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3 months in and we still can’t put her to bed

Am I the only one that struggles with bedtime? We tried various times but most of the time it just doesn’t work. Does everyone really have a successful 7/8pm bedtime where they do a little ritual of bath and cuddle or book and then just put baby in the cot to sleep? Am I the only one who hasn’t mastered that? We spe...

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Help or any ideas

Hey all so my boy is three weeks old soon and will cry as soon as I put him down, will cry when I put him to sleep in his Moses basket, each night he’s sleeping on my chest and I just don’t know what else to do, any suggestions, I am getting sleep but lying like a log every night isn’t comfortable. The first two wee...

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Wake windows/overtired

My little boy is a month now and I’m worrying about his wake windows. During the day he will only go to sleep in his basket for 30 minutes ish, he will sleep for longer on me of if we go out in car or in his pram but if we are at home I feel like he can be awake for long periods of time and can get very upset (screa...

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Baby sleep routine

My LO is 5 weeks old and I am struggling to get him to sleep during the day time. Today he was been awake for such a long period if time and has become really fussy and difficult to settle. How long are your 5 week old sleeping during the day? I'm just worried that he's not getting enough sleep

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Anyone else’s lo the same?

My lg gets really grizzly from 7:30 there is no point keeping her downstairs, so do the normal bed routine but it can still take until 9-9:30 for her to properly settle and I can finally put her down without her waking up…I feel like that’s so late for her falling asleep 🙈 Anyone the same? She’s 5 months next…

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TW mention of SIDS // advice on anxiety

I think more women than most deal with the anxiety about something happening to their baby while they’re asleep. This is something I cannot shake. I’ve had 7 and a half hours sleep myself since Wednesday and my body is not coping. My little one is 2 days old and I just cannot go to sleep at the thought of SIDS. I’...

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Help

My baby is 4 months old and all night he wont stop shuffling and wakes himself up. Hes fully fed and has been winded. I have no idea what is wrong with him and why be isnt settling even when iv putten him down in a deep sleep.. he was in a fixed routine where he would sleep but all off a sudden hes started to shuffl...

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12 week old not sleeping/feeding more

Anyone else’s baby hit 12 weeks and suddenly not sleeping as much and simultaneously ravenously hungry? She keeps skipping loads of daytime naps and her evening one before bed as well as just wanting to feed most times she’s awake or being fussy at the breast. Hoping I’m not the only one, I’m a very tired Mama atm 😅

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Day & night

Does anyone else feel like they have a completely different baby in the day and at night? My little boy is 3 weeks on Tuesday and in the day he naps fine and sometimes I need to wake him for a feed after 4 hours yet at night he can barely make it 2. He’s EBF and feeds for pretty much half an hour at a time so as you...

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Sleeping!!

👻 so I can’t be judged, my lb currently goes 2am-2pm (bad routine I know) I’ve been trying to bring it forward with the bath bottle bed story sleep routine but it’s just not working? How can I get him to start going from 7-7 not 2-2 as I’m one tired mumma lol, he will sometime wake about 10/11 for a bottle but then…

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Bedtime 8 month old

Can anyone talk me through their bedtime routine with their little ones that are roughly 8 months and what time do they go down to bed. Little one is going in her own room this week and want to get her into more of a routine.

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YouTube baby sensory and sleep regression

We’re having the hardest time with baby girls 4 month sleep regression, going into our fourth week, fighting naps, nursing strikes some days because she literally can’t be bothered to put the work in, can’t get her down on an evening, and when we do she’s awake every 30 mins after! We’ve figured out, for our own san...

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FTM

My baby has been sleeping in her crib since birth . All of sudden she wakes up for me to put her in the bed with her dad & myself , then she goes back to sleep . She just turned 6 months . Is there any tips to stop this ? Or is this just a phase she’s going through

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Holiday with 1 year old

Do you stick to your routine while on holiday? Little one is just over 1 year old we currently on holiday and struggling ! Normally has a bed time of 7.30 but obviously don’t want to go back to the room at that time every night and he will sleep in his stroller but keeps waking up because of noise ect! I’m so worrie...

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Baby sleeps at 11pm

Is it bad if my baby sleeps at 11am and wake up around 7-8am? She's alert throughout the day and has additional naps when she needs the extra rest.

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Short naps during the day

Hello mamas! Seeking some advice. My LO (9 weeks old) has only 30-45 mins naps during the day. She sleeps normal at night but takes short naps during the day. Sometimes it takes me 20 mins to put her down for a 30 minute nap🤦‍♀️ it’s so frustrating because I can’t do anything else during the day, and she gets very…

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