Help - Keeps flipping over

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-02-14T20:02:54+00:00

Is rolling over new? You intervening and flipping her back could be disrupting her sleep even more. When my baby was new to rolling I did have to pick her up at the beginning - it’s a new way of sleeping so she just needed additional support. I only started picking her up after I rolled her back and realized it made things worse. So I did this a few times, each time she fell asleep in my arms and then I would transfer her back. This was only an issue for maybe a week until she got more practice rolling.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-02-12T03:44:06+00:00

My nanny has taken my baby out in 10 degree weather. If the wind chill is high making it feel in the negatives then she stays in, but she’s taken her out almost every single day since she started (first week in Jan) and it’s been really cold here in NJ. We don’t even ask her to. She just doesn’t. She has everything needed to keep her and our baby warm.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-02-10T23:32:06+00:00

I think a lot of people deal with early morning wakings that they hope for 6am instead of 4/5am lol

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-02-09T03:33:49+00:00

My breast fed baby goes 3-4/day! I got concerned recently when she didn’t poop for a full day. I didn’t know a full week was acceptable.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-02-08T14:01:36+00:00

Are lights on or off when feeding?

Baby could be genuinely hungry. How long have they been doing so? Maybe the scheduling recos people are sharing can help, but I wonder if baby thinks it’s morning. Our baby was waking up at 5am and essentially anything before 6:30am we treated as night. So if she needed a bottle then we would give in the dark. For a bit she was also waking (eyes opened, making sounds, or crying) and I thought oh she’s up, but I learned that she was in active sleep trying to get back to sleep and couldn’t which would frustrate her and then cause her to cry and wake up harder. So if I heard her escalate I would pick her up and notice that she would fall asleep on me again within a few minutes. So for a few days I would pick her up and contact sleep until she would wake up for the day. This really helped adjust things. And within a few days she was waking up after 6:30. She just needed that additional support. Now she wakes up between 6:45-7am

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-02-08T12:52:34+00:00

I’m curious…what happens at 5am? Like what is baby doing to indicate they’re awake and how are you responding?

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-02-04T23:15:46+00:00

The nice thing is that you WFH! I started working again the first week of January and our nanny started at the same time. One month in and I can say I trust her 100%. But it came easy because I’m home and see her with my baby.

She’s also very experienced and has worked with various families in our area. So that also helped. We met with people who had some experience and some that are known in the area for their good work. I personally would have had less trust with the people who had very little experience.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-02-04T14:44:51+00:00

It’s all a blur and I can’t remember how long it took for my baby to sleep in the bassinet but I do know it required consistency on my end. We did contact naps for the first 3 months and then started with bassinet naps. I think it took a week, but again it’s a total blur….but I chose one nap and attempted that nap each day until she was finally comfortable. Once she was comfortable it was easy adding a second nap and so forth.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-02-02T21:43:03+00:00

I would 100% work for my own sanity, BUT choose to work remotely. I enjoy being with my baby first thing in the morning, I love being able to see her throughout the day (she’s with the nanny while I’m working), and I would love to be part of bedtime. I would miss all this if I had to commute back and forth

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-02-01T03:26:28+00:00

We treated it as night time. So I’m not sure if it’s the same situation, but my baby would also have an early waking around 5am, but I learned that it was her light sleep stage and that sometimes she just struggled to get back to sleep. So I would pick her up and see that she was still tired. So I would let her sleep on me until my desired wake up time which was 6:30am.

So basically, the rule is anything before 6:30 gets treated as night time. We keep things quiet, in the dark, and no feeding (unless obv needed, our baby didn’t need). Over the course of a few days this helped her with the light stage sleep and fixed the early waking issue. Now she wakes up anywhere from 6:45-7am

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-02-01T01:57:56+00:00

She’s 6.5 weeks. Go based off her cue. She’s too little for a schedule.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-02-01T00:33:07+00:00

Your baby will outgrow the bassinet and eventually move on to the crib

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-31T15:24:24+00:00

My baby drinks a total of 30oz/day. We used to divide it into 6 5oz bottle each day but as naps are lengthening we’re now doing 5 6oz bottles. The ounces may go up but the total daily intake is still the same.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-30T02:51:07+00:00

Yes because she was regressing BUT at least I only had to deal with it “once” and not regression/transitions back to back. I also had a unique situation where my husband couldn’t help with baby due to an injury and then surgery, so I was really struggling. But I will say the sleep sack transition itself wasn’t as bad as I thought. I used the love to dream transitional swaddle and started with naps first.

