Active sleep

So apparently my LO who is 9 weeks is going through a leap.. so I’m not sure if this is what is causing so much fuss but my god I am tired. He is so active in his sleep at the moment sucking his hand moving and wriggling every few minutes making noises I can never tell if he’s waking up or needs a feed or what he wants so I just can’t get to sleep myself.. bring him to the bed or on me still does the same and in his Moses. It’s like he’s asleep for a few minutes then he starts… last night he just wouldn’t settle properly after any feeds. He also took really different times to his usual feed windows .. just when you think you have a semi routine they throw it out! I am shattered!

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If you get the wonder weeks app it tells you all about the leaps, the signals and the skills they will be gaining during this. My girl entered leap 2 this week and the start of the week she was up 3/4 times in the night which is unlike her and the last 2 nights she’s back to her normal self

I do have the app so it’s interesting that it really must be that

was she fussy in the day too?

My little one was really fussy in the day during this leap, think we are just coming out of it now! Hold on for the excitement they’re learning something new 🥰🩷

not too bad in the day in herself but cat naps not long stretches then really fussy between 6-10

how long did it last xx

My little boy is the same at the moment at 8weeks. Sleeps fine for his first stretch of sleep, but then for the next part of the night is wriggling and grunting away so loudly I can’t sleep! Sucks his hand like mad too! But every time I check he seems to be ‘asleep’ with his eyes closed.
Fingers crossed this phase will pass soon 🤞

Mine is doing similar and honestly I think it's the heat by us. He's not sleeping great during the day because of it and then his night sleep is also unsettled. But heat paired with a leap will definitely cause some mayhem on them!

exactly the same here and when he wakes atm he wakes proper crying!!

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I have a 4 month old and now all of a sudden when he’s been asleep for 1hr30/2hrs he will wake up screaming (high pitched) I’ve tried winding him sometimes that helps, I’ve tried bicycle legs & bringing his knees up but that doesn’t seem to help but he brings his knees up himself sometimes but nothing happens. I’ve noticed since the 4 month mark he has started to struggle passing wind downwards! Any tips?

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Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

Don’t want to leave my first born😭😭😭

Anyone else extremely sad and anxious to leave their first born😭

He’s 2 and we have never not put him to bed or be here for when he wakes up😭

I’m so sad and anxious about leaving him

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Hey mams! My girl is 6 weeks on Monday and is having so much trouble with feeding. It doesn’t happen every feed but more often than not she will start a bottle and just start crying as if she’s in pain and she can’t take the milk. I think it’s trapped wind but I genuinely don’t know what to do it’s so pitiful to see her not be able to feed! She’s formula fed and on HiPP Organic.
Anyone else been in this position? I’m pretty sure it’s just a bit of trapped wind that she needs to fart out but can’t! If anyone has any advice I’d be very grateful as I think I may need to tape my eyelids open soon 😂

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For a few days now my 10m old has fought her 2 daily naps. Normally her wake windows were 3-4 hours and she is now eventually napping after a 6 hour wake window. Today was only one nap, she skipped the second one. Used to nap like clockwork so I’m wondering if anyone else is experiencing this? Also very unsettled most nights and doesn’t sleep well at all