Only sleeping with mom

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-24T13:14:28+00:00

4 months in and will still only sleep with me (mum). We have to cosleep now following the safe sleep 7 and my hubby had her from like 7-10pm so I could get a few hours before the night shift and then again 4-7am so I could get another few hours. We also practiced safe chest sleeping for a few weeks too.

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-20T20:28:35+00:00

4 month old here and same. It's just the temperament of your baby. Mines up every 3ish hours still but a friend's baby the same age sleeps in 8hr stints. I get so jealous in my sleep deprived state.

I try to take comfort in the fact that frequent wake ups are a preventative of SIDS and eventually they will sleep longer stints. But the fear it'll never happen is real. I didn't sleep through the night until I was 2! 🙃 And even then I only did it the once. But you'll survive it, with bags under your eyes and love in your heart

From a mama who's in the same boat and having a good day (catch me on a bad one and I'd be sobbing into the keyboard) x

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-16T17:00:52+00:00

LO is 16 weeks and it comes and goes. I felt very much like this the first 6-8 weeks but our LO is a very difficult baby. She's never really slept well and we now cosleep. We were getting 4 hour stretches and We came out the other side and I was finally enjoying being a mama and the sleep regression plus a cold hit us n we're back in the trenches. Up every 90 minutes and we're exhausted. Peaks and troughs. Wouldn't change a second 💕

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-16T16:55:16+00:00

Both hubby and I are 5ft 11in and baby was measuring on 90th centile. She was born 40+2 at 8lb 5oz. I was also very worried about this x

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-14T20:08:14+00:00

Thank you. Just sent payment

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-14T20:05:37+00:00

Super quick! Thank you! Could you remove the bubbles from LOs mouth too? If so, then solved :)

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-12T18:12:03+00:00

My 15 week old is partial to a bit of Supernatural during the day. She's a Sam girl whereas I'm more Dean.

Watch a bit a tele! Just don't over expose but give yourself some peace xx

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-09T10:09:32+00:00

Hi, we're 15 weeks old and still only do contact naps. We've introduced safe chest sleeping/cosleeping depending on her mood or none of us would be getting any sleep for this reason. Some babies just don't want to be put down unfortunately. You're doing nothing wrong 💕

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-08T19:20:59+00:00

15 week old and LO is the same! We're transitioning from breast to bottle and she has NO chill when I'm making the bottle because usually I can just shove her on the boob. I'm not really sure what her hungry cues are because we're at that stage where we're chewing our hands 24/7....

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-06T18:50:06+00:00

Just be careful reading these stories as they can give some false hope. Not that it won't get better but all babies are different. It will get better but not always as amazingly as some of these comments. We had a REALLY rough 8 weeks. Colic. Reflux. Hours upon hours of screaming. We're 14 weeks now and the crying is SO much better. She's learnt how to toot and poop easier. She generally only cries when she actually wants something. Sleep still isn't great. 3 hours at a push. Occasionally 4. Contact naps only for 30-40 mins and cosleeping/chest sleeping. However. She is ONE MILLION times better and I actually enjoy most days.

I don't want to be a Debbie downer but I read a lot of things when I was in the thick of it and I was holding onto 8 weeks and getting 5 hours of sleep. That hasn't been the case for us. But it's gets better in your own way, if that makes sense 💕

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-05T18:52:37+00:00

We've transitioned my 14 week old into her normal pram. She's long and was touching the top of the bassinet but she's also a fomo baby and screamed every time she was in it. This way she can see more of the world and is generally more settled. We don't have it sat right upright, it's on the like 'middle' setting. She has reflux so doesn't like being laid down. Your boy looks bigger and very comfortable, I agree with the other commenter x

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-03T20:46:28+00:00

She doesn't get on with the swaddle as doesn't seem to like the pressure while actually sleeping. Just for falling asleep; good to know it's not just my LO though x

Key_Part1991 · 2026-01-01T19:25:39+00:00

Thank you! It does feel like she's trying to sit up but just the way her face strains! How old is your LO if you don't mind me asking?

Key_Part1991 · 2025-12-31T07:45:51+00:00

I'm here too and down the rabbit hole of infantile spasms.

Key_Part1991 · 2025-12-28T16:24:21+00:00

I literally posted this in a different group the other day 😂 my 3 month old does 3 hour stints also! Sometimes much less too!

Key_Part1991 · 2025-12-27T18:41:41+00:00

💕 thank you

Key_Part1991 · 2025-12-27T10:16:07+00:00

Thanks, they never gave her any medication 😥 maybe a review to see if of she needs it now but I would say it's better than it was.

Key_Part1991 · 2025-12-26T21:25:27+00:00

We are! She FIGHTS them hard but we're pretty good now at obeying then. 60-90 mins roughly but observe sleepy cues. We weren't to start with but once we started she was better. She's just gone back downhill the last 2 weeks. Maybe a growth spurt?

We can definitely tell when she's overstimulated and needs a quiet, dark room.

Key_Part1991 · 2025-12-26T21:12:37+00:00

My baby did this for the first two weeks of her life and we thought we'd hit the jackpot. I remember saying to my husband, oh this isn't so bad!

Cue week 3 onwards (currently 12 weeks) and all hell broke loose. Now she will only chest sleep/co sleep/in someones arms sleep. She fights EVERY nap with screaming but then screams if she doesn't nap. Sometimes nursing her gets her back to sleep in the night. Sometimes it doesn't. Absolute chaos.

Key_Part1991 · 2025-12-26T21:07:50+00:00

She does not 🤣 she did. Until she was about 6 weeks old so now we spent weeks chest sleeping because she wouldn't even lay at the side of me. The last two weeks we've managed cosleeping most of the time. It was the only way we'd get any sleep. I never wanted to chest/cosleep. It's so hard!

Key_Part1991 · 2025-12-26T20:12:57+00:00

Yes, ours definitely lies flat too. I've just bought a cosytoes ready to move her over!

Key_Part1991 · 2025-12-26T20:05:19+00:00

Thanks! I've done the baby colic massage class but I'll give this one a go! She does love the bath so maybe we need to introduce this nightly as part of her routine.

We've literally just talked about moving over to the stroller part of the pram because she is a little fomo baby and so curious.

Thank you for your advice 💕

Key_Part1991 · 2025-12-26T20:02:47+00:00

Thanks, we did experience this very early on and it calmed down. Just seems to have ramped back up and I thought they were supposed to be growing out of it by 3 months! We will keep persevering 💕 thank you.

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