Does giving her paracetamol or ibuprofen do anything to improver her sleep?
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Very briefly. Maybe for an hour
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This would be my hunch. Yogurt?
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I’d say - because babies are weird.
My youngest slept through the night at 6 weeks, which seemed miraculous, and I moved the bassinet across the hall. She transitioned to the crib just fine. She did not nurse to sleep.
And at 6 months she started to wake up every night. I did not nurse her back to sleep. It lasted a good 6 months.
My theory is that that is the age where they can start wanting you and that it’s developmental.
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Nooooooooo I literally cannot deal with this for 6 months I will die
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I suppose that’s true. My second had a brutal sleep regression starting at eight months, and I’m going to be nice and just not tell noodle how long it lasted or what we had to do to get out of it. But yes, a sudden complete nose dive in the quality of her sleeping was seen.
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Thank you 
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Chickadee had a nose dive from 10 to 12 months. We had some specific things that improved it.
But yeah, I think sometimes babies just be trolls.
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Tbh my baby has gotten worse and I’ve just started cosleeping after his first or second wakeup. 
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When are y’all turning your kids around in their car seats? Ours is rated to 50# rear facing, kiddo is almost 3, currently weighs 28# but is like 90th percentile for height.
I’m getting pressure from grandparents that “it doesn’t seem like he fits” and I’m like “his legs are literally fine I want to protect his spine” and they keep bringing it up.
I want to have a plan for when we are going to turn him and also maybe some supporting documents on why we are going to keep him rear facing. He doesn’t get upset being rear facing and it doesn’t bug us.
Normally grandparents are great! They respond really well when we tell them the plan and they tend to share opinions when we haven’t decided things yet. I think having an answer will be helpful to dissolve the conflict.
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Here are some things I sent my MIL:
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Oh and this one!!
I’m planning on turning her around when she hits the limit or if being read like facing makes her nauseous or it starts hurting her legs.
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I had three as a goal, four as a stretch goal, and we had the Graco Extend2Fit, so even the 90+ percentile part-Viking child would have made it to/past four.
She started getting carsick and I turned her at three and a few months. I was not, thankfully, getting any pushback, but also, my kid, my rules.
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We turned both our kids around 4. Eldest was a bit before 4 and youngest was a bit after. Both seemed fine with how long they were rear facing.
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We are still rear facing at 5 but we turned it last night to go look at Christmas lights and maybe we won’t turn it back? Ours is rated rear facing to 50lb and she’s not at the height yet. She’s only 42 lbs. She’s one of her only friends to still be rear facing but I think at the end of the day safety matters more than peer pressure…it’s something we debate often though!!
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We turned my younger kid at around age 2 and 33#. He got very carsick rear-facing, and turning around helped immensely. This is earlier than most people. We try to balance it out with defensive driving and good belt tension and positioning. And we’re only in the car about 1 day a week, mostly bus/bike/walk. No perfect choices.
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I don’t think it’s earlier than most people, TBH. Maybe earlier than most of a subset of people which includes people who are likely to talk about car seats (especially online), but for the whole set of people is probably bang on average or even a bit later. 
The actual real-world benefits of RF past two vanishes into the noise of people who drive while inebriated and people who don’t buckle their kids into anything where legitimately putting a preschooler in a car with naught but an adult belt and a sober driver would be a step up.
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We turned both young. Which doesn’t help Ginja discuss with her parents but does help you realize you aren’t alone.
And from what I witness, what I am calling young is average. Within the guidelines for where I live and I’m fine with that.
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We just turned my second kid around last week at 2 1/2 and 30 lbs. The reason was pure logistics - we were about to embark on a long car ride across the state and it’s really hard to hand snacks and tablet back and forth from the front passenger seat when the kid is rear facing.
I don’t think there’s any reason to switch from rear facing to front facing while you’re still within car seat limits. My 6 year old is still forward facing in the extend-to-fit with plenty of room though when we travel on a plane, we’ll use a booster on the other end.
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