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My baby will not sleep independently
Shes 7 month still in our room won’t go in next to me anymore seems like we wake her in the night but then there are nights where she just will not stay asleep when we put her down in the crib, she won’t go down drowsy so we put her down when asleep and she then wakes up and gets giddy so now yet again she is in my bed and partner on sofa downstairs 😢 how do I get this sorted… getting her room ready for this weekend but i dont think we have a chance with her going in there🫣😩

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You just need to try be strong with it. Put some baby white noise on. There’s a 10 hour loop one on YouTube. Put it on whilst she’s going to sleep and leave it on all night. She seems very attached to put a small clothe that has your smell on it in the bed with her so she feels close xx

This has been happening to me too, routine is completely out of the window, all naps are being on me during the day and putting him down is very difficult, he used to sleep in his travel cot/Moses basket or his bedside sleeper fine but now he knows as soon as he’s off me

Your babies are going through some sleep regression. My little one is just coming out of it. It can last for about a week or 2-3 weeks. Just stay strong ladies it gets better ❤️

My little girl on the dot every night is waking up at 3 and will not go back to sleep unless she’s in with us! She’s never co slept ever! But this last week we’ve needed to as she will just not settle again past 3. Goes down amazing and stays asleep until 3 but then at 3 it’s like someone has switched my baby 😂

you can have the best routines in the world and still have a baby that won’t sleep. I definitely can vouch for this. I’m oh the dot with my little girl- she’s in such a good routine but will not sleep through x

She went in her crib asleep last night within an hr she woke up crying and wouldn’t go bk in it im not sure what is going on? 😭

agreed but my baby can self settle and she does for every nap- but at night no matter how hard I’ve tried it’s a different ball game. I’m just getting at that when people ask for advice it’s not always helpful to talk about routine as there’s an assumption there isn’t one and as a very tired mummy this does hit a nerve x

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My baby has had a dummy since about 2 weeks old (now 5 months) and over the course of the last month we weaned her off it during the day only for naps and night (which was fine) and then 5 days took it completely away during the day.

The first day no dummy was fine, the second bit rougher. But now it feels impossible she just moans and cries all the time it takes ages for her to go down to sleep (she’s always been an amazing sleeper)

I thought it was meant to get better as time went on not worse. I’m at my wits end I dunno what to do.

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