Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Sleep

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Nap time

Where are you all putting your little ones to sleep? Baby is 4 months old and currently naps in his Moses basket in the living room with the TV on and me coming in and out etc. should I be putting him in his crib? I read somewhere that daytime naps should be light and noisy (to an extent) so they can differentiate, but thinking I should try him upstairs in our bedroom?

5 month old -

My 5 month old babbles and squeals so LOUD all day long when she’s not asleep. And even at night for the past week she has gone from sleeping through to waking after midnight and babbling and scratching the crib for 2 hours so I will feed her to help her settle again.. is this normal? I know that might sound like a silly question but I guess it’s because she’s my second and I can’t remember my first babbling and squealing so loudly constantly. She seems fine she’s not crying. But I’m very tired from lots of broken sleep over the past week and I’m starting to think if it’s something I’ve done ?

Sleep advice please!

My baby is 11 weeks old and since about week 5/6 we have been swaddling her because her arms and hands disturb her sleep so much. I’m sure part of it is startle reflex but I think mostly it’s that she seems to find comfort in sucking her hands which knocks her dummy out and generally wakes herself up by rubbing her face/mouth. She’s so busy with her arms that she breaks out of the swaddle often (we either use a muslin cloth or the momcozy swaddle wrap)

Will she grow out of this herself or does she need to get used to it? I was thinking maybe we don’t swaddle her for a few nights even though she’ll wake up more to see if it helps get her used to it and then hopefully we can ditch the swaddle before she starts rolling?

Any advice really appreciated!!

Do you unplug electrics at night?

I grew up in a household where even the WiFi was switched off overnight.
Most things that could be unplugged were like the television. Obviously things like the refrigerator weren't.
What about things like desktop PC?

6 month regression wtf?!

My baby boy was consistently sleeping through the night from 3 months old….a week before he turned 6 months it all went to shit 🤣 he now wakes at 4am/5am no matter what I do and has started having false starts 😭
Has anyone successfully come out the other side of the regression and if so what did you do?!

Going to Bed is a War Zone

My 18 month old bedtime is terrible. I have tried it all and I’m all out of solutions. Every night we do the same routine at the same time - dinner, bath, milk, brush teeth, in bed reading. We co-sleep. I made sure there is sleep pressure by only allowing one nap that ends before 2pm. We are in bed just after 7pm and he fights, cries, and all out loses his mind before finally going to bed always past 9pm. Jesus Christ man I am so over it. It’s literally two hours of hell at the end of the night. Way to completely spike your cortisol in the evening. It is completely unbearable. I also have a newborn so between my husband and I- one of us has to keep the newborn away and the other is in the room with the toddler. My husband especially is losing his mind because he has to wake up super early so he has to go to bed early. He just wants a little child free time at the end of the day but because this monster don’t go down until after 9pm he doesn’t get any.

Any advice is appreciated. There is a little fighting at nap time but not much. I don’t have a clue how to get bedtimes down

Naps

When do babies transition to 1 nap a day? My baby is struggling with two naps. She’s waking between 7.30/8 and having 1 nap anywhere between 11/11.30 but waking too late to have the second nap. She likes having. A good 2 hour nap but the second nap would mean bedtime would be pushed back to 9/9.30 which is too late for her x

My baby is four months old and I noticed last night he was asleep on his side and his head completely tilted back, I did move him back onto his back (how we always put him down) but he kept going back into that position.

We’re also not sure if he has his first cold as a bit sniffly. Has anyone else had this ?

Nappy changes

How can we make nappy changes not as uncomfortable/ scary?

My baby HATES nappy changes. He gets so upset and furious it's hard to calm him down afterwards, even with the boob.

It's so upsetting and stressful for all of us, baby, my partner and I!

Any tips and tricks for how to make more comfortable? We already have something soft to lie on, we already go slow (but fast when needed) and putting down bum first, but when he starts wriggling, the moro reflex start and scares him and he starts crying!

