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Sleeping through the night✨

My newborn is now 10 days old and is sleeping through the night at around 6hrs! Is this okay? He went over his birth weight and I’m waking him up every 3 hrs throughout the day to feed

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Is it just me?

Hi moms, so my husband and I are separated due to marital issues, but living in the same house. Our relationship is going okay, but we made this agreement that I will sleep with my 3.5months baby 4 times per week (during the week) in the same bedroom as i’m on maternity leave, and he will sleep with the baby in the ...

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Light on or off

What do people tend to do in terms of a night light for their newborn? Is it best to leave them in the dark for bedtime or to get them into a routine with a light on?

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Co sleeping with a crawling baby!

My son is 7 months and is crawling everywhere now. He has slept in our bed since 2 months old. We don’t really have the room to put up a crib nor can my mental health handle transitioning him into a crib. I’m just not ready. I’m trying to find options to keep him safe while staying in our bed. He goes to sleep at ...

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What time is baby’s bedtime now?

My baby is 10weeks old and seems to be going to bed around 10/10.30 and that’s been the case for the past few weeks. Before it was between 11 and midnight, so it seems like it’s getting earlier hopefully as last night and tonight it’s seemed he’s been quite tired by 9.30 already and ready for bed. What time are you ...

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Sleeping through the night

When did your babies start sleeping majority/all the way through the night? My baby boy is just about to be 3 months and still gets up 3/4 times throughout the night!

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Any mummas still cosleeping with a 1 year old

Hi, I still Co sleep with my 13 month old baby. I was just wondering if anyone is still doing it at this age ? If they are already in their own room, then how did you do it. X

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Night time sleep!

Reading so many posts of babies sleeping completely through the night… how are you all doing it?! Baby girl (nearly 12 weeks old) only falls asleep on the breast and immediately wakes up if I put her down (she doesn’t self settle), and is up every few hours for feeds! Most I can get is 3 hours… Cannot get a routine ...

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Sleep on there front

Quick questions when can babies start sleeping safely on there front ? My boy 10 weeks 11 weeks on Sunday. I’m obviously not saying right now but when is it safe?

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Sleep

Recently my 9 week old has been fussing/crying when put into her next to me. I usually feed her and soothe her and once asleep, I put her down and within 10 minutes she wakes up. I put her on me on her front and she pretty much goes straight to sleep. I have tried to leave her to fuss/cry a little, to see if she w...

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Baby with very early bed time advice

Hi looking to hear from experienced mums who can tell me if I’m doing anything wrong or what I’m doing could lead to issues later down the line. So my 11 week old goes “to bed” around 6:30pm. She’s obviously still downstairs with me and my husband in her Moses basket for now but she’s fast asleep. If she had her ...

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What time are your babies sleeping??

Mine goes down at 10pm and is getting up at 2am / 3:30am / 4:30am / 6:30am 😭😭😭

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No sleep

I’m approaching 34 weeks in the next couple days and I cannot sleep for toffee. When it comes to night time I can’t get comfy tossing from side to side with hip pain getting up to pee every hour and then just feel wide awake! I’m still working at the moment and struggle throughout the day as then the tiredness hits ...

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Am I being unreasonable…

Long story short, I’m struggling, i do all the the night feeds and I’m exhausted…. My partner goes to bed at 8pm and is asleep by 9. He gets in from work at about 4pm and I always cook us dinner even make him a cup of tea for when he gets in from work so he can atleast try and relax, hopefully with the baby when he ...

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Sleeping baby

My baby will only fall asleep in the nipple while eating. She won’t self soothe if I put her down awake for a nap, she will just cry. How to I change this. I start working from home soon and I’m going to need to put her down at times. It’s going to be so rough 🥺

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Sleep

I know it’s totally normal and I know we should make the most of the snuggles but I’m really struggling with the fact my newborn won’t go down anywhere but on me or my partner! We are on day 16 now and both getting tired. We have to split the night so my partner stays up holding baby whilst I sleep then we swap to...

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