in May 2024 Babies 🇬🇧

Cuddles to sleep

I am so so so sad even though I know it’s a good thing but my little girl now doesn’t seem to want me to cuddle her to sleep 😢 The past 2 nights we’ve come up to bed, did her normal routine of getting dressed etc then as soon as I’ve picked her up to start winding her down/ cuddling her to sleep (which we have always done) she’s screamed and cried until I’ve put her down in her next to me where she’s then gone straight to sleep just holding my hand 😭 Like I said I know it’s a good thing that she wants to be in her own space to go to sleep but it’s breaking my heart a little bit not getting those sleepy goodnight cuddles, like she’s growing up too fast already 😭 No reason to this post really other than I’m feeling super sad about it 😂

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Don't be too sad - you will be needed for LOTS of cuddles over the years! My oldest is 16 and she still needs them on a regular basis! Xx

I am exactly the same, I still get them some times but more often than not he'll start to settle ready to sleep on me then get really restless until I put him down with his dummy in and off he goes

@Lisa oh I hope so! I just want to smother her with love always 😂😂 x

@Hannah aw look at our little independent babies! 🥲 honestly I would cuddle her all the time if I could hahahaha xx

Ask her to have a word with my baby 🤪😂 x

A different question under your post, sorry... but is it normal that our hearts break for things like this? I feel since my little one was born, my heart has broken hundreds of times. "Aw she has outgrown her 0-3 months clothes", then "Oh now the 3-6m ones...", then "Aw she'll move soon to her own room" etc. etc. I feel like there is at least one thing a day when I feel my heart breaks again and I just want to cry all the time. Too many changes, it's just overwhelming and I'd like her to stay little and I want to cuddle her 24/7. Is this normal??? I don't know how many more mini heartbreaks I can cope with. So yeah I totally understand you. You know that it is what to come and it's okay, but don't you just want the time to stand still a bit?

@Orsi I can only speak from my own experience, however I feel no emotion toward my LO growing out of her clothes. I can’t believe she was as tiny as she was but that’s about it. I’d feel upset over other things though such as my LO starting nursery or if our breastfeeding journey had to come to an end. If you are wanting to cry all the time, it might be worth speaking to your health visitor / doctor. I haven’t felt like crying since a week after birth. I hope my perspective helps!

I agree with Lisa, you'll get plenty of cuddles still, including sleepy cuddles - when she's teething, or sick, or going through a developmental regression, etc. I'm 100% sure of it ❤️

@Naomi haha oh dear! I’ll send her round for a chat 😂

@Anna oh good I’m glad!! Thank you! ♥️ x

@Toni I absolutely guarantee it, and when they're older and they know for themselves that all they want is a cuddle, it means so much when they come to you. Even my boy who is fiercely independent and just started high school still loves to come and cuddle up next to me on the sofa and talk about our day. You've got thousands of lovely moments still to come ❤️

@Lisa aw that’s so cute!! Can’t wait for all the cuddles!

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