How are your babes sleeping ?

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My lil girl wakes up probably 2-5 times a night and I’m not sure the best step to take. We have a great night routine then she goes down in her crib for usually a few hours. When she wakes I bring her in the bed with me - no judgment please. Then she wakes up a few more times. Most of the time she falls back asleep pretty quickly, but I do breastfeed her once or twice in the night. She is taking 2 naps during the day, so I wondered if it might help to move to 1. I tried Ferber when she was little and it worked for while then tried it again after a regression but it was not working, likely because I couldn’t be consistent but she was crying for hours.

What is everyone else dealing with? Any ideas?

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My child was the exact same! Now he is sleeping through the night in his crib!
My first step was to eliminate night feedings. I cut all but one feeding out cold Turkey (leaving the first one). With the feeding that was left I started dream feeding and would cut it a little bit shorter each night. By night 4 or 5 I completely cut it out. 
Next, I committed to keeping him in his crib all night and started The Sleep Lady's Good Night Sleep Tight approach. I loved it because it allowed me to be there to support him while he developed his own coping skills rather than leave him to cry it out by himself. Within a week or 2 he was going down independently and sleeping the whole night through.

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We did Ferber after my son was waking up and not going back down for at least two hours every night - since the first night we started we haven’t had to go into his room at night ONCE. (I hope I am not jinxing myself by saying this) it’s been probably about 3/4 weeks now. It has literally brought my sanity back

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7:30/8-7:30/9. He doesn’t wake up during the night. Eliminate the co sleeping and try to be consistent- if you want. I couldn’t co sleep since both my husband and I (and baby) move WAY too much. I’ve smacked my husband at least a few times a week lol

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I ebf and co sleep and my lo has two naps (most days) she only wakes up once around 2am. I honestly have no advice. Hang in there and maybe wait to see 5 minutes when baby cries before checking on them.

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My baby sleeps 11 to 12 hours straight thru at night. In his own room & bed. I watched a lot of Taking Cara Babies Instagram stories and read her blog posts, and they've helped massively!! 
 I would recommend setting a timer for 5-10 minutes when you hear your baby wake or make noise in the night. I found my baby wasnt actually properly awake and wasn't needing me and often put himself back to sleep after 3 or 4 minutes.  By going in there to 'comfort' or feed him I was actually waking him up properly !! 🤦‍♀️
Also recommend them sleeping in their own room and bed. My baby started at 6 months and we havent looked back. It was more confusing to him to transfer between rooms and inconsistent. 
Hope this helps. Xx

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My daughter is the EXACT same way

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My baby does the same thing and it’s driving me crazy. He’s almost 1 and doesn’t sleep through the night. Ever. He always wants to night feed. I try giving him rice cereal and a bottle before bed and still wakes up and wants to sleep with me. I’m too tired (maybe too lazy) to try to let him cry it out. Plus me and my fiancé live with my mother at the moment and I don’t want to wake her up with the crying at night so idk what to do. Sorry no real help just relating

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My babe sleeps from 8pm-7am and has since she went into her own room. She’s getting four teeth in right now, so every couple nights she might wake up to the point that we need to intervene. That usually entails getting her out of her crib and rocking her for a few mins. Most nights she’s able to get back to sleep within a minute or two of stirring. She had a cold a few weeks back and was sleeping horrible, so we tried to bring her into bed with us like we used to. It was AWFUL lol. Needless to say, our girl does much better in her own room.

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My little one is in a crib attached to our bed so i can breastfeed without waking up fully which is great but he still wakes up 4-5 times usually one once which is when i go to sleep around 9 then the rest are all from about 2/3am onwards maybe later just get little half hours or hours at a time inbetween then until he wakes at 6 xx

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My babies have slept through the night only a handful of times, but recently became more consistent when we started letting them settle themselves in their cribs. If we do bring them into our bed, as soon as they’re done nursing, we put them back in their cribs. We started doing this when we noticed they were extra wiggly and waking up even when they were in bed with us. It’s really helped. 
Good luck. I know the sleep struggle is real. 💙

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