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Will I ever had a lie in again??

Hello so my almost 5 month old has slept through the night since 8 weeks. It’s been a god send she’s amazing. The only thing is she’s started waking up at 5am everyday and I can’t get her to sleep in longer. Any advice?

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4 month old - Moved to own room?

I know we are all aware of the guidance that our babies should sleep in the same room as us until they are 6 months old. However, how many if you have moved then into their room early? My baby girl is just over 4mths, and sleeps 12 hours a night. She is a noisy active sleeper and I feel like I am being woken up by h...

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Sleepy baby

Anyone find at 10weeks their little one just wanted to sleep constantly again? Hoping he’s just growing but stressing that he’s brewing a bug or something. He slept 10pm-11am over night (he did half stir and took a feed) he was then back asleep 12-4. We did get some smiles and fun throughout the evening but he still...

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Is this awake time normal?

My LO is now 5 weeks old. From birth she pretty much slept 24/7. When it hit week 3, she started to stay awake from 5pm, WIDE awake until 11.30pm sometimes 12, no break. I’ve read about witching hours and i definitely think that’s what it is, but every night she is awake for so long and i’m just worried about how...

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Baby won’t settle unless held

My newborn won’t settle unless they are held, making night times difficult. We have a next2me crib, but the second we put her down in it she fusses and won’t settle unless she’s held again. When she is held, she will fall back to sleep straight away - and the cycle repeats itself. Any tips or advice appreciated, i...

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Transferring into own room

When did you put your little one into their own room overnight? My son turned 7 months today and we decided to try to put him in his own room for the first night. 2 hours in of crying and I’ve given up and he’s now in his next to me cot. He’s nearly settled straight to sleep! He has both of his day time naps in h...

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3/3:30am feed

Anyone else’s newborn wide awake when their feed lands on this time? I’ve tried everything to get them back off but usually takes a good hour or two to go to sleep x

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Bedtime Sleep

Literally since my little girl was born, we’ve always let her fall asleep on us on a night downstairs and then we take her up into her next to me when we go to bed and she sleeps through to 5:30am. Usually, that’s 8pm for her then 10pm for us. The last few nights things seem to have changed. She seems really unsett...

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How old does she look

She was tired in this picture lol

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Sleeping

hi, what is everyone doing once baby is here regarding sleeping? im a bit confused. do i need a moses basket, do they only sleep in that at first? or can i go straight to a cot?thanks☺️

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Quiete sleeping baby?!

Is it normal for a baby to happily go down at night falls sleep by herself no moaning and literally doesn’t move atall! Like it actually freaks me out sometimes I have to keep poking her (nicely) to make sure she’s alive! She’s 10 weeks out and since day 1 she’s always settled by herself to go sleep but now she’s sl...

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Uninterrupted sleep for EBF babies

Hi mamas! I'm just curious about how many hours uninterrupted does your baby sleep at night? I'd especially like to know about those EBF. My little boy usually sleeps 4-4.5h and he had slept 6h only 3 times so far! If your baby sleeps longer than 4h, how did you manage to do so?

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Dummy?

Hi all can you advise if your little one has a dummy? If so what is the benefit? Considering one for my one month old.

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Struggling

Hi all not looking for advice just looking for people who are in same boat. My LO sometimes has nights where she will not sleep at all. Doesn’t have to be crying but she will make noises and be wide awake and kick and throw arms about. I know I should be thankful that she isn’t screaming all the time but I’m still g...

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Pissed tf off!!!

Why is he ike this? He was up until 3:30am on the game, me and our baby were fast asleep, he’s come barging in the room coughing and sneezing, then put the TV on while getting himself ready for bed which has then woke the baby up. He then woke ME up, to tell me she was awake, crying and that I was laid in the mi...

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Sleeping through the night

How old was your baby when they started sleeping through the night? *My son is combi fed but only BFs through the night. I know formula makes babies sleep longer but he falls asleep on me / has both boobs so there's no need to formula feed too. ❤️

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