Sleeping

Help! My son is 7 months old and will not sleep in his crib or pack in play. He started rolling over in his bassinet so it was time to upgrade him to a new sleep space and he would not sleep in the crib or play pin. We would be up all night till I couldn’t take it anymore and would put him in bed with me. I hate cosleeping it gives me so much anxiety. This has been going on for the last 2 months . He also will not sleep at all if I’m not with him. When I go to work my mom watches him and he sleeps maybe 25-45 mins total out of the 7 hours I’m gone. So I’m starting to think he has separation anxiety .
I do not let him “cry it out” he also has a bad arm with nerve damage that doesn’t function properly so when he rolls over it’s hard for him to get back to his back and when he’s on his tummy he is uncomfortable so he screams and cries bloody murder

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Did he sleep through the night in his bassinet?

Hey I’m sorry I don’t have any solutions but just wanted to say I’m in the same boat? Mine also will not sleep alone and I end up giving in and letting her cosleep all night only to have the worst anxiety through out it. I’m sorry it’s happening I hope u find the answer 💕

Exact same here. Idk what to do anymore. My baby wants to be next to me, feeling my skin during the night. I am so drained. We even tried the car ride thing with the crib, but nope, she wants to be attached to my body. Ugh!
And no, I dont have the strenght to do sleep training.

My 7 month old moves around so much in his sleep he wakes himself up in the crib and I’m so scared he’s gonna hit his head or get hurt. He’s been sleeping in my bed and my boyfriend has been on the couch ☹️🤦🏼‍♀️ I know we can’t live like this for much longer. I wish I could get my little man to stop moving around so much. sigh.

I've coslept for about 3.5 months now. While it's not perfect I put a crib mattress next to my bed and started cosleeping naps on it too get him used to it. Now we're at the point where I can get him to do 50% of the night down and I feed him back to sleep.

Just came to say, I've been in the same boat. I recently bought a guava Lotus travel crib so I could feed my baby to sleep in their own sleep space and sneak away, but they wake back up wailing every 30 minutes to an hour wanting me. You could try this I know it's worked for other people. Im about done woth this nee experiment cause it's easier having them in bed cause they're more happy through the night. They still wake alot but we both go back to sleep much easier. Check out cosleepy for safe bedsharing info. Also 90 percent of SIDS cases happen before 6 months. You do need to be mindful of suffocation risk at this age, especially with blankets as they get more mobile.

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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?

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Leaky nappy help

What nappies are you using to stop leaks?? We use pampers ultra dry size 5, and for the past few nights he has lashed through and we’ve had to completely change him during the night. Last night he leashed through twice!! He sleeps on his front and stays leaks through at the top of his leg where the tabs connect. Didn’t know whether to size up, he has a bit of a belly on him but he’s smack in middle of weight guidance so shouldn’t need too