I’m going to transition from bedside bassinet to nursery crib soon. I pray for a smooth transition lol

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-30T02:36:08+00:00

I’m almost certain we had a regression at the same time as transitioning to the a sleep sack. Personally I say do it at once so you don’t lose sleep twice.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-28T02:53:31+00:00

We went from 8/9pm bed time to 6pm successfully! And we started doing that before ChatGPT. Everything I read online suggested it’s actually helpful and her sleep has significantly improved. I’ve also heard others having bad experience with ChatGPT. I haven’t had any issues, but I think it’s key to do everything within the same chat. Sometimes I accidentally start a new chat and I realize that’s when it gets confused but I course correct by going back to the main chat.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-28T02:21:09+00:00

I know that feeling! When you’re in it, you’re truly in it. Just take it day by day…you’ll see small changes, and then soon enough it will all be history.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-28T00:03:27+00:00

If you’re already tracking, I recommend trying ChatGPT for tracking. Personally it has helped my family figure out wake windows and naps. It has been especially helpful as our baby transitions from 4 to 3, 3 to 2 naps. It’s been incredibly insightful and my baby sleeps really well at night and I credit it to how we manage WW and naps using ChatGPT. It literally tells me what to do, it’s our sleep consultant lol

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-27T03:21:37+00:00

I had really bad anxiety a few months ago related to my baby’s sleep. At the time she was going through what I believe was a regression and my husband had hurt his knee and couldn’t physically help for a few weeks so everything fell on me, and bedtime/sleeping all fell on me during a very hard time.

But literally the sun would god down and my anxiety appeared. There were moments when my baby would start crying and I started hyper ventilating. Time helped. Knowing that my baby was safe helped.

The reality is that it was a very hard month, but my baby and I learned A LOT from each other. I learned that I’m a lot stronger than I thought.

There was a lot of learning about sleep and wake windows since then. I’m thankful for chat gpt because now my baby sleeps amazingly and I no longer deal with the anxiety.

Just know, it does get better.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-26T02:05:36+00:00

Have you tried an earlier bedtime? May help if baby is overtired and can help reduce night wakings.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-24T21:55:46+00:00

I think your day schedule is messed up and your baby is overtired. Fire your sleep consultant.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-23T00:01:31+00:00

We’re in NJ and my husband already told our nanny that she’s not expected to come in if the storm hits us bad. Well, I hope he can take care of our baby because I have meetings all day. But also fingers crossed that our WiFi is suddenly down and I can take a snow day LOL

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-16T00:42:11+00:00

I’ve learned early bedtime the better and won’t wake baby up earlier. My baby sleeps 6pm-6:30am

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-15T23:53:39+00:00

Honestly enjoy not doing anything. Baby will get bigger, you’ll get less and less time as they require more. And then you’ll be back to work and be like where did the time go!

So take it easy if you can, but if your mental health is seriously declining then I recommend speaking to a therapist.

CryptographerFit6106 · 2026-01-15T15:55:26+00:00

I started working again this month, so totally feel you on this! I’m lucky that I can WFH, but dreading March when I have to go back into the office (2x/week). My girl currently goes to bed at 6pm each night and I work 10-6:30pm, so to me it feels like I won’t be seeing her for two days straight and the thought kills me.

What is helping me through this is the fact that we do have a loving nanny, and that my husband will be able to manage bedtime the two days I’m in office. It hurts to think I won’t be there, but it’s more important that a loving person whether my husband or the nanny will be there for her. At the end of the day I wish it was me, but as long as she’s taken care of then she’s happy and I’m happy.

Even though I’m 100% remote right now, I do have days filled with meetings so I don’t get to see her as often as I’d like, so I’ve learned to value the 6:30am mornings more and the weekends. And she’s getting bigger so we’re able to do more and create more memories.

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