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Recent discussions

Wake up time

Probably nothing I can do - but my 3 year old goes to bed at 7pm probably falls asleep at like 7:15/7:30pm - and wakes 6am on the dot!

Even if we are out late or at a party and get home very late he still wakes at 6am and then he’s moody and irritable throughout the day -
It’s a stupid question but any way I can make him sleep longer lol or am I stuck with this body clock 😂

I am lost

So my daughter drinks up to 5 bottles to at night because she wakes up for a bottle and one in the morning she drinks a couple in the day she 18 months old her doctor told me to cut down to 2 but it’s in possible because at night she wakes up crying what should I do

Naps

My little girl is 5 months old tomorrow and I have read that they only meant to have so many hours of daytime sleep but I kinda wanna hear people’s thoughts on capping naps or letting them sleep as and when they want to and for how long they want to?

The last nap before bed I completely understand capping that and not letting their last nap go past a certain time to protect the nighttime but I kinda feel like if she’s sleeping during the day however long she wants to even if it’s 2 hours at a time it’s because she wants the rest?

30min naps only

Hello,
Are you guys letting baby have only short naps? Have you been in situation when baby had only 4 x 30min naps a day?
I usually extend one to 1 or 1.5hrs and then 3x30min. Yesterday I couldn’t extend one nap due to lack of time etc (being out and about) and we have had terrible night / evening actually. His last nap ended at 5pm. We put him to bed at 7pm (wanted earlier but he didn’t want to fall asleep). He then woke up after half an hour. We managed to resettle him but then he kept waking up every 5-10min with arms going up and wide eyes open then crying (startle reflex or moro reflex). We have been trying for 2 hours to put him sleep and he just kept doing it and not letting himself sleep. I’ve decided to put swaddle back (arms) and I think that helped him fall asleep (even though he shouldn’t sleep with arms in as he is rolling already but I do have breathing device - no hate please).
Have you been in similar situation? What time did you put baby sleep? Guessing he was super tired that was the reason of the startle reflex?
Napper app told me to put him sleep even later… chat GPT advised 7pm 🤷‍♀️
Probably today will be similar day so I just want to prepare myself…

Any good baby bouncer recommendations?

I use the snuggle me but the baby is now 2.5 months and it's too small for him.
What can I use as an alternative?
For naps during the day or soothing?

Terrible night

Please tell me someone else had a terrible night with LO last night?? I’m thinking it was due to the temperature as our room was over 22 and he just wouldn’t settle even in our bed. He also had 2 night feeds which he never does. If it’s not the temperature then I’m out of ideas😅

There has to be another way to fucking do this

Okay so my four month old is driving me crazy at night time with the diaper changes. She typically wakes 1-2 times a night to eat and I have always changed her diaper before feeding her because she always falls back asleep after the bottle. And when she wakes up she wakes up furious. Screaming at the top of her god damn lungs. It makes the diaper changes very difficult. I do dim lights white noise but nothing calms her until that bottle is in her fucking mouth. It’s making me loose my marbles. Obviously I’m not going to change her diaper after she’s already calm and fed. Because then she would just loose her shit again. And obviously I’m not going to just not change her because that is probably one of the reasons she woke up. I’m not sure what to do but I’m getting sick of it. I’m sick of getting fucking screamed at like this every single god damn night.

Anyone not had any sleep regression?

So my son is nearly 20 weeks (so just over 4.5months) and his sleep is just getting better and better. He does wake up multiple times a night, but just rubs his face for a few minutes and puts himself back to sleep. His naps have also consolidated to 3 solid naps a day.

I never did any form of sleep training, he just seems to have set this routine himself. I know I’m SUPER lucky to have a ‘good sleeper’ but I’m also constantly on edge thinking we’re going to hit the four month regression late. Has anyone just not experienced a regression?

longer sleep stretches (?)

my baby is 8 weeks old, and for the past few nights i *believe* he might be starting to sleep longer. hes been wanting 4 oz every 2 hours before bed, then when night time wake ups come he will only drink 2 oz, and then when he wakes up for the morning hell drink maybe 5 oz.

for example tonight! he ate 4 oz pretty close together finishing the first bottle at almost 8 pm and the other at 10:30 pm. nighttime comes he wakes up about 2:30 ish am and he only ate 1 oz- wakes back up at around 5:35 am and ate 2 oz. he will always knock right back out after eating too.

i still get nervous about this though because he was born at 5 lb 10 oz (left the hospital at 5 lb 6 oz) and they were very admit on every 2 hours... well once he hit 7 oz he started drinking 3 oz and told me every 3-4 hours but no!!! later then 4, and then once he hit 8 lb he started drinking 4 oz and they just told me that every 3-4 hours still but didnt seem as admit on a "he must eat by this hour" 😅 i still try to feed him or wake him up by 3 and a half hours but its a 50/50 if hes wants it.

ahhh this just so scary to me, i just dont want to mess anything up but hes been gaining weight very steadily still- as well as plenty of wet diapers, and he has one (extremely) poopy one a day usually too.

i just wanted to hear other peoples stories and experiences to see if this seems about right with babies learning sleep, thank you :D

Feed or temperature or paci??

