I love my baby but my god this stage 😭

She makes me laugh every day and brings me pure joy but my lord 🙏 the teething is getting the better of me 🤣 fighting naps, I am exhausted and my head is banging...anyone missing the newborn stage yet 🤣

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I completely agree! Just drove around for 1.5 hrs to get my lo to sleep I’ve tried everything for teething too

@Kate honestly I woke with a headache today my partner is asleep all day as he's on nights so he's not here to help and all day its just been moaning and crying, chomping her hand that much she's making herself vomit, by time partner gets up and has a shower and food he's back to work for the evening and then I've got to do it again tomorrow and Saturday and Sunday as he's working 😭😭 SEND HELP 🤣🤣

I completely understand my partner is working 13 hour days atm so by the time he gets in my daughter is down for the night so I have no help 😩 I’ve just bought a teething mitt to try

@Kate I know the feeling my partner gets in of a morning around 7.30am and has to go straight to bed as he's up at 3pm, just barely getting enough sleep, he's out the house 16hrs, really not easy is it 💔 my girl is napping for about 20 mins at a time, she does sleep 12hrs at night so makes up got it but the days are just so long because I can barely move as her naps are so short, I miss the newborn sleeping eating and pooping stage it was so easy 🤣

I agree! My little one is such a busy body now to, his new favourite game is me dangling him over a bunch of toys so he can reach down and grab one, then repeat 😂 then he’s constantly fighting nap time and only goes down for 20/30 minutes at a time! And the feeding, my god!! One minute he’s a hungry boy and then just plays around with the teet 😅 got to love them tho, they’re such a joy regardless of how tired us mommas are 😍

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