My daughter is a few months shy of three and we are struggling with separation. I am a SAHM, so she hasn’t practiced a lot. Her activities are transitioning away from parent-tot classes, and it’s been brutal. It feels like I am torturing her to let her cry for a whole 30 minute class. Is this normal and will it just pass with time?

I thought I'd share with the group and hopefully help out a parent in need.

My 4 year old had a medical procedure and getting ready for it was filled with anxiety.

We felt overwhelmed—not just by the procedure itself but - quite literally - how to explain it to him.

Comforting words and hugs helped, but they weren’t enough to ease his fears or help him understand.

So, I ended up creating a simple, visual presentation showing him step by step what to expect—from waking up on the day of, meeting the kind doctor, and wearing the “funny mask” to enjoying ice cream afterward.

Our mutual fear turned into an engaging and even exciting story for everyone. Before long, he wanted to see it again and again and share it with everyone.

To this day, he remembers the “nice doctor,” and that experience showed me how powerful it is to help kids feel prepared and in control.

Yes... there a few books out there that can help parents in theory - but none of them quite did the trick for us. Something about making it personal to my kid - made it work.

And No... I'm no doctor or psychologist.

I'm just of the school of thought of communication and simple transparency.

I've already had the pleasure of helping a few parents with these types of stories..

And if you’d like me to create something like this for your child, drop a comment or DM.

Wishing our kids health and love!

My daughter will be 1 next week and has been cared for by myself, and at times my husband , the last year. Since being home with her she has formed a beautiful attachment with me. She loves her dad but right now she’s all about mama 99% of the time. Come January, when she is 13 months, she’ll need to go to daycare a few days a week for a few hours since I will need to return to work. I am so incredibly nervous since she has never been cared for by anyone else. Luckily the teacher(s) to student ratio is small, she’ll have playdates at the place with me before officially starting, and I’ll get live updates via app. She is a sweet soul and is so aware, with big emotions at times. It makes me sad to think that if she’s upset that her needs may not immediately be met because I know there are other kids. I’m a teacher myself, I get it. I know it’ll be an adjustment but man am I having lots of feelings. Any tips or advice?

Hi, I have read a few stories about babies but nothing about toddlers so wanted to ask ...

I will soon need to return to working. My daughter is 2 years old. We are both super attached to each other ..she's super aware like doesn't even like parents leaving in cartoons. Dad's hours are inconsistent at work so she is use to be being her anchor. Whenever I do leave I leave her with my MIL for the most part and that's hard for her but she is more use to her but unfortunately she's still working so I'd have to find a babysitter I can afford. She def isn't ready for any type of school setting , but if anyone has any stories at all to share with having to put a very attached toddler in a school/daycare/with a new babysitter good or bad please do.

Thank you.

We are trying to start the night (15 MO) in her room, followed by moving into our room after we go to bed. we usually snuggle to sleep however we are getting hit with 40 minute false starts and we have a very hard time sneaking away after that wake up. We would like to teach her to fall asleep with out cuddling - totally open to still being there, but need to be able to sneak away easier. any tips or tricks, successes, how long did it take? okay with tears as long as they’re mad tears, not scared tears if that makes sense.

When the fun activity is over, my kid is struggling to cope. Often he scream-cries and arches his back, slamming his head into the floor if we don’t catch him, when he has to stop the fun activity.

Recently it was when my husband was bouncing him around to music and he was having such a fun time.

I know we can try to redirect and also verbalize and mirror the emotions we intuit he’s feeling while staying firm about moving on with the activity but that doesn’t seem to stop the violent tantrums.

Anyone experienced this with their kid and had success with any methods?

With my first I totally got sucked into the sleep training frenzy. I was utterly convinced by the people around me, social media, even our (former) pediatrician, that baby needed to be sleeping independently in her crib, for long stretches and all naps.

And good lord did I struggle. It felt like a constant uphill battle for the first 2 YEARS.

