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Ahh ladies. After battling sleep regression from 12 weeks we finally got 3 nights in a row of my boy going down without crying, only one wake for feed during the night and waking around 6.30/6.45 for the day. I've been trying so hard to keep routine the same as the first day so we don't slip back into the shit.

Well, I just fell asleep during my boys nap and let him oversleep by 40 mins 🤣 dreading next nap/bedtime now. Fml 🙄 lol

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What age us your LO now?

just turned 5 months. This post maybe sounds like a brag but to be honest the last 2 months havd pretty much been hell sleep wise lol 😂

to be honest they have been a little different from usual as he only took 10 mins for his first nap. He's just gone for his last nap at the usual time so I'm just going to crack on and hope for the best! I was honestly in disbelief when I walked out the room last night and he just wiggled about and fell asleep with zero crying. That litterally never happens. Hoping so much we have turned a corner 🤞

Omg! Then it's hope for us too! 😀 Mine will turn 5 months next Monday, and it's been difficult sleepwise for the past 2 months. So, fingers crossed, it won't be long!

I will sincerely keep everything crossed for you. My little guy isn't long down. Overtired I think so probs in for a rough night. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. My toddler was running riot tonight so that might have been a factor.

Oh! Sorry to hear that! 😞

im just coming out of it the last 3 days. My girl had been in sleep regression for 6 weeks! 😮‍💨. Naps were 20 mins in the day and she woke every 15-30 mins none stop in the night. I actually was the walking dead lol.

I totally understand you @Claire. I am in the same situation. So, probably soon, it will be over with. I am not sure, but mine is also teething, so it might be a combination of both. 😞

mine was the same with teething. I read that being consistent with routine really helps and it’s did with ours. She never ever cries in the night but gives a little giggle to let me know she’s up I felt like I could cope with that 😂😂

Pretty sure my boy is teething without teeth (like the teeth are just moving under the gums).... Also his naps are short. I have to put him in the buggy to guarantee a decent nap. I know it's a "bad habit" but I also know he needs to rest. I'm gradually trying to break this by doing morning nap in the cot, midday in buggy and evening in the cot... But last two days the evening nap has been attempted in the cot then I've given up and put him in the buggy 🥺 it will get better ladies! Hang on in there. Hopefully in a few months time we will be celebrating how amazing they are at sleeping!! ❤️

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Baby clothes

Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

At this point I’m not enjoying motherhood

My 22 month old is horrendous at the moment🫣 biting, hitting, pushing, pulling and shoving not only adults but children he also wants what other children have and will just snatch it away from them.

We repeat ‘nice hands’ ‘be gentle’ ‘let’s share’ etc

But how do I make him understand what he’s doing isn’t very nice? At the end of the day I feel like I’ve just been saying his name all day and nothing else.

What can I do?

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

Dummy

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.

Currently typing this as she screams uncontrollably in the car and I cry with her cos I can’t do anything.

Help

My LO every feed. Drs don’t seem to think it’s a problem the whole Muslim cloth gets soaked so much I’m using towels now. I’ve tried size O teats he gets really frustrated and still spills it out :(

Of these two, which seems more overall “demanding” to you, overall? Lighthearted poll, not putting anyone down 🫶🏼

As a mum who breastfed for 3 years, I think formula feeding seems 100x harder and more demanding. I give those mamas all the credit because I could not keep up with that faff haha. I truly don’t understand why people say breastfeeding is more effort, other than the fact that no one else can do it. But personally I’d take that over endless bottle prep & cleaning.

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