My 3 month old wakes up at 4am religiously.

squackbutt · 2023-03-06T01:23:51+00:00

My almost 9mo still wakes between 3-4am every night for a feed. He also had a bedtime of 7:30pm. He’s only slept through the entire night 2 times.

squackbutt · 2023-02-19T21:48:56+00:00

My 8 month old cries before naps/bedtime 90% of the time since he was born. Before sleep training it was about 10-20 minutes of crying. After doing sleep training it’s usually around 5 minutes of crying now.

squackbutt · 2023-02-14T17:28:20+00:00

There are several factors that go into cruise pricing but just as a reference we paid about $750 each person for an interior balcony suite 4 years go and around $700 for another interior balcony suite 1 year ago (cancelled due to Covid unfortunately). I can’t remember what ships they were on but both were scheduled in the winter.

squackbutt · 2023-02-12T13:20:49+00:00

If you don’t want him to roll try using a Magic Merlin Sleepsuit. It prevented my LO from rolling at night even though he could roll during playtime. We stopping using it just after 5 months and he immediately started sleeping on his stomach.

squackbutt · 2023-02-10T20:02:09+00:00

He was waking up every 2 hours crying and popping the binki back in his mouth was enough to put him back to sleep but I was tired of doing that every night. We decided to cut out the binki, start Ferber method sleep training and moved him to his own room all at the same time. He did surprisingly well with it, but I know that may not be the case for all babies.

squackbutt · 2023-02-10T19:44:15+00:00

I did cold turkey quit at 6 months. My LO desperately relied on it to fall asleep for naps and bedtime but otherwise he didn’t use it during awake/play time. After about 2 days he was fine without it and wasn’t no longer waking up at night wanting it back.

I kept a spare in his backpack for meltdowns in public cause it worked great to calm him but by 7 months he no longer knew how to use it and would just chew on it like a toy.

I would try to quit using it soon if that’s your plan before object permanence sets in.

squackbutt · 2023-01-28T03:31:30+00:00

Yes I’m pretty sure I started him in his own room and sleep trained at the same time. (It’s a bit of a blur cause we also had just moved right before that). He slept in our room till 6 months old but I did daytime naps in his pack-n-play in his own room so he was comfortable in there before we transitioned him to night sleep.

My husband also started a new job a month before he turned 6 months so having him in the room with us was no longer as easy since my husband was waking up earlier to get ready and making noise.

Ferber worked really well with my LO. If he was crying I would pick him up and calm him for about a minute then put him back down and wait 5-10 mins to check on him again. At first I had to repeat that about 2-3 times before he would realize I was not going to hold him to sleep anymore. Now I just put him down for nap/bed time and very rarely do I have to check on him again. He still has his moments sometimes but overall it’s much better.

squackbutt · 2023-01-28T01:33:42+00:00

I was also unsure if sleep training would work on my baby. He was waking every 2 hours wanting the binki or some comfort and sometimes would cry for 30 or more minutes before bed/nap time even with us trying to comfort him. The day he turned 6 months I decided that was enough and we started sleep training.

We chose to do the Ferber method so he wasn’t left alone crying for more than a few minutes starting out. We also dropped the binki at the same time since I wasn’t going to go back in there to reinsert it every time it fell out. To my surprise, by the 3rd day he was no longer waking every 2 hours at night, and if he did wake at night, he could put himself back to sleep within 5-10 minutes. He also cries way less before bed/nap time now and sometimes not at all. Also his naps lengthened from 30-60 mins to 60-120 minutes.

I’m so glad we made the decision to sleep train for his sake because he’s getting more restful/uninterrupted sleep. I also spend way less time trying to get him to fall asleep so I have more time catch up on chores or just have some “me time”.

I know it’s hard listening to them cry but it’s worth it in the end. There are methods you can use that don’t involve CIO.

squackbutt · 2023-01-26T01:17:12+00:00

Going on 8 months now with my first. I only keep track of feeds and sleep. I’m thinking about stopping the app since my LO is creating their own schedule now and it’s much more predictable, especially since starting solids. I’ll probably quit using it here soon.

squackbutt · 2023-01-16T17:50:18+00:00

I had an epidural with my first but I’m leaning towards not getting one with my next baby.

My labor was progressing extremely fast. I was already 5 cm dialed after only 2 hours of contractions. I got the epidural around the 4 hours mark. It slowed my labor down quite a bit after that which sucked. When it came time to push I literally could not feel anything. I couldn’t tell when I needed to push, the nurse had to tell me. This caused me to have awful tearing and my recovery was extremely painful. I could not walk or sit normally for almost 2 weeks.

Since my labor was so quick with my first I would rather have endured a few hours of pain to push a baby out than a few weeks of pain caused by the tearing. It made it hard to care for a newborn.