This time around I’m still encouraging crib sleep, but I also have a floor mattress set up for safe sleep when needed.

For naps, they’re almost all in the carrier.

I feel like I’ve gained so much time and energy back by not constantly trying to get this baby in the crib. She’s needs a nap? Doesn’t matter when or where, I can put her in the carrier. No need to frantically get the perfect sleep sack, a dark room, sound machine going… and then still fail at a transfer. No need to constantly be trying to put her in the crib at night, constantly up and down and accidentally falling asleep holding her.

And she’s so happy! I feel bad that I didn’t figure this out with my first. I think I tried wearing her one time before I declared she “didn’t like the carrier” when I chuckle looking back on

I’m 7 months post partum. I cosleep and exclusively breastfeed. I feel very connected to my son. When I look at him I have a hard time with idea that he’s real, he’s mine, he’s my son. I think maybe bc I’ve just been in flight/flight for the past 6 months and am starting to come down 😂. I also had a c-section which at times makes me feel like he just appeared out of thin air.

Anyone else have feels like this?

My daughter never really liked to be put on the chest or my body when sleeping, but suddenly now that she is almost turning 2yo, she loves to sleep on my belly and even at night she might wiggle and end up there. Have you also seen such shift with your kids? No advice needed, I'm loving it, just curious about your experience! :)

I can't even think to type it all out I currently feel like its so complex! I've been holding off making a post, im just hoping to hear some alternatives

Breastfeeding. Im struggling making a game plan here... Toddler is 16 months, and I feel myself becoming resentful of nursing. He asks for it at the worst time and starts to have big emotions if I don't do it. I don't know how to soothe him through this sometimes.,Most days it's only 2-3x a day (morning, midday and bedtime) other days he requests anytime he has a negative feeling. Is it time to wean? What are the benefits of continuing on? Do you nurse on demand at this age? What does it look like at this age for you all? I'm losing sight of my why anymore. What would I do if I were to dry up today? I genuinely don't know how I would ever get him to sleep myself... what if I just wanted to stop? —I don't think I do, but I'm having a hard time with boundaries on this and thinking of an exit plan for when I know I'm ready.

Cosleeping. He's starting to move too freaking much holy cow last night he moved from 4am til... well now! 7am. Most nights he's fine but some nights patience runs thin and I just want to turn around and him to go in his bed. This is obviously after I've tried everything, the rocking the patting the water, access if it's teething related etc., I don't feel irritated because I just want to sleep I feel that way because I've tried it all and I'd like us both to go back to sleep! Nursing sometimes helps, but at that point I'm a little too irritated to nurse.

Eating food. Honestly it's just ridiculous. There is no rhyme or reason for why he does the things he does when it comes time to eat I hate it. He does fine 30% of meal time. The other 70% we are winging it. Aka not sure if he's ever actually full and aka wasted lots of time and energy trying to make sure things are right

And before any of you precious souls say, oh momma you need a break, somehow this is shockingly something im not resentful for as therapy successfully helps me navigate these emotions. Me and the father are separating! So no, I do not get to tap out.

I just want some ideas for solutions, I do not have the extra $$ for a lactation specialist where I can ask them the questions in regards to nursing at this age and she provides me nifty ideas to try or solutions. My mom friends are either experiencing similar things and it used to make me feel comfort knowing I'm not alone but now I'm really struggling coming up with a game plan on these things... or they never had the dilemmas due to never co sleeping, never breastfeeding or in daycare so mealtimes are with friends/siblings and fun. Which makes me feel inadequate somehow, like wow so if I send my little off to daycare facility he will be (for lack of better terms) "better"? I have high desire to homeschool, what am I gonna do when homeschooling gets tough? Think school is better? Augh this is a toxic moment

My 2.5 year old hasn’t napped the last few days and he’s still taken an hour to fall asleep, bringing his awake time to 12.5-13 hours. Normally on no nap days he’d be awake for 11-11.5 hours and nurse to sleep in 5 minutes flat, but now he won’t stop chatting to himself and wriggling and constantly knocking me in the sore boobs/head/face etc. I’m losing my mind because not only am I losing any free time during the day I’m losing lots of my free evening time and I have no time to get some life admin stuff done. I’m on the verge of screaming at him to shut the fuck up or being rough every time he (accidentally) hurts me.

