u/Newmumma101

Hello everyone,

My LO is soon going to complete 5 months ( in next 3 days) while my LO is just amazing overall sometimes I do worry taking her weight/ appearance. She is lean and not chubby. I know not all babies are chubby and all but being a mother sometimes this thought does pop up in my mind. Also I had heard that post 7/8 months weight anyways decreases.

Couple of things to bring to notice :
- She rolls on both sides and also makes good effort to move forward since she was 4.5 months.
- I try making her sit with support and she is trying to do that for good 10-15 seconds as well.
- I was worrying about how she would do away with traditional jhula ( she slept in it for barely 3 months mainly during the night) but she left it on it own. Same with swaddle, took us a day but then now she sleeps in arms up sleepy.
- She gives good 6-7 hours of stretch of sleep with one feed in after 6/7 hours ( kind of dream feed only)
- She rotates on the mat all over.
- She is active, constantly moving hands and legs, hold her feet with his hands, smiles laughs and alert as well of the surroundings.
In short, she has been nailing at all her milestones.

I don't know why am I still worried with the fact that she looks lean and tiny to me. Couple of people did tell me that aww, she looks so tiny and small of her age.
Her born weight was 3.3 kg and as on 25th Sep it was 6 kg with 61 cm height.

Am I not eating anything right? Or is her metabolism good ? Should I add anything in my diet that would help? Is it too late for me to do anything for her to have a considerable fat around? Note : She does have a bit chubby cheeks but overall body is lean. Also she is EBF.

Please share your thoughts/ recommendations if any!

Hi everyone! I just wanted to know, especially from first-time/new parents — how do you all make your baby sleep? Do you rock them, walk around with them, sway them, or do you put them down and let them fall asleep independently? What exactly is your way of putting down your baby?

My baby is more than 4.5 months old, and so far, what we’ve been doing is taking her in our arms, walking around with her ( cradle position type? rocking or swaying her until she falls asleep.

But now that she’s growing and gaining weight, walking around with her in our arms for every nap is getting increasingly difficult. It also makes me wonder whether this can become a habit in the long run and whether we’ll eventually have difficulty getting her to sleep without being carried or rocked.
So I’m curious to know — is anyone already making their baby sleep independently at this age? Or are you rocking, walking, swaying, nursing, etc.? And if you’ve transitioned from contact/assisted sleep to independent sleep, how did you go about it?

Would love to hear your experiences, thoughts, suggestions, and advice!

Hello everyone! First-time mom here.

I’m planning to start sleep training my baby, who will be 4 and a half months old in about a week. I’m not sure if this is the right time to start, so I’d really appreciate some advice from parents who have been through this.

Just for some context, I’m based in India.
Our typical routine so far is:
My little one wakes up sometime between 7:00 and 8:30 a.m. After waking up, she usually gets a massage, then feeds, and she generally falls asleep while feeding.
Her first nap can be anywhere from 2–3 hours, although sometimes she wakes up after just an hour. Her nap timings keep changing, so there isn’t a very fixed schedule yet.
She usually takes another nap sometime around 2:00–4:00 p.m., and depending on the day, she wakes up around 5:30–6:30 p.m.
At night, we usually do a quick sponge bath around 9:00–9:30 p.m., followed by a feed. She usually falls asleep while feeding, or sometimes we have to rock or sway her to sleep. She generally goes to sleep for the night between 10:00–11:00 p.m.

In terms of actually getting her to sleep, we currently either have to hold her and put her to sleep or rock/sway her. Sometimes it takes 15–20 minutes, and on some days it can take 30–40 minutes.

I want to start sleep training because I would really like her to learn to fall asleep independently rather than needing to be rocked, carried, or fed to sleep every time.
At the moment, she has mainly associated sleep with feeding at night, and sometimes with rocking or swaying.
I’ve read about the CIO method and the Ferber method, but honestly, I’m quite confused about how to actually start. I also don’t know whether there are any differences in how sleep training works or is approached in India.

There’s one more thing I wanted to mention. My baby stopped using a traditional swaddle about 10 days ago, and she is now sleeping in a sleeping bag. During her wake windows, she has also recently started chewing on her hands and sucking her thumb quite a lot.
I try to take her thumb out of her mouth because I’m worried that if thumb-sucking becomes a habit, it might be difficult to wean her off it in the long run.

So, when I start sleep training, should I try a cold-turkey approach with the thumb sucking as well, or should I let her continue using her hands/thumb for self-soothing? Or introduce Pacifier ( I tried giving her paci but she rejected ) And should I continue using the sleeping bag during sleep training?

My main goal is to make her sleep through the night. I just want her to learn to fall asleep independently without needing to be rocked or carried every time.
Currently, she sleeps around 10:00–11:00 p.m. and usually wakes sometime around 4:00–5:00 a.m. for a feed, although sometimes she sleeps until 6:00–6:30 a.m. She then feeds and goes back to sleep.

So I wanted to understand:
- Is this routine appropriate for a 4.5 month-old?
- Is this a good age to start sleep training or am I late?
- How did you start sleep training with your baby?
Between methods like Ferber and CIO, what worked for you?
- Are there any tips or tricks that genuinely helped your baby learn to sleep independently?
- How do you handle night feeds while sleep training?
- What did you do about thumb-sucking or hand-sucking when starting sleep training?
- Should I continue using the sleeping bag during sleep training?
I’m really struggling with my baby’s sleep at the moment, so I would genuinely appreciate any practical, tried-and-tested advice in simple, layman’s language.

Well, saw on Instagram that once your baby starts chewing their hand then should shift their bedtime to 7-8 pm. Is this really true? Is anyone following the 7/8 pm bedtime? Just to know my LO is 14 weeks old

My baby is 13 weeks old and it seems she simply doesn't enjoy going out. My husband and I love going out but our daughter doesn't let us. We have stepped out barely three to four times so during that time she either is hungry( to which of course I feed ) but then later she gets tired or overtired and gets fussy/ cries. Is this happening with anyone ? How do I make my baby an outgoing baby?

Does anyone's baby genuinely follow age appropriate wake window? And sleep within or after the wake window time? Mine clearly doesn't.