How can I break the dependancy my 7 week old baby seems to have developed for her baby swing?

My 7 weeks old daughter is totally dependent on her baby swing! She won't sleep unless swinging in it for the ENTIRE duration of her sleep. If put her in her bassinet or crib to sleep she sleeps very light and usually wakes up within 2-5 minutes time. The only other way we can get her to stay sleeping is if we hold her the whole time. Any advice?|||my daughter did the same thing with her bouncy chair...we felt like horrible parents at first because before you knew it she was sleeping at night in the floor beside our bed in her bouncy chair....(it vibrates) she grew out of it about a month later...she will get sick of it trust me...try a bouncy seat and bounce her to sleep with the vibrator on...at least she is not in constant motion while sleeping....try elevation on her head like a boppy pillow ...maybe she likes sleeping with her head up....don't worry it's just a phase..IT WILL PASS!|||I do not see a problem with her baby swing. If that's how she chooses to sleep at this age, let it be. You get your rest and she gets hers! It's a win-win situation. I wouldn't advocate holding her constantly for her to sleep. As she gets older, you will once again try to get her to sleep in her crib. Each child is different and she is young at 7 months. Just enjoy her and let her sleep in the swing!


I bought my daughter a bassinet that does swing.|||They do make bassinets that will rock, maybe the movement is what she needs to soothe her. I know my oldest son was attached to the swing and would only sleep there or in his bouncer seat with the vibrations on for a long time. He also liked being held to sleep but it never failed that if he fell asleep in his bed he would wakeup in a few minutes but if held, bounced,rocked or in the swing he could sleep 1-3 hrs no problem.|||My niece did this... they soon learned it was the sound of the swing, rather then being in the swing.


Maybe you can try laying her in the bed or place you want her to sleep and run the swing. See if it works. She may need that white sound.


Other then that... You could just let her rest in the swing. It holds her and moves her.... maybe not as tight as your belly. But she finds some connection in it.|||My baby kept waking up after short naps even through the night so at 10 days old we put him in the bed with us and the change has been amazing he has been sleeping through the night since 8 weeks old, He feels safe and secure, warm and it must be very comforting to him with other heart beats maybe thats why she likes the swing to much ( it 's like your holding her) try her in the bed. My baby also likes to sleep on his belly rather than back. Do what works for you, this is only my experience but now we all get sleep|||humans are conditioned behaviorally in a 2 week time frame. You have to sit in a rocker at nap time/bedtime dim the lights put on the same lullabye tape everytime and rough through the next 2 weeks conditioning her to learn a new way to sleep|||she's 7 weeks old!! continue using the swing, but not for bedtime. put her in the crib or bassinet.