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From the community

Recent discussions

Changing diaper

I have a question.. do y’all change your babies diapers during nap time while being out? My baby fell asleep and needs a diaper change.. but he struggled to fall asleep and I feel so bad waking him up to change his diaper because I know he won’t fall back asleep

Really fussy and upset baby. Please tell me it gets better?!

Hey, my 11 week old is a fussy baby from day one. He has his good moments but generally cries a lot, doesn’t like change and is a sensitive soul. I find it really hard to leave the house with him. He’s showing signs of regulating better and tolerating things however, the past 3 days he has just constantly cried and is fighting all of his naps. He usually loves contact napping on me but lately he fights it and only sleeps for about 15-20 minutes. He has also been getting distracted during feeds.

I think he’s currently in the third leap but please tell me it gets better?! Especially those who have had fussy/alert babies. Do they settle and become happy & relaxed babies? 😵‍💫

11 weeks old sleeping 4+hrs

Hi all. My 11 week old slept thru the night (fell asleep at 9-ish pm, woke up a 2 for a feed then slept till 6.30am) and now hes been sleeping since then so 4+hrs since his last feed. Am i okay to let him sleep this long without a feed? Hes currently on 140/150ml of breastmilk

Can anyone help with how I can keep 15mth old asleep at night?

Im due twins sep/October but my 15mth old will still wake in the night which wouldn't be a problem if he just had his bottle and went back to sleep but more often than not he will be awake 4 hrs before he finally gives in and goes back to sleep. Im struggling because im then tired the next day and it makes my morning sickness worse plus its not fair on my husband who has to get up at 5.30am to go to work.

Tips on how to stop Co sleeping

Any tips - she’s now 11 months old 😭 I just want to sleep without having to be night time ninja as she wakes up with any movements

🫩😫😩😵‍💫😖🫠😣😴🥱🫩🥴

We’re cutting our first tooth, have a cold & 4 month sleep regression is in full swing! Send help 😩😂

Refusing to nap!

Evening all. My 10 week old refuses to nap during the day to the point where she’s absolutely exhausted in the evenings. She can sometimes be up from late morning until the evening.
Getting her down at home during the day is near impossible, occasionally she’ll go in her cat seat or pram but I can’t drive/walk around all day. I’ve tried everything I can think of. Is this normal? Does it pass? Any advice/tips much appreciated.

Ferber

If you were / have doing Ferber to try and keep baby (15 months) in their cot overnight, would you take in it turns throughout the night with your partner or do one full night on / off each?

Thinking it’s good to have that support on a night but then you’re both suffering and maybe it’s better for at least one person to be rested for the next day?

Is this normal?

My husband works a lot and I really appreciate him for it and everything he does for the family . But the man doesn’t do anything in the house - sometimes he’ll feed our 11m old but only if I ask or play with her and our 4year old but other than that doesn’t do anything. I’m kinda lucky because I prayed for my 2nd child to sleep through the night and that’s exactly what has happened. She’s 11m now and has hardly woken up a handful of times in those 11months and my husband has woken up and put her back to sleep which hardly takes 10 mins but why does the man act like he does everything? With my first he never helped not for anything- she was breastfed and up all odd hours of the night and he would sleep through it all and for me to have a child now who sleeps through the night I feel like I’ve won but why does it man always have to say oh you should be lucky she’s sleeping through the night? Why does this man act like he’s the one that used to wake up and breastfeed out first girl for 3years when he barely even helped change diapers . I’ve barely gotten 1 break in 5 years and that also I had to rush n be back home - this man thinks just cause he doesn’t get breaks or time for himself I’m deemed to go through the same? And everytime I say I’m sick or I’m tired - all behold it’s turned into a competition as to who is more tired or who is more sick - I sometimes think I barely fall sick ever since meeting this man is because he would never take care of me - even when I gave birth to our 2nd child , he just continued going for his side hustles jobs , I mean I understand we need the money? But is money always going to be more important than your wife’s health?

hey moms!

why do people say “never wake a sleeping baby” ? i see this a lot and as a FTM, i would like some insight so i don’t accidentally do it.

Velcro baby

My baby girl is 14 weeks old. She’s current EBF, although she’s had bottles previously of both formula and breast milk and I do have a stash in the freezer.

Currently, if shes not being held by me she’s crying. Her dad can’t comfort her. She’ll cry if she’s in her buggy, she’ll cry when she’s in her car seat.

We co-sleep mostly because I never managed to get her to sleep in her snuzpod.

I also currently have so much guilt about leaving her at home with her dad, even for short periods of time as I know she’ll be crying the whole time.

I can’t really put her down to nap as she’ll only fall asleep during a contact nap.

I of course love being so close with her and I don’t really have a huge urge to be spending time away from her. However I would like to be able to pop out for an hour to get my nails done without causing her and my husband distress or have a bath without hearing her cry until I’m back with her!

It would also make everyone a lot happier if she could be settled in her pram and the car!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated 🩷🩷🩷🩷

Nappy changes

How often are you checking/changing your baby's nappy unless you've heard them have a big poo?

Floor bed

Does anybody have a normal double size floor bed?(not a small double) I can't seem to find what I want 😂 i dont want one with a house frame on the top ideally as i imagine i will be getting in and out of it frequently for a while 🫠

What do you find helpful from others?

People mostly want to see the baby, which I get, but I am incredibly sleep deprived and need help myself, not just someone seeing my baby.

I did get an offer of looking after him whilst I sleep, but not sure I would feel comfortable with that or not. Depends who is doing the looking after, he is breastfed.

What do you find genuinely helpful from family/ friends?

Naps and amount of sleep

How many naps and for how long are everyone’s babies having?
My baby still seems to get tired after 2.5 hours although she fights naps like there’s no tomorrow

Thoughts ?

I’ve got really bad anxiety when it comes to bed my daughter is amazing at sleeping but I only get 2 hours because of how bad my anxiety is, is the owelet sock worth the money ?

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