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Waking up late with baby

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Sunnylily · 18/09/2025 15:44

Our 3 month old baby usually falls asleep around 1–2 a.m, wakes once or twice to feed and then we both sleep again until about 11.

I’m exclusively breastfeeding and handle every night feed myself. My husband works from home and does the school run( for our 11 year-old who’s mostly independent) so I don’t ask him for help with baby at night. I handle the baby myself in the day as well except occasional help here and there as his work takes much of his time.

I pay for a cook who takes care of meals and cleaning (from my maternity pay and luckily it's affordable for us)

My husband hints that 11 a.m. “looks late,” but after nights like ours it feels like the only way to get enough rest as I don't nap. I am feeling guilty that I am not waking up earlier unlike other moms

AIBU to wake up at 11am ?

OP posts:
thaisweetchill · 18/09/2025 15:52

Nope I used to do this with my son when he was a baby. What’ve you got to get up for? Wouldn’t he rather you rest and wake up in a good mood instead of being irritated all day due to lack of sleep?

DramaQueenlady · 18/09/2025 15:52

You're perfectly fine. My granddaughter is 10 months. She was breast feed too. Up until 5-6 months they were the same. Baby adjusted and was going down earlier. Now 10 months, shes crawling everywhere, a bundle of pure joy and up about 7.30am and down around 8. Seems you should enjoy it while you can 😍 meant to say she created her own routine almost as well.

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