Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Sleep

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Advice

My little boy is 6 weeks old and doesn’t seem to be hungry- I find I’m feeding him every 4-5 hours in the day out of fear he’s not consuming enough but he never cries out for a feed. He spends a lot of the day sleeping and more recently I’ve found when he’s awake he’s seeming uncomfortable. He is showing many sign...

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Runny/stuffed nose

My 7m old baby girl has a runny / stuffed nose and I can hear it when she breaths which also making her wake up loads in the night. She’s also finding it hard to drink milk from bottle because of it too I think. The sailne and suction hasn’t helped is there anything else I can do to relive it ?

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9 month old constantly grumpy and having a paddy 🫣

My daughter will be turning 9 months old this week and I’ve noticed such a change in her behaviour these past two weeks… we’ve been in a bit of a rough patch since the 8 month sleep regression, she won’t nap in her bed anymore throughout the day, she just wants to be on me feeding and the moment I try move her into ...

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3 week old not going down until 12/1am

My 3 week old was doing really well and was going down in her next to me after falling asleep on me around 10-10.30. The past few nights she’s not wanted to go down at all and even after a bottle and bath she would be wide awake and would scream until she tired herself out around mid night. She now doesn’t want to g...

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Sleep deprived

I’ve never been more sleep deprived than I am at the hospital. I’m so ready to go home. I know they are only doing their job but . . .I’m so wore out haven’t had good sleep since I gave birth.

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Sleep

How do you get your LO to sleep? Mine is 13 weeks and he mainly only sleeps from being on the breast or when he’s in the carrier or in the car. Will this mean that he won’t be able to sleep on his own due to this? What are you guys doing to get your LOs to sleep?

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Babys routine

So I am struggling with any sort of routine in the day with my 5 week old and I know it's early but there is no pattern. He will have 3 to 4 Oz every 1 40 mins to 2 hours he's like clock work no idea how some people babies go 3 hours between feeds. Then he will most likely fall asleep straight away and I try and put...

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Is your little waking up at night and just super ready for the day?

He always wakes around 4+5 and he's up to 6-7 just completely awake and smiling. I'm 7w4d pregnant and I am EXHAUSTED 😭

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Child waking early needing a poo

Hi all, looking for some help with my 3.5yo. His sleep has been worse over the past 6months (previously slept well) l. I think this is related to a number of recent changes- went from cot to bed/potty training and new sister. We have tried to be consistent and take him back to bed calmly sometimes helping him sett...

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Bedtime moving earlier?

My 11 week old baby always went to bed somewhere between 9pm-11pm depending on the timing of her last bottle (formula fed). Now she seems to pass out into a deep sleep around 7.30pm-8pm on my lap in the living room for the past week or so. So far I’ve been waking her at 9.30/10pm for her last bottle then putting her...

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Sleep, or lack of

My LB who is 5 months today has stopped sleeping in his cot. Hes refusing. As soon as i transfer him to the cot he wakes up and thats it then, he cries until i pick him up. For my own sanity i would prefer not to co-sleep. But does anyone have any tips for me? I cant really let him cry it out as i have an almost 2 ...

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Anyone else have a velcro baby who only wants to sleep on you?

I love the contact naps but sometimes I would also love to be able to get things done around the house and put him down to sleep! It often takes 20+ minutes of rocking him to get him to sleep and then I try to put him in his bassinet, lounger, mamaroo (all supervised of course) and he wakes up shortly after and crie...

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Baby waking at 4am

Hi moms, For the past week my baby has been sleeping through the night but the past two days she’s been waking up at 4am. She then only wants to sleep in our arms, not the crib. She’s going to bed around 8pm. Does anybody have any advice on how to help her sleep through the night again? Thanks!

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Toddler Bed Recs

3yo is still in her cot bed with the side off but we need to transition to her ‘big girl room’ before it becomes obvious we’re doing it because number 2 is on the way 🫣 I’m thinking a small double because we do a lot of co sleeping but where has everyone looked/purchased from? I’m asking a lot from a bed I think…

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Crying

My almost 11 month old has been up almost all night screaming at the top of his lungs. The first time I couldn’t calm him down and had to lay him next to me in bed and he eventually went back to bed. He woke up around 3 and wanted to play. I shut that down quick. He just woke up again (5 am) screaming until I put hi...

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Teething help

I don’t know what to do anymore. My little girl has more teeth coming through, but further back in her mouth. My god it’s awful. None of us are sleeping. We’ve tried calpol and teething gel. But she will not sleep. We are losing our mind. Any tips? But also, it’s completely messed up her sleep and nap (which was goi...

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Nap transition

I am currently trying to transition my baby to two naps. Has anyone else had an issue where their baby treats bed time as the third nap? She goes down at 7 but wakes at 10 wide awake wanting to play. Any advice how to crack this!

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Poops

Is it true that babies will eventually stop pooping at night. I think my girl has reached that strange and it’s so much better because now I can just nurse her, pump and sleep. She used to keep waking up in the change table lol

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Newborn naps

So I have a 9 week old baby and she has never settled herself to have a nap. She always has to be patted/rocked to sleep and then I try to transfer her to her Moses basket for the nap. I’m just wondering when I should start putting her down awake in her basket and seeing if she will settle? Or if I should have done ...

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Constant split nights - advise/help please

My little girl has been doing split nights for what seems like forever and the sleep deprivation is killing me. I have no idea how to fix things. She has been a crap sleeper since the get go but split nights are just draining me! At home she will do 2 naps, 1 is an hour and one is half an hour ( I can't extend the n...

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