Struggling with nights

I’m really struggling with nights. My baby wakes up at least every 1.5 hrs atm (he only slept 45 mins just now wahh!) and gets so worked up, is calmed by the boob and then gets wind, eventually burps and resettles and it starts again about 45 minutes later. All. Night. Long. I know the heat won’t be helping and he’ll be thirsty but I’m exhausted and needed to vent. I’ve seen pretty much every hour of every night since he was born. He’s my second baby but my first never did this. Any advice?

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Go with the flow?

My LO is 6 weeks on Saturday and I'm a FTM with no support system it's just me and my husband and he's incredible. Because we don't really have anyone around us we are pretty much guessing and going with the vibes or going down constant rabbit holes of research for every question we have about our baby.

So far when trying to follow the 'Rules' we see online of contact naps Vs bassinet naps, wake baby to feed Vs don't wake baby to feed etc it's all just so conflicting and we've found just going with our babies flow is working better than most advice we've seen on what we 'should be doing' but I'm nervous that that will only work while he's a new born and going with the flow might bite us in the bum as he grows as I imagine all the advice is out there for a reason.
For example we let him sleep when he wants right now but I keep seeing loads about reducing naps and limiting them to a set amount of time etc when babies reach certain ages and I'm nervous that I'm not setting him up for success.

Do you guys follow certain rules or do you go with the flow and does your babies natural instincts just work?

Activities for wake windows.

Hey mamas xx my baby is nearly 1 month old and I wonder other than the normal stimulation of the first weeks (singing, talking to her, tummy time) what other sensory activities can I start doing during her wake windows that are getting longer? x 😘

Mats for baby to learn to crawl on

Hi I am looking for a reccomend mat for floor that my baby can roll on and practice crawling on. We have a fabric one at moment and her knees keep slipping on it when she gets on all 4s :(
Thank you

How do I explain this to my 3 year old right?

Our neighbour has a child with additional needs, she spends most of the day in the garden, especially on days with nice weather like we've been having recently. (They have their garden done up great for her with lots of activities and waterplay etc, she's always being supervised too. Just before anyone is concerned!)

My 3 year old son and I were out in our own garden today playing football and we could hear the neighbour girl playing in her garden. My son asked me "why is the girl making that noise?" And kept saying "mummy what is that noise?" (I don't know the proper terms but I guess it's like stimming noises maybe?)

I didn't really know what to say, I just explained the girl is happy and playing in her garden like we are. He accepted that and moved on, but is that the right thing to do? Should I have explained more/differently?

0.2 tog sleeping bag and nappy in 28 degrees Celsius

He's 18 months old.

I've everything I can to cool the room down but it's been 35 degrees outside today and the heat hasn't let up for weeks. I ran the AC in his room for 6 hours today (removed before bed as I don't think it's ideal to run in his room overnight - it's really noisy and dries the air out) and managed to get it down to 24 degrees. Also kept all electronics off, blackout blinds and curtains closed, and even tried the tin foil on the outside of the window trick, the whole nine. Obviously, as the building is so hot, the temperature in his room shot up in the hours since I removed the AC, although I kept the door and window shut.

LO has a really strong sleep association with his sleeping bag and doesn't sleep so well without it so I bought a 0.2 tog sleeping bag as I didn't think the 0.5 tog was cool enough for this weather. I have a fan running in his room, gave him a cool (not cold though) bath and got him to drink plenty of water and milk before bed.

I can't help but worry with all these warnings about little ones overheating. He's sound asleep. Google is telling me I have to take the sleeping bag off.

How does your baby go to sleep at night?

Comment if other. My boy used to go down all by himself, I thought we were blessed, but we seem to have gone backwards and now it’s taking an hour to get him to sleep through cuddles 🥲