u/Aurteur

My son is 7 months and is a super boisterous little baby always raring to go which is lovely but also super exhausting.

He sleeps incredibly well at night but has dropped naps in the day and now we only get one big stretch of an hour of sleep in a day followed by 10-20min power naps sporadically until the evening.

In the waking periods hes just crawling everywhere, wanting to play constantly and while its great hes so active, I only have so much energy I'll be honest and its exhausting constantly entertaining him especially as he quickly gets bored of any one toy.

My partner is working full time and comes home in the evenings to relieve me and does tons in the weekend but theres still so many hours in the working week and my son doesnt start nursery till August when I start working again.

How are you guys coping with your super active babies without burning out? I love him more than life itself but it is genuinely so tough day in and day out and I dont really have family readily available to help out either.

Thanks in advance for any insight!

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u/Aurteur — 19 days ago

My son is now 7 months old and, while we have family close, it would also be nice to not have to rely on their kindness and availability to plan date nights or the occasional gig to get some more flexibility.

To that extent, we are willing to pay for someone reliable to help out with the big boy on the occasional night but have absolutely zero clue where to start.

Please, I beg, where are you all finding any babysitters and for the love of god will you share their contact details!

Signed,

A tired mom

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u/Aurteur — 22 days ago