Struggling, EBF

Hi all, been struggling the last few weeks, I pretty much exclusively breastfeed my baby but I am still pretty overwhelmed I want to hand some responsibility over to my partner but I need ideas 😢 I pump at least a few times a week to store milk but also because we aim to have me go to bed around 8pm then if she needs a bottle before 12 he will do it but she often doesn’t need it so then she’s not really having bottles ever, when does everyone else do their pumping/bottles? Ugh, this is so hard! 😭

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we try to give her a bottle at least once every few days (my husband will do the feed and i’ll pump) just so she hopefully stays familiar with them

It's hard I completely agree! I would be exploring where the overwhelm comes from, is it the physical touch, lack of sleep or all things combined!? Then rather than passing over the feeding duties, you might pass the baby over when awake to your partner to give yourself time to have your body to yourself, or time to sleep during the day. Pumping is great too of course but try to explore specifically what your needs are so you know what to ask for

such a good point. I actually really like feeding her, I think the main stressor is that I don’t have a break during the day because she won’t sleep unless she’s on someone, I’m
So overwhelmed with all the voices out there about sleep training and all these things but I just don’t know how to get her to sleep in the cot or anywhere else not on me. Because I fry all day but it gets to the point where I just need to get her to have a decent sleep because she’s only had short naps all day.

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