I found that the more you carry your child the less she cries. I was just carrying my child wherever I went with a strap around my front, which I found more practical than a buggy until she became too heavy.

I read a study that children that are carried all the time cry a substantial amount less than children that are not, something like half an hour less per day.

it's not about carrying, but proximity to mother/parents body with human warmth

obviously baby which is held/touched by another human, ideally mother/father will cry less than baby alone from adults even if it means 0.5-1 m distance

I've heard a lot of good things about the https://www.happiestbaby.com/products/snoo-smart-bassinet.

It's expensive but my first child slept terribly; I'm not taking chances with my second.

Every baby is different.

From our experience - and of course every baby is different - we found consistency is key. New borns need to nap like every hour and you as parents need to actively manage those naps to make sure they happen at the right time, and you do the same set of things each time so soon enough baby knows that when you do foo that sleep time is coming and they calm down. Foo could be singing or a special story or getting into a sleep sack or music or whatever. Then just into a normal cot and they slept soundly.

The other thing we found that was essential is a £10 gym/yoga ball to slowly bounce/jiggle on while holding them. Worked really well for us (as part of the routine).

Good luck. Perhaps as every baby is different you really need the 2k cot, good luck either way.

we bought one of these and returned it - it was not magical enough for our child, apparently.

human physical contact ftw. All these devices are just a substitute for a mother.

Or any loving human. My kids fell sleep easily on me, their father.

yeah, but breastfeeding works the best/easiest, which obviously ain't very suitable for men, my kids never used pacifiers (and pretty much never milk bottles), they just refused them

Was very effective for a couple i know, so much so that the baby had a very flat head from sleeping so much

1700$ for a basket??

1700 for a quiet baby. You buy the holes not the drill

This is right. I am not interested in the basket at all. I'm interested in not being sleep deprived quite like I was the first time around.