I'm desperate

My daughter will be 7 months on the 14th and she sleeps so bad. Her whole life she's woken up every 2-3 hours every night . Now she wakes up every hour and sometimes takes multiple hours to settle throughout the night. I've tried different sleep sacks , more food , changing her environment , having her contact nap exclusively, Sound machine /night light , humidifier , lavender , warm bath and probably something else. Everyone told me it would get better but it's only getting worse and I don't think it's a phase . Her doctor won't help at all I don't know what to do. She's a Velcro baby so with her exclusively contact napping and not sleeping at night it's driving me crazy . Please share ANYTHING that could help

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

Coming from a mama who also had a Velcro baby that would only take good naps when contact napping, I HIGHLY recommend sleep training. There are so many methods, so pick one that works for you. Personally, we did the Ferber method and by day 6, she was going to sleep within 2-3 min on her own and sleeping through the night fairly regularly. But those first 4 days were ROUGH on my mama heart; however, being on the other side of it now, it was totally worth it for me and her—she sleeps so much better and wakes up happy. I know there is a community against letting babies cry, and if that includes you, I totally get it. There are sleep training methods that don’t involve that.

I’ll add when my daughter, who will be 7 months on the 17th was cutting her bottom teeth, it was rough, maybe try some teething medication (cold teether, frozen rags to chew on, herbal remedies, baby Orajel, hylands teething tablets, Tylenol, or Motrin) just to see if that makes a difference.

in our community

When do things get easier?

As we entered the 9-12 month stage, my son started crawling and pulling himself up. He also became more clingy and does not play alone, still doesnt sleep through the night, and this week has been sick (so EVERYTHING amplified). I am tired and overwhelmed. Please lie and tell me things get better. 🥺

Colostrum storing?

Has anyone successfully extracted colostrum before the baby’s born? Apparently it gets produced from 16w pregnant and you can start storing it in the freezer but I’m 34w looking at my nipples and the syringes on amazon wondering how it works?? Like what did you use and did it hurt? 🥲

4 month bed time

What time do you put your babies to bed?
What time do you start your 'routine?'
My LO currently goes to bed around 10.30pm, and I know i need to start bringing it forward. Everytime ive tried, it takes longer for my LO to settle.
We are exclusively breastfeeding. Any advice Mamas?

Dummies🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

Has anyone got any tips on how to GET RID of dummies😂🤦🏼‍♀️ my little girl is obsessed and i have no idea where to start!!

Self settling

Any tips or advice of how to teach 6.5month old to self settle? I’m up multiple times in the night to cuddle her back to sleep and put the dummy in. I understand she will wake up and want a cuddle etc but any tips on self settling would be appreciated 🥰

Baby losing weight

Hi all, it's been a long time since I had a baby (my son is 15!). My daughter is 10 days old and was 9lb born, she has since lost weight at every appointment and is at a 12% loss. I am breast feeding every two hours for over an hour and topping her up every feed. I pump and can get 60ml in 10 minutes so I know my supply is okay. Anyone had this before? Can give me some tips? I currently feel like I'm letting my baby down.