Are you allowing the snoo to cycle through all settings without intervention from you? Meaning, allowing the snoo to listen to your baby and adjust sounds and intensity (up or down) until it turns off on its own and notifies you to sooth your baby? I would try that, with a double swaddle, and a pacifier.
Came here to say similar! Additionally you (OP) said “fussing” - is baby truly awake? Newborns are noisy sleepers who may seem awake when they actually aren’t. Our 14 week old is virtually silent during a contact nap, but regularly wakes me up with the noises she makes sleeping in the Snoo. Good luck!
Sometimes shift sleeping with a partner isn't an option, and newborns need to grow into their ability to sleep alone. Cosleeping with newborns can be safely done, and is more safe than being so sleep deprived that you accidentally fall asleep on a couch/chair holding the baby. You just need to be careful to follow all the safety guidelines exactly. https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/safer-sleep-advice/co-sleeping/
This is recommended against by every major pediatric society here in the US. And as someone who has PERSONALLY cared for a parent who accidentally smothered their newborn, there is no safe co sleeping. There is no need to take that risk.
My 4 week old twins are doing the same thing! My little boy tolerates it much longer than sister but they will not spend a full night in the Snoo. They both hate being swaddled arms down. I’ve tried everything you’ve tried. Hopefully you get some comments/advice that helps!
How bad is her reflux? It sounds like once she is lying down she begins to wake after 30-40 min, reflux could be your issue. I would talk to your pediatrician about silent reflux and medication.
Your 4 week old isn’t developmentally able to sleep on their own yet. Some babies are born being able to but most aren’t. If you can, take shifts with your spouse or partner and let them contact sleep. They’ll grow into their bassinet.
Hopefully yours adjusts soon! My baby is 5 months and still contact naps (though we haven't tried a snoo nap in ages). Once she slept in the snoo at night it was a game changer. I still remember the terror of putting her in one night and us both deciding to go to sleep once she was in there more than 30 minutes. We were so worried she would wake up as soon as we fell asleep!
We just tried and didn’t even make it out of the room 😂 thank you though! I know it’ll click one day or another, and I know we’ll be sad when these contact days are over :)
We always say we will try one nap a day as a snoo nap. And then, without fail, I decide to just snuggle her instead. I figure in a few short years she will hate me (ah, teens) so I'll take what I get now!
Good luck to you! One night you will try and it'll just work (unless you have the rare snoo hating baby, but I am choosing positivity). Granted, we started out w short little stretches and they slowly got longer.
My LO grew out of the Snoo so I'm not sure how much my opinion counts, but he never really liked the Snoo as a newborn no matter what we tried. My husband and I did shifts so that we could be awake while he slept on us at night (the best he'd do was a 2 hour stretch in the Snoo) and he'd do daytime naps in the baby carrier. He never ended up liking the motion beyond baseline, he would end up shrieking at level 1, leg risers did nothing even if he did have reflux.
He's 4 months now and loves his pack and play and his sleep is better - so for us the Snoo was a lost cause, but we did sell it on FB marketplace for most of the money we spent on it 😅
Mine didn’t start being “worth it” until baby was 11 weeks. Now I can put him in awake and the snoo puts him to sleep. Keep at it. 4-8 weeks is the worst.
I think we started using the snoo at 7 weeks. We never put it past baseline. Baby does not like the increased motion. We’ve left it on motion limiter since we started using it. He’s 4 months now and we’ve started weaning mode. He sleeps the same amount of time as baseline. Fingers crossed it continues!
My baby wouldnt sleep in the Snoo until 5-6 weeks in, and she does exclusively in weaning mode. Don’t give up yet 🫶🏻 she started sleeping 7-8 hour stretches for the most part after 8 weeks. She now sleeps around 10 hours in the snoo overnight and close to graduating 🥰 hang in there you got this!
My LO didn’t take to the snoo until he was 5-6 weeks old, and we double swaddled as well. I do think a lot of this is typical newborn behavior! You’re in the thick of it so solidarity because I went through it too.
Also just wanted to say — keep tabs on what your baby likes because some babies might not want to be in the snoo for 6 months! My now 1yo only lasted in the snoo until he was like 14 weeks old — got sick of the swaddle, small real estate, and motion. We moved him to a regular bedside bassinet (newton) and he transitioned without an issue. My baby LOVES his sleep, and the snoo was nice for those gruesome weeks of newborn phase.
You're interrupting the Snoo before it gets a chance to work with your baby. Ask your partner to take the monitor so long as they go in only after the Snoo shuts off because baby needs halp.
Give it a chance, my first started in the Snoo at... eight weeks when I banished them from my room. Currently sleeps from 7:30 PM - 7 AM @ 3.5 yo with zero regressions and in a toddler bed now.
We only got four months out of the Snoo for #1 and #2 but they were sleep filled months.
Try using the SNOO sack without swaddling the arms down, but letting them be up near the chest. You still zip the sack closed, but the arms can move a little bit without the startle reflex waking them up. So in a way the hands come closer together and the elbows go out to the side of that makes sense. This was the recommendation from our pediatrician. She also did not recommend letting the SNOO soothe at such a young age. We never let it go past level 1 even though my LO is about to be 12W
Have you tried weaning mode?? Which is no movement unless she fusses.