Any tips for dealing with a wriggly chatty toddler at bedtime? I’ve tried telling him to be quiet, ignoring him, encouraging him to cuddle, talking about how our bodies next rest to play the next day, nothing works. We do pjs, teeth, read a few books then normally nurse to sleep but as I said it’s not working anymore. Is it time for a whole new approach? Or are we missing something in how to wind him down for bed?

Possibly relevant - we are travelling around our home country at the moment, staying in different places etc. So I dunno if that’s contributing.

(Note on days he does nap, he usually has 13-14 total awake hours, 1.5 hour nap. Bedtime is same routine and usually takes an hour to fall asleep but that’s understandable when sleep pressure is lower when he’s had a nap. I don’t mind long bedtimes so much in that case.)

Hi mams, I’m just looking for some advice because I think I’m on the verge of a mental breakdown😅 So just a little background ,I’m a stay at home mam to a 16 month old LB My partners gone from 6:30 - 6:30 Monday-Friday and we live with his parents (in a granny flat) Anyway I love my little man so much but I just feel so completely burnt out , I had post natal anxiety after his birth and was terrified of him getting sick or something happening to him (, I had anxiety before him and now it just seems to have flipped all onto him). So basically I have barely left his side since he was born , I probably get 2 hours a week not with him when I go to the gym and leave him with his nanny and sometimes I go out for an hour on a Saturday when he’s napping with dad but that’s it. I’m scared to leave him incase something happens like he chocks or hits his head of the corners of furniture and I’m not there to protect him. My day to day life is completely centered around my Lb which I know is probably normal but I feel like I’ve somehow ruined him , he wants to be with me 24/7 I am CONSTANTLY entertaining him., if I try to wash dishes or put a wash away or make dinner he screams at me until I play with him. I wanted to do attachment parenting with him but now I’m really starting to think I’ve taken it to far and ruined him by constantly giving him my attention 😭 I don’t even acknowledge my partner when he comes home from work because I’m so stressed out and burnt out when he comes in an I’m scared if I take my attention off my LB hel start screaming at me again and by the end of the day I just can’t take it again . My relationship is in the shits because my partner feels unwanted but I’m so resentful that this is the way my life has turned out tip toeing around a baby and having no time for me. I just feel like I’m losing my mind. Sorry about the long post but if anyone’s has any advice or should I go to the doctor and get medication (that’s the route I’m thinking of going) I’m just so miserable and sometimes I just feel like running away and disappearing 😭

I have the fortunate dilemma of deciding when to put my daughter in part time daycare/preschool. LO is currently 14 months.

We originally had her start at 9 months, but I quickly realized my work is flexible enough that I can care for her full time as well. So we changed her start date to when she will be around 17 months, thinking I would need more help watching her. Now I’m rethinking her start date again.

Here’s the problem: we already put a deposit down so we already have money invested into daycare even though I don’t think we really need it anymore.

So we may just try it part time for a month and see how it goes, but also realistically we would love to save money and not put her in daycare after all.

But when should she start? 2 years old? 2.5 years?

I know the attachment theory research says 3 years is optimal for most kids, but because we already delayed the start date once, I’m not sure I’ll be able to push it out that far again (maybe I can idk, haven’t asked yet!)

I think LO would benefit from the stimulation and environment, but also don’t want to overwhelm her too early. What would you do in this situation?

