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6 week old sleep stretch

My baby is going to be 6 weeks on Monday and waking up every 1.5 to 2-5 hours what about you?

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Feeding baby more or less frequently?

I’ve posted similar questions before I just wondered what everyone else was doing with their babies regarding feeding? My little girl is EBF and is gaining weight (following 25th centile) she has plenty of wet nappies and one dirty nappy a day. They say that your baby should feed anywhere between 8-12 times a da...

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Failure

So its 00.40 and my 6mo baby has been awake 5 times already and now just wont settle. I’ve paced the room 50 times (i counted), rocked, shushed, bounced,sang and he’s still wriggling and fussing every 5mins to the point he cant fall into a proper deep sleep and will only rest on my chest. Why is he like this? Why is...

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Sleep or lack of 🤣

Is evetone else feeding their baby when they are waking due to sleep regression? My lo is waking 2hrly an will not go back down without a feed? He takes 3oz 10pm, 1230, 2am, 4am then 630am. He's eating more times at night then he is during the day 😐 but literally will scream the place down if no food...

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5 month old waking every 2 hours during the night to feed…

What on earth is going on.. she used to only wake twice but since the 4 month regression it’s just ruined. Every 2 hours sometimes even shorter. She wakes up and doesn’t even Finnish her bottle. I’ve tried patting and putting dummy in doesn’t work. What can I do 🤦🏻‍♀️ She still eats every 2 hours in the day…

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Cot refusal hell

My baby is nearly 1 and for the last few months we’ve been co-sleeping. It started off because it was easier to comfort her at night but when we upgraded from the next-2-me to cot she refused the cot. So now it became the habit/routine. Neither myself or my partner get a good sleep co-sleeping, it can also get qui...

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Baby not sleeping at night

I’m wanting advice please. My baby is almost 9 weeks old. Since he had his 8 week jabs he’s been sleeping for most of the day. Due to this, it’s taking ages to get him down when it’s actually bedtime and then he’s waking around 2am and isn’t sleeping again till around 8am no matter what we try. Will he just grow out...

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Nighttime Newborn Terror

New Mama here…getting 0 sleep. My babe was born 12/5 via C-Section and the newborn trenches are real. Going on night 4 or 5 where she is awake and inconsolable crying. We’ve tried everything - swaddle, check diaper, feed (it was every hour last night), offer a pacifier, sway with her to try to soothe, a white noise ...

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7 week old constantly feeding evening/night- normal?

Hi all, My daughter has just gone 7 weeks old. For about a week or so she's been feeding very frequently in the evenings say from 5/6pm until 11pm-midnight. She will come off the breast for 10-20 minutes then appear ravenous again wanting to feed. She can be feeding from one boob for up to 40 minutes then I swap he...

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Daytime sleep

How does your LO fall asleep in the day? How do people have schedules that are eat play sleep?? I don’t get it. My LO only sleeps with milk. If I leave him to it or put him down drowsy he won’t sleep. He can get overtired and be awake for hours in the day and be unsettled. This is my second and I wanted a very c...

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Rolling during nighttime

I know it may be a stupid question, but I am really wondering. My little one recently turned 4 months, and he was rolling before but not during nighttime in his cot! Now he is sleeping on his side and on his tummy, but when I think about him rolling over and maybe not being able to roll back or to be in a deep sle...

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When ur baby wakes during the night, how long do you leave them before going to get them?

I don't know whether to leave her a little longer to see if she self settles. I probs only give her 2mins max (feels way longer but I checked my camera and I'm getting her between 2 to 3 mins) What does everyone else do? For info she's still in our room as we have temporarily moved into my parents house for 3 mo...

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Calm and bright sleep training

Has anyone used this for their 7 month old (or a similar age)? Was thinking of trying it over Christmas.

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Sleepover at grandparents?

To start we've had little practical support. No one has ever had my lo for more than a couple of hours... other than nursery. My inlaws have only ever had my lo (now 4) for an hour tops alone. There's now talk of him sleeping over theirs (an hour drive away) Firstly it's a bit too little too late in my eyes. Se...

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How often is your baby nursing? Nighttime nursing?

For anyone who's still breastfeeding, how many times does your baby nurse per day? My 9 month old recently started being much less interested in nursing, and went 7 hours without nursing one day. He's a good eater and has 3 meals a day and drinks water. He gets so excited about playing and crawling and trying to sta...

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Swaddling!

5 day old baby loves to wrapped to sleep in a swaddle like a burrito We have bought swaddle wraps but he isn’t a fan a was restless at the start of the night in it We swapped it to a fleece blanket Is this ok to sleep in over night?? Or has anyone experienced this before when they prefer one type to another ? A...

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