Parents worry about restless cosleeping infants

“Not sure where to ask this… LO is now 7.5 mo. We did put a minicrib in our room, then his crib next to our bed, then cosleeping every night because he wakes up around 1AM unable to go back to sleep by himself… I think part of the problem is that he falls asleep on his bib but it has been like that since the beginning. How to change that? We thought we would transfer him in his room at 6 months but it just seems impossible now. I read a lot about attachment and I don’t want to do sleep training o”

“Help... my 9.5month old son (born 8 weeks early - not sure if that's even relevant anymore) wakes up every night at 3/4am and will not self settle. We end up rocking him back to sleep but this can sometimes take us 1.5/2 hours!! He self settles for naps and bedtime but just not in the middle of the night. Any suggestions??? I was very spoilt with a great sleeper with my daughter so I feel a bit out of my depth and very tired submitted by /u/olifreed [link] [comments]”

“My wife and I are beginning sleep training our son soon. Right now, she cosleeps, and he will either be on his back or side facing her. We will be moving him to his crib. When he's awake, he loves to turn onto his belly, but my question is, can he sleep on his stomach or is it still unsafe? Thanks for any advice! submitted by /u/New_Bee_7425 [link] [comments]”

“Baby is 8 months old — he’s crawling, sitting independently, pulling up to stand, so he has strong trunk/neck control. He’s been sleeping really well since ~5 months but lately he seems to be going through a bit of a regression where he wakes up a few times at night screaming. It kinda seems like he’s having a nightmare? He reaches and rolls around his crib sucking on his sleep sack, I think for comfort, and it breaks my heart. I’m considering giving him a lovey to sleep with for comfort — I kno”

“My son is 9m. He was doing 3-4 hour wake windows for a while. Some days he would take 2 naps, other days he would still take 3. Suddenly, he’s very tired. He’s still sleeping through the night, but can hardly manage a 2 hour wake window before his first nap. After he wakes up, it seems like he needs a nap every 2.5 hours. He’s playing fine, his mood is fine (cranky, but that’s normal for the stage we’re in), he’s eating and drinking like usual. I can’t see any new teeth trying to pop through. I”

“My newborn will not sleep on her back. She will squak and cry until held. Especially during the night. We have recently discovered that she will nap while resting in between our legs while we watch TV. We found a U shaped pillow that imitates that posistion and she seems to enjoy it and can nap in that aswell. During the night she will scream for hours and will not want to be placed in her bassinet. The moment she realizes shes on her back thr throws a fit. I wanted to check to see if others hav”

“My 8 week old is refusing to sleep anywhere but on my chest. She will sleep 10/11pm - 6am if she sleeps on me but if I try to put her in her crib (which is in our room) she will wake up right away or sleep maybe around 20 mins before she wakes up and screams until she’s picked up. I have tried a swaddle but she’s not a fan and it didn’t help so we switched to a sleep sack and she likes it but doesn’t seem to make a difference with the transition to the crib. Any advice is greatly appreciated!! &”

“I’m stumped. My 5 month old is on the brink of outgrowing her next-to-me and I don’t know what to move her to. She still wakes 3-4 times a night and I’m fine with this, I’m not looking for advice to in any way sleep train. The issue is that with the next-to-me cot I can just sit up, grab her, feed her in bed, pop her back in her cot. Easy peasy. However, I’m well aware that soon enough she’s going to start sitting/pulling herself up, so a high cot with low sides isn’t going to be an option. So t”

“Hi all, 10 month old’s sleeping has become super unpredictable the last 2 weeks. He’s on 3/3.5/4 wake windows, naps max 2 hours (his choice not mine) and sleeps between 11-1.5 hours a night. He falls asleep independently as well. He typically wakes up around 4 for a bottle, and then is asleep until morning. Coinciding with new separation anxiety, he’s been waking up between 1-2 times a night, anywhere from 12-3am. If he wakes up before 3, he‘ll wake up again before morning and need another bottl”

“My son just turned 8 weeks old yesterday. Since I can remember he becomes restless and does some cute cooing when I put him back into the bassinet after he has his bottle I noticed this only happens during the night . I do hold him vertical for 20-25 mins too afterwards. It’s keeping me from going back to bed and I’m wondering if it’s possible maybe I need to hold him longer. I love hearing the cooing but he just constantly moves and kicks his feet and it’s distracting. submitted by”

“Hi all, my son 13 mo old has been within the last month thrashing kicking and screaming in his sleep while co sleeping (he is not awake while doing this) until I nurse him. Before this happened he was sleeping fine for the most part (still needed nursing but less loud and physically kicking about it.) I have been trying to get him in his crib because I can’t sleep AT all anymore and I’m exhausted waking up feeling horrible daily and still needing to take care of children (I have two) and work et”

“My firstborn was a fairly still sleeper but my second born is a full on thrasher. Last night he thrashed his way to getting his foot stuck in the crib. Any suggestions on how to make that not happen!? submitted by /u/Altruistic-Parsnip33 [link] [comments]”

