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Staying awake at night while BF

I found myself almost dozing off while breast feeding last night and got very scared as I don’t think it’s safe with my sleep behaviour (baby sleeps in his own crib). Do you have any tips on how to stay awake during those night feeds?

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Help please 🥺

Help please 🥺 My little one is 7 days old today (3rd child) and he is EBF. This is the first time I am giving breastfeeding a go and I feel completely out of my depth and 2nd guessing everything! I absolutely love it but my little one coughs and splutters during his feed and then falls asleep when he has only fed…

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Safe Sleep Real Talk

Sooooo.. I had my baby a couple of weeks ago. I just want to see if anyone else out there is questioning safe sleep for their baby like I am. I absolutely believe in science and the studies that back up safe sleep.. I just can’t trust that my baby is ok in her bassinet. My husband and I have been taking shifts at ni...

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Baby has stopped sleeping at night

My son is almost 9 weeks. He was sleeping great. The first stretch of sleep he was sleeping between 3 to 5 hours, then waking two hourly after. Amazing. However, the last three or four nights he hasn’t been going to sleep after his last feed, which is usually around nine, and he is still awake at 1 am. Every time I ...

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Sleep

Little girl is 5 months tomorrow and for around 1 week now has been waking every hour from midnight she used to sleep through 8pm-7am now she sleeps 8 till midnight they up every hour 😩

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Regression or time to move into own room?

My LG is 5 months, 6 months on 28th. She’s been a good sleeper with the odd off night (usually 7.30-2.30, 3-7) but the past few might She seems to be waking up every hour when I come to bed- not to be fed or changed just awake, I have to pat her or hold her hand and she’ll go back to sleep but I am struggling as I ...

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Sleeping on front

I know they tell you if they roll onto their front in their sleep then it's fine to leave them like that, but surely this doesn't look safe 😩 been flipping her back like a pancake all night 😂 is it okay to leave her on her front even tho she doesn't move her head to the side she just has her head straight down?

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Babies woken from nap

If your baby wakes up from a nap due to a noise or something how long do you spend trying to get them back to sleep before giving up? I have a 7 week old and a toddler and 2 dogs so things can get noisy around here. I spent almost 2 hours (which I didn’t realize at the time) trying to get my girl back to sleep. Real...

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7 month old still waking in the night

Hey guys, So my 7 month old still wakes in the night, only once for a feed but then a second time for comforting, I spoke to my health visitor and she suggested something quite odd that I never heard of before so just came in here for some advice, she told me to try replacing his bottle with boiled water instead o...

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Jet lag and extreme fussiness

My baby and I just returned from a 3.5 week trip to Australia and then Dubai. He handled the trip like a pro and generally slept quite well. Last night he slept fine after we arrived home. Today he is incredibly emotional, fussy, clingy, easily distracted. He has napped but he won’t let me out of his sight, he break...

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Anyone use cot bumpers ? If so any recommendations ?

Not sure if safe to use them or not as reading mix reviews

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Rolling from tummy to back

My little one has been able to roll back to tummy since just over 3 months old… But she just will not roll tummy to back. The nights are driving me insane, she will roll to her tummy and then fall asleep, when she wakes up she realises she cant get back and gets upset. I try to teach her everyday but she’s just not ...

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How much day sleep are your 10 month olds having and how well do they sleep at night?

My boy has always been a shit sleeper but sleeps well during the day. He was having 2.5-3 hours over two naps but he had his first day of nursery yesterday and only slept 1 hour and 20 mins…but best nights sleep we’ve had in ages. So thinking I should chop his naps. But worried about him getting overtired. I basical...

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Sleep… help!!

Hi all, I’m really struggling with my 16 week old and sleep. It takes a lot of rocking and or feeding to get her to sleep. We have to transition her out of a swaddle as she is so close to rolling and I am worried what that will do to our, already very little sleep. Is it worth trying to work with a sleep consultant ...

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Baby wearing for naps

Is baby wearing for all naps bad? My daughter only takes great naps when I baby wear her, she’s 8 weeks old. I don’t mind it, I actually love it but everyone tells me I need to stop because I’m going to get her used to only napping on me. Any moms that baby wore for naps, did your baby outgrow it? Should I keep doin...

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Co sleeping

Hey guys so I just bought a crib for my 9 month old who's been co sleeping wit me since he was born, and I'm having a hard time getting him to sleep any tips will help

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