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Sleeping arrangements after 1yr

My girl is turning one next week 😭 and I know I should update/upgrade her sleeping arrangements soon. Right now she is in a 47x47 pen on the ground that has a mini crib mattress and a few toys. It has been THE BEST (for me) but now she’s almost outgrown the mattress. Does anyone have a similar situation? (pic of…

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Cosleeping at night but what about daytime naps?

I’ve been cosleeping with my boy since week 1 and we love it! I love our cuddles so much, can’t get enough. He is almost 6 weeks old and I don’t have any intention to stop in the near future. However I would love a better daytime nap routine so I can do some stuff around the house and eventually get work done. My ba...

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Contact naps with a toddler

Anyone else still doing contact naps at 1+ years old? I enjoy them still so I’m not looking to transition my baby to independent sleep just yet. I do wonder if it’s normal though.

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Nursery nappy changes…

Looking for advice as im starting to panic… I feel so awful that i missed this and never checked it until now! My LB is 10 months old and started nursery a month ago now for 3 days a week. When we viewed this nursery earlier in the year it seemed amazing. Its brand new and seemed so unique and exciting. Today m...

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Fussing

My baby is 5 weeks on Saturday. He usually had a fussy period between 5/6pm-9pm when we put him in his cot to sleep. It’s not happening in the morning also, between 9-12. Then in the afternoon he is absolutely fine. He fusses, sometimes refuses the bottle but is hungry, we struggle to soothe him. It’s so exhausti...

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HELP MUMMA

Hi mummy's! As we all know it's starting to get colder, I have my heating on a lot during the day and evening but it can't be on 24/7 as I'm a single mum and bills are expensive. Any suggestions on what to put on baby overnight to keep him warm? Or any general suggestions on how to keep baby warm without me having t...

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Am I doing this wrong?

My baby boy is 6.5 months (coming up). We’re having one “meal” a day in the evening. BF all other times of the day maybe an occasional snack. His naps are like 30 minutes in the day we’re getting about three of those. A little longer if im out in the car or carrier/chair or a fluke nap. At night we aim to shower...

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Do your LO still have a pacifier?

Just took my daughters on Sunday when she turned 15months?

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Midnight wake ups

Anyone else’s little one randomly waking up at midnight and in and out of sleep for two ish hours? Happening every night for the past 5-6 nights and no idea why 🥲

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How to settle you’re newborn in next to me cot

My newborn will only settle for a short period of time in the cot, he likes to sleep on me and when I put him down he gets rather unsettled and wakes up. Any advice would be great 😊

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Sleep help

My 9 month old just won’t sleep or settle in his cot I put him down for nap or bedtime and he just stands up screaming and crying I don’t know what else to do

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Pillows and babies...

Please no nasty or back handed comments, I'm genuinely struggling with my little one and sleeping at night time, I just don't know what to do any more 😢 My little boy is nearly 8 months old and hasn't slept through the night in nearly 2 months and wakes any where near 4 to 12 times a night. I have gone through…

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Settling to sleep

How is everyone settling their babies to sleep? My LG needs fed or rocked to sleep and is not happy if I put her down awake and just gets more and more upset. Its driving me mad as ive a toddler too

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3.5 tog

Anyone using a 3.5 tog? My boy runs cold and he’s been in vest; sleepsuit and 2.5 tog for a while now and he’s waking a lot in the night cold. He’s woken 6 times since I put him done at 7.30 and I’ve checked his chest and it’s cold? The thermometer says it’s 20 in our room but it’s got to be crap because I’m under a...

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Transitioning from swaddling

Hello mamas, my now 3 month old is now refusing the swaddle and she wakes up if she wants to move and is swaddled and also escapes a lot. We are trying to do a bit o a cold turkey swaddling transition today and I am just wandering how you are dealing with this and is you did transition how long did it take?

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Sucking fingers and sucking thumb

Does anyone else’s baby do this? I’m worried her mouth hurts and she’s trying to relieve herself as her brother just had really bad HFM in his mouth! Or is it just a developmental thing? Her sleep has tanked to 6 wake ups a night as well! I don’t think it’s teething as she’s only 9 weeks and no other teething signs...

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EBF babies sleep at night

Just curious as to babies sleep schedules at night as I’m not sure I’m being realistic 😝 My daughter (20weeks) goes down around 8.30 and wakes at 12 and 4/5 for a feed and then again at 6. I think this is quite a lot. Not sure whether to try and settle without feeding.

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Sleep!

How can I help my baby boy sleep in his bed, he’s currently 4 months and he’ll settle really well in my arms but the minute I put him down, he’ll last 5 minutes or so and then he’s up again. As soon as I pick him up and cuddle him, he falls back asleep, it’s a constant cycle until he’s content enough to sleep 🫠

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Helppppp

Does anyone else’s baby still wake constantly it’s getting me down as I see a lot of people’s baby’s sleep through and have done since birth my baby wakes 15+ times a night :/ Hourly or less till about 6 am then sleeps for 3 hours straight.. it’s making me quiet upset as I have no support or help or no village

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Will not settle in cot.

For some reason my little girl will not settle in her cot. If she’s already asleep and placed into it she’s fine but come bed time if she’s still awake she will not go to sleep and I have no idea why. It’s starting to become abit of a nightmare to be honest

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