“My son is almost 5 months old. During the day he takes all of his naps in his crib with zero issue. Ever since he started to roll and we had to discontinue use of his favorite arms up sacks, he will not stay asleep in the crib at bedtime and beyond for longer than an hour. We’ve tried adjusting bed time earlier, later etc. What do I do to make him feel comfortable in his crib at night? We’ve been cosleeping with him almost every night since 3.5 months while still attempting the crib every single”

“He has outgrown his next to me, and our room is too small so we can’t fit the cot in here. He previously slept through the night, but now he’s waking up as he rolls into the sides and he is so sad and we’re back up to a wake up over night. I’m just not ready, but I think it’s best for him? I will miss my little bestie. How did you move your LOs and when, was it successful? submitted by /u/ForsakenGanache6253 [link] [comments]”

“Hi all, Our LO is 18 days old today. The first 3 nights she inconsistently slept in a next to me crib. On one of these nights she was really good. During the day she would nap in a Snuz Pod in the living room. However, since then, she will only sleep on my partner and nap on either of us. Any attempt to put her down lasts about 5 mins. We’ve tried everything (sleep suits, white noise, feet first etc). We now feel fairly resigned to the fact that for now at least, this is how itll be. My question”

“My son is 15 months old, and for the past 9 months he has been co-sleeping with us in our bed. Over the last couple of months, bedtime has become increasingly difficult. He gets extremely hyper as soon as we start getting ready for bed. He wants to jump around, run/play, and generally make a mess instead of settling down. It now regularly takes us over an hour to get him to sleep, and it seems to be getting worse. We do have a bedtime ritual that we try to follow every night: after dinner, he ha”

“My 6 month old is averaging 2-3 decent crib naps a day, but his nighttime sleep is awful. He will typically do an okay first stretch (1-2 hours) before I’ve gone to bed, but after that he fusses at shorter and shorter intervals until I give in and bring him to my bed. Is it possible that it’s just because he’s sensing I’m in the room? We’ve always room shared but we have recently entered the stage of screaming when I’m out of his sight during the day. I’ve always put him down fully asleep and us”

“My son is 10 weeks old and gaining well (44th percentile at 2 weeks, now 85th). During the day he takes 3-4 one-hour naps and one 2-hour nap, nursing between each. At night he sleeps about 10 hours straight. I pump at 2am and after the first morning session, mostly for the freezer, I don’t usually give him the pumped milk. Today I was curious so I offered a bottle after he nursed both breasts, expecting he might not take up to 100ml. He took 70ml. I’ve also noticed that in afternoon nursing sess”

“My baby is now 10 weeks old & sleeps pretty well at night considering. He only wakes up twice a night now & sleeps in his basinet. HOWEVER, during the day he only sleeps in my arms & every time I try to transfer him, he wakes up. I don’t mind the contact naps, but I’m confused as to why he only sleeps there at night. I would love for him to sleep there sometimes (his longer day nap) so i can get stuff done, but I also don’t care to sleep train a baby who still thinks he’s part of me.”

“For quite a while now, my little guy has been twitching a lot as he’s sleeping. I wouldn’t say REM sleep, as this usually starts only a couple minutes after he begins dozing off. He doesn’t foam at the mouth or have any incontinence issues and can be easily woken up and responsive as show in the video. After getting neutered around 4ish months ago, it seemed like this stopped or at the very least was infrequent. But not it seems to be happening more often, almost every time he is beginning to go”

“So my baby is three months old , he has been a velcro baby since he was born in a way that he would sleep only in our arms or next to me in bed whilst his body is in contact with mine.but i was losing my mind every time out of fear of hurting him.we took one and half month to transition.now he is still next to me but in his crib.his crib is joined to my bed side.there is no partition in between.i have started putting him there.even though he doesn't cry but he keeps moving as if a vibrator h”

“My 9 month old gets up multiple times a night I feed him back to sleep, which sometimes is draining but I am not wanting to do any sleep training. Anyways naps… he normally does two 60-70 minute naps a day recently he’s been wakening half way through and I go in and pat him or rock him back to sleep is this wrong should I let him wake? But I feel if he’s easily going back to sleep within two minutes he needs the rest. submitted by /u/Equivalent_Common287 [link] [comments]”

“Hi! Our baby is now 6 months old. Since the beginning he has been sleeping in our arms are we rarely have been able to put him down in a snuggle or his crib (we especially try at dinner time). He always falls asleep in our arms. At night he sleeps in his portable bed next to us but always ends up with us because he wakes up whining at 1-3AM. But he now sleeps on his belly and I’m sooo scared when he is in our bed I can’t sleep, I’m always watching him! We want to transfer him in his room, in his”

