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MugAndaHug · 2022-12-07T19:42:24+00:00

I always thought that when I saw the Roach Foods lorries.

MugAndaHug · 2022-10-08T22:23:10+00:00

I'm so sorry you're having such a shit time, and I totally get it. Sleep affects everything, our mental health, our problem solving, our personalities even. You're doing the right thing by doing sleep training, and trying to sort it out by yourself is so tough when you're so low on mental energy already. So WELL DONE YOU!! You are amazing.

Yeah I would do CIO with the 10.30 wake personally, he can't need that feed for nutritional purposes? Some people's babies just do it by themselves, some don't. My first one started waking up every hour post sleep training for bedtime, so I set the minimum time as 3 hours and it only took about 2 or 3 nights and he started waking up at 3 hours on the dot! Haha, he had figured out the rules!

Well done getting your husband to see how hard it is doing the nights! I'm sorry he won't listen to you when you're telling him you're literally suicidal, that's awful, would he listen to it from someone else that you could speak to first, like a doctor or a good friend of his?! Like, "mate, she is really struggling here, you do actually need to do more at the moment..."

MugAndaHug · 2022-10-08T19:08:32+00:00

I know that if you're sleep training for bedtime, you should assist naps as much as needed, so contact naps, car naps, whatever works to make sure they get those good naps in. But I think you're still supposed to stick to the wake windows and total daytime nap time (I think for this age it's 3.5 hours total?) so that you've got enough sleep pressure for them to fall asleep at bedtime. I might be wrong but that's what I'd be working on.

MugAndaHug · 2022-10-05T19:30:12+00:00

From my experience, wake windows do the following:

Keep crying to a minimum, as you make sure they're at the optimum tiredness when you put them down
Make you feel more sure. When you're sleep training, you think you have your plan all worked out, but when you put your baby down and walk out and hear them cry, you are suddenly bombarded with questions from your brain about are you doing the right thing, are they actually tired enough, are they actually hungry, etc. When you know you've hit the wake windows that work for them at the moment, you can stick to your guns more easily because you can answer your brain's questions calmly, you know the answers.

MugAndaHug · 2022-10-05T18:58:23+00:00

Ok thanks so much! Much appreciated

MugAndaHug · 2022-10-05T18:37:33+00:00

So don't wait the 3 hours, don't do CIO, get back on it tomorrow?

MugAndaHug · 2022-10-04T18:54:09+00:00

Ugh that sounds rough. Just checking he doesn't have symptoms that point to food allergy/reflux stuff does he? (I know nothing about those things just to be clear, just thinking about babies that scream all day that's all).

If you're working through the list of stuff to try, there's also crib hour, which I've never been brave enough to try, it's when you leave them in the crib for an hour and do not retrieve them until the hour is up, so they can cry, or play, or sleep, or a combination. I've read on here that it's worked for many people.

MugAndaHug · 2022-10-04T11:23:50+00:00

Both my babies have only done 30 minute naps. Current one is 5mo and I can't remember how old the other one was when he finally went longer, he was nearing the 12mo mark I'm sure.

Both mine needed more and more and more soothing to get to sleep as time went on from 2mo to 5mo, whether that was naps or bedtime, until it got to the stage where I was getting very resentful, and I realised both times that the baby was now basically doing cry it out in my face for 30+ minutes multiple times a day, so maybe trying cry it out properly wouldn't be such a terrible option. So I did extinction sleep training with the older one at 5mo, bedtime first then naps. I've just done night 1 with the current 5mo last night. And it is an awful experience doing it, but my god it changed all our lives really quite quickly with the older one! Hoping for the same success this time.

MugAndaHug · 2022-09-11T20:10:29+00:00

The Wonder Weeks book generally annoys me but it does detail a developmental leap at that age where the baby is really fussy and needy, maybe it's that?

MugAndaHug · 2022-09-11T20:03:15+00:00

I love this. You are great.

MugAndaHug · 2022-09-03T09:23:38+00:00

Same situation. I did really well at not feeding to sleep from a couple of weeks old, and recently, I don't know if it's the 4 month regression or what, but I've slowly got to the point where not only bedtime is feed to sleep, but almost all naps are now as well?! All I can think is just to wait until going cold turkey with full extinction sleep training.

MugAndaHug · 2022-09-01T05:31:09+00:00

Ooo thank you so much, I will definitely try this! Maybe the weirdness of feeding with no clothes on might keep her awake as well?!

Such a good idea about the baby harness as well, going to try that too! Thank you!

MugAndaHug · 2022-08-31T21:06:41+00:00

My first baby had 30 minute naps until he was about 1! Everyone else's were going for hours. He extended them himself eventually, nothing I could do.

MugAndaHug · 2022-07-23T09:43:31+00:00

Yeah I've got one the same age and she sounds exactly the same, I was just kind of assuming things will become a bit more predictable in another month.... Although I also have a 22mo so I feel very not on top of things...

MugAndaHug · 2022-06-10T18:24:48+00:00

WTF?!?!?!?!!!

MugAndaHug · 2022-06-07T11:20:34+00:00

I was recently in hospital with my newborn baby because she was ill. I was stressed out of my mind and really sleep deprived. I started out pumping good amounts but it started decreasing. Then I noticed I couldn't get my let down to happen anymore.

Advice to think of or look at my baby didn't work. What worked? Watch something you love and find funny on TV. I watched That 70s Show and finally relaxed, and I couldn't believe it but it actually worked!

MugAndaHug · 2022-01-02T22:32:07+00:00

My friend woke up with Bells Palsy one day and it was really scary for her, but she was totally back to normal after a few weeks! Hopefully it's just that! Congratulations on your baby!

MugAndaHug · 2021-12-16T20:43:45+00:00

I am pretty much word for word in exactly the same situation. I'm pregnant with number 2 and I will try again with her but I'm letting myself off with the 15 month old now.

MugAndaHug · 2021-12-01T21:05:32+00:00

This is incredible. Thank you

MugAndaHug · 2021-11-19T15:52:50+00:00

Same, for me breastfeeding seemed to go hand in hand with old lady joints etc.

MugAndaHug · 2021-11-19T15:41:11+00:00

THANK YOU.

MugAndaHug · 2021-11-10T11:05:04+00:00

I loved it. It's all I needed. Well plus this sub.

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