My newborn is pretty good she feeds every 2 hours and isn’t fussy and will nap after through the day. At night she will get more fussy and hungry and I’ll give her extra food but I don’t want to over feed her. I’ll do diaper changes like normal too if she’s fussy after feeds. But to not overfeed her if she’s still fusssy I’ll give her a pacifier and that calms her down but idk if that’s bad to just give her a paci whenever if that is the wrong que? Should I be checking her temperature instead? I know pacifiers are okay but idk if she is thinking her pacifier is food and that she actually IS still hungry and I need to feed her more.

Bf mums

Howwwww are we getting our 11 months old to stop waking every two hours without feeding back to sleep 😩😩😩
Last night checked me out my boy will just cry and cry until he gets the boob back to sleep he literally cannot get back to sleep without it!!
I’m always SO tired to try anything else anyway ugh

My child has been planking in his bed

I don't post my kids so I'll just show the room and a drawing of kind of what he looks like. Basically his upper body will be on the bed but his legs will be off of the bed like he's planking. So I have to go in there at like 3:30 in the morning and tuck his legs back in and hope I don't wake him up.

Im so unproductive I am going nuts!

Baby girl is hitting all of her milestones some of them a little earlier. She started crawling at 6 months and now she doesn't want to stop moving she doesnt want to sit in our laps anymore she just wriggles.
She is teething so everything goes into her mouth. Which when coupled with her newfound mobility is a recipe for disaster as we have only had the chance to secure furniture to the wall but not fully babyproof yet.
She does really well with solids as we are trying blw but its so messy and cleanup takes forever even with putting down a tarp or leaving the trashcan under her highchair.
I still exclusively pump and can't have her sit on my lap anymore while pumping because she tries to rip out the tubes. But we still aren't willing to give up on pumping and want to avoid formula mostly for cost reasons as long as possible.
She seems to be in a newfound sleep regression as well because she was sleeping through the night at 4 and 5 months and now she wakes up at 2 am on the dot everymorning for a bottle. And I handle every nighttime and morning routine so I just dont get much sleep.
She also seems to be in this new phase where she wants entertainment but only wants it in the form of direct attention. But I genuinely have things I need to do during the day that I have a hard time doing while she is being super whiny because she wants ro be held and played with during her now much longer wake windows.

Everyone keeps saying to just babywear but I cant babywear her when im in the kitchen doing my baking its dangerous. I can't babywear her when I need to be doing most other chores because she still wont sit still in them.

I can no longer sit her on my lap or put her next to me while I finish up school homework or study. As I have come very close to needing the excuse, "my baby ate my homework."

Everything everyone says about it is to just enjoy it or slow down. But I just dont have that luxury. Half of the things I have a hard time doing are the things that keep her fed and in clean diapers.

Sleeping on side

Is it okay for my 10 month old to do this? I try roll her back onto her back and she’s not having any of it

Time to ditch the dummy… but she’s found her thumb 😩

I’d really appreciate everyone’s honest opinions. I know everyone does things differently, but I’d love to hear from anyone who’s been through something similar.

My little one has always used a dummy, and my original plan was to wean her off it around 4–5 months, which is where we are now. We’re currently having frequent night wakings where she needs me to put the dummy back in, and I’m also conscious that I don’t want her to get to the stage of being able to put it back in herself.

However, I’ve started noticing signs of thumb sucking. At the moment it doesn’t seem like she’s using it to self-soothe, but I’m not completely sure.

I know there are pros and cons to both, so I’m just looking for some honest perspectives. Ideally, I’d like to stop the dummy now, but I’m aware that thumb sucking can be much harder to break later on.

Also, does anyone have any recommendations on how to stop the dummy? At the moment, I’ve limited it to sleep times only.

BF moms, do you still have a lot of wake ups at night?

My girl is back to waking up every 1.5-2h 😴 surprisingly I manage to be functional and go to work every day like normal. Just wondering when I’ll sleep again like a normal person. I plan to BF for 12m, not sure if that has any Impact in sleep

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