Have you tried swaddling him? Babies that age seem to like close spaces
and being bound. Think about it, he's just spent a lot of time in a
confined space - being in an open space (and a bassinet is still pretty
big for him) must be scary.
When DD was a newborn, we put the bassinet right next to our bed (on a
trunk so she was pretty level with us) and (this may sound weird) slept
with one hand on DD. She liked the touch and I felt reassured that she
was still breathing :) I, like your husband, was afraid of smothering
her.
After she outgrew the bassinet, we put her in a crib with one side off
and pushed next to the bed. At around 6 months, we put the other side
on the crib but still kept the crib in our room. Then after a few
weeks, we moved the crib to her own room.
Jeanne
Lizajane wrote:
> Gabriel Day Evans was born to us on May 16th. He is wonderful - of
> course I think he is the most beautiful child ever born. I can tell he
> will have a sweet disposition, he smiles to himself all the time and
> though I know they are not "social smiles" I think it means something.
> The only problem is he WILL NOT sleep by himself, even if we are in
> the room. We have two bassinets, one for our bedroom and one for the
> den. Even if he is sound asleep, if I try to put him into one of his
> beds, he almost immediately wakes up and wails until someone comes to
> get him. This is after he has been fed, changed, burped, etc. I don't
> feel right just letting him cry, but I tried to yesterday and he went
> on for 5 minutes. I don't believe in "crying it out," and even if I
> did, his crying for a long period of time causes a physical response
> in my body that is uncomfortable! He sleeps well in a "family bed"
> situation, which suits me fine, but my husband is afraid that one of
> us will smother him, or that we will never be able to make the
> transition in to his crib in his own room. Also, we just need some
> time to cuddle and kiss and generally be together and it's hard to do
> if a baby is crying! I expected some of this, and don't expect to have
> much uninterupted sleep, but jeez, 15 minutes would be nice. What does
> everyone else do?
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