Baby monitors? Dream sock?

Trying to make wise investments to protect my baby while he is asleep and keep me as informed as possible. What are some must haves to help me with keeping him safe through the night and in general? What are things I should avoid?

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I had a really good piece of advice from a NICU nurse - she said if the dream sock will stress you out more (constantly checking numbers, worrying about any changes that appear, obsessing, etc.) then just do a baby monitor. I was a FTM and a worrier. Went with baby monitor and glad we did!

I love the dream sock I have a lot anxiety and it has helped me so much I don’t obsess over it but it gives me peace of mind

I'd find a good baby monitor that isn't hooked up to WiFi. The sock was a waste of money

I have the owlet and it was the BEST investment. We cosleep and it helped my sleep ridiculously! I managed to actually just close my eyes and not worry. It’s only ever given one false alarm in 7 months and that was because her sock was half hanging off her foot so the oxygen reading went low. I was worried I’d be anxious constantly checking numbers etc but the novelty wears off after a day hahah

I don’t have the sock I felt like it would cause me more anxiety than anything but I will say if my daughter was born and had some health concerns then I would invest in one

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My 3 weeks old son slept through the night

Good morning, I’m panicking because my son only sleeps in my arms throughout the day and in the past two days every time I tried to put him in his cot he would wake up after 5 minutes. So he had very poor sleep for the past 48 hours. Yesterday I was exhausted and he finally fell asleep. I woke up in the morning and he never woke up to be fed last night. This morning he woke up I changed him and I breastfed him as usual. He doesn’t seem stressed, but I feel really guilty. Did this happen to anyone? Should I be worried?

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He’s 12 weeks in his next to me and every night he’s turned himself sideways so his head and feet are in the mesh waking himself up early would you move him to the cot bed now?

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Nighttime nappies

What nappies are you using at night for those doing longer stretches now?

We have used Sainsbury’s since birth and get on great with them. But if I don’t change him through the night he wets through.

I put a nappy on him at 6:30 after bath. Had milk at 7 and he went to sleep. At 10pm gave him a dream feed.
He’s just made a loud noise at 2 that woke me, but when I checked he was still asleep, I was going to leave him but decided to feel his bottom area and he had wet through.