When did your LO start sleeping through the night?

My mom(step mom technically) made a somewhat rude comment about my LO's sleep. They are 16 months old and still wake up every 2 or 3 hrs throughout the night. But like usually just stirs or fussing & readjusts for a minute then goes back to sleep but I of course fully wake each time. Only 1 or 2 wakes are for a longer stretch and they need help going back to sleep. My mom asked how he's been sleeping & I said the usual, still up every 2 or 3 hours and she said "jeez I've never heard a kid that age sleeping that bad" like she was accusing me of not teaching them to sleep better by now. And I just wanted to get some validation that it's just how my kid is and wanted to know if others have kids that just sleep poorly still at 16 months?

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My 17 month old still wakes every 2 to 3 hours too. I feed her back to sleep, which people also have things to say about haha! There's nothing wrong with your kid, they are a normal infant :)

My 15month old that i cosleep with still stirs and fusses alot in the night. Some nights we have split nights where hes awake for 2-3hours in the middle of the night....and some nights he sleeps through. Like you however even if he doesnt fully wake but stirs alot then im up with it. I think his sleep is still very normal at this age x

I’m sure there are just as many moms who have had it easy as there are as moms who haven’t. My child slept thru the night at 2 mos, but I put that down to me sleeping thru the night at 2 mos too. EVERY child will get to where they’re going in their OWN time, however easy or difficult it makes your life.

Screw what anyone else says. Seriously.

Every single child is different. Mine are 10 months apart. My 17 month old daughter stirs quite a bit and we’re attempting to break the cosleepong as well. My kids fall asleep downstairs and I place them in their beds when I’m ready to go to bed. Everyone has a comment. Trust your gut. If you know your child is doing well and the doctor says they’re doing well then cancel out the noise.

Around 6/7 months

in our community

I feel horrible

As I was out of my bedroom, doing something outside of my home, I come back in to my bedroom and find my five month old has fell out of the chair onto the floor. I feel like the worst mom ever this is so bad I feel like I neglected

Anxiety

I feel like such a shit person, I had my baby last week after a fairly traumatic birth - I’m so in love with him but also I’ve been feeling really down and irritable since we’ve been home. My partners so supportive which makes me feel worse! We’ve had endless visitors and tomorrow my partners sisters coming down from a few hours away for the day she’s really full on at the best of times and obviously she’s going to be so excited to meet him etc and will love him - I’m just struggling with people having him etc at the moment and I feel terrible for it! I’m so overwhelmed I’m freaking out about them coming here and just taking over with him 😢 has anyone else been feeling like this? Am I being awful 🥺

Cradle cap??

Would you say this is cradle cap or something else? It came around 3 weeks ago when she was 3 months old. Never had cradle cap before this. It doesn’t seem to be getting any worse or bothering her. The first red mark is a birth mark it’s just the two scabby/red patches.

Breastfeeding

Is it possible to start breastfeeding when my baby is 8 weeks old?

When did your baby start to cry less?

Looking for some light at the end of the tunnel 😅

At what age did your babies fussiness lessen and they started to cry less frequently?

Baby is currently 5 weeks old and some days he is calm and happy with only short periods of fussiness, but other days he is very fussy. We’re pretty sure a lot of it is down to gas and overtiredness which we’re doing every thing we can to help with.

But in general, at what age did you notice a shift in general fussiness lessening?

Nesting??

I don’t understand it when people say ‘has nesting kicked in yet’ or think of it as a stage of pregnancy that’s caused by hormones or a symptom of end of pregnancy.

Surely it’s just a product of being on maternity leave and having more time on your hands plus the actual physical need to get stuff ready for the baby and knowing for the next few years you won’t have time to clean the home properly.

Anyone else agree?