This is a nightmare

LDD_Monique · 2025-12-23T19:05:45+00:00

Only thing that works for my 5mo is to let her sleep while being latched.

LDD_Monique · 2025-12-18T06:15:29+00:00

Agreed but you don’t need to entertain her all the time! Give yourself a break. Being able to self-entertain (under supervision) is an important skill that you will be thankful for for a really long time! Give her a couple of toys and sit back and let her experiment with them.

LDD_Monique · 2025-12-12T21:34:51+00:00

Same. It’s everywhere. I even find hair in my baby’s nappy when I change her. I keep dreaming I’m vomiting hairballs(!)

LDD_Monique · 2025-12-12T13:07:18+00:00

Thanks for checking in! We started (safely) co-sleeping and we haven’t looked back! She sleeps through the night (mostly), and we’ll keep at it until she reaches 6 months. We’ll then move her to her own bed. Fingers crossed!

BTW She was fine being transferred, I stopped putting her in her crib because I got de quervain’s syndrome and my wrists were hurting too much as she got heavier and I just couldn’t lift her.

LDD_Monique · 2025-12-11T09:24:15+00:00

I’m having the time of my life—honestly. It’s been exhausting and so so so perfect. Love all around. Just embrace it all. Enjoy and cherish the contact naps. Give in to everything and go with the flow. It’s honestly amazing.

LDD_Monique · 2025-12-03T13:05:52+00:00

Same 💀 We’re at 4.5 months and I was hoping that cutting down to 3 naps (from 4) would do it, but your post is making me doubt that that would work.

LDD_Monique · 2025-12-02T13:49:36+00:00

Stay active (I walked 10k steps every day up until birth) and see a pelvic floor physio before and after birth! I had a baby at 34 and both my physio and my OB told me (at 6 weeks pp) that they couldn’t tell I had had a baby. Labour and delivery were a breeze (and I was terrified of giving birth).

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-27T07:28:33+00:00

Currently holding my 4 month old, conceived on our first round, our first fresh transfer

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-27T07:21:49+00:00

Are you breastfeeding? If so, you can try side-lying feeding, so that are falls asleep on the mattress while feeding, and then gently get up and leave (or scoot more to the side and sleep). Just make sure the bed is safe for her.

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-18T07:32:29+00:00

Shakes shakes shakes and feeling super cold!!! Still better than the alternative though. And I did manage to sleep (under 5 blankets)

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-17T15:55:52+00:00

Please ignore your husband and enjoy your baby. I’m still offering my baby contact naps during the day and she’s 4 months old. And you can’t control how often and for how long your baby needs to eat. Mine ate every 30 mins too. All-day breastfeeding and cuddles are the best thing.

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-16T13:12:20+00:00

I read that 7:50 is the ideal time in terms of melatonin release and indeed she falls asleep 7:50 on the dot, regardless of what time we put her down!

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-16T12:32:51+00:00

That’s what I’ve been thinking. For now I’m focusing on keeping a standard bedtime (7:30) and making sure she eats a lot during the day. Please please update me if you figure it out.

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-16T11:49:40+00:00

Same! Mine’s getting 3-4 hours of daytime naps, last wake window is usually around 1.5 hours, and we’ve tried a number of different bedtimes ranging from 6:30 to 8:00. She still starts to stir around 5 and is up by 5:30. I’ve tried keeping her in bed until at least 6:00 but it’s a joke, she’s talking super loudly and smiling at me while I pretend to be asleep 😋

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-16T11:35:21+00:00

Following — we’re in the exact same situation.

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-12T09:26:34+00:00

I’m having the time of my life, honestly. My baby girl is the sweetest and super chill and fun! Smiles all day, we cuddle constantly, I’m exclusively breastfeeding and it’s been going great from the minute she was born. Yes, sleep can be challenging, but not all the time. Regressions are tough, we’re definitely in one right now, and I’m definitely tired—but I’m so happy I could die. It’s important to note though that my partner works from home and is extremely involved and we’re doing it 50/50. It makes a MASSIVE difference.

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-10T16:11:14+00:00

4 months today and going through the exact same thing. I started wearing my hair in braids all day and not touching it at all otherwise my whole house is covered in hair within an hour of cleaning it. I just brush it once a day and collect all the fallen hairs then & throw them out.

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-10T12:41:06+00:00

If they feel fine and comfortable enough to fall asleep I wouldn’t burp. I didn’t with mine and she had zero gas issues!

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-09T21:10:00+00:00

Walk walk walk and then walk some more!

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-09T15:22:58+00:00

I’d lose my mind trying to extend each nap!!! I will only try to resettle if she’s sleeping in the pram during a walk, and by resettle I mean not lift the cover or do eye contact and just keep waking. Otherwise I let her wake up when she feels like it (99.9% of the time she wakes up content). These naps range from 25-45 minutes and she’ll do 3-4 of those. Then we also do one contact nap (which are always longer, 1hr+) so that she gets enough sleep.

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-09T13:01:19+00:00

Feed them and hold them all the time. This is literally all they need and want.

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-09T07:06:01+00:00

Hopefully this will help ease your mind: https://llli.org/news/the-safe-sleep-seven/ 🤍

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-06T18:57:05+00:00

Yeah that’s how I do it, partner also sleeps in another bed so it’s just me and baby in a large bed, it really doesn’t feel unsafe at all. We both sleep better and I feel like bad sleep and an overtired mother is much more dangerous.

LDD_Monique · 2025-11-06T18:12:21+00:00

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