TLDR;

• Already have deposit down for daycare, but now don’t think we actually need daycare

• May only try it for 1 month since we already paid deposit

• Original start date was 9 months, now delayed to 17 months, but wanting to delay again (ideally 3 years but idk if that’s pushing it too much with the daycare provider since we already changed it once)

• What age should LO start? 2 years? 2.5 years?

My 20 month olds sleep had improved (just 1 or 2 easy settles overnight), but it’s back down the drain. He starts off the night in the crib (in our room), but wakes up in an hour and then is in bed with us the right of the night.

Hes been waking up 5-6x a night looking for me and then wants to sleep on top of me. I snuggle him to sleep, but then he wants to get back down on the bed. So I put him down. Every once in a while, he’ll take a couple sips of water. Rinse and repeat all night.

During the day too, his separation anxiety from me has increased.

A note: his grandparents were visiting from a different country and stayed with us for 3 months. They left a couple weeks ago. The night they left he started showing symptoms of walking pneumonia, which we got antibiotics for immediately. Once he recovered, he started sleeping well again for 3-4 days. And now since the past 5 days, it’s been crap sleep again.

I spend so much time with him every day. Respond to every cry and snuggle him at night. We cosleep so he’s not in a different room.

I feel so depleted. I’ve never known despair like this. When will night sleep get better? What am I doing wrong?

Fwiw his schedule is: wake at 7, nap from 12-1:30 approx, bedtime at 8

My son is nearly 18 months old and I've noticed when we go to the park and especially at his little gym class that he gets so pumped he runs to have fun without really looking back for me though I'm always there behind him.

This was normal to me until at the little gym class he was pretty much the only child in the group of 15-18 month olds who did not stay close to the adult they were with and was always excited to do the activities for the day with the instructor. Other kids were much more likely to cry at least at first.

For example one class they put this padded tube on the middle of a parachute on the floor and then put the kids in the tube (mid torso height when kids were standing) then the adults grab the outsides and turn the parachute to spin the tube. Literally every other kid is crying and my son has a pleasant but confused expression looking at them. It stops and he laughs and claps comes to me for a second then runs off. Other parents/grandparents/nannies comforting their kids.

I work from home and we have a nanny come during the day but I don't start until 10 and finish up around 5. I'm still nursing and I try to stay off my phone as much as possible when I'm spending time with my son.

I've been wondering if this confidence to run off is a sign of healthy attachment or not. It's not that he never looks for me he is just not at all clinging to my side.

Yesterday got me thinking about my cousins parenting style. I remember when her daughter was a toddler (and I hadn’t had my daughter yet) she told me she wasn’t going to tell her toddler no- or that the phrase would be used very little and only if necessary. Her reasoning was because she wants her “no’s” to stick and she didn’t want her daughter to lose sense of self-esteem or confidence. Fast forward my toddler is 1.5 and gets into everything. I feel as we’ve been over using the word no lately and she sometimes cries when she’s told no from us. She does better when we explain what’s going on instead of saying no and as first time parents I feel we should practice this more. Yesterday at our family function, my niece who is a year older kept telling her no! while they were playing. Basically they were having a hard time sharing the toys. My daughter was hysterical after hearing every no from her cousin. I know it’s normal for kids to cry when others aren’t sharing but I can’t help but feel that she was more upset about the fact she was told no by her peers. I don’t want her to lose her confidence or have low self esteem because she’s being told no by other kids. Am I overthinking this?

I think the reason why I adopted attachment parenting might have stem from myself being neurodivergent. I have ADHD combined version, my husband has AuADHD, and with how intense my 13 month toddler is, I am pretty sure she also has at least a form of ADHD.

The sensory overload of whenever she cries and screams, or even when she is slightly depressed, angry and frustrated means I immediately act upon it. I act to try and minimise the amount of negativity she has to experience. I immediately pick her up, do whatever she demands of me, rather its breast she wants or a cuddle or interaction, I immediately give without hesitation.

