Over night stays with family!

Where do your children sleep when staying at a relatives house? Grandparents etc

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Depends really. With my mom, my son will either sleep on the couch or with her. With my sister, she has a pullout, usually has an air mattress or with my niece as she has the biggest bed. My family is very close & pretty affectionate. We openly give hugs, always kiss each other hello & goodbye & regularly cuddle on the couch together to watch movies & shows. I also trust my family with my & my kids entire lives.

My son would sleep at the bottom of their bed on the floor. First in a travel cot and then an inflatable cars bed. He’d often wake up and join them.

They have their own room at both my in laws and parents house.

She has her own room but I believe usually ends up with them at some point.

My daughter only ever sleeps at my parents house and she sleeps in the bedroom with my 2 youngest sisters, they get a camp bed out for her, she always ends up in one of my sisters beds though with them lol x

My son only stays over at my family house and shares a bed.

At my inlaws they sleep on an air mattress. At my parents they have the option of in bed with them or they have a bedroom/bed specifically for the grandkids

When my girl stays at her aunties she sleeps in bed with her big cousin but when she stays at grandads she has her own room&bed (my old room) but is welcome to go into grandads bed in middle of night if needed x

in our community

Next to me crib

How do you get newborn to sleep in the next to me?

I have tried but end up giving up, going downstairs putting him in the carry cot and he is absolutely fine/drifts off!

Ive tried putting a top in the next to me so he can smell me but that doesn't seem to work.

Environment is the same; dark room etc.

He's 7 days old today, is it just perseverance and eventually he will just do it? Or are there any tips to encourage him to stay/sleep in the next 2 me?

2 stages in one!

3 months in and WOW… nobody warned me about this stage 😂😭

One minute she’s smiling, cooing, the sweetest little angel…
Next minute I’m being screamed at because I dared to change her nappy or put a sleeve on the wrong arm 🙃

Apparently this is a “developmental leap” AND the start of an early sleep regression…
I call it:
✨ tiny human with BIG emotions and zero patience (and no interest in sleep) ✨

We’ve got:
• 30 minute naps
• dramatic outfit changes
• only-mum-will-do moments
• random meltdowns for absolutely no reason (or all the reasons??)
• and a sleep schedule that changes its mind daily 😅

But also… the smiles, the cuddles, the way she settles on me like I’m her whole world 🥹

So yeah… it’s a lot right now.
Messy, exhausting, emotional… but still somehow the best thing ever.

Anyone else in the trenches with a 3 month old? Send help… or snacks 😅🤍

Unpopular opinion 👀

Baby sleep consultants have made an industry out of exhausted mums wanting a ‘fix’ to their babies sleep, even though there’s no such thing

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I want to get a portable breast pump as we have an active lifestyle. What does everyone recommend? Preferably something that won't break the bank 😊

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