Life with a newborn brings lots of time to think and lots of things to worry about: from formula and breastfeeding to sleep and self-care. Peanut is here to share real stories from real women and expert information to support your first year of motherhood.
My baby is 9 months and still not sleeping through. He goes to bed at 7pm and wakes up around 11/12 for more bottle then wakes up again about 4.30/5 for another feed then tends to sleep until anytime between 7am and 8am. Any advice on how to get him to sleep through? He has about 3 meals a day sometimes 2 so he has ...
Wondering if anyone has some experience in this topic. My little one (about to be a month old in a couple days) loves to be swaddled. She hates having her arms pinned down so I’ve swaddled her with them up near her faced since birth. Recently I’ve tried introducing a transitional swaddle sack like the Love to Dream ...
I’ve recently just had my 2nd child 4 weeks ago and have a recently just turned 2 year old. Since having my 2nd child I’ve found myself really struggling day to day and recently I’ve started to feel as though I’m not cut out for motherhood at all. My 1st child has constant ear infections and awaiting surgery and my...
At what age does the doctor stop asking for your baby to be naked? I was just thinking about teaching them about privacy and private areas, not letting others touch them and how I would explain or handle when it comes to care providers
I'm pregnant with twins and since me and my husband decided on names, we agreed to not tell anyone other than our parents & siblings because I knew everyone would have some sort of opinion and quite frankly I don't care to hear their opinions. Anyways so my cousin's were visiting two days ago and the 10 y/o is so no...
Is there any way to take formula out and about which I have already made up? For context.. my LO is on a prescription formula which isn’t always in stock meaning we are super careful with wasting any as it can be like gold dust!! He is now taking more ml per feed, but there is always a bit spare so currently we h...
hi mamas, so my baby daddy has been in prison for over year and is due to be released soon. I was a victim of DV for about 3 years with this man, and was in denial for a long time. i finally mustered up the courage to move on about 2 months ago. everything was going okay but me and my new partner keep having these l...
I’m honestly don’t know what to do anymore because I just got diagnosed with postpartum psychosis about a week ago and i just had my baby 2 weeks ago and the person i lived with swearing thst people were yelling at 1 yesterday morning and i swear that didn’t happen but is that possible of something happening and i ...
I have a newborn baby girl and I’m wondering how to clean her private parts. Should I be cleaning in between the labia? The deposit is too thick and doesn’t wash away with oil, soap and water. I don’t know what to do
9 week breastfed baby just went 7 hours through the night without a feed Should I be worried???
How often are you mama’s breastfeeding baby? Do you wait for their cue which sometimes can be 4+ hours or do we wake baby up and feed sooner? Also for how long should a 3 week old be on the nipple for?
At what age did people stop waking their babies to feed overnight?
Hi all, just wondering how you guys put your babies to bed early?? We try and put our 4 month babe down at half 8 and sometimes she’ll fall asleep sometimes she won’t but when she does she’ll wake up again at 9:30 ish Today we tried putting her down for 9:30 instead and she woke up literally half an hour later at 1...
I was involved in a nasty car crash yesterday with my 3 year old. How do you get over the fear of getting back in the car again? Do I give it time or just get straight back in? The thought of driving makes me feel physically sick 🤢
Hi, my 5 week old is being formula fed on Kendamil whole milk and his poos have been absolutely horrendous. They smell super strong and are slightly loose and wondered if this was normal? I know all babies are different but the poos just seem extreme! I wondered if he had CMPA but he’s never sick or spits up his milk x
Okay how are we making sure we take care of ourselves while also taking care of the family? I have a 19 month old and 7 week old and I don’t even feel like a person anymore. I made sure to get my hair done before the baby came and managed to tear myself away for an hour to get a manicure to try and fight off the ppd...
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