No sleep

Is anyone else finding that the older their baby gets the worse their sleep is becoming? I keep thinking my LO can't sleep much less and then she surprises us!
Does anyone know where parents can go to get support with this?

Nursery Naps

My daughter will start nursery in September, and I was sort of shocked to learn that they don’t do scheduled nap times for 2+ year olds, this is the third nursery I checked out in my area, all with this same policy. They said “If they get tired they can lay down on a mattress in the corner”.
Is this common practice? Where I came from, every single nursery does scheduled nap times/quiet times. Even NHS recommends toddlers to have naps until they turn 3. I appreciate your help on this…

Baby waking up every one hour! Please help

My baby is 1yr old and suddenly he is waking up every 1hr at night and cries . He won't sleep back without feeding !! Please advice

Night Feed or Soothing??

My baby is 8 weeks. He normally sleep for 7 or 8 hours straight at night. He woke up after 3 hours last night. Should I breastfeed him because he is only 8 wks?? Or try to give him a pacifier and pat him back to sleep since he normally sleeps a lot longer??

Sleep regression or undertired?

18 week old is pretty consistent waking up at 8 am. We play until about 10, then he sleeps for 1-2 hours. Typically his naps go 10/11, 1/2, 4/5, last bottle around 7-7:30 and bedtime routine.

We start winding down for naps at the 1.5 hour mark because he gets incredibly cranky if we try to wind down at the two hour mark. Takes about a half hour for him to achieve sleep with low music, low-stim chews and pats. He refuses to nap in his crib but sleeps in his crib at night.

I know this is the sleep regression so maybe that's what's happening, but for the past week he's been waking up nearly every single hour. It doesn't take much to put him back to sleep, just butt pats or holding hands and he's out pretty instant so it doesn't feel like much of a disruption to sleep.

Does his schedule sound okay for his age? Should I try to push his naps out a little further or is 2 hours awake okay? He doesn't seem to want food and even if he does eat it, it doesn't lengthen when he asks for comfort.

Cutting naps

My lo gets dysregulated and fights sleep at the best of times but I’m so keen to restrict day time sleep to try and make nights better, and try and get a more set schedule, but scared I will make her worse as the already wakes still tired most of the time. After having little day time sleep with carers nights seem to be worse any way so thinking it may not work? Any tips?

First Cold

My baby has her first cold😭
I have been doing saline spray and sucking her nose out every time she wakes up, goes to sleep and if she needs it before eating. Is there anything else I can do for her? How long do they usually last??

Help

Anyone else’s two year old almost three suddenly stop sleeping in their bed and start waking up every hour on the hour trying to get in Bed with you?

Husband concerned with co sleeping

Been co sleeping with our daughter for a good few months now. My husband recently shared that he’s not comfortable with it as accidents can happen. He’s afraid we’ll roll over on her or she’ll get stuck under a blanket or pillow.
My husband and I are both bigger people, with me being 5’8 and him 5’11.
I understand his fear because accidents do happen, but I don’t see what’s wrong with co sleeping.
If we can find a safe compromise for her to co sleep with us.
I’m able to get my baby to sleep in her crib, which is bedside, for around 2 hours before she wakes up looking for me.
I’m just feeling a bit stuck.

Split nights

I’m literally at breaking point I don’t know what else to do. My 13 month old has never been a good sleeper. But for the last 4 weeks has been up for 2 hours in the middle of the night with a couple more wakes before that. We’ve sleep trained him to fall asleep on his own, we’ve capped his naps, extended/lowered his wake windows and I don’t know what else we can try. I understand they go through regressions/split nights but surely 4 weeks is not it. I’m sat in bed crying, absolutely exhausted and feel like the worst mum in the world as he needs his sleep. I just wanted to know if anyone else has been through the same or has any advice?

Ebf and nighttime

Someone please tell me there's light to the end of this tunnel. My LO is 7 months next week but still wants every 2 or 3 hours for a feed. I exclusively breastfeed but trying to give a full bottle of expressed milk but my LO still wakes up. Any advice or just reassurance because I wanted to put him in his own room but not if he's still waking up so frequently.