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Recent discussions

Lord knows I miss having a drink 🍸

If breastfeeding when did you guys have your first drink since having bubba? I’m combi-feeding baby girl is 13 weeks and not sure when it’s okay to have a drink x

When did you feel comfortable taking baby out for walks and coffee ?

I’ve only been out once around day 10 with Baby for a check up at the clinic which was fine but we haven’t done anything else yet and coming up for 3 weeks? Anyone got any advice on when and how to start taking Babies out? Especially living in rainy winter weather

Is this creating a bad habit

My son is 14 months old. He's ALWAYS hated the pram, since newborn. However, separation anxiety has peaked big time and now he just screams and cries in the pram... Unless we hold hands

Now, this is a difficult task when it's just me but if my partner is pushing I can walk beside and we hold hands. I'm not fussed about it but my partner thinks I'm giving in every time he cries and reaches out for me which is creating a bad habit.

My thought is one day he won't want to hold my hand🥺 he won't reach out for me so why would I deny the comfort he's searching for in that moment

Can someone reassure me that I'm not creating a bad habit.

Am I being irrational?

Just need opinions on if I’m being irrational about the safety of my 7 month old son. I’m a first time single mum. His dad is having knee reconstruction surgery and I’m worried about his visits during his recovery. He lives with his 75 year old mum, a dachshund who is a handful and had visits from his 13 year old daughter twice a week. They’re in a 3 story house, but he’s confirmed moved everything for our son downstairs. He will be on crutches and no idea how long recovery is, or when physio will start and has been very vague about everything regarding his recovery, saying the hospital hasn’t given him any information. So I arranged for health visitor to go and see what she thought. He kept saying his mum might be busy that day (she doesn’t get out as hip and knee mobility issues so I was suspicious of this). On the day of the visit where I wanted HV to see how his mum handled Harrison, she conveniently had a doctors appointment at the time of the visit, so she couldn’t check how she was lifting and carrying Harrison. He has told health visitor that his sister who attended the appointment will be helping during his recovery and that he would be out of action for the first week. When he dropped our son back, he said his sister works, so couldn’t be there all the time and that he wants him the first week. I have stood my ground and said we will be going by what you have told the health visitor. He’s also confirmed he will be on crutches. I’m just worried about our son’s safety with being dropped, or someone tripping over the dog, not getting to him in time if in danger or choking. I was told by him to “trust me” and painted as a controlling mum constantly. Just doesn’t feel right to “give in” and accept potentially he isn’t safe just to keep the peace 😔

9-12 month review advice

My daughter is 9 months and we have had our invitation for her 9 month review and I’m just wondering what they ask and stuff so I’m informed :) thank you

Baby sleep - baby monitor

So my little boy (6 months in just over a week) has started pushing himself up and sitting up by himself. Last night I woke up twice to him sitting himself up in his next to me and once to him in the crawling position rocking back and forth. So it’s now at a point where I’m going to have to move him into his room and in his big boy cot. His bedroom is next to ours and cot is against the wall to our bedroom. I don’t know if to buy a baby monitor or which one? Anyone got any recommendations?

Belly band Frida

I’m so confused if I’m supposed to use postpartum belly binder or not. Different people say different things. When do we start using it and when do we stop please advise from personal experience🙏🏻

Should it be this hard!?

I am struggling... i don't remember it being this difficult with my first born a few years ago, why is it so hard this time around?

I love my baby, but I miss my old life so much. I miss being able to give my first born any attention whatsoever, I miss being able yo leave the house quickly, I miss feeling normal...

I just needed to vent... i know its hard and postpartum is not easy, but this is making me question my sanity.

Lovely baby

My 7 week old daughter is an absolute dream, she doesn't cry (just shouts when she's hungry) very alert, happy and content, just an absolute pleasure to be around. Now I know how incredibly lucky I am with her but does any other mum with a similar baby struggle mentally? There's so many what ifs going through my mind and I'm scared to death she might change and start screaming, some days i feel sick with anxiety and nothing has actually happened? I'm driving myself crazy and scaring myself with thoughts of not being able to cope. I feel ridiculous because I know a lot of mums on here are seriously going through it and I have no idea how you manage xx

Breastfeeding advice

Hi, I’m 34 weeks with my 3rd child, I’m wanting to exclusively breastfeed this time, with my other two I comb fed. I really want my partner to feed them to, so starting out.. when do I pump and when do I feed from the boob?

baby carrier recommendations?

i want to invest in a good baby carrier for when i go out with my baby, something that’s easy to put on too - does anyone have any ideas?

Reflux? CMPA? Advice

My 3 week old is a nightmare at bringing up wind, he constantly grunts/seems to strain, his breathing sounds loud, he hates lying flat, nighttime’s are horrendous, pulls at bottle, arches back during feeds. We’ve tried pace feeding, his poos are yellow and he’s not constipated. GP diagnosed with silent reflux. We were put on Gaviscon (half a sachet per feed). I noticed that his pain seems to be marginally worse and not sure if Gaviscon is actually working really. They’ve now advised us to stop the Gaviscon and use carobel, which is a faff due to wait times and needing to shake the bottle.

He has no other signs of CMPA (rash, diarrhoea or blood etc). My first born did have a lactose intolerance for the first 6 months.

Can anyone relate, what shall I do? We’re preparing feeding via nuby, MAMIA milk and using infacol.

Thank you

Baby seat

Anyone used something like this to help their LO sit? My LO can hold his head up but can’t sit unaided. This is from 3 months+ but wondering if it is helpful

What’s the best toy storage?

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Tell me your experience with poo 😅

I’d like to know if anyone has been through or is currently going through the same situation as me. I’m a first-time mum and my little one has 5 weeks old. She drinks SMA formula (I know they all have the same nutritional value, etc.) and I reckon that, given how much she drinks, she isn’t absorbing enough to produce poo – she only goes every 3 to 5 days. I’ve spoken to my GP, health visitor, midwives and even A&E they’ve actually told me to wait up to 10 days before classifying it as an emergency. Everyone says it’s normal, especially as she shows no signs of constipation when she does have a poo… I’d like to know if anyone has had similar experiences? What did you do apart from massages? Did you change formula?

Weaning off breast

Any breastfeeding moms struggling to get their babies to take a bottle? I go back to work in 3 months and my LG is just not interested, we’ve tried different bottles, different teats, different temperatures, different environments, different people literally nothing. WTF do we do if they won’t take it by the time we return to work? I’m stressing 😣😭

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