Sleep...or lack of sleep!!!

My baby has been a good sleeper, but generally gets hot with a sleep regression that lasts a week or so.

Since turning 8, months she wakes every 2 hours and has recently started crying after 39 minutes of going in her crib (she sleeps in our room as we only have a 1 bed flat). I'm honestly at my Whits end because the evening is the only time I get any time to relax!

It's really affecting me because I'm exhausted all the time, and so so moody!

Does any have any suggestions?

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No suggestions, sorry, but just to say I'm having the exact same problem. Is it teething? Separation anxiety?

Going through the same thing. Currently sat with him on my lap and teletubbies on the TV because he woke up at 10 and every time I try to get him back to sleep he just cries and cries 🥲

I thought it could be, I've had to resort to putting her back in the next to me! Her dad had to sleep with her in the bed and she slept fine but as soon as I put her back in the crib she wakes. I'm just so scared I'm going to fall asleep with her on me!

yep, she lasted 30 minutes max when we put her to sleep. My partner had to sleep on the bed with her and she slept fine, but since putting her back in the crib she is non stop waking. At this rate I'm going to have to get up with her! It's awful, and to top it off my partner is absolutely useless and has gone to sleep in the living room so I'm completely on my own with her!

We’re in the same boat! Our LG wakes frequently throughout the night, tossing and turning for her dummy, which wakes me up! Around 4am she cries to come into our bed, but shes still disruptive and wants me to put her dummy back in her mouth. I get around 3 hrs sleep max a night! Luckily I’m an insomniac, so I can survive off little to no sleep, but it’s annoying! My daughter is like me I suppose, a shit sleeper 😤

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When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

Rant/WWYD

My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.

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I’m going crazy. Baby born at 2.26kg. Slow to put on weight. This last week hasn’t put on any. Been trying to feed him at night and he’s not interested at all. Fast asleep. During day he will have 5 minute gulps and that’s it. He don’t cry for milk. I’ve got to keep offering to him. I try to offer it every hour but I don’t know what I’m doing. HV said nutrition comes after 5 minutes so I should pump first and then give him. I find it so hard. I tried to pump one boob nothing came. The other abit came. Tried giving him express he’s not interested in that too. Sometimes he will go for a longer a feed but not long at all. He’s 4 months and is currently 5.46kg. I have no family or friend support here and wish I had a cook, cleaner and nanny to help with everything so I can concentrate on the little one. I don’t know what’s wrong with him but I’m loosing it. It doesn’t help that my also stressed generally about my relationship and life circumstances. Any advice that will work. Any comfort you can give. I’m fed up. Is this regression - not feeding. He’s fast fast asleep. I’ve been trying to push the nipple in but that mouth is closed shut. I took some clothes off. Changed his nappy but he’s still asleep. Please help

Sleeping bag

8 week old in sleeping bag for first time as big enough! Do you feed your child in the night whilst in the sleeping bag or taken them out, feed then transfer back to sleeping bag before putting down?

i just want someone to talk to😔😔😔😔

when things get hard i have nothing not any support from my partner im convinced he doesn’t even love me anymore but thats another story
I have a 3 yo and a 2yo that are in bed sleeping only just now. I have a 1 yo that’s been sleeping from 8 o’clock to 10 o’clock. I just gave her her milk and she would’ve gone back to sleep if it wasn’t that
I lost her dummy earlier in the day when I went out
so now she won’t go back to sleep and she won’t accept any of the other dummy’s i have!😔😔and it’s 10 o’clock and I’m gonna be up until 3 o’clock with her and when she does want to go to sleep i won’t have any dummy to give her she will accept and she won’t sleep without it i just wanna cry 😔i have nobody to talk to and i feel so alone i get no support from anybody i’m so tired and i don’t feel well to top it off😔

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