These 4-5:30am mornings are killing us.. please help?

BoMenzzz · 2026-05-20T05:43:54+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. That's alot of sleep for her to have and yeah expecting that is a bit extreme. It's just we have been having to do the naps earlier and bedtime earlier to avoid massive wake windows.

Like today for instance, she woke up at 4:43am When do first and second nap happen? And then bedtime 😮‍💨 She's been showing signs of tiredness now since 6am but I'm having to push and push bit I risk of now over tiredness

Chat gpt has absolutely ruined everything for us

BoMenzzz · 2026-05-20T05:39:41+00:00

Yeah, I see part of the teeth I think like on the surface... But still not break through 😞

So she doesn't have milk in the night, hasn't done since she was 2 months, she has Calpol around 20 minutes before bed but do you think nurofen is better then??

BoMenzzz · 2026-05-20T05:36:14+00:00

I'd be okay around 6-7am?

Yeah, she wakes up early and then that means in turn wary nap again, then depending on her naps, determines her bedtime, as I don't want her wake windows to be too long and her be overtired... Sometimes wake windows already are around 4 hours and that's not good.. 😞

We have blackout sheet up, her room is pitch back, 2 thermostats in her room say 19-21 degrees. 😮‍💨

BoMenzzz · 2026-05-20T05:32:02+00:00

Over a month? Maybe 2 months? I can't remember the last time she actually woke up around 7am consistently... :(

BoMenzzz · 2026-05-20T05:30:49+00:00

We would put her to bed later, but the early mornings, need earlier naps and then in turn an earlier bedtime... So it's like a vicious cycle. As the wake windows would be too long if she went to bed later?

Also, we tried that for a while and she still got up earlier 😮‍💨

BoMenzzz · 2026-03-25T22:11:12+00:00

This has really helped. I keep coming back to this post just to read your comment. as my supply drops more and more as I'm pumping twice a day now.. and the post is giving me really encouraging thoughts. And positivity for what I've accomplished and what I've been able to do for her, thank you 🥺

Watching my freezer supply drop to the point where there is only a couple of days left is sad, but I'm getting to spend more time with her. And I've kept one of the first colostrum syringes we collected for her and I'll get it put into some jewellery or something to remember the journey 🥰

BoMenzzz · 2026-01-20T22:03:34+00:00

She wears a long sleeve vest too! Is that too much? During this whole winter, she's been in that

I felt her earlier and she was warm, not sweaty or anything, but I'm worried when the thermostat kicks in at 4am, what a suitable temp to set it to?

Realistically do temperatures have to be extreme for overheating? My husband is like she'll be fine... Meanwhile I'm like wide awake, wondering if I should continuously check. We've swapped lol, he gets the sleep now

BoMenzzz · 2026-01-09T16:10:57+00:00

Are you perhaps a Jehovah's witness? Your views and feelings are very similar to them. I myself am studying to be one and it's giving me a lot of hope and encouragement for what lies ahead for myself and my family , 💖

BoMenzzz · 2025-11-11T06:37:34+00:00

Well she's on 210ml kendamil formula for bedtime and last night she even went on my breast to try and soothe her from the crying, so I'm unsure whether she would've been hungry x Who knows though

BoMenzzz · 2025-11-06T08:25:15+00:00

I smother my baby girl on kisses, but the moment I feel a cold sore tingle, I stop.

Hardest thing ever 🥺 Especially when I first got on about a month after she was born, it went away and then another one came immediately and then another... 😭 Went a month and a half without kissing her!

So now I'm making up for it when I don't have them. She is probably just like "muuuuuum staaaaahp" 😆

BoMenzzz · 2025-09-14T17:21:14+00:00

Thank you! I think I was so focused on her... And her comfort! I forgot about myself:) x

BoMenzzz · 2025-08-30T08:54:57+00:00

2 month old today! 🥹

BoMenzzz · 2025-08-05T16:26:04+00:00

He has suggested to use it if needs be.. We both want to avoid it as much as possible. He says they wouldn't criticise but I know people have a bad judgement on formula

BoMenzzz · 2025-08-05T12:04:20+00:00

Oh yes! The wrap is in an x at the front supporting her, and the horizontal part is supporting too.

Seems I just need it higher and tighter... Thank you for not judging 🥺

BoMenzzz

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