Sleep

Hi everyone. My baby girl is nearly 7 weeks old and loves to cuddle. This means she really doesn’t like to be put down and whether it’s in her next to me bed, play mat or bouncer chair we only get a maximum of 10-20 mins before she cries. She gets so upset bless her. At night she will go a 1.5-2.5 hours in between feeds if we let her sleep on us. Does anyone have any advice for how we can help her settle in her next to me bed at night for a bit longer? I’m exhausted from a vicious cycle of putting her down, comforting /feeding her after she gets so upset, burping and trying all over again all night. Thank you! ❤️

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My son “wiggles his bum” not sure how to approach it

He is 3. He lays face down and goes left right - wiggles his privates on his bed/sofa etc. Calls it “wiggling his bum” should I be concerned or is it a good idea to set boundaries? Not sure how to approach this. Advice appreciated

Allowing him to do as he pleases

Right…I know I’m not the only one. My lil one wants to pull everything out and go through everything… and it’s so cute and I love letting him explore….However somethings are not appropriate for him to touch and his getting tired of me saying No and I’m tired of telling him No. So today I’m thinking of a solution…🧐

Cosleeping

So my 5 month old sleeps in a portable bassinet between myself and my husband every night. He's so good, he sleeps the whole night with both of us each holding one of his hands. My husband wants him to start sleeping in his crib but I honestly love him being with me. I sleep so much better knowing he's right there with me. The times I have tried to put him in his crib he screams and I feel so awful. I also sit there watching the monitor and don't ever get any sleep. I feel like I am being selfish because I want him to stay in the bed with me. I get that in the long run it's better for him to learn to sleep in his crib in his own room but I am just so not ready and he doesn't seem to be either. Is there ever really a good time to make the change? Anyone else dealing with this?

Self settling

At what age has everyone been teaching self settling, my LO is 3 months going on 4, love to hear everyone’s thoughts and what methods you have used

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Stylish nappy bags?

Seems silly but I really hate the look of all the nappy backpacks I've seen. Has anyone come across any stylish bags that do well as a nappy bag? Seems small and silly but I'm really worried about losing my sense of self when baby arrives and this seems like a small, easy way to retain some of my style and character

Advice please

Im a mother of two little girls under 5 , and live in a two bedroom house . I met my partner a year ago and he has two boys under 10. After a while of dating he was staying over with his two boys once a week. Anyway they havent stayed over now since the start of december due to space at mine( he stays home with his parents) . He mentioned today for them to stay over again , which i feel really guilty but i dont want to. Not because i dont want them, its more of the space due to them having to sleep on blow up beds, and their sleep schedule is awful compared to my girls. My girls go to bed 7pm every night no issues, where his will play up for a good 2-3 hours. I feel he’s a bit annoyed about this, but my house is very small, and open all downstairs which means they would have to sleep in my room until we go to bed then bring them down. What would you do in this situation? And the thought of them playing up and maybe waking my girls makes me worry.