Terrified of SIDS

My baby is 6 wks and I’ve been having so much SIDS anxiety . I had to delete tik tok bc it was showing up on my FTP so much it was scaring me. I’m so scared of this happening and it keeps me awake all day and night just watching my baby sleep. When does the anxiety go away? What are some things that help you get to not think of SIDS?

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Went through the same thing, the owlet gave me so much peace!!

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Same here. I got the owlet sock as well but it was constantly alarming when the baby was almost asleep, the alarm notification was that my baby needed help falling asleep… So it was really counterproductive because he would almost be asleep and then it would wake him up. My husband got very angry at it because you can’t change the alarm settings, so we don’t use it anymore.

I think tik tok is terrible it makes moms like us stress so much and feel like we failing great choice getting rid of it im gonna do the same

Oh sweet mama. Don’t worry it gets better I remember I had anxiety for Sid’s before I gave birth and even after he was born when those TikTok’s about it came up I just pressed and hold so I can put “ not interested “ I think mines went away when he was around 8 months. That’s when the phase of him rolling over in his sleep went away he’s a tummy sleeper but now he’s adjust well but everyone goes through it in their own way

I heard negative things about the owlet and it having false alarms all the time that added stress. I would suggest learning about sids. I heard that it’s tied to vaccines and I believe it so we’re anti vax

is that maybe an outdated version? I’ve had mine since July and I’ve never seen that alert before

Owlet sock is a game changer!! My daughter is 13 months old now & we still use it! We’ll probably stop using it until she outgrows the sock it comes with but for now it really helps us out.

Owlet has changed my life 10/10 recommend

Don't go into the rabbit hole, I did the same. My baby was born 37 weeks, in NICU. Born 4lbs and I was terrified. Owlet helped.

my baby is 2 and i’m still scared of SIDS

How is your sleep? My anxiety grew so so much when I wasn’t getting sleep. Do you have support or someone to watch the baby while you rest?

I don’t know! I got it for my baby shower in August, so it’s only a few months old. It’s terrible though :( That’s so interesting that you’ve never seen that alert! It went off every time we tried to put him to sleep

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Help! First time mum -

I have a 4 month old and now all of a sudden when he’s been asleep for 1hr30/2hrs he will wake up screaming (high pitched) I’ve tried winding him sometimes that helps, I’ve tried bicycle legs & bringing his knees up but that doesn’t seem to help but he brings his knees up himself sometimes but nothing happens. I’ve noticed since the 4 month mark he has started to struggle passing wind downwards! Any tips?

Hour night wakes and 5am get up

Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

Don’t want to leave my first born😭😭😭

Anyone else extremely sad and anxious to leave their first born😭

He’s 2 and we have never not put him to bed or be here for when he wakes up😭

I’m so sad and anxious about leaving him

Crying during feeding

Hey mams! My girl is 6 weeks on Monday and is having so much trouble with feeding. It doesn’t happen every feed but more often than not she will start a bottle and just start crying as if she’s in pain and she can’t take the milk. I think it’s trapped wind but I genuinely don’t know what to do it’s so pitiful to see her not be able to feed! She’s formula fed and on HiPP Organic.
Anyone else been in this position? I’m pretty sure it’s just a bit of trapped wind that she needs to fart out but can’t! If anyone has any advice I’d be very grateful as I think I may need to tape my eyelids open soon 😂

Help meeee

!!All advice welcome!! My 5 month old (nearly 6mo) is just not sleeping . Not for naps and not at night . She can’t connect her cycles . We started sleep regression at 3 months but in like how is this nearly been going on for a further 3 months . Like surely not . She has 10 min naps in crib ( which take so much effort ) and maybe 20/30 min naps in my arms/pushchair . She wakes minimum every hour at night with guaranteed false start 20 mins in . I combo feed. I breastfeed her until almost asleep then place her in the next to me crib give her the pacifier and put my hand on her cheek/face for 20 seconds and she drifts off . It’s not really getting her to sleep that’s the issue it’s she just won’t stay asleep . She doesn’t even need to feed much at night usually 1-2 breastfeeds . The rest is comfort wakes needing her pacifier or my hand on her cheek . I’ve looked into sleep associations and independent sleep and I broke the feed to sleep association and rocking and do bedside comforting instead for most wakes which has now lead to my hand being a sleep association on her face . I’m just so exhausted my husband is working mon-fri 9-9 and it’s just me . I haven’t had more than 4 hours in a row since her birth . I can’t get anything done during the day . She is so clingy and cries if I leave room /put her down etc. I love her so much but we both need rest . If anyone has any tips or a routine that could help PLEASE tell me I’ll try anything 🥲❤️❤️

Feeding to sleep

FTM here! 👋

Are you guys feeding your baby to sleep?

I just read feeding to sleep is creating bad habit and baby will always cry etc when awake at night expecting to get bottle before falling asleep again. 🤔
It said should feed the baby, give a bath (or not) and then put to sleep.
I do other way around - bath, pjs/lotion, rock to sleep and feed at the same time and then baby falling asleep.
Am I creating a bad habit? Been doing it all the time really. 😳