My daughter's baby is 5 weeks old. Sleeps in her bassinet all day.?

Very common problem she has her days and nights confused. My daughter did this and it took a long time to correct. The mommy has to try to entertain baby and keep her awake so she sleeps at night!

Well from personal experience (i co-slept and nursed my baby to sleep for the first 10 weeks) I know I'm going to get a thumbs down for this but it has worked for me and my darling daughter is now over 6 months old and healthy. HAve you tried putting her on her tummy to sleep? I know its scary and everything says don't do it. I had a midwife how told me that its not recommended but told me to give it a try. So i started it during the day, nursing her to sleep on the couch then I would transfer her to her crib (I skipped the bassinet because i didn't want her to have to get use to yet another sleep transition) on her belly. The first few naps she slept for 2 hours. Then I started doing it at night. She cried a bit the first few times. Maybe about 10-15 minutes then shed fall asleep for 30 minutes cry again for 10 minutes then she slept for 8 hours straight. Part of the reason they tell you not to put your baby on their belly is because it can help them fall into a deep sleep. If your baby has good-excellent head control then I see no harm in trying this. AND if you try it during the day first you can keep a close eye on her while she's sleeping. Good Luck I know how hard it is. It will work out one way or another my girl sleeps for 10 hours straight at night now on her belly the whole time.

Its quite possible the lil one has her days and nights mixed up. MY youngest daughter did the same thing and only slept in my arms the first five months of her life. She was also a very colicky baby. All you can do is try. Tell your daughter to sleep any way she can. if it means sleeping iwth the baby for now , do it. I slept i na recliner the first five months with my daughter. She will get her time schedule on track. Try to keep the baby awake as much as possible during the day and then make a routine at night. They are never to young for routine. weather it be a bath, and then a story, and then a bottle or a nursing session, the baby will start to equate these things with bed time and will slowly start to regulate. GOOD LUCK!

Baby will not go to college in a bassinet, she will eventually go to sleep in a crib. But what is important to do is get her days/nights worked out. Mom has to try to keep her up during the day. At night, keep the lights very low. If Mom wants the tv on, let that be the only light and keep volume low. Don't play with baby at night. It's hard if she is crying, but it only take like 3 days, I swear. Make nighttime boring and daytime fun.

All babies are different, and this child seems a lot like my middle son. He was the most difficult of all my children. Is there some sort of upset in the home the child is living with? Perhaps you don't know if there is. But if there is in example of abuse, or other distressing thing the mom is dealing with. The baby will pick up on it. Other then that I am not sure. I am just sharing experience.

If this is a factor though I suggest the removal of the problem as soon as possible.

It sounds like she has made her own little schedule. My little one did this for 2 or 3 weeks after he was born. It's hard, but she'll have to do everything she can to keep the little one up a lot longer during the day, which will slowly change the baby's schedule to be tired at night. And you can try to lay the baby in different things. I know there are hammock beds and other new items that have come out to soothe baby to sleep. Has she tried swaddling the baby to sleep at night?

Good luck, I remember feeling like this phase would never pass - but it will!

eh, sleeping in the bassinet all day is not good. Try moving her to a bouncy seat and entertaining your baby there.

Be active with the baby by holding her/him, reading books gentle bouncing or rocking and so forth. I know at that age there isn't a whole lot you can do but try to keep the baby stimulated with new sights and sounds.

As far as sleeping, dont worry about that, it all works out.

My baby slept in the same room with wifey and I till she was about 6 mos. (not in the same bed, just same room)

You have to do whatever makes your baby comfortable or deal with a constantly unhappy child.

By five weeks the baby should be sleeping. If she is alright while holding her and screams when you put her down it could just be that she's not used to being put down... Was she passed around like a football her whole five week existence? If she wasn't and you've ruled out that as the problem, it may be gas... try burping the baby all day, even when not eating... or hold her on your arm on her stomach and gently pat her back... that usually helps with the stomach aches.

She has her days and nights mixed up. Both my kids did the same thing. She needs to keep her awake ALL day and put her to bed at night. Another thing that helps them keep it straigh is during the day, bring her outside into the sunlight as much as possible, or if she'd inside, keep lots of lights on. At night keep her room TOTALLY dark. It'll teach her that darktime is sleep time and light timeis awake time. Once she gets that right (might take about a week or two), even for naps keep her room as dark as possible. Once again... dark = sleep. Hope this was informative and helpful.

the baby could have acid reflux. maybe an ear infection. has the baby been seen by a dr at all. is she hungry? are the blankets soft enough maybe she has some sensory issues. watch her the next few months see if she gets better. watch to see if she has eye contact and see how she reacts to being held and touched. i say this cause autism is on the rise. i know know one likes to hear that word and its hard to hear but the sooner she notices signs and watches for the red flags she can get her help.i say this cause my son has autism . i want to help those that i can get the help earlier than i got it.