newborns

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    How many times do you change diapers at night?

    My LO is 7weeks old and EBF. she normally eats every 2 hours but will sometimes get in at least one 3 hour stretch in the middle of the night. We usually go to bed at around 9-10 and wake up at 8:30-9am. I usually change her diaper at 2am, and 6am but if I hear her go poop I’ll change it then...
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    For Those With Babies With Low Sleep Quantity (<12 Hours A Day) When Did It Increase?

    Our son is just over 4 months old and sleeps 12 hours a day in total. Paediatrician says this is fine, some babies just need shorter sleep amounts. It's 10 hours at night (which will be with a wake & feed - so either 6+4, 7+3, 8+2, 9+1 - but always works out to 10 hours strangely) then 4 x 30...
  3. E

    Sleep length at 6 weeks

    Hello! My baby is 6 weeks old and is usually taking 1-1,5 h naps during the day and about the same length sleep stretches during the night. If I’m lucky I get a 2h one ( there has been one time when he slept for 3h :,) ). Hes waking up almost instantly if I put him down horizontally from gas or...
  4. H

    What do you think about baby gates?

    Hello! I'm a Product Design student at the University of Houston, and I am currently working on a project focusing on child safety in the home. I am addressing problems related to baby gates and would like to get your thoughts on the issue. I created this quick survey that you can fill out and...
  5. T

    My 5 1/2 Week Old Won’t Sleep Unless We Hold Him

    Dad here. I’m losing my ferkin mind. I’ve watched a lifetime of tv, scrolled the internet until my head hurts, and am just sooo bored. My wife and I are both on a long paternity leave so we do take turns getting sleep, and it’s better than a lot of parents, but I’m soooo bored just holding this...
  6. R

    4 months old with reflux

    Hello! My 4 months old has reflux, she can't sleep on her back, she has been sleeping on her mother's chest for 2 months now and recently she is sleeping the whole night in her car seat, but the reason for my post is Nexium... She is a happy baby she barely cries anymore and is doing much...
  7. B

    It gets better

    Here (9 weeks) having my first hot cup of tea, on my own, since she was born. The house is silent whilst she’s napping in her crib. Doesn’t sound like much but it is one of the most satisfying feelings I’ve had since giving birth and if you’d told me I’d ever do this again 4 weeks ago I’d have...
  8. C

    I'm so confused, need direction? Drowsy but awake. Cross post from r/sleeptrain where I only got a spam message. 😭

    So this is my 2nd. I was able to put my 1st down drowsey but awake. I don't remember when I started with her. I wish I kept better inventory in my head of things. She also slept through the night but I also don't remember when, but it was before the 4 mo sleep regression. My 2nd (10 weeks this...
  9. S

    C-section, late milk supply in, mastitis, antibiotics and now diarrhea

    It's never one thing at a time, is it? I guess this post is just a rant. I was unable to look after my baby effectively for the first 5-6 days after pp because of c-section. Then, i couldn't breastfeed my baby because my milk had not come in. Then my milk came in with a force and my sweet angel...
  10. R

    LO 7 weeks doesn’t sleep longer than 3 hours at a time at night

    Is it normal for LO who is now 7 weeks almost 8 weeks old to get longer than 3 hours of sleep as the longest stretch before the 12 weeks? Some say that babies at 7 weeks should be able to sleep for 5 hours even and this has never happened especially because baby wakes up hungry.
  11. P

    She doesn’t fit newborn or 0-3 anymore

    And I’m so fucking sad about how fast it all went. She was JUST a tiny 4 pound 34 weeker. Just last week she was still fine in 0-3. Now she’s 13lbs at 5 months and I tried putting her in a footie she wore last week and it couldn’t fit her at ALL. Like it was hilariously tight. So I changed her...
  12. R

    How much? How often?

    My daughter will be 4 weeks old on Wednesday of this coming week, I was just wondering how often and how much she should be eating? She barely spits up and has never puked on me from over eating but, sometimes she’ll down 3oz and then and hour n half later sometimes 2.5 hours she seems like...
  13. S

    My late preterm baby wakes every 1.5 hours bc she’s hungry

    She was born at 36w4d and since bringing her home from the hospital, she’s been waking up at the 1.5 hr mark to eat. She wasnt small- 7lb 11 ounces & doesn’t eat little either- 2.25oz to 2.5oz every feeding. I am pumping and we supplement with formula. She has jaundice & low blood sugar while in...
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    My tips for a colicky / reflux baby

    This is a long one, sry Baby boy is 3 months on Friday, so I'm graduating from this thread. Thought I'd share my wisdoms before I go. Skip ahead for the tips. Started writing this waaaay before he was better but it helped me remember that it would get better. No 31 y/o man cries and screams...
  15. S

    When did your preterm baby sleep longer at night?

    My son was born at 35 weeks 4 days in relatively good health. He’s now over 10 weeks old and still only sleeps 2 hours between feeds at night. I know we’re a long way off sleeping through the night and I’m not expecting anything crazy at this stage, but keep dreaming he’ll sleep just a little...
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    is it okay to take baby out now?

    ftm here i’ve been really wanting to get out the house i feel so isolated but im also breastfeeding only right now i thought maybe going to the park would be a good idea to get some fresh air and sunlight my baby is 3 weeks old he’ll be 1 month next week fil says no he’ll get sick since he isn’t...
  17. C

    Ideas for longer sleep stretch, or is this it? (11week old)

    Our awesome 11 week old (12 lbs at 8 weeks) has settled into a pretty consistent sleep pattern at night: ~4.5-5.5 hrs & then again 3 hrs later (~3am) & then again at 3hrs later at ~6/6:30. We used to do a dream feed, but it stopped working (he’d just get an extra feed & then wake up a couple hrs...
  18. S

    8.5 hours of night sleep for 9 weeks old (almost 10 weeks)

    Don't hate me but my 9 week old baby slept a whopping 8 and half hours last night. She is ebf and i too slept thru the night regretfully so she didn't get any feeding last night and she is already at the cusp of minimum weight she needs to put on (she was 3.850 gr on her 1 month checkup and she...
  19. L

    safe sleep 7

    im a mom of two (3 week old girl, 4 year old boy) and sleep has been nonexistent. im exclusively breastfeeding my newborn daughter, she nurses to sleep and also for comfort lots of nights. i heard about safe sleep 7 and it seems like it would be my best option to get myself the rest i do...
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    Is 3 oz of formula too much for 6 days old?

    Hi everyone! I’m a FTM and of course feel completely lost and out of my depth here. My LO was born last Friday 12-10 at 37+3 via a scheduled c section. We came home on 12/12 and she had lost 9% of her weight, so we are supplementing formula along with breastfeeding. At the beginning of the...
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