Community Posts, Tips & Support on Baby Sleep

My partner started a new job after paternity that needs him to be on top form in the working week so we agreed that he would sleep in the spare room Sunday to Thursday, then Friday and Saturday nights, I have the opportunity to sleep in the spare room and get 2 full nights sleep. Just looking to see if I'm the only...

When will you put baby upstairs before you go to bed and have them on the monitor? I can’t remember when we did this with our first! I feel like it’s way too soon as he’s only 6 weeks.

What are the best swaddles for two-month-olds? I know my baby will soon transition to a sleep sack, but until then, I need to find the best swaddle for my baby boy. He often wakes himself up with his hands, and no matter what, he finds a way to get his hands out of the swaddle. When that happens, he scratches his fa...

Heya mums, my baby is 5 months old and always always layed on one side. I’ve tried putting his head to the other side but just turns back on it. He loves tummy time, we’ve done it since very young. I just dk what to do 😭 uk based

Like letting their baby sleep on their tummy, using blankets, pillows, crib bumpers etc.

Can you please tell me if putting a baby to sleep should be shared? I also do the night wakings when she wakes up every 3 hours for breastfeeding and all I want is if she wakes up 6/7am he has her so I can nap for 2 hours. If you could advise me? As he feels like he does everything else so I should just focus on b...

How are yall sleeping comfortably? I been sleeping up much and not laying down.In the hospital I slept on my side for 2 days.I can’t seem to do it at home.

Those of you down to 1 nap per day, are you capping the nap and waking little one after a certain time? 👀 We’re trialing one nap this week to see how it goes

He’s 11 months

My baby bumped her head on the end of the cot as she was on all fours. Now my partner doesn’t want her in there full stop. She’s getting too tall for her next to me cot. It’s a cot that has solid wood in the ends (no bars). Has anyone got any suggestions of how to protect the little one from bumps when in the cot? O...

Hey, I’m just looking for reassurance that I’m not alone (FTM). LO is 7.5months and wakes up on average 5x a night, sometimes she does 4-5hour stretches but typically it’s 1.5-3hours. Is this normal? We are working on sorting her routine out as had lots happening outside of our control over the last few months bu...

Hi! My baby girl is 7 weeks 1day. She normally has 3 naps a day lasting around a hour each time. How many naps and for how long are your babies having around this age? Xx

What dummies are your exclusively breastfed babies using? My baby is 2 weeks tomorrow and he’s starting to use me as a bit of a human dummy and is on the boob for sometimes going on nearly 2 hours on and off whilst trying to get to sleep. He’ll just cry as soon as he’s put to bed or off the boob. I’m thinking of int...

What’s the most important nap for a baby my LO is 6months old and has. 2 hour nap in the morning ? Should her long nap be in the afternoon? Or have I got it right?

My 17 month old just climbed out of her crib for the first time…she mainly just upset herself and she’s fine now. But what I need to know is where do I go from here? The mattress sits as low as it will go, both sides of the crib are the same height so turning it won’t make a difference, and she’s been able to remove...

so this morning i woke up with the baby at 6 am then we went back to sleep around 8 am. this is how my morning has been everyday for the past 2 or 3 months. even when she wakes up im the night, if shes awake,IM AWAKE. okay so im just setting up the story for yall. well this morning my bf was off of work and i asked ...

Has anyone else dropped to one nap yet, what signs did you go off that they were ready? 🙏🏽 💤

Last night my 14 days old just didn’t want to go to bed. It’s been a fight with feeding and chainring poopy dipers. Does anyone have tips. for when something like this happen? I eventually laid her down because I knew she was fed and left her to fall asleep.

I am now having breakdowns at work. Since the clocks changed my LG is no longer going to sleep, she spends an hour or so just messing around, fidgetting with her eyes shut, laughing at me or just crying. I don't understand why she's sleeping later instead of earlier. I have white noise, dimmed lights, breastfeeding,...

Why is my baby constantly crying all day long and not sleeping? She’ll have maybe two days a week where she’s a little angel, will sleep most of the day and is settled and calm and feeds properly like every 2-4 hours but the rest of the time she’ll wake up in the morning and will cry all day, she won’t sleep which t...