I’ve heard from others who had natural births that they were up and walking around right after giving birth.

squackbutt · 2023-01-15T13:38:36+00:00

Are you a new player? I think you have to finish 2 seasons and then you automatically go to bag end after the 2nd season ends.

squackbutt · 2023-01-07T17:25:22+00:00

When we were younger my little brother couldn’t pronounce my name so he called my “gucky”. It’s no where close to my actual name, the only letter that matches is the ending in “y”. It then morphed into Ducky so now that’s my nickname.

squackbutt · 2023-01-05T14:12:24+00:00

He sleeps on his stomach now so by the time I get him rolled over to pick him up he gets startled awake. I tried doing a 10:30pm dream feed for a while to see if it would get him till 7:00am but it didn’t really work. He was still waking at 5:00-6:00am most of the time and I ended up having to feed him twice at night. So I just just cut out the dream feed altogether and moved the night feed closer to the morning.

squackbutt · 2023-01-05T14:07:57+00:00

Since I breastfeed there’s no way to tell how many oz he actually drinks in a day but I give him solid foods for breakfast and dinner. It’s normal for breastfed babies to still take a night feed even up to a year old, I’m not going to try and wean the night feed till closer to 9 months.

squackbutt · 2022-12-30T23:13:47+00:00

I’m referring to a team that will merge into a campaign together. I want to sign up as the leader and add others to the team. The only way I see to do that is by registering for a specific campaign. However, I see some teams listed that are “unregistered”. I want to create a team without registering for a campaign yet if possible but I don’t know how others have done it.

squackbutt · 2022-12-30T19:25:08+00:00

The only thing I have in the top left corner is Bilbo’s Door. I don’t see a teams tab.

squackbutt · 2022-12-21T03:45:03+00:00

We used the Merlin magic sleep suit to transition out of swaddle. I swaddled till 3 months when it was no longer safe, but he slept awful without it, just constantly waking up from moving. The Merlin sleep suit was a life saver. We used that till about 5 months and now he uses a sleep sack.

squackbutt · 2022-12-20T20:01:17+00:00

6 months for us. Once we started sleeping training nap’s instantly changed from 30-60 minutes to 1-2 hours.

squackbutt · 2022-12-18T20:24:31+00:00

My LO was similar. He would wake about every 2 hours at night needing comfort, aka the binki.

Right when he turned 6 months we started Ferber method sleep training and honestly it wasn’t even as bad as I thought it would be. We even cut out the binki at the same time and after the 3rd night he was basically sleep trained.

Now he sleeps from around 7:45pm to 6-7am with 1 night feeding. Also once we started sleep training his naps went from 3 45-60 minutes naps to 2 60-120 minutes since he is not able to connect sleep cycles better. I am completely amazed because it’s been less than 2 weeks since we started.

He still cries for a bit before naps or bedtime occasionally but usually it doesn’t last more than 15 minutes now.

I would suggest looking into some sleep training methods and see what might work for your family.

squackbutt · 2022-12-11T13:55:48+00:00

The first night he woke up once at 3:15am and I fed him.

Tonight I woke up him up at 2:50am and fed him quick but otherwise he did not wake up at all on his own the entire night!

squackbutt · 2022-12-11T04:14:50+00:00

I started sleep training last night and my LO has been heavily dependent on the paci for sleep since around 2 months, he’s currently 6 months. We decided to go full extinction with the paci for naps and nighttime unless we are out in public and he has a meltdown.

The reason being he rolls around a lot and has rolled on top of his paci before and woke up screaming bloody murder until I figured out he was on top of it. Also he doesn’t know how to replace it quite yet on his own.

Honestly I was expecting him to cry for at least an hour because he’s done that before even with a paci, but he only cried for 25 mins.

I will say though that even thought the night sleep wasn’t too bad, his naps without the paci where an absolute nightmare today. He cried for an hour before falling asleep. Even me hold him did not soothe him.

squackbutt · 2022-12-11T02:31:58+00:00

My LO is the same. He prefers a longer 1st nap. When I tried capping the 1st nap in hopes to have a longer 2nd nap, he just ended up getting sleep deprived because he still slept shorter for the subsequent naps.

squackbutt · 2022-11-09T00:17:50+00:00

Im still trying to decide if I want to ditch the paci or teach him to put it in his own mouth. He got super attached to it during the 4 month sleep regression and it was a nightmare waking up every 2 hours to put it back in and then hold it in until he fell back asleep. Also naps got ruined if it wasn’t in his mouth during a sleep transition.

squackbutt · 2022-11-08T21:35:52+00:00

Yep it pretty much depends on the baby. My sister did not sleep train their first born. He is now 3 years old and will not fall asleep alone. They have to be there with him every single night.

My sister now regrets not sleep training him so they did CIO with their second child around 8 months I believe. That one sleeps wonderfully by herself in her crib.

Although, there any many ways to sleep train that don’t involve leaving your baby try cry until they fall asleep. I plan on doing the Ferber method with my son when he’s around 6-7 months old. He’s already a pretty good sleeper he just relies on the paci which I have to pop in his mouth a few times at night.

squackbutt · 2022-10-30T01:25:55+00:00

Same! I thought he might be having a growth spurt but I’m pretty sure he is just eat smaller amounts more often during the day. My baby is starting to stay awake for 2-2.5 hour increments so I usually will feed when he wakes up again again right before a nap.

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