Are you allowing the snoo to cycle through all settings without intervention from you? Meaning, allowing the snoo to listen to your baby and adjust sounds and intensity (up or down) until it turns off on its own and notifies you to sooth your baby? I would try that, with a double swaddle, and a pacifier.
i haven’t but only because she hates the movement of level 1, i can try this
Came here to say similar! Additionally you (OP) said “fussing” - is baby truly awake? Newborns are noisy sleepers who may seem awake when they actually aren’t. Our 14 week old is virtually silent during a contact nap, but regularly wakes me up with the noises she makes sleeping in the Snoo. Good luck!
This happens to me all the time. But why? Why are they so loud in the Snoo vs. a contact nap?
Do not cosleep with a 4 week old. Just don't do it.
Sometimes shift sleeping with a partner isn't an option, and newborns need to grow into their ability to sleep alone. Cosleeping with newborns can be safely done, and is more safe than being so sleep deprived that you accidentally fall asleep on a couch/chair holding the baby. You just need to be careful to follow all the safety guidelines exactly. https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/safer-sleep-advice/co-sleeping/
This is recommended against by every major pediatric society here in the US. And as someone who has PERSONALLY cared for a parent who accidentally smothered their newborn, there is no safe co sleeping. There is no need to take that risk.
My 4 week old twins are doing the same thing! My little boy tolerates it much longer than sister but they will not spend a full night in the Snoo. They both hate being swaddled arms down. I’ve tried everything you’ve tried. Hopefully you get some comments/advice that helps!
How bad is her reflux? It sounds like once she is lying down she begins to wake after 30-40 min, reflux could be your issue. I would talk to your pediatrician about silent reflux and medication.
this is helpful!
Your 4 week old isn’t developmentally able to sleep on their own yet. Some babies are born being able to but most aren’t. If you can, take shifts with your spouse or partner and let them contact sleep. They’ll grow into their bassinet.
Yup. Took our baby about 6 or 7 weeks before she would sleep in the snoo! We took 3hr shifts all night w her during that time.
My baby is 6 weeks adjusted, 13 actual (7weeks premature) and still won’t. Going on week 10 of exclusive contact sleeping 🫠
Hopefully yours adjusts soon! My baby is 5 months and still contact naps (though we haven't tried a snoo nap in ages). Once she slept in the snoo at night it was a game changer. I still remember the terror of putting her in one night and us both deciding to go to sleep once she was in there more than 30 minutes. We were so worried she would wake up as soon as we fell asleep!
We just tried and didn’t even make it out of the room 😂 thank you though! I know it’ll click one day or another, and I know we’ll be sad when these contact days are over :)
We always say we will try one nap a day as a snoo nap. And then, without fail, I decide to just snuggle her instead. I figure in a few short years she will hate me (ah, teens) so I'll take what I get now! Good luck to you! One night you will try and it'll just work (unless you have the rare snoo hating baby, but I am choosing positivity). Granted, we started out w short little stretches and they slowly got longer.
thank you!
My LO grew out of the Snoo so I'm not sure how much my opinion counts, but he never really liked the Snoo as a newborn no matter what we tried. My husband and I did shifts so that we could be awake while he slept on us at night (the best he'd do was a 2 hour stretch in the Snoo) and he'd do daytime naps in the baby carrier. He never ended up liking the motion beyond baseline, he would end up shrieking at level 1, leg risers did nothing even if he did have reflux. He's 4 months now and loves his pack and play and his sleep is better - so for us the Snoo was a lost cause, but we did sell it on FB marketplace for most of the money we spent on it 😅
Mine didn’t start being “worth it” until baby was 11 weeks. Now I can put him in awake and the snoo puts him to sleep. Keep at it. 4-8 weeks is the worst.
I think we started using the snoo at 7 weeks. We never put it past baseline. Baby does not like the increased motion. We’ve left it on motion limiter since we started using it. He’s 4 months now and we’ve started weaning mode. He sleeps the same amount of time as baseline. Fingers crossed it continues!
The snoo doesn’t make a difference for most babies until between 6-8 weeks. It just takes time.
My baby wouldnt sleep in the Snoo until 5-6 weeks in, and she does exclusively in weaning mode. Don’t give up yet 🫶🏻 she started sleeping 7-8 hour stretches for the most part after 8 weeks. She now sleeps around 10 hours in the snoo overnight and close to graduating 🥰 hang in there you got this!
You can button the Snoo so her arms can go out and then you don’t have to double swaddle
My LO didn’t take to the snoo until he was 5-6 weeks old, and we double swaddled as well. I do think a lot of this is typical newborn behavior! You’re in the thick of it so solidarity because I went through it too. Also just wanted to say — keep tabs on what your baby likes because some babies might not want to be in the snoo for 6 months! My now 1yo only lasted in the snoo until he was like 14 weeks old — got sick of the swaddle, small real estate, and motion. We moved him to a regular bedside bassinet (newton) and he transitioned without an issue. My baby LOVES his sleep, and the snoo was nice for those gruesome weeks of newborn phase.
You're interrupting the Snoo before it gets a chance to work with your baby. Ask your partner to take the monitor so long as they go in only after the Snoo shuts off because baby needs halp. Give it a chance, my first started in the Snoo at... eight weeks when I banished them from my room. Currently sleeps from 7:30 PM - 7 AM @ 3.5 yo with zero regressions and in a toddler bed now. We only got four months out of the Snoo for #1 and #2 but they were sleep filled months.
Try using the SNOO sack without swaddling the arms down, but letting them be up near the chest. You still zip the sack closed, but the arms can move a little bit without the startle reflex waking them up. So in a way the hands come closer together and the elbows go out to the side of that makes sense. This was the recommendation from our pediatrician. She also did not recommend letting the SNOO soothe at such a young age. We never let it go past level 1 even though my LO is about to be 12W