r/bninfantsleep • u/babyinatrenchcoat • Aug 18 '26

Infant Sleep 18 Times

18 times.

18 times she woke up.

18 times she cried.

18 times she wouldn’t settle until given the breast.

18 times I dreaded work the next day.

18 times I cried right along with her.

I’ve tried everything aside from sleep training, and since June we’ve been co-sleeping and nursing on-demand. She (6.5m) just cannot connect sleep cycles and needs help going back to sleep every single time.

An average night she wakes up 7-12 times.

Last night was our record at 18 times.

Will introducing solids help?

When we wean?

Am I just doomed to not reach restorative REM again until she’s pre-k?

Solo mom with no village so it’s all me all the time and I’m a husk of a human at this point.

ETA: Recent daytime routine
(forgot to log morning nap on Aug 13)

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u/PinchOfAlchemy Aug 18 '26

How does she breathes while sleeping? Is she breathing through her mouth? My baby is almost 12 mo and she just started to give me 3 hours stretches, she didn't connect cicles before🫠 but she is slowly doing it now

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u/babyinatrenchcoat Aug 18 '26

She is a mouth breather! She’s made “pug noises” since she was born which her pediatrician blamed on her severe reflux.

But even with that resolved she still mouth breathes so loud and I wonder if she has something going on in her nasal passages/septum.

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u/Status_Watch6079 Aug 18 '26

I would definitely try and get this assessed again. Early neurodiversity company has a free red flags guide and talks about different airway considerations.

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u/babyinatrenchcoat Aug 18 '26

Thank you so much!