/

in

Bed time tips for 8 week old

So I literally cannot get my 8 week down to sleep before 11:30pm every night no matter how early we start our routine. We tend to do bath every second night but every night consists of feed, up to bed, into pjs, book, feed to sleep. We could start this routine at 7 and it would still be the case of not selling til 11:30.

She doesn’t nap during the day well, we get a 30 minute in the morning, and a 1 hour in the afternoon only if I’m out the house. She’s never distressed when she’s awake all that time, quite the thing being nosey and having cuddles. She’s EBF and her feeds all through the day are LONG and last from 30-45 mins each feed.

Any tips/advice recommended on how to get to bed earlier or just how to get her to sleep in general.

6

Read more on Peanut

The views expressed in community are solely the opinions of participants, and do not reflect those of Peanut.

Learn more about our guidelines.

Add a comment

Hey mumma, I don’t have any tips but here to let you know my baby boy is the same, my boy is 16 weeks old and he still associates sleep at 11:00-12:00. It is hard but some babies sleep differently, don’t get caught up in it and just do what is working for you!

How long do they sleep at night? Do they wake up for feeds? What time do they wake up from night sleeping?

You said "feed, to bed, pjs, book, feed." How much time does this take? Seems like 2 feeds within like 30 minutes. Just from my interpretation, I'd say get rid of that first feed. Do pj's and book first then feed in dark quiet room then bed. Honestly at this young, you might want to do books during the day instead of bedtime as talking to them and eye contact can actually encourage them to stay awake longer so you're sending mixed messages

Check out takingcarababies instagram or their website for sleep tips.

It’s actually a VERY normal bedtime for babies this age! I know you would think it should be earlier but they’re entering a phase of sleep regression. IT WILL PASS. It’s normal. I promise. As a parent who has experienced a lot of this and it’s not my first. Just don’t do any type of sleep training! It was confirmed to impact long term mental health.

Id say you are starting bedtime way to early for when they are ready to sleep but also I'd look at the wake windows cos that is not a lot of sleep overall and is potentially some of the issue.

in our community

circumcision

are we circumcising our boys? or leaving that to dad?

50

Should I be concerned or am I overthinking?

My little boy is 15 months old, he’s recently taken his first steps and he says mamma and dadda and baba (he has said these for months) we’ve filled out the paperwork for his 12-14 month review and it looks like he isn’t meeting many of his milestones.

He doesn’t copy actions, point, clap etc. He doesn’t react when being spoken to, or to his name. He actively avoids eye contact.

He was so unresponsive to sound that we just had his hearing tested concerned he was deaf. They found that he could hear so he is just choosing not to react to any noises or sounds.

Has anyone else had similar experiences with their little ones? Should I be raising this with the health visitor and ask to be assessed for neurodivergent issue or a social communication problem like autism?

I don’t want to just slap a label on him, but I do feel that there are real concerns. All opinions welcome!!

1

7

Routines?

When did you start to introduce your baby’s routine? Do they just have a night routine or full day routine? Wondering when I should start this e.g naps at the same time everyday.

Any routines you have that work for you, please let me know them with timestamps. my baby is 6 weeks and just wondering when we should start them?

3

Does anyone else’s baby spit up breastmilk but not formula?

I’m seriously considering seeing a lactation consultant because I don’t understand why he can’t hold down breastmilk but can formula. I use soy formula since I’ve used it with my daughter and I’m thinking it might be due to not getting milk coming in for a few days so I had no choice but to give him formula, but now even if I take breaks in between feeding him breastmilk to burp or try to mix breastmilk and formula, he spits it up sooo much. I’m ready to just give him just formula because I’m worried about him not eating enough

9

Reflux

I need some help my baby is 6 weeks old and recently when I try and wind him after his bottle he’s not bring any wind up and just keeps being sick, I’ve tried infacol but that doesn’t seem to be doing much.

4