Baby Sleep

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To the mums that formula feed does your baby sleep through the night?

Currently EBF, if they sleep through the night please comment when they done so😊 Also if you made the transition from EBF to formula did you notice a difference with sleep? Really struggling with sleep at the moment! I would really appreciate peoples answers xxx

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Bf doesn’t sleep with me

My bf and I have been living together for almost 2 years now. Since living together he has rarely slept in the bed with me. He always sleeps on the couch. His excuse for not sleeping with me is , it’s harder to wake up for work. Despite constantly expressing how much it hurts and affects our intimacy he continues to...

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(6+ months) How long after your baby wakes up, do you feed them?

My boy is almost 9m, he’s been BLW since 6m. Hes a really good eater. However, I don’t know if I’m leaving him too long after waking up in the morning? He has about 45minutes-1hr of “playing” before we have food. Should I be feeding him as soon as he wakes up? 🤔 Seems to be working for us but I don’t want him…

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sleeping

i need help asap!! so my baby has not been sleeping well at all, for the last 4-5 months but right now he’s been waking up every hour in a half, crying almost screaming sometimes. he sleeps on his stomach, even when i put him on his back he rolls immediately to his belly, and then every hour in a half he’s waking u...

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Baby not sleeping during day!

My baby is 6 weeks today. I'm a first time mummy and in the last week myself and partner have noticed a big sleep regression with regards daytime sleep! There are very long periods where we just can't get her to settle and go off to sleep! Sometimes 5 hours in a row. Is anyone else experiencing this or has done in t...

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4 month trenches

I feel like I’m back in the newborn stage, anyone else? My LO is being really irritable, not settling, waking up in the night when she use to sleep for longer! She is teething so I’m wondering if it’s that?

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Routine

Anyone else struggling to get their baby into a routine or just me? Everyday is different, even bedtime everyday

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Concerned baby always sleeping with hands to head.

My baby alway sleeps with her hand to her head and when feeding she keeps one hand to her head. Is this something normal or should I be concerned and contact gp. She is 4 months and 1 week. For instance in this photos she is not sleeping but chilling.

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Baby can barely do 2h wake window :/

How long are your wake windows? We had a period around 5 months when he could do 2.5/3h and we were down to 2-3 naps, but lately he gets super fussy after 1.5h and needs to nap at the 2h mark. He started crawling recently and I think he is more active, but even when we’ve been on a walk and he hasn’t been active a...

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Routines

Hi! For those of you who feel that your baby is in a good routine… - Can you share your secrets? - What time does your baby nap? - Are they starting to have milk at predictable times too? - How am I best to help my LO form a routine when he seems totally against it? 🤣 My little one feels really far off being in…

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How does bedtime work for you?

Hello all, I’m just curious what other families do because I’m not sure what is best as I’m a first time mom. Our son is due in June, and in our routine we watch a little show in bed before bedtime. But when the baby is here and he is sleeping in our room in the beginning do we stop doing that? How do you guys take ...

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Nappy leakage

Pls tell me what I’m doing wrong because every time my little girl is sitting up right and poops it leaks out of the back!! This is in Pampers and Fred and Flo. She looks to me like she’s in the correct size and if I did the nappy any tighter I’d cut the circulation!! 😫

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Danger nap

My LG was up most of the night due to a cough and teething and napped for 3 hours from 9am to 11am. She had a 25 minute nap at 5 because we just couldn’t keep her up any longer but she wasn’t tired enough for a nap at say 2-3. I’m now panicking that she won’t have enough sleep pressure to carry her through the night...

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Waking up shortly after going down!

We have been putting my Son down between 6/7 for a few weeks and he would go 6-8 hours from then before waking up for a feed. The last couple of nights we have put him down as usual and he has woken up within an hour and taken a while to settle back. Any ideas???

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Wake window before bed

What’s your normal wake window before bedtime? Always struggled with this one

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Silent reflux and Sleep

Hey mums, how are you all getting your babies to sleep in the crib with silent reflux? I have a 6 week old and she has always slept on my chest because she hates to sleep on her back. We’re finally getting there with playing awake on her back but I need some sleep! She even hates being cradled, she is literally alwa...

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