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Napping in the day (yourself not baby)

Do people manage to nap in the day? Just asking out of curiosity.

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What could it be ?

My baby keeps putting her hands in her mouth and when she sleeps she keeps waking up and being fussy

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1-year review and HV says sleep train

I’m left really torn after our 1-year review as HV was adamant that I sleep train LO who is 10 mo because I told her how he wakes up 5-6 times a night to the point that I co-sleep. Co-sleeping doesn’t guarantee enough sleep though as 7/10 nights he’ll be waking up and needing help to relatch (as I’ve got small breas...

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Honestly losing my patience, what am I doing wrong 😩

LO has 20-30 min naps and always has done. That’s fine I’ve accepted it. I thought I will try and transition her from 4 naps to 3 to see if she’d sleep any longer. Nope she didn’t, she slept the same amount and she ended up being super moody, over tired and fussy + crying because wake windows were 3+ hours whereas...

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Help - first time mum

Hello, first time mum and born yesterday. She sleeps all through the day but is just screaming throughout the night, she won’t latch (only for like 5 mins a day) - any suggestions?

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Help

My baby is 5 months old and she’s starting to scoot and roll, I bedshare and it’s starting to make me nervous. I’ve tried keeping her asleep in her crib or playpen but it only lasts for about 10-15 minutes before she wakes up Any tips? First time mom

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Anyone elses4 month old not really nap during the day time?

My little boy only naps for 20-40 mins twice throughout the day time but sleeps brilliantly from 6/7pm onwards

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Naps

Is anyone else’s baby fighting sleep 😅 it’s actually a sport to get him to go to sleep. If the bottle or dummy makes him sleepy he will refuse it 🙃 has anybody got anything that helps? He will fall asleep on a walk but will only sleep for max 30 mins unless he’s on someone - my first was like this and I just went…

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Parenting style

Does anyone have a drastically different parenting style to their partner? I’m very much a feed on demand, contact naps and cuddles type of mum; I feel like it physically pains me to hear baby cry. However my partner seems happy to let baby cry it out for in her crib if he’s trying to get her to nap, I honestly hate...

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Is this a growth spurt?

My baby is 2 weeks old today. Every day thus far, she has been an incredibly chilled out baby. Will wake for feeds and nappy changes but then loves nothing more than cuddles and long sleeps. Today, however, nothing will settle her. She’s constantly crying and wriggling around and feeding lots.. then crying again. I...

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Bedtime

Hi! What time are we putting our babies to bed at night? Also, anyone else experiencing a witching hour right before 😂

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One very tired mummy

This past week has been so hard, I am exclusively breast feeding and baby has been up every night for hours on end wanting feeding/comfort. I am absolutely exhausted and I just can’t see the end goal of a few hours a night in sight. Please help

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Advice pls

My 6 week old daughter has started waking up at 4-5am and not going back to sleep for up to 3-4hrs and im finding it hard as my sleeping pattern is messed up and I can’t sleep until after 2am 😭 I don’t know how to get her out of the habit, she goes back to sleep after most bottles except that one

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Wake windows

Anyone else’s baby just not follow the conventional wake windows? Sometimes she’s awake an hour, sometimes it’s 3🤷🏼‍♀️ I can’t figure out any sort of routine

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Completely cut out caffeine…probably should have done it sooner.

My LO is 4.5 months old and is EBF. Starbucks Brown Sugar Oatmilk Shaken Espresso has a chokehold on me. I would get a 1/2 caf once and while and would notice, without fail, my LO would be a fuss bucket the next day. So I was just drinking one cup of chai in the morning since it was a more mellow caffeine (from what...

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Miserable baby

Is any one’s baby just utterly miserable atm?? Ours was 6m on 24 Sept and he’s usually the happiest, calmest baby and nothing bothers him. The last 3 days he’s barely having his milk, not fussed on his food and just constantly whinging?!! He had 2 teeth pop out last week so it’s not teething. His sleep is rubbish in...

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Increase in dirty nappies

Has anyone seen an increase in dirty nappies ? My LO used to go every other day but since food it's been every day however it's now gone to twice a day

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Weaning off night feeds

My 10 month old still wakes up at least twice for a night feed (usually 10pm and 3pm). I have tried reducing the amounts but he screams and screams for more… I wouldn’t have any idea how to get him back off to sleep without a bottle 😭 any tips? I am worried now I’ve read he should really stop bottles at 12 months…

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Normal sleep?

Does anyone else’s baby sleep like this? I know movement is normal; It’s just the rapid movements and thrashing of head

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Help baby waking up at 4/5am

What do I do! It’s breaking my body. She wakes up between 4 & 5 am and will sometimes go back to sleep for got 30mins and it’s breaking me. How do I adjust it to get her to sleep till 7?!!

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