Next to me cot or normal cot

So we have very limited space in our bedroom and I was thinking about getting just a normal cot for both twins instead of two next to me cots unless there’s a next to me that would be big enough for both of them, or would I need to give them both separate beds straight away, I’m only 21+5 days pregnant with my boys but I want to make sure we are as prepared as we can be, I need to buy there bed/beds pretty soon now as there birth is just getting closer and closer and I don’t want to leave everything till last minute what bed/beds has everyone else gone with x

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I’m 24 weeks and we’ve gone for a normal cot in our room for them to sleep together and when they’re bigger they’ll be in one each x

Deff a bed side bassinet. Trust me you’ll thank yourself.

I’ll probably just get a cot then, would you say a space saver cot would be big enough or should I just go for one of the bulkier ones 🤣🤣 I had a space saver one for my daughter but she ended up sleeping in my bed with me up untill she was 2 then we just got a toddler bed and got rid of the cot as she looked to big for the cot just don’t want to waste money again 🤣🤣 xxx

do they do one big enough for both twins? I don’t really want to separate them straight away unless I have too weather I got a cot or next to me it was gunna go next to my bed anyway as that’s the only place I see it fitting in our room atm x

I’m 29 weeks but we’ve got a one size cot - that’ can also have a side removed and then used as a next to me cot

I got a normal copy that actually transforms into a toddler bed so 🤞🏾 it can be used till they are 4. Initially they will share one until they can’t which I’m sure will last at least a year (if I don’t end up co-sleeping). All the other newborn cots only suitable for 6 months. I thought that was a waste of money.

yes there are big ones. Not sure how safe it is for twins to sleep together, or if it is, until what age.. something to look into. But many of the the bedside bassinets come on wheels so you can take it with you anywhere, kitchen, bathroom while showering etc. usually fit babies until 1 years old then you can get a Montessori floor bed since they will be able to crawl onto it by then, and sleep together since most have rails. Floor beds will last for years.

In the UK it’s different what’s available to us for the bedside cribs not really any big enough for 2 and none on wheels that I’ve come across, they can safe sleep together until they can roll

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Can someone pls help i keep making this post and nobody is responding

My boyfriend booked a trip for us to go to mexico for a week as my push present. I have severe anxiety leaving my 7 month old with my mom. I know she will be in good hands but she’s exclusively breast fed for the most part but accepts bottles just fine. i have all my pumping parts packed and will pump when baby normally eats but i don’t want baby to forget me or have latch issues when i return!! any mommas ever experience this?

Postpartum

I’m only 3 days postpartum (FTM) and already have extremely bad anxiety. I’m crying every night, as I think of another night of no sleep. My baby will not settle in his cot, he cries every moment we put him down unless in his chair rocker. So me and my partner are having to alternate after 3/4 hours of being awake with him downstairs. I’m trying everything to get him to settle. It’s a load of overwhelming stress. I’m 23, I was desperate for a baby and now I have one and feel completely useless. I miss it just being me and my partner.

When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

Night time routine

Heya, my 3 week old daughter is currently exclusively breastfed and I’m not pumping. Can anyone recommend the best way to share the load with my partner? At the moment I’m doing all the feeds/burbs/settling and my partner is sleeping through which obviously isn’t sustainable, I’m trying to work out the best way to get him involved. Any advice very much appreciated!

Rant/WWYD

My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.

Rapid cool/ hot shot method

Sorry if this sound stupid but how are we doing the hot shot method?
Are we boiling the kettle and letting it cool a little before adding to hot flask? Then with the cool water do you boil the kettle and leave it to cool right down before putting into another flask?
My baby brain is fried trying to work out the easiest way!