Waking through the night

My 6 month old is waking every 2-3 hours screaming during the night. He slept through really well as a newborn but as soon as the 4 month sleep regression hit he’s been terrible. At first I put it down to sleep regression and have since thought of many other things it could be (teething etc) I have tried everything to get him to sleep abit longer like putting him on 6 month + milk, teething powder, making sure he drinks and eats enough throughout the day, not napping too close to bedtime. Nothing is working and I will do anything for a full nights sleep! Any advice?

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Following as my boy is exactly the same ! 😩

My girl is exactly the same!! Used to sleep sooo well until 4 months and now up 3-5 times a night feeding. She’s EBF but we’re starting baby rice tonight to see if that’ll help her sleep 🫠 will report back 😂

i EBF as well … Yeah until 4 months he was sleeping through all night! No wakes No Feeds. Same feeding at night all the time. Let me know if baby rice helped!🥰

I think that’s what I’m gonna have to do, just stay optimistic that he’ll sort it himself. I tried crushed rusk mixed with water and his formula before bed but that didn’t work x

yeah, remind me to never brag about my baby sleeping through again🤣 atleast we’re not alone, it seems a lot of parents are having the same problem around this age so now I know it’s nothing that I’m doing wrong x

I'm so tired that I have no idea how many times my baby wakes up. I just know that when she does I just automatically feed her so that I can try and go back to sleep. We co sleep unsurprisingly.

I can relate to this sooo much! I know he’s not hungry but it’s the only thing that gets him back to sleep and I’m way too tired to try anything else for too long. By 5am he’ll be in bed with me 🥲

Never been a sleepy baby to begin with but wow 6 months is a new level of shit. Used go feed to sleep but now doesn't want to feed before bed so just have a screaming baby for hours on end. At this rate I know cry it out wouldn't work because he never gets tired of screaming/ crying! The other day it was 9 hours at night and finally fell asleep at his morning 9am nap time

We're in the same boat!! Loads of wakes and feeds a night currently. It's draining. The advice I was given was to see whether my husband could try and settle through the night without me feeding her. We haven't given that a try yet though

baby rice didn’t work 😂😂 she was still up 3 times! But I’ll take it as a win over up 5 times. We also put her down without her dummy and she “self soothed” to sleep fine so that’s not the problem. Who knows at this point 😂

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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

AITA

In the uk there is an outbreak of meningitis, in a specific area mainly. My BD has family from that area and decided to go and meet up with them, I said if he does then he cannot have contact with the kids for 7-10 days after incase he picks anything up. Am I being over dramatic? I reallyyy don’t want my young kids getting anything serious

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.

How to help my husband understand why I'd like to breastfeed

My husband is very supportive, but he is also someone who wants to make things as easy and as stress free as possible.

With our first child, I tried to breastfeed, but due to my own medical issues postpartum, baby and I were separated a lot and my milk dried up so quickly. We introduced formula around 2 weeks PP, and I tried pumping as much as I could, but it just lead to nothing. It was heartbreaking. It definitely ruined a lot of those early weeks for me, I was wrecked with guilt and sadness. I cried every day and felt like such a failure.

Now my son is a healthy, happy 2 year old and I eventually came to terms with formula feeding him. He was quite content with the first formula we tried, never had feeding or gas issues etc, so it felt like a much easier option.

Obviously my husband witnessed all of this and now we're expecting our second baby, he sort of assumed we'd just go straight to formula.

I told him pretty early that I'd like to try breastfeeding again, and although I won't be putting so much pressure on myself this time, I've also done more research and I'm more prepared for the hard times that might come up in the early days/weeks, and I'm trying to prepare for any complications.

He's very supportive and says it's totally up to me and hasn't tried to sway me either way, but I do get a feeling the moment things get difficult PP he will automatically be buying formula. And he won't mean it in a bad way, he'll just be trying to make things easier for me and take off the pressure. He won't understand that it's unhelpful.

His thinking is that as long as baby is fed that's all that matters, and I agree mostly! But I also understand how beneficial breastfeeding can be and want to give it all my effort if I'm able!

So I guess I'm asking, are there any good resources I could send him to read? Preferably nothing too long/wordy, but something that explains the benefits and how to best support me during this time too? (Also something preferably from the UK as I know guidance can differ depending on country)