Bedtime

Hi mamas! My LO is 12 weeks old - How much time should we be leaving between the last nap of the day and bedtime?

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Honestly. Some times its on time and sometimes its not. But i try to follow wake windows. Still 1.5hrs but sometimes like tonight its turned into 2.5hrs due to not really realising as I was out. He still went to sleep easily so it didnt affect it. But usually 1.5hrs x

My little one has just turned 3 months and still just sleeps whenever she wants, sometimes we get decent wake windows and sometimes we don't and she'll fall back asleep after 20 mins awake

All babies are so different, we just go on babies cues with no routine currently x

My baby is just over 3 months old and still sleeps when she wants during the day but usually in bed for 10:30/11 but really depends when she decides she’s hungry cause she takes big bottles (7oz) further apart rather than little and often but she can go anything from 3 hours apart to 6 hours apart so tonight bedtimes 2 am 🫣 x

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Baby will only sleep when held - it’s ruining my mental health

I have a 10 week old baby who will only sleep when held day or night. It’s ruining my mental health.
I spend hours every day trapped under him in silence with white noise that gives me a headache because I’m so sleep deprived. I feel stiff and sore. I feel lonely, bored and frustrated. Every attempt at transfer just fails. I have tried every trick in the book short of buying a snoo. He absolutely hates the carrier. I feel like a terrible mother because I’m supposed to be enjoying the snuggles. But they feel forced. I’m trapped until he wakes up for a feed and change. Only then I have literally 5 minutes to quickly go toilet or eat something- do a small chore. I have no one who can help and take the pressure off me. Friends are too busy 😢 There is no village so there is nobody to help. Family live far and are dysfunctional af so I can’t even go to them😭😭 We co-sleep, which I hate. I feel terrified I’m going to wake up and find him passed out. I thought I’d break the cycle and never make my son feel like he was difficult to love. But 10 weeks in, I’ve already failed. He’s not choosing to give me a hard time. He’s a baby who doesn’t know how to sleep alone and needs my help, and I’m struggling to meet this need. He has reflux and possibly colic too now which is making me even more sad for him and depressed. I’m not looking for practical advice on how to get him sleeping on his own. Trust me, I have tried every practical advice i have found online so far. I’m looking to vent and for similar stories or for advice on how to cope with the isolation of this mentally, or any words of comfort.

Please I’m desperate.

There seems to be no end in sight.

I don’t know how to carry on like this.

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