coslept. Around 7 weeks we started swaddling her and putting her in the crib in her room.