Back arching

Hi, my baby is 12 weeks today and this week she started arching her back and head like this , she does it a lot when sleeping and I’m scared it’s bad for her back 🥲 any ideas if it’s normal ? Is she trying to roll over ?

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Mine does this and lifts his bum and legs up to hit toys on the baby gym, I thought it was trying to roll!

He does the back arching more so when he’s awake! But that’s just my big

I understand if they are doing it when they are awake but why doing it when she’s sleeping 🥲 I don’t know after checking on her every a few hours if she’s breathing now I’m checking if she’s laying down with her head normally .. maybe I’m too much lol

Mine is the same but I assume she is getting comfy or trying to roll or trying to fart...

Mine does this (13 weeks) mainly when she’s waking up, kinda thought she was just having a stretch haha

Mine does this quite a lot both awake/asleep. If she’s in a settled sleep she will lie still but she also has sleeps where she’s wriggly/flailing and will arch her head like this. She started rolling last Sunday at 9.5 weeks and do think now it was probably a sign.

Thank you all 🙃 I’m glad I’m not alone

My boy used to do this. Whenever they are learning a new skill (or working towards one) they are likely to do it in their sleep and / or between sleep cycles too x

Omg my 12 week old does this as well! Has been doing it for a week or so, i keep thinking she's going to break her neck 😅🤣

me too 😆 but I guess it’s normal

I just assumed my baby is trying to roll over. 13 weeks today and he does this in play time. Almost looks like a c shape he bends so far back. I cheer him on to roll lol

My baby girl does it a lot as well I be thinking it bad for her back but I also believe she just getting herself ready to learn how to roll over. She don’t do it in her sleep but she’s do it when she’s on her way to sleep & rub her hand thru her hair I’m guessing that’s how she goes to sleep.

Mine does too x

My LO does this during contact naps and i have to literally stop him from doing a backwards dive out of my arms 🙈

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Sleeping, not sleeping and safe sleeping…

I’m a FTM to a beautiful baby boy, who will be 3 weeks old tomorrow but sleep, or lack of sleep in this case, is a source of anguish in our house at the moment and it got me thinking about the information we are given as new mamas.

I get there are rules about safe sleeping to prevent SIDS, and I understand why we have them BUT why is other information that were given on sleeping a little contradictory to this?

1) We are told to nap when baby naps
2) We are told it’s ok if the only way baby will sleep is on us/cuddling us
3) Safe sleeping rules tell us we cannot sleep with baby on us, on a sofa or in a bed

My point is, if the only way baby will sleep is on us, how are we supposed to nap when they nap, if the safe sleeping rules tell us we can’t sleep with baby in bed or on a sofa with us?

If I’m missing something then please someone point it out for me but it seems a bit contradictory and confusing, does it not?

Why?

I am sick of my family telling me there’s something wrong with my baby.

She is almost 10 weeks old. She was born just under 1 month early.

She is my second child, my first born was a chilled baby. She is quite grumpy a lot of the time she does smile daily however. But she’s quite whiny and she has recently been really unsettled / fussy and been having some days where she has really bad crying episodes where she screams. For instance today she’s been fussy all day on her bottle, she did a poo mid way through one - so I stopped and placed her on her mat and noticed it had gone through the top of her nappy on to her sleep suit so I had to undress her and she literally screamed like I’ve never heard before to the point I wanted to cry! I proceeded to try and change her after picking her up to soothe her and again she screamed the place down and started sobbing. She’s quite a gassy baby she is always passing wind and has hiccups all the time also. But I am so sick of my family members telling me “she needs to be checked!” Or my mother saying “what’s wrong with her?” When she comes over and she cries. They said she’s more unsettled than settled always. And I can’t help but think why??? Is it something I’m doing? They are making me question everything and it’s making me feel like I’m heading in to a downward spiral. They make me question myself and my life. I’m just fed up.

Anyone else's health visitor absolutely useless?

England obviously.

My health visitor is about as useful as a sieve for collecting sand.

Co-sleeping

Why do people make out co sleeping is almost child abuse? My baby is almost 3 months and we sleep in the same bed. It’s the only way he sleeps a decent amount. I have many family members telling me I shouldn’t be doing it. I love the bonding you get sleeping with your baby. What are everyone’s thoughts

Wake windows? Naps?

Can you tell me what your nap schedule looks like in a day?

And I say schedule lightly I don't mean it being the same every day I just mean what do most of your days look like.

When baby wakes up in the morning how long on average are they awake for before having a nap? After the first nap how long on average are they awake for before the second nap?

How long is each nap lasting?

How many naps a day are you having?

My health visitor has told me my baby should be awake 4-5 hours before her first nap... I don't feel this is developmentally appropriate for a 7 month old? My baby could never make it 4-5 hours without being extremely cranky and crying.

Please help?

Refusing to nap

Anyone having issues with getting their baby to nap during the day? Everywhere you look online and in books it talks about the wake windows being so short, but my 5 week old has literally been awake for 7 hours straight. Have done all the obvious feeding, changing, rocking.
He sleeps at night thankfully but just fighting it during the day.