Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Sleep

Honest, unfiltered, and in real-time: what women like you are talking about. Peanut group chats, support, and posts on Baby Sleep.

Hoping for more than 3 hour sleep stretch

I haven’t sleep trained my baby very much. He is getting used to sleeping in his bassinet drowsy but awake. But I haven’t been consistent. I don’t have an intentional routine but I swaddle him and stay in the baby room where it’s dark until he falls asleep. He sleeps usually 3 hours his first sleep and then after t...

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Baby startling

Does anyone else’s baby still startle a lot whilst going to sleep? She’s nearly 12 weeks. With my first he lost his startle fairly early on and my daughters just seems a lot more extreme. We are having to wean off the love to dream swaddle as she’s showing signs of rolling so last night was pretty hard! Anyone else ...

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Long day naps

Baby is having 3 hour plus day naps and I need to wake. Anyone else experiencing same? My first would nap for 30 mins max!

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Wakes up crying

Hi! M baby girl is almost 9 months old, and it's been around 3 weeks that she keeps waking up 4-5 times at night crying. I mean she doesn't actually wake up, just starts to cry for some seconds and after I soothe her, she falls asleep but wakes again like two hours later . She's fell fed and I don't think there's so...

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Sleep sack recommendations 💤

Please can you recommend any good sleep sacks. It’s time to change his sleep bag. He has been wearing Tommee Tippee gro bag. Would love any recommendations! TIA 🫶🏼

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Tonies

For those who have tonies pls could I have ideas of the shelves you’re using or how you’ve got your tonie and the toys. I’m thinking of a reading/tonies area x

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Absolutely shattered since starting to walk more

This week my daughter has started really properly walking, like toddling from room to room rather than just walking from the couch to the chair for example. Shes absolutely SHATTERED! Is this common? She slept from 8.20pm til 8.30am yesterday (shock of my life lol), then 2 hour nap I had to wake her from, slept all ...

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4 month regression?

Going through the dreaded 4month regression-any tips on getting baby to self settle?

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Night Shift duty

Me and my partner are taking turns sleeping. I sleep from 9ish to 12 or 1am and him 2 to 6 am. My baby is a week old now she’s so precious! Anyone else on night duties and want to keep each other company?? I watch tv while nursing or rocking back to sleep but it be lonely out here 😂😭😭

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Travelling sleep...?

When babies have outgrown the travel cot but are still sleeping in the crib, when you travel away, what are your babies sleeping in? We go away on a family get-together when our LO is about 15 months old and I'm not sure what to sort for sleeping arrangements for them.

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Feed to sleep

How are people stopping feeding their EBF baby to sleep? He literally has always had the boob to go to sleep and I find any other form of comfort makes him more distressed. He’s 9 months and I go back to work soon so need an alternative that family can use 🫠 also doesn’t take a dummy or bottle 😬

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Dummy/sleep

My baby girl has learnt how to take her dummy in and out her mouth, which is great! However, when we put her to bed she now tries to take it out her mouth to wake herself. We have tried putting her to sleep without the dummy, after about 45 minutes she starts fussing for her dummy. I’m not sure if it’s a sleep r...

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Do you do this?

hey mamas, so I’m a first time mom and I’m wondering if I should start putting a paci whenever my baby is asleep? I’m not sure if it’s recommended or not ? Shes a month old now

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Tilting crib for congestion

My little boy has been struggling with breathing through his nose the past couple of nights. Obviously he doesn’t understand that if he has his dummy in, he can’t breathe! We have a Calpol plug in, but has anyone elevated their baby’s crib one end to help with congestion?

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Removing nappies overnight?

We started potty training last weekend and our LO has been OK, not perfect but few accidents after the first couple of days. The last couple of nights she has then been dry overnight which was a surprise to us. Has anyone removed nappies overnight and at what stage do you do this?

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Feeding baby

When do I stop waking my baby to feed him? He wakes up every 3 hours to be fed but he doesn’t wake up for his 1am feed durning the night, he’s only a month old so do I still wake him or leave him? Thank you xxx

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Nappy leaks

What nappies are we using during the night ?

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2 year old not sleeping through

My LB use to be a dream sleeper but since turning 2 on Saturday every night he’s woken up then taken ages to get back to sleep 😩 it’s like a switch has flipped so tired 😴

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Thoughts on weighted sleep bags?

How are people stopping their baby waking up choking on their own hands?

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Crib mobile

When did you take off the crib mobile?

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