When will it end 😓

My almost 6 month old will be on December 9th and he is sleeping so bad tonight and it’s driving me insane. I want my sleep back to be able to keep momin and have some sanity he eats 3 meals a day and has a bottle b4 bed. Idk what I’m doing wrong this is the only night he has slept only 3 hrs at a time other nights it’s 4hr,5hrs couple times he slept for 9 hrs but he fell asleep at 830 don’t wake up till 4ish and Iv tried moving his sleep schedule just a tab bit later to try and short his sleeping times to sleep thru the night but nothing I do works

He was asleep then woke up at 4:48 to eat early he has a bottle every 5 hrs and has breakfast lunch and dinner and I try to give him solids ever 2 1/2 hrs

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I don’t have any advice but I’m in the same boat

When I was reading about when to eat solids, it said to do that 30 mins after a bottle/breastfeeding. Otherwise I'm no help and my daughter sleeps 5-8 hours usually before waking up.

It could be they are struggling with tummy issues cos 3 meals a day is what you'd expect them to be on closer to one. Solids every 2.5 hours is what you would expect when over one. Even my 3yo doesn't eat that often most days.

I'm UK based where we don't even give food until 6 months then increase it slowly over a few months.

Id look at the timings for waking, naps and bedtime to see if any tweaks need making. This age is a good time to introduce a clock based schedule.

What app is this I will need it and sometimes babies fight sleep

My almost 6 month old eats 5 times a day, at night if she fusses I give her a binkie and she goes back to bed. Idk if Im doing this right but I get more sleep. I found it helps to try and keep my calm, babies smell fear lol good luck with your little one!

Probably not what you want to hear, but sometimes this just happens. Maybe because of a leap/development, maybe because of a growth spurt, teething, you just don’t know and it’s not always something you can control.

For my sanity, I’ve found that diverting my energy to making it more bearable as opposed to changing it is helpful.

So your Bub is going through a growth spurt it happens at 6 months old and 9months old will last about two weeks to a month

My first slept max 3 hours at a time until 18 months. Now she’s wakes up like once and is in our bed after that and won’t usually wake up again (but sometimes still every 3 hours with nightmares. She’s slept through the night maybe 15 times and she turned 2 in October. My second is 5 months and she wakes up every 2 ish hours. She used to sleep better but at 3.5 months it all changed. Some kids just aren’t good sleepers. Your body will get used to it 😅

Take naps when you can

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Can someone pls help i keep making this post and nobody is responding

My boyfriend booked a trip for us to go to mexico for a week as my push present. I have severe anxiety leaving my 7 month old with my mom. I know she will be in good hands but she’s exclusively breast fed for the most part but accepts bottles just fine. i have all my pumping parts packed and will pump when baby normally eats but i don’t want baby to forget me or have latch issues when i return!! any mommas ever experience this?

Postpartum

I’m only 3 days postpartum (FTM) and already have extremely bad anxiety. I’m crying every night, as I think of another night of no sleep. My baby will not settle in his cot, he cries every moment we put him down unless in his chair rocker. So me and my partner are having to alternate after 3/4 hours of being awake with him downstairs. I’m trying everything to get him to settle. It’s a load of overwhelming stress. I’m 23, I was desperate for a baby and now I have one and feel completely useless. I miss it just being me and my partner.

When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

Night time routine

Heya, my 3 week old daughter is currently exclusively breastfed and I’m not pumping. Can anyone recommend the best way to share the load with my partner? At the moment I’m doing all the feeds/burbs/settling and my partner is sleeping through which obviously isn’t sustainable, I’m trying to work out the best way to get him involved. Any advice very much appreciated!

Rapid cool/ hot shot method

Sorry if this sound stupid but how are we doing the hot shot method?
Are we boiling the kettle and letting it cool a little before adding to hot flask? Then with the cool water do you boil the kettle and leave it to cool right down before putting into another flask?
My baby brain is fried trying to work out the easiest way!

Rant/WWYD

My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.