Fidgeting all night long

Following as my baby has started doing this and I dunno why either 😂

i know it sounds awful but its so annoying 😂 shed sleep through if she didnt do this. Ya gal just needs a good night sleep😩😂x

I have the zip up swaddles from Love to Dream it zips them in with their arms up so they feel like they’re being cuddled but not trapped, my girl would always break out of a swaddle and hated it but these zip ones have been a godsend they help her settle straight back off when she startles, I have to go and put the dummy back in every so often though but I don’t mind xx

she wears a weighted sleep sac and loves it. I cant keep her arms buttoned anymore because she’s rolling. She just cant keep those bloody arms still🤦🏽‍♀️xx

My girl doesn’t scratch her face, but she does fidget! She’s currently scratching the sides of the next to me, later in the night she’ll start slamming her legs up and down. It’s part of learning to self soothe.

If she’s badly scratching her face, could you try folding over the cuffs or putting mittens on her for bed?

my boys the exact same and he’s in a grow bag with the arms out as he doesn’t like being restricted but the arms are having a party every night 😂 he was doing this a while ago and I lifted him to wind and he burped and stopped doing it for a while.. have ya tried to see if she’s got wind? Lol x

I think with the arms like this on this sleep thing it stops them from rolling aswell, my girl can roll without this on but not with it on as her elbows are in the way if that makes sense xx

i feel like an idiot for not thinking about turning over her cuffs 🤦🏽‍♀️😂x

ive tried winding, giving a dream feed the only thing that settles her is putting her on my chest. Then i cant sleep 😂😩x

Mines the same you’re defo not alone! I’ve had no choice but to put mits on him tonight as he gets out the cuffs…always, same as you do his nails sometimes twice a day and they’re still like tiny razors!🤦🏻‍♀️ which is only made worse by eye rubbing or sometimes eye digging🤷🏻‍♀️ I can only assume it’s either part of development or part of sleep regression 🫤 x

Have you tried the baby grows with mittens? Won’t stop her waking up but might slow down getting dummy out and will prevent the scratches xx

maybe it is the start of this sleep regression oh god 😫😫😫 x

someone above said it’s potentially them learning to self soothe. Its just almost frustrating and i feel like hes not resting when shes doing it x

or were the lucky ones and this is the sleep regression? 😂🤞🏼x

ive just turned them over and she woke up and looked at me like i was evil😂😂
Daddys turn to settle her 😴xx

oh nooo! 🙈😂 you can blame it on me 😂 good luck daddy x

Omg mine started doing this too! Was up all night either replacing the dummy or holding her hands 😣

I dunno what’s worse lol my wee boys just went over.. daddy’s turn to sleep beside him 😂😴 x

my girl does the legs up and down thing, when we have the monitor on her it’s like an earthquake 🤣

My baby does exactly the same. I spend the whole night covering him up as he always kicks the blanket and holding his hands.

My little one does exactly this!!!! Rubs his face, pulls his dummy out then cries for his dummy. All whilst being asleep lol

No advice really :( just solidarity 🙏🏼

During the day my girl keeps taking her dummy out, but can’t put it back in, so I have to do it for her every 2 seconds.🤪 At night she sleeps in Love to dream swaddle bag, so her arms are kind of “free” to move, so she still manages to knock out the dummy. I was up every half an hour to put it back in, otherwise she would wake up! She started doing this recently, and in the last 3-4 days she’s slamming her legs too just to make it more fun. Needless to say I’m knackered!! I really don’t know what to do about this.🙈

sounds like my daughter!

Seen every half an hour known to man 😂 she’s almost punching herself pulling her dummy out, slamming her legs down, heads going side to side! Just can’t sleep through it x

Exactly the same here 🥲

I’m going through the same! I’m trying everything I’m up once an hour from 1am. My LO doesn’t wake up - has he eyes closed just like this! Then she cries for a feed around 5. Urgh!! Hopefully it won’t last long for us xx

We've had to use mittens for naps and night sleep otherwise my son wakes himself up and is covered in scratches. I use the built in mittens from the baby grows and then add mittens on top because it's that bad lol he always sneaks a finger or two out when I just use baby grows ones x

My boys the same can only keep still if he’s close to me and co sleeping, he doesn’t like being in he’s next to me and wakes 4 times through the night for some boob, thought I was only me x

I might get a lot of hate for this 🤣🤣
However, my little girl was the exact same, she would wake herself up and she once stuck her finger under her eyelid she was so aggressive 😩
I couldn’t use baby grows with mittens because it was far too hot so, I gave her a teddy to play with instead and it was like magic. I just take it away before I go to bed & now it goes everywhere with her and she won’t sleep without it unless she’s exhausted x

i ended uo last night giving her a muslin because she self soothes with it, just a little frustrating because i cant sleep then as have to watch her 😂