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I see everyone talking about how their newborns (4+ weeks old) are sleeping over 3+ hour stretches at night and I’m lucky if I get 2 1/2 hours with mine. What am I doing wrong ?

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You're not doing anything wrong. When my daughter was 6-10 weeks old she would sleep in 6 hour stretches one night and be up every hour the next night. At that age sleep varies so much and also every baby is so different that it's unreasonable to expect one baby to be exactly the same as another. I promise your doing just fine and don't worry about comparing your baby to everyone else's

You're not doing anything wrong. It's not really up to you lol. Babe needs to wake often to eat enough to triple their size in the first year, plus waking often prevents SIDS so as much as you want longer stretches, you really really don't. Plus you still have allllllllll the sleep regressions to possibly look forward to. My twins have hit every single regression possible at 4m, 6m, 8m, 12m, 18m, and their 24m is coming up here soon so I'm buckling up and getting ready for that ❤️ let babe do what they naturally need to do to grow and develop appropriately ❤️

You’re not doing anything wrong 🧡 Frequent wake ups are normal for babies. They are a biological advantage to help prevent SIDs and ensure babies needs are met. Sleep is developmental and changes day by day, week to week for babies. Some days your baby might be going through a growth spurt and needing to feed every hour at night, some nights they might sleep longer stretches. Gas, teething, being too hot or too cold, tummy upset, needing a diaper change, or just needing reassurance that you’re close can cause wake ups too. Temperament plays a lot into sleep as well. Try to build routines around how you can get more rest throughout the day.

You're not doing anything wrong, sleep is tied to a baby's temperament and each one is different. Some kids sleep great right away and some never truly sleep well. You can try to establish a routine around bedtime and keep them on stricter wake windows during the day but that's not always foolproof either, it's truly up to each baby.

You’re not doing anything wrong. Maybe baby just loves you so much that they just can’t wait to wake up and enjoy your company 🙂

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Hour night wakes and 5am get up

Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

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I have a 4 month old and now all of a sudden when he’s been asleep for 1hr30/2hrs he will wake up screaming (high pitched) I’ve tried winding him sometimes that helps, I’ve tried bicycle legs & bringing his knees up but that doesn’t seem to help but he brings his knees up himself sometimes but nothing happens. I’ve noticed since the 4 month mark he has started to struggle passing wind downwards! Any tips?

Help meeee

!!All advice welcome!! My 5 month old (nearly 6mo) is just not sleeping . Not for naps and not at night . She can’t connect her cycles . We started sleep regression at 3 months but in like how is this nearly been going on for a further 3 months . Like surely not . She has 10 min naps in crib ( which take so much effort ) and maybe 20/30 min naps in my arms/pushchair . She wakes minimum every hour at night with guaranteed false start 20 mins in . I combo feed. I breastfeed her until almost asleep then place her in the next to me crib give her the pacifier and put my hand on her cheek/face for 20 seconds and she drifts off . It’s not really getting her to sleep that’s the issue it’s she just won’t stay asleep . She doesn’t even need to feed much at night usually 1-2 breastfeeds . The rest is comfort wakes needing her pacifier or my hand on her cheek . I’ve looked into sleep associations and independent sleep and I broke the feed to sleep association and rocking and do bedside comforting instead for most wakes which has now lead to my hand being a sleep association on her face . I’m just so exhausted my husband is working mon-fri 9-9 and it’s just me . I haven’t had more than 4 hours in a row since her birth . I can’t get anything done during the day . She is so clingy and cries if I leave room /put her down etc. I love her so much but we both need rest . If anyone has any tips or a routine that could help PLEASE tell me I’ll try anything 🥲❤️❤️

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