Baby won’t lay flat!
Hi Mamas, please help me here. I am absolutely tired and devastated. My baby is continuously refusing to lay down flat, even if we cosleep from 4 weeks old. I can’t do it anymore. He is 11 weeks old and I cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel. He sleeps really well, but will only sleep in our arms. He may give a 1-2 hour stretch at night laying flat but can sleep for 8 hours if in arms. I have tried cosleeping, that did not work as well. Pediatricians keep saying it’s normal. How is this normal?
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Do you think he may have acid reflux?
Did you ask him why? Is your baby bottle fed?
It is totally normal and if you're not a single mum I suggest you do shifts with one of you sitting up with baby asleep on you then swap over, try swaddling, making sure the moses basket is warmed before attempting a put down etc. Normal doesn't mean easy of course....this is such a hard stage but it'll soon pass.
Craniosacral therapy!!
Try paced bottle feeding (watch on youtube)/ burping more frequently, being careful about the amount of milk given at 1 time. Put something small under the head of babys mattress to elevate him. An IBCLC can help with bottle feeding & formula issues too, not just breastmilk. Chiro or craniosacral therapy are other options.
As a mom of 2, I learned that cosleeping & using the 6 S of safe sleep are best for my family. Baby & I get more sleep this way. I can comfort my baby & meet her needs more quickly & with less crying.
My baby has silent reflux & our pediatrician tolds us to put her bed on an incline.
Her back is still flat but the whole mattress is a gradual incline. Pediatrician recommended 15-25 degrees.
It worked really well 😊
Most of them don't like lying flat and it can be particularly problematic if they have reflux or colic.
Have you tried chest sleeping?
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Baby won’t lay flat!
Hi Mamas, please help me here. I am absolutely tired and devastated. My baby is continuously refusing to lay down flat, even if we cosleep from 4 weeks old. I can’t do it anymore. He is 11 weeks old and I cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel. He sleeps really well, but will only sleep in our arms. He may give a 1-2 hour stretch at night laying flat but can sleep for 8 hours if in arms. I have tried cosleeping, that did not work as well. Pediatricians keep saying it’s normal. How is this normal?
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Mental Health
I’m a first time and stay at home mum.
Mentally I’m not doing very well.
Wondering if anyone else has struggled and how they coped.
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Poorly baby what would you do?
My little one has a temp of 38.3 it’s risen from earlier today after giving nurofen, calpol was given before bedtime. He was sick before having calpol but his breathing is quite fast. No dipping chest just fast breathing.
My partner is saying just let him sleep
I’m wondering about going to A&E
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crawling!
my baby is 6m about to be 7m he is crawling like crazy! my issue is we co sleep and he will crawl off the bed and he wakes up still every 2 to 3 hours for a feed but instead of crying he just crawls off the bed 😃 any tips on what i can do? i already tried to put him in his own bed he cry’s so bad i just don’t know what to do atp lol
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How are you dealing with partners who don’t bed share..
I’m not fully co sleeping.. just in the morning if my baby 7 month old wakes up for her third or fourth time 😭 she’ll come in to bed with me to push her wake up time to 7:30am as I really can’t do any earlier.
She was in her next to be crib and now transitioned to a travel cot with a good firm mattress I bought separately.
Issue is .. my husband snores a lot and sometimes wakes her up..
I snore a lot since pregnancy and I guess my baby is used to it but he isn’t and he can’t sleep with me snoring ..
so he’s been sleeping downstairs on the couch for the last few months..
I don’t know if the issue is my snoring or that he wakes her up with his snoring that we don’t sleep together anymore. And I do think he’s slowly getting upset about it all..
her room is fully kitted out but I’m just not ready yet to move her there. Also I have been EBF.
So my question is how do your husband/partners take it? Does it affect your relationship over few months/years..
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