Sleep

I’m honestly such a heavy sleeper and struggle to wake up if I haven’t had a good 6hr sleep. Im sure it will, but a part of me is so so worried this won’t change when my baby is here. was anyone else the same yet managed to adjust?

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I used to sleep through the fire alarm, now I wake up if he snores a little louder than normal 🤣 you’ll be fine

This was me! Someone could vacuum right beside me and I’d sleep through it. I always needed 8-9 hours a night to feel fresh and even then sometimes it was a struggle. It’s early days for me so far, but I wake up when baby fusses and cries and somehow just have energy to get up and feed and settle bub back to sleep. Im getting about 3 x 3 hour stretches most nights with 45-60min awake in between to feed and re settle him.

I also don’t drink coffee so dont have anything for a morning pick me up!

my mom always told me i could sleep thru a hurricane , now i wake up if he breathes wrong 😂

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Anyone else hating the newborn phase second time around?

I tell you what, if my second was my first I’d probably only have one child
I love my second so much obviously, but when I say she screams every second she is awake I mean literally every second and this has been going on from day 2 of her being here and she’s now almost a month old
I am losing the plot, I am exhausted, my first born is being so good about it all thank god because if I was her I’d be begging to send the baby back 🫠😭
I cannot wait for these newborn colic days to be gone and I feel so guilty about it but I am honestly having such a shit time compared to my first

When should cousins of opposite sexes stop seeing each other naked?

Was giving my almost 4 year old a bath and her boy cousin (3.5) was running in and out. We have him a lot and for the first time I wondered if I should stop it. They go to the bathroom together all the time too.

Repeating

I just wanted to know if am the only one. My girl loves listening or watching a specific movie over and over again and I didn't see it as a problem till other said something. My girl right now loves watching free willy, the movie about orca my sister was like not again, and am like what's wrong? She like am annoyed by it am like am not lol. Then my mother in law was singing with my girl and she would only do it twice, the third time she would say no more is to much. I literally can watch and sing her favorites for hours. I actually don't understand why am not annoyed by the repeating movie and song. Any one else?

Falling asleep independently

My 13m takes ages to fall asleep. I’ll put her down 10ish mins before she is supposed to be asleep. But she’ll just play for ages, sometimes over an hour.

How do I get her to fall asleep on her own. I used to be able to put her in her crib drowsy or awake, white noise on, comforter, dummy. And leave the room and she would be asleep within a few mins. But for the last 6 weeks, she’s been really hard. I can’t leave the room or she’ll cry. She wanted me to nurse her, hold her. And I’ve managed to get her to bd in her cot calmly. But she just won’t sleep.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you x

Own room

Has anybody moved their baby into their own room before 6 months if they are sleeping well? What’s your thoughts and how young did you move them?

Our baby settles himself and is starting to sleep longer stretches.

Help!

Just had baby and it's our first night home. An older nurse in the hospital told us to always be able to see his face in case he silently chokes. He is being breastfed and we actively burp him when he cries, etc. This freaked me out and is making us sleep in shifts even though we're both exhausted.