Baby Sleep

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Night time anxiety, sleep regression

How are you all coping with the 4 month sleep regression?? I’m soo anxious every evening trying to prepare myself for another sleepless night! We’re 3 weeks deep with no end in sight!! One very sleep deprived mumma here 😴

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wake windows

my little love is 6 weeks on monday and she’s so nosey she’s been awake since around 4pm. She’s clearly so tired but will not sleep at all. Anyone else have a fomo baby??

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Nappy size?

How do I find out what size is suitable for my baby? She is almost 3 weeks old. We have both size 0 and size 1. Size 0 seems to be a good fit but I noticed some slight red marks around her thighs and I’m not sure if that means it’s too tight? But I can still fit 2 fingers around each side of the nappy which would su...

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Anyone have good pacifier brands to switch to from the Dr browns brand?

My son is 8 months, but the paci he’s currently using is only for 0-6 months. I’ve tried several different brands to switch him to, but he hates them all besides this Dr browns one. Any suggestions on getting him to take a new paci? Or do you know any pacifiers with a similar shape?

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Sleep training

Hi all! I have a few questions re sleep training. If your baby “sleeps through”- is it because you did some form of sleep training or just luck? Secondly, if you are to sleep train a baby- does this mean pram/ car naps etc become abit of a problem. For example- if we started sleep training- then went to centreparcs ...

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Baby won’t burp!!!

My baby is 10 days old now, he just doesn’t seem to want to burp after his bottles… I sit for ages rubbing patting his back, sitting him forward on my leg, over my shoulder, on my chest, lying him flat for 5 then trying again and he just won’t burp??? So then when he’s waking in the night for feeds I don’t like to p...

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What tog sleep bag in this weather?

Hi, new mum here! My daughter has been sleeping in a short sleeved best, baby grow and a 2.5 tog sleep bag. My gro egg now says the bedroom is 21.5 degrees even with the window being open (can you sleep with the window open?) any way I’m panicking now as I don’t have a 1.5 tog sleep bag which is recommended at this ...

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Co-sleeping

Controversial but is anyone doing it?

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Baby just wants to be held - 4weeks

Anyone else in the same boat? She sleeps fine when held and then as soon as we put her down she wakes up and cries - I feel like I must be the only one going through this as surely people don’t just hold their babies constantly 😢 any tips on how we can get her down sleeping alone?

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Co-sleeping

Controversial but who's doing it?

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Silent reflux baby

Baby with silent reflux wakes up when on their back about half an hour after being put down and grunts and sounds like they are constantly clearing their throat. They don’t cry but aren’t sleeping and sound uncomfortable, if you pick them up they sleep fine on your chest - any ideas on how to keep/ get them back to ...

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Is your little one in their own room yet?

Our little boy who is 6.5 months is still in with us and I can’t help but think he gets disturbed by us getting into bed and the dog getting on/off the bed. I’d love to see if he sleeps better in his own room but not ready to let go😬🤦🏼‍♀️ Also, if they still wake up during the night for a feed, where do you do…

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CoSleeping

Does anyone here cosleep? With baby & partner? Some nights my baby will sleep through in his cot, other nights he will sleep in bed with us (10mo). Just reaching out for safety advice and just to know it’s normal I guess… 🫣🤷🏼‍♀️

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Independent sleeping

Need to settle this debate with my partner. He thinks it’s ridiculous that our children need us to stay in the room with them when they go to sleep and I tell him it’s not uncommon. I’m not talking about babies, specifically 3 - 5 years. Let me know below!

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It's my baby's first night in her room and I'm sad ;(

I know she's going to sleep much better in there but I'm so sad. The end of an era.. End of co-sleeping... Why does my baby feel so big. 😔😔😔 If it were up to me I'd bed share with her until she doesn't want to. But my back feels broken every night and my body isn't coping with the pie quality sleep so it's a…

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Sleep without a swaddle

Any tips on transitioning baby to sleep without a swaddle? We currently use the love to dream swaddles, & baby is starting to roll on his side. We can’t use the transitional swaddles from love to dream yet, as he’s too small! (He’s nearly 11lb) We tried last night without the swaddle & just a cellular blanket and ...

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