My partner thinks that we should take the advice of health visitors like letting her cry it out. There is this occasion when the health visitor came to visit us and was talking to me downstairs. She told me to let my baby cry, and for my husband to pick her up and bring her upstairs. The crying got even louder. Then she told me to use noise cancelling earphones and when she realised just how intense the baby's cries actually got, she said if she was my husband she would take the baby outside now to calm her down. I was able to control myself to not pick up my baby at the time because the visitor distracted me but when she left I felt horrible.

My husband has mild autism so he is able to withstand any intense cries or screams the baby makes sometimes. I think it is to do with social cues and not having the emotional bandwidth or empathy allowing him to momentarily switch off. While for me, it causes me to get these intense migraines and even when I used noise cancelling earphones, it does not stop me from feeling extremely guilty and anxious. I am worried for her because I want her to develop properly without psychological stress and trauma. Since she is most likely not neurotypical, crying it out so intensely might cause irreversible damage to her but no one understands.

Are there professionals out there who are educated on neurodivergence and baby advice? It seems like all the advice is geared towards and catered for neurotypical families. What about neurodivergent families? I think some people who choose to actively partake in attachment parenting might be doing so because of their own neurodivergence. What do you guys think?

I have a 2 year old and I'm expecting a baby in February. Are there any resources you'd recommend to prepare the toddler for the baby's arrival?

I know I should spend as much 1:1 time with the toddler when the baby arrives but that will likely not be enough anyway.

Any books I can start reading my toddler at bed time? Any good resources for me and my partner?

How did it go for you if you were in a similar situation?

I'm having flashbacks to the early days. This started a couple weeks ago. She wakes up twice a night screaming and crying her head off. It is extremely difficult to get her to snap out of it so to speak. Sometimes holding her upright but once you put her horizontal she loses it. Eventually she will drink a bottle but it takes many attempts and she has to obviously come down more first. She started on a hypoallergenic formula a month ago. Two teeth have popped up but still have a long way to go. She is a little gassy sometimes. Throughout the day she is totally fine though she will always fight sleep. Waking up from naps and her official wake up in the morning she is totally fine and happy. It is only around 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. when this happens. Has anyone experienced this and if so, did anything help? She does have her official 8-month appointment coming up soon.

I hate the holiday. I just sat at my families thanksgiving white knuckling a glass of wine while listening to my mom talk to my sister about my son/parenting style. To quote, “Their son is lovey but they are kind of creating a monster. He is fussy now because she is still breastfeeding and she holds him for some of his naps. Also when he cries they go running to him. When you two were little I just let you cry if you were fed and clean you could cry. It made you two great sleepers and independent at play.”

My son is 9 months old, just got over a virus, has a diaper rash, and is teething. So yes, he has been a bit fussier this visit. I always just say, “you can’t baby a baby” or “that was your parenting choice not mine.” But she keeps bringing it up and I’m starting to really get upset. If I wanted to I could tear her apart by saying something like, “your attachment style is probably why I have GAD and lost my virginity at 14 to an 18 year old because he showed me affection.” But I am always kind and do not want to hurt her. It just sucks. So idk if I’m here for validation or what, I guess to vent. Ugh.

My partner works a lot, so most days and most of the day, it's just me and my 9 month old bubba. We play and read and sing, and he's amazing and healthy and smashing all his milestones. But I can't help both think I'm not giving him enough experiences to stimulate his little brain. I don't live in an area with a park or a "mummy and me" or anything, and it's an apartment building, so we can't play in the yard. I used to take him for walks when he was smaller, but at 10kg (22lbs) and with no stroller, walking more than a few hunded meters does a number on my back.

I try to switch out toys, make up new songs, buy new books, and let him play with different textures and tastes, but I'm looking for ideas on how I can create experiences for and with him. I already get enough flack from family for not sending him to daycare, so I'm really anxious that I'm not setting him up for success somehow.

