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Own room

is 5 months too soon to put baby in own room? he is sleeping through, we put my eldest son in his own room at 8 months and it was a hard time getting him used to it

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Picture from Sunday

We started implementing "quiet time" as our son is starting to skip naps randomly. We know eventually his naps will disappear (he 2.5) so while he's still mostly napping we decided to introduce it now, especially since our second is due in June. Between 12:30 and 1pm we take him to his room with toys and a book or 2...

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A positive post

I really hope people take this post as a positive and not that I am bragging or anything. I just find that everytime I come on the internet about anything baby related all I read is negative stuff & it makes me worry & stress and it took over my life when my little girl was first born! She has just turned 5 months ...

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Reduction in nap time

Did anyone else see a reduction in nap length around 13 weeks old? My LG the past two days is barely napping a total of 3 hours in the day over 5 naps. The naps are only lasting 30 minutes. I seem to remember my son doing this and it didn’t resolve until he could consolidate his sleep at around 6 months. These a...

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Wake windows - what to do

My little one is now awake for 2 hours at a time (4 months old) and I don't know what to do with her. We read books, sing and play. She's not able to grab things or roll. I'm finding it hard to fill 2 hours

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No sleep regression?

I don’t think I have had any sleep regression yet? Her sleep definitely has changed since hitting four months, but she’s still sleeping through the night. As soon as her two feeds are done she is always back asleep in her bed. Do I keep waiting for it or just consider myself lucky this time.

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Thoughts on husbands “baby proofing”

Husband said he could anchor the crib himself and I didn’t need to buy the pack of cables made to secure things like this

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Winding

Absolute first time mam comment but when do you stop needing to wind a baby? Has anyone stopped yet? My girls never in discomfort if she falls asleep whilst feeding but I feel dead guilty if I don’t wind her 🥲

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Baby sleep and naps

Just curious ☺️ How many naps is your LO taking and for how long? How is their night time sleep? My boy recently went to two naps. First one is 2 hours and last nap 30 mins. But night time he still wakes every 2 to 3 hours.

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Feeding

6 nearly 7 week old baby feeding every 2 hrs - is anyone else’s baby the same? I had an appointment earlier with a nurse about my scar, and she was having general conversation, but then kinda made me feel bad when I told her he was still waking every 2 hours for a feed at his age 🥲 I’m always paranoid about over…

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Baby won’t nap 😭

What is everyone doing if your baby won’t nap during the day. Some days he naps well and others he just won’t. I’m exhausted 😭😭 all I want is some time to myself to relax and everytime I try to put him down for a nap I look over and his eyes are wide open. He will shut his eyes like he’s tired for 2 minutes then…

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Still waking 5 times a night

Okay, I’m feeding to sleep but I just don’t have the energy to get up 5 x a night and rock my baby back to sleep. Have I created this by feeding my baby to sleep? There hasn’t been a night since they were born where they’ve slept for more than 4 hours. I started out with my partner putting her to sleep with expresse...

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Baby in pram

My 12 week old all of a sudden won't go in his pram bassinet 🤦🏻‍♀️ I'm not sure why as he's always loved it! Went in it Friday absolutely fine but since Saturday just screamed his head off in it & again today when he had an appointment. Has anyone got any tips I've tried everything I can think of but he just…

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Nap tips!

Anyone else’s 6 week old all of a sudden just not want to nap? She used to be a great sleeper and now she shows all the signs she tired but will just stare at me or lay there wide awake.

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Naps

How much did your little ones nap during the day at 4 months old?

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How does your toddler sleep abroad?

So we're off on holiday in June and my LO is in a standard single bed which I'm fine with BUT it's quite far off the ground. At home he sleeps in a toddler bed with a rail to make sure he doesn't fall out. How would you recommend having him sleep? We were thinking either putting the mattress on the floor but I can't...

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