We received our Amby bed yesterday. We decided to order if since the majority of what I read was that moms had success with it. Well its not looking that way for us. :(
I tried to put Miranda in it for her nap today 4 times! I tried her awake basically knowing that wouldn't work but hey this is the miracle bed right? :roll: The 3 other times she was asleep. The last try seemed like a success but after 10 minutes awake she was.
She was fed, clean diaper and swaddled.
Am I doing something wrong? HELP I need my daughter to sleep better.

How old is your daughter? It may take awhile.

It's worth it though. My daughter loved her Amby and slept in it for 5 months. She was even sleeping 6-7 hour stretches at night. Then, she started to pull herself up in it so we went to the crib because we were afraid she would flip herself out of it.

She will be 7 weeks old on Monday.
Right now during the day she is used to falling asleep on my while nursing or we bounce her on the stability ball (she loves this). After a while I usually try to put her down in her pack n play. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't.
At night she usually goes to sleep around 10:30 the same way as during the day and we'll go upstairs and she sleeps in the bed with me until my husband comes up and then he puts her in the snuggle nest in the bed. When she wakes for her feeding I usually have to keep her in the bed with me until morning because her reflux wakes her up anywhere else. I have no idea why sleeping with me makes a difference with the reflux waking her up but for some reason it does.
I was hoping the Amby would help her to not have to sleep with me because I am not comfortble with it. I know lots of people co sleep but it just makes me so nervous.

I don't have one, but I would give it some time and let her adjust. I know from hearing others' stories that it can be difficult to transition a baby from mom's bed to somewhere else. I would take it slow, as she is probably accustomed to your warm body. What about one of those heart-beat toys? I never tried one, but I've heard they work!

I've never heard of a heart beat toy. I'll have to look into that.

Okay...I would give it some time, also. Transitioning from sleeping w/mom to any other "bed" takes time. It did for us anyway. I really wanted to try the Amby bed, but it turns out we went right from bouncy chair to crib. After many attempts at the crib, it eventually worked. I know how frustrating it is because my DS REFUSED to sleep anywhere but on top of mom for about a month (from the time his reflux kicked in at about 3 weeks). It was horrible for me because I could never get good sleep, just dozed off in a light sleep all night long. On top of him squirming and grunting on top of me all night long. :roll: I would give it some time and keep on trying. Keep on placing her in ther to nap, start off with her asleep if need be. She'll surprize you eventually and get a good nap in there and it will roll off from that.
I know target sells these bears that have womb and heartbeat sounds but there are TONS of things out on the market now w/heartbeat and womb sounds. If you type it in the search engine on e-bay your BOUND to find tons of aids I'm certain.
Good luck!

She will be 7 weeks old on Monday.

I was hoping the Amby would help her to not have to sleep with me because I am not comfortble with it. I know lots of people co sleep but it just makes me so nervous.

She's a perfect age for it. :D Some older babies have more trouble adjusting.

I'm a firm believer in "do what works". If it doesn't bother you that she sleeps with you, then co-sleep. I take Emma to our bed about once a week because sometimes her diaper leaks at night :roll: and I don't want to change crib sheets at 3 a.m.

If co-sleeping makes you nervous, though...we started out with the Amby bed next to my side of the bed and I kept my arm in there next to her...to transition. It seemed to help.

I also put one of my shirts that I had worn all day, (I know, seems gross...but babies love to smell their moms)...in the Amby, I kind of wrapped it around the Amby mattress.

Those a great ideas, Amanda. I used to have the crib pulled up next to my side of the bed, and I'd stick my hand through to let Noah know I was there. It really helped. He'd sometimes grab one of my fingers and sleep like that. I loved that! :)

Owen is still sleeping in his Ambybed and it's working for us, it did take some time for him to adjust to it though.

We LOVED our Amby bed, but my daughter grew out of it. She is 19 months now and I wish they had a bigger one for her. It was the only thing that ever worked for her sleeping issues. I'm so sad there isn't a bigger one :(

We bought one- I love it but Maiya does not. She slept in it for morning naps only. She was 4 months old when we bought it, so maybe she was too old and mobile to start using it. I am disappointed but keeping the bed for the next baby- whom I will put in it from day one.