My 2.5 year old has been throwing huge tantrums when I baby wear or carry my 2week old baby on walks. I depend on walks for everyone’s sanity and baby wearing is the easiest way for me but my toddler is having a hard time because she wants to be carried too. Any advice? I’m really trying to not have toddler resent the baby but I feel like this is causing her a lot of jealousy

My baby will wake up 36 min into her sleep cycle. If I’m able to catch her and soothe her crib side she will then wake at the 45 min mark 😂Same thing happens at 45 min, if I catch her then and soothe her, she will wake up at the 50 min mark.

I have one question - what the actual eff!?

In all seriousness, does anyone else’s baby do this.

My 1yo is so nice and plays by herself as long as im not around. The moment I come back she starts screaming until I take her. She screams the moment I put her down, or turn my back. She wants to breastfeed constantly and I feel like she only cares about my boobs. She would pull on my shirt and screams until she gets them. Then she sucks for 10 seconds but screams the moment I put my shirt on. I don't know what to do. Im struggling emotionally, I cant get anything done, I don't take care of myself. I get angry and overstimulated from constant screaming and touching. Ive turned into a monster and my relationship is suffering because Im constantly a wreck. Im thinking of weaning her off but I hate the idea. I don't even know if it will help. She has a blast with everyone but me. When she's with me it's just screaming. I need some advice, im out of my mind.

I have a 4.5 month old and since for a month now her sleep has gone to complete crap. Since 2.5 months old she has only ever taken 30 minute crap naps. Those times were easier as a contact nap would just elongate it. But now I have to rock/walk her back to sleep and I can’t transfer her anywhere. Even if I sit down she wakes and I have to get up and walk around again. Her night sleep had been great with only one wake up since 3.5 months old but I guess the regression has ruined it now. Last night she woke up like 10 times. So I’m not sleeping at night and can’t sleep during the day during her naps either. She keeps waking at 4am and her first nap will be around 6-630am. Her wake windows are 2/2/2.25/2.25/2.5 and i have to extend the second and third nap because she’s going to be an overtired mess. I’ll extend enough that she gets 4 hours of daytime sleep. She was on a 3 nap schedule for a bit but since her 4am wakes I can’t get her on that schedule again without her being so tired. Anyone have any suggestions. She also treats bedtime like a nap and will wake up after 30 minutes.

Son is 22 months, I’m due in March with baby boy #2.

Son has bedshared for most of his life since night 2 from the hospital, having to touch me to sleep. Night weaned from BF at 14 months.

At around 11 months we set up a twin mattress in his room for naps and to start the night. By 18 months, he was doing so well in there, even almost slept through the night once or twice.

About 2 months ago I could even lay him awake for naps and walk out and he’d put himself to sleep (as opposed to me cuddling to sleep) and we were working on this for night (I’d sit beside the bed until he was asleep).

Then a couple weeks ago he threw two huge tantrums when we took the pacifier after nap (he has only used pacifier for sleep his whole life). So we thought hey let’s just drop it.

He’s done mostly fine falling asleep without it. But has replaced the pacifier with me tenfold. Back to cuddling to sleep always, and then he won’t nap alone for more than 30 minutes. If he starts the night in his bed he lasts an hour. He’s had night terrors. He clings even more than normal so at least 1 of the 7 times I get up to pee he has a meltdown that takes forever for him to go back to sleep from.

I’m about to have a newborn in this same room. Can I just give him the pacifier back? He was doing so well towards independent sleep before this. I don’t even care as much if he wants to sleep in our bed at night but I have to stop having to physically hold him all night, dealing with night terrors, contact napping for 2 hours..

Thanks if you read this far.

ETA: so far, it has had no visible affect on his teeth, dentist hasn’t mentioned anything, he doesn’t have it in the day and it hasn’t hindered speech (he is an advanced talker)

Hello all!

I’m struggling here. My 19 month old is staying up for 8-9 hours before bed time. I cut down her naps from 2hrs to 1.30. I try to not let her sleep past 3pm. Today she woke up at 8:30 am and napped from 12pm to 1:30ish pm. She just fell asleep right now at 10pm. I really want her to get some decent sleep 😭 she still wakes up about twice a night for milk. Should I cut down her nap?

