Lost my marbles!

My LO is nearly 4 months and been going through the regression some nights waking every 45 minutes. We thought he’d come out of it as he’d had a couple of ok nights and has been a much happier boy during the days. However last night he was waking every hour crying. Our dog sleeps in the bed with us sometimes and was at my feet last night. I’m so tired that I woke up and thought I’d fallen asleep with my LO in the bed and dropped him. In a panic I got up and picked up my dog (thinking it was my baby) and he was all floppy. I was petrified! Then he started licking my face and I realised it was the dog not my baby. And my baby was obviously sound asleep in the next to me crib!

Send help to me 🤣

Read more on Peanut

The views expressed in community are solely the opinions of participants, and do not reflect those of Peanut.

Learn more about our guidelines.

Add a comment

I’m sorry to know it’s so hard, my little girl will be 4 months next Sunday and haven’t been through the sleep regression yet so I’m dreading it lol
I hope your LO will get a better sleep soon
But have to say, I laughed so hard imagining your reaction when your “baby” started licking your face 🤣🤣🤣

Ugh we’re in the regression now too I think! My girl keeps waking a lot more than usual and struggling to fall asleep for bed! Hang in there, it’s a season and will pass

I woke up one night thinking the baby was on the bed and picked up what I thought was the baby to feed them to realise I had the cat 😂, I'm breastfeeding aswell so could have been interesting lol

I regularly wake in the night grabbing my husbands arm thinking it’s my baby 😂 he’s used to it now and just waits until I’m fully awake and realise what I’m doing, or until I lay back down (not having even woken up whilst doing it!) 🙈

I wake up all the time thinking baby is in bed with me 😅

My dog is huge so I’d probably think I’d picked up my partner if I tried that in the night 😂.

We’ve had a couple of spells with about 4 nights awful sleeps like this then he seems to settle and sleep longer coming out the other side of it. Fingers crossed better sleeps are coming 🤞🏼

Omg my heart breaks for you, just remember this is only temporary ❤️❤️❤️

in our community

When did you circumcise your baby?
If you DID NOT or DO NOT have a circumcised son DO NOT comment this post is not for you!

Did you wait a certain amount of time or have it done immediately?
Again respectfully, this is only for the parents who choose to do so.
opinions about how not necessary it is will not be appropriate for this post. Thank you in advance. 🩵

Can someone pls help i keep making this post and nobody is responding

My boyfriend booked a trip for us to go to mexico for a week as my push present. I have severe anxiety leaving my 7 month old with my mom. I know she will be in good hands but she’s exclusively breast fed for the most part but accepts bottles just fine. i have all my pumping parts packed and will pump when baby normally eats but i don’t want baby to forget me or have latch issues when i return!! any mommas ever experience this?

Postpartum

I’m only 3 days postpartum (FTM) and already have extremely bad anxiety. I’m crying every night, as I think of another night of no sleep. My baby will not settle in his cot, he cries every moment we put him down unless in his chair rocker. So me and my partner are having to alternate after 3/4 hours of being awake with him downstairs. I’m trying everything to get him to settle. It’s a load of overwhelming stress. I’m 23, I was desperate for a baby and now I have one and feel completely useless. I miss it just being me and my partner.

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....

Crawling

Did anyone’s little one start crawling yet? I feel like we are falling behind but really have no idea. I’m trying to introduce more floor time but it’s been rough because of having hardwood floors and our 80 lb oblivious to life dog. I got us a carpet for the living room and trying to put the dog out more when the weather allows. She sits like a pro and will roll to get the things she needs😅 but no real signs of crawling yet.

Guilt

Does anyone else feel guilty for every little thing they do? I feel like I need to be entertaining my little one at all times. If I have to put her in the activity center to finish a task, instant guilt. In the car for too long, instant guilt. Replying to work emails instead of interacting with her, instant guilt. I know independent play is good for her but my brain thinks otherwise. Please tell me it gets better, I’d love to shower for more than 10 minutes without it feeling like the world is going to collapse.