“My 2.5 month old son has been giving us longer stretches every few nights. But we’re not used to it (usually he does 4-4.5 hours, wakes at 1am and then does another 4) and we wake through the night. I’m up at 3am waiting and my husband at 1am, it’s ridiculous. I feel so guilty. I should be sleeping when my baby sleeps but I don’t just pass out the moment he goes down in his crib. I need time to shower and unwind. Does anyone else have this problem? We are blessed with a good sleeper and shouldn’”

“I'm worried I've created habits that are going to be hard to break, would love some advice. My baby is 2.5 months old. For the first month all naps were contact naps, she would sleep peacefully on our chest. But for the past month or so, she can no longer contact nap while still. She needs us to be moving for her to fall asleep and to stay asleep. When she first started needing this, I would wear her and bounce on the yoga ball. I figured it was a phased. But now, it feels like this is j”

“No, not the acid reflux squirming where he arched his back and etc. He starts to doze asleep and he’s very squirming that he either keeps himself awake or wakes himself up. He’s using his hands to grab me and push off my chest and pull his arms up and out and try’s to throw his legs around like how he does when we play on his playmat. I’ll be rocking him and he will push on my chest, grab my shirt, kick my arm, and it’s starting to give me horrible sensory overload. He woke up for a night feed a”

“My 4 mo LO has started making some weird jerky repetitive movements like torso twiching , arms flapping and tongue out when we place him in crib or any flat surface. The moment he is picked up he is calm and no movement at all! This we noticed is happening when he is super tired and nap is late/ missed. I am super anxious mom and have connected with his ped who says it’s normal .. but anyone else out here who has had same experience?? submitted by /u/NaDuPar [link] [comments]”

“My 3 week old seem to not like to sleep on her own bed. Whenever she gets put down even after waiting for her deepsleep, she will fuss about and eventually wake up. When she is on my chest, she sleeps really good, but I know it can be dangerous if I also fall asleep while she is on me. How can I make my baby get used to sleeping on her bed? Anyone else experiencing similar thing? submitted by /u/Plus_Win7980 [link] [comments]”

“I have a 5 month old that has been getting up at 5 am since they were 3 months old. I turned to cosleeping not because I want to (i was heavily against it, judgmental and scared over it prior) in the morning to push us until 6 AM. Doesnt always work. I feel helpless. I want to sleep more. I want baby to sleep more. But they just wont. Ive tried gentle sleep training method but it always tends to make them more upset than it should. They only contact napping during the day and its the only way I”

“What did your baby’s sleep regression look like? Baby turned 8 months a week and a half ago and so much has gone on. He cut his first tooth and started crawling and clapping 2ish weeks ago so sleep was crazy. He was rolling into the crawling position in his sleep then waking himself up lol poor guy, and then finally just rolled and slept on his tummy and slept through the night! Well that was the only time that happened lol he got my hopes up for nothing!! Now he’s just rolling around whining ev”

“Looking for advice! My 8 month old EBF (+ solids) baby boy cosleeps and only contact naps. We used to get 3-4 hour stretches cosleeping with 2-3 wakeups per night to feed and I was ~totally fine~ with that, but for the past month he will NOT STAY asleep without the nipple in his mouth. When he falls asleep and I unlatch him, he will wake up and want to relatch within 30 seconds and start screaming if he is denied. His longest stretch of sleep if I manage to settle him is 30 minutes before wantin”

“I could use some help or just reassurance this won’r last too long because I'm DYING. My 5 month old is SO active. Every person who encounters him says "arms and legs, arms and legs!" because he is just moving. He rolled at 3.5 months and now is doing this hands and knees rocking motion at 5 month like he wants to crawl. Fine with me except he cannot sleep anymore because he wakes up and just rocks. Or when I put him down drowsy and awake or just straight up sleeping, he will event”

“Hi everyone, looking for some advice… baby boy is 9 months old - pretty solid sleep schedule and nap schedule, he does not take any feeds overnight as we weaned off night feeds at 7.5/8 months however baby is constantly wanting to nurse for any discomfort… I understand I am his safe space and nursing is comforting or regulating for him but it’s constant and impacting me a bit mentally. He will tug at my shirt and cry to nurse.. if I don’t cave it’s a full tantrum. He also sits upright to nurse n”

“Every time I try to lay my 3.5 month old LO down in the crib for a nap (drowsy and/or asleep from rocking in my arms), his arms start flailing and it wakes him up. He’s then wide awake until I get him out and rock again. Therefore, we’ve only been able to contact nap or sometimes car seat and carrier nap but I’m slowly losing my mind. What tips and tricks are there to get him to fall asleep in the crib for naps? submitted by /u/ExaminationProper694 [link] [comments]”

“Our son is 1,5 years old . He always starts the night, sleeping in his own bed. Around 1:00 he will wake up and he will not settle down in his own bed, which makes us cosleep with him inbetween us. Since a few weeks, he would be sleeping very very restless inbetween us. He moves his feet, aiming for our head, while sleeping (ish). He will also try to climb over us, also still sleeping(ish). The restlessness of his body is so bad, that either me or my wife will make the move to sleep on the couch”