I’m going to consult with her pediatrician just to make sure her iron levels are not low.

I was a victim of SA at 16. I was intoxicated at my birthday party and my friends older boyfriend called three of his friends over. They each took turns. It stopped because her older sisters boyfriend came outside and turned on the porch light to smoke a cigarette. I was encouraged not to call the police because the mother had allowed minors to party at her home and I didn’t want anyone to get in trouble. I didn’t even really understand what had happened to me.

I’m 33 now and have two beautiful children. My daughter, almost 3 and my son, just turned 1 on the 25th.

Ive been learning that the number one thing that pulls me out of my gentle, connected parenting style is when my daughter is hitting me, even playfully, but doesn’t stop when I say stop.

I’ve had so many connected conversations about respecting peoples no. I practice stopping immediately when she says to stop tickling or holding her or whatever and I explain why. “You said stop so I stopped.”

It was a hard day today. I felt frustrated all day and barely kept it together. Tonight at bedtime (we cosleep) she started hitting me and I said stop several times but she didn’t stop. I snapped and pushed her off of me. Not hard or anything. I was half trapped by my sleeping 1 year old on the other arm. But I pushed her off of me and yelled “I SAID TO STOP HITTING ME! GET AWAY FROM ME!”

I feel absolutely destroyed over it. She cried and said mama you used a loud voice. I apologized and said I’m so sorry I used a loud voice that wasn’t right. I just felt so overwhelmed with being hit and not feeling safe. She fell asleep a few minutes later and now I just feel like total shit.

Now my fucking dog is barking non stop at the Amazon guy who is blasting music at 8pm in my driveway. That is completely unrelated but it is not helping.

Can anyone relate? Do I just need to grit my teeth and bare this until my kids are older and understand more? I practice this so much because it’s so important to me. Can anyone relate?

I have an 11 week old who takes a good 2-3 hour carrier nap in the morning-early afternoon. But after that I can’t get him to take more solid naps without breastfeeding him to sleep… but he needs the boob the whole time to stay asleep, and then I can’t get up to use the bathroom or something or he’ll be wide awake and won’t go back to sleep. So it ends up being 30min-hour naps here and there for the rest of the day until we lay down in bed and I breastfeed him to sleep for the night. He just won’t sleep. He can’t fall asleep on his own. Or sleep on his own. And is getting to the point where even wrapping him/bouncing/shushing doesn’t work. Or it’s exhausting for us to try and he’s just wide awake and looking around. And toward the end of his wake windows he gets fussy but won’t go to sleep. So I just breastfeed him to sleep. It can’t be good for his development to just never sleep during the day right?🥲 what do I do?

My little son is 5 months old and right now he might be experiencing some virus or another trouble - he never had anything like that before. I am a first time mom and have no idea what to do, since I am pretty sure it is not an ER case, but do not want to let it become one. It's 22:30 PM were we live - he has been waking up now for 3.5 hours on and off while usually he only wakes up several times for feedings at night. He threw up half an hour ago and is coughing & sneezing. I am not sure if it is the residue of the milk he threw up or a regular caugh since I heard his breathing was a bit harder this evening. Body temperature is 36.9/37.1 depending on the thermometer - we have two of them and they always say different things (long live electronic thermometers :/). This week we are doing introduction week at the daycare, so he has been stressing a lot and also could have catched something from the other kids. He just fell asleep and I can feel him shake a little from time to time. 😥

Could you please share what would you do in my case?

I am scared to sleep as I don't want to miss things getting worse. Also, if they do get worse - I literally do not know the procedure. Help!

UPD: Wow, thank you for such a quick response for my call for help and the support! I see his temperature is rising, so we just called into the doctor's dispatching line and someone should come and see our little one at home soon.