Baby Sleep

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Help from partner during the night

So my partner works full time (7.30am - 4pm, 5 days per week), and since our little boy was born two months ago, he has only done one night shift, where I slept from 11pm - 5am. He’s been back at work for the last month, and sleeps in our spare bedroom. He gets at least 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep every night w...

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Fishy smell

My 2 year old girl has a strong fishy smell down below. Usually on a morning is worse so I put it down to having her nappy on overnight. However Iv started showering her on a morning and the smell is still there. It looks slightly red inside however it’s a fight to look. Could It be the nappy’s or recon there is an ...

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Toddler waking up crying

Hi My 2.4 years old son woke up last night (4.00 AM) crying big time and pushing his dad out of bed screaming “no dad”, we could not stop him from screaming and crying and being quite aggressive for maybe 15 minutes, is this night terror? Did anybody have this with their toddlers? For half of the night sleeps in ...

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Hmm

Should a man be expected to get up with the baby during the night, if he’s working? I breastfed my baby til she was 5 months old. She’s not breastfed anymore she’s 9 months old. I’ve been the only one getting up with her every single night. I work too but only 4 hours outside of the home too 10pm. I’m fucking exhau...

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29 weeks pregnant & struggling

Hey! So I’m 29 weeks pregnant & really struggling atm I feel incredibly nauseous (especially when I go to bed), can’t get comfy & have really struggled to fall asleep the last few nights Is anyone else struggling atm? Any tips of what I can do 😭😭😭

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So frustrated!!

For over 2 weeks we’ve been trying to get in to a routine, of bed at 7pm, feed at 2/2:30am and up at 6am. Bottles in the day are then 6,10,2,6. LO is still waking every night at 11/11:30 and 5am, settles back eventually without a feed. Really need help on getting him to sleep through and only wake for the 1 feed!!...

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Sleep regression anyone else dealing with this? ( picture is from 3:00am the little crazy boy)

He just turned 5 months on the 20th the last 3 weeks has been hell, every day maybe 30 minute naps at a time if I’m lucky and either in the front carrier or on someone at night it hits 11:00pm and it starts the giggles, screaming, crying, screeching and hell breaks loose until 5:30am or even as bad as 9:00am I’m lit...

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Anyone else's baby gone back to thinking 5am is the perfect wake up time?

After months of 5am wake ups, we managed about a month of 6am wake ups to be back at 5am again😭

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Longer wake windows?

Recently I've found my 16 week old won't nap at all. I try to put her down when I always did based on huckleberry suggestion but now she doesn't sleep at that time at all. Often wake windows are stretching well beyond 2hrs. Anyone else? Nap times are becoming exhausting. I don't want to just leave her because she'll...

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What would you do?

So my little one normally wakes up around 6 ish and has two naps a day but this morning he has woken up at 730!! I feel like I’m going to struggle to fit 2 naps in today 🤔

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Sleep

My 3 month old will go all day with only half an hour Nap he proper fights it will only fall alseep while standing up with him and bouncing what can i do to get him to sleep without having to stand up all the time?

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6 month sleep regression

My six month old is waking every hour to thirty minutes at night and I've hit a new level of sleep deprivation. Is anyone else going through this?! Hoping a tooth will pop through and it will settle down 🙏🏼

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Sleep!

I want to shout it from the rooftops… baby boy (6 and a half weeks old) pretty much slept thru the night last night! Slept in his bassinet from 10:30-2:30 (longest stretch there) and then slept with me in my bed (no judgement please) from 2:30-6! 7 and a half hours total!! I feel like a new woman this morning!

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Screaming and crying before naps

My baby is clearly tired but is screaming and crying and wont sleep for ages. Does anyone else experience this?

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Getting baby back to sleep after night feed

Hi everyone, looking for some advice please. My 11 week old sleeps well between about 9ish and 1/2 am which I’m so grateful for, but struggles to settle after feeds. He’s breastfed and when he wakes we do nappy change then feed, I burp him and he usually falls asleep then I hold him upright for 20 mins, then transfe...

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Sleep regression early?

My girl turned 7 months last week and sleep has gone out the window!! Waking up every 1-1.5 hours in the night and last night every 20/30 minutes from 1am. Anyone else hanging on by a thread?😅

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