Please could someone tell me how I can teach my boy to go down independently for naps? I have a toddler and can’t be contact napping anymore especially as the naps are longer and fewer now. My boy is now 5.5 months old
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There are two scandanavian methods that work pretty well (I'd like to note, sleep "training" really isn't a thing in scandanavia, but there are things they do to promote good sleep hygiene:
1) "lufting" - open windows, make the room cooler before baby goes down for sleep - no matter the outside temperature. Air out the room. You can close them again when you actually put baby down, but keep the room itself a few degrees cooler. Our bodies naturally cool down for sleep, and this helps promote the production of melatonin (which is why you even as an adult might find it harder to sleep when the room is too hot - babies are the same).
2) "I magen" - translates to something like "ice in the veins." It means steeling yourself and resisting the urge to go to them the second you hear them stir. Of course, if baby is actually dysregulated and crying, you go in and comfort them, but don't jump to every little sound - pause, get a drink of water, use the bathroom. (1)

They need practice to be able to link sleep cycles, and this means being able to wake, stir, and then go back to sleep again. Allowing them a few minutes to try to do it, and then only intervening if you need to and in the most minimal possible way, will help teach them to do it themselves, and not depend on you holding them for regulation.
We’ve recently moved our toddler to a single bed with a duvet for the first time. She’s manages to stay under the duvet for the first 4 hours then doesn’t have the duvet on. Currently she’s at the other end, on top of the duvet.
Will she eventually stay under?

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Hi,
I’m really stressed because my mum is telling me not to get my child vaccinated with the 1 year jabs. My baby has already had the first 3 jabs but she’s really trying to get me to not get him vaccinated. I would like real opinions please. Has anyone here not had their baby jabbed? Please don’t think I’m silly for writing this, first time mum here so everything is so scary and new. Thank you!
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My baby just will not stay settled at night. Just gone 6 weeks old. I can transfer her from me to cot fine after a feed, then within 15mins she is fussing and unsettled, reflux, being sick, wakes herself up then is crying or wide awake. This goes on for 2hrs until she then starts fussing for a feed 2hrs after the last feed.
I literally cannot get any sleep
Seems thats everyone else's baby sleeps better. I have a 4 yr old and had horrendous sleep with him to for 2 yrs. Why is it happening to me again, I actually said I'd never have another child due to the such bad sleep if my 1st child, then convinced myself it'd be better 2nd time
..and its not proving that way. I cant catch a break 😥
Ive tried everything to make her settle and she wont
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Anyone else’s little one been hit by sleep regression like a ton of bricks? 🙃.
Baby girl was sleeping so well then this past week has been struggling, last night was WILD. We are currently running on caffeine and vibes 😅✌️.
We can do this mamas.

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If you can relate, I would really appreciate if you could share your experience.
My LO is nearly 7 months, been breastfed since birth, is okay with solids, we co-sleep and wakes very frequently at night (sometimes for milk & others out of habit).
He will start full time nursery at 12 months (10 hrs a day, 5 days a week) and I am freaking out because he is nowhere near sleeping through the night and still feeds frequently from the breast.
What can I do to prepare for this huge transition?
I would like to avoid formula if possible but open to hearing all the suggestions.
What will this look like for us realistically?
What do 1 year olds eat?
Thank you!
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Been awake for over an hour - baby was changed and fed but now won’t go back down in the next to me as he’s so congested and he won’t settle laying flat.
I’m exhausted and so sleep deprived yet husband is lying next to me SNORING his head off and it’s making my blood boil.
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