Nursing to sleep / positive encouragement

For those who are nursing to sleep and it still is the only option as to how the baby goes down to sleep for night and naps, don't worry it's not all doom and gloom. I've been reading and hearing from everywhere and anywhere that it's wrong and we are creating bad habits for the baby as they won't be able to link sleep cycles nd we will be doomed in being woken up as babies will need us again to assist them back to sleep several times a night - this was the case for us until recently, I believe we just came out of 2 massively long annoying regressions, but guess what good news, there is hope! For the last 2 nights my baby has slept 11 hours straight without needing any assistance at night, without a peep in his big boy cot in his own room. I didn't change anything, still feeding to sleep and feeding on demand, although I wanted to do some gentle sleep training, I had no idea where to start so I didn't really implement anything new. It did take some time but gradually he went from waking up 3 times a night to twice and then once a night, and now he is doing all night sleeping, which I'm hoping it will stay like this for some time before the next thing comes and hits, eg. rolling in his sleep. Just wanted to all give you a bit of a hope 😊 for reference, he's been in the big cot since before Christmas. Xx

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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. 🥺

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?

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? 🥲

Baby with chronic congestion

Hi everyone! My 1 year has been a congested baby since birth almost. She breathes through her mouth so often that it wakes her up multiple times at night and she cries and screams and then struggles to go back to sleep. She wakes up every 1-3 hours and sometimes can’t go back to sleep for 2-3 hours!!! Piriton is the only thing that seems to help her sleep mostly through the night but I can’t keep giving her that!!
Does anyone have tips as to have I can do or give her? Has anyone experienced? I have no idea when I’ll get an ENT appointment and I have no idea what he can give a 13 mo :( we are desperate for sleep so any tips are welcome!! We have tried steam inhalation, saline drops, vapour rubs and everything off the counter basically!

Combi feeding advice

Has anyone gone from EBF to combi feeding? Currently do one bottle of EBM per night and they one half formula half breast milk mixed in the day. The other times she still feeds on me. Ideally I want to feed all day via bottle and all night with breast. She’s 7 weeks and takes a bottle well, how long should I leave it before adding another bottle to her daily routine?

Showering

What’s everyone putting there wee ones in whilst jumping in the shower? Awake or sleeping.