Formula

What is with mother in laws banging on about formula when a baby is exclusively breastfeeding honestly we told her he won’t really take a bottle he will take like and ounce or 2 then just not entertain it her advice just don’t feed him he will get hungry enough at somepoint I said I’m not gonna starve my baby Jsut so he will take a bottle then she keeps phoning saying she’s seen formula on sale we informed her again he’s exclusively breast fed and doesn’t really take a bottle it’s a waste of money and when he does have a bottle it is breastmilk it’s been 2 weeks and she’s still going on about the formula being on sale saying it was only 20p but it’s like if it’s 20p it much expire really soon or have something really wrong with it I’ll pass I think she might be lieing about it being 20p so she can buy it and say it was only 20p

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These women don’t understand that no means no. What is your obsession with feeding my baby? They’re fed. They’re happy. End of story.

Honestly I partner took my daughter 17 month round for 10 minutes yesterday she smelt that bad of fag smoke I asked my partner if she had been smoking over the top of her head said his mum didn’t even smoke well they were their honestly the smell of fags was disgusting

You would think she’d prefer he be exclusively breastfed it’s got so many more benefits…. But don’t feel to bad my 2 month old started teething early and we’ve been giving him baby Tylenol and my bf and I decided our families would wait until he was home for a bit for most of them to see him cause he was in nicu for the first 3 weeks of his life so yesterday my family all came over and every met him or some saw him again and everyone ate and my grandpas wife was holding him and we gave her his Tylenol if he needed it and she’s like no I’m not giving it to him and I’m in my head like who tf are u to tell me your not gonna give my son medicine that’s gonna make him not scream in pain because he’s teething gtfoh that’s why you can I’ll only see us and him in Christmas 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

were talking about a woman here that brags about giving her son mash potatoes at 5 weeks old and wonders why all her children have digestive or skin conditions xx

Feeding a bottle to a baby is a huge part of that Playing Mommy game that MILs are so fond of. Plus, how can you post cute selfies to make yourself look like Granny of the Year if there's someone else's boob in the background? 🙃

I exclusively pumped and I never let anyone but me and my partner feed the baby lol idk why they think bottle fed means that everyone gets a turn. I still don’t let anyone feed him and he’s 7 months old.

Sorry for the late reply but that not ok real food isn’t good for babies especially not babies that new 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

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Wdy think of this for a toddler to learn word construction?

I'm open to anything else to start teaching him to read and write. He's 3!

Do men really enjoy fellatio?

Been together more than 10 years, but it's been a while since he even seemed remotely interested in me getting on my knees, or vice versa so to speak. I think it was once last year. Must be something I am doing wrong 🤔. Generally everything else in that department is great and we have two young kids with no extra support, so it's quite surprising we can't keep our hands off each other but may need to try new things. It's basically 2 positions each time with some foreplay.

I think Motherhood has made me more bitter than I realized…

This is such a ramble but I don’t know where else to put it all.

I’m four months in and I don’t really have hobbies right now. I don’t do anything for myself except maybe doomscrolling or listening to a podcast while I breastfeed my baby. I used to craft and have game nights with friends. Activities that usually are at least 2 hour stretches. Now if I have an hour free my mind immediately goes to baby, or doing something in the house for baby.

And I thought I didn’t mind. Like I knew postpartum could be very mentally consuming. But I think it’s altering how I view people around me and it’s prodding at my relationship with my husband.

He spends most of his time making food for us, looking after our dogs, playing with the baby, ect. But he still has time for his hobby. Spends maybe an hour a night on it. Even adapted to using a bot for shopping for his hobby after a certain incident where we had to have a heart to heart after he left me home alone with the baby for hours during a busy workday (I work from home) to shop for his hobby.

And yet there’s like this little green eyed monster in me that rages every time I know he’s running off to start up the bot. Even though I’m the reason he does it this way.

We took a family trip last weekend to see his best friend and their kids and let them meet the baby. He brought the laptop. He’s always brought a laptop on trips and it’s never been a problem to me before. But one night we both woke up while the baby was still asleep, and he wandered out of the room. I tried to fall back asleep but couldn’t. So I went to the kitchen to try having something warm to drink to settle me. And he was there at the table running the bot from his laptop. I flipped out at him. But there really wasn’t reason to. It’s not like I needed help with the baby and he was ignoring me. He wasn’t avoiding our friends. He was just awake and unable to sleep and found something to do with his time. Yet my snap reaction was “why the hell would you do this on a family trip?”

I don’t know what it is. Maybe it’s the less complete sleep from baby’s middle of the night feed? My brain being just consumed by baby? Maybe I’m not as over that shopping incident as I thought? But I’m just so annoyed at his hobby right now. The green eyed monster thinks “you could be using that time differently” but realistically to do what exactly??? Stare at our baby in the dark???

I spent probably an hour apologizing to him after I snapped. And he’s of course hurt and frustrated because I said some very mean things in the moment.

I don’t want to be this jealous, angry person. But I also don’t know how to find time for myself in this right now outside of basic hygiene. It’s like I’ve forgotten how to be myself, even if just for an hour.

Maybe I need a therapist.

Naps

How is everyone doing for naps?

Little one is 9 months old and will have 2 half hour naps and one solid 1 hour - 2 hour nap a day

Then settles for night around 9pm. Wakes for a feed around 3:30 then sleeps until 6-7

Vanilla extract

Has anyone used alcohol free vanilla in their babies formal to help them drink?
I’m 100% sure my baby refuses her bottles as she doesn’t like the taste of it!

Just anxious to try it, don’t want her to get used to it and then refuse bottles again after two weeks of using (correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve read you use it for 2 weeks max)

TIA 🙂

Pumping advise

FTM to a 2 week old! I’m breastfeeding and then giving one formula bottle last in the evening before bed. I want to start expressing milk to give me some breathing room and also allow my partner to be more involved in feeding. I’m finding the idea of introducing pumping into my day quite overwhelming though. I don’t want to take milk away from my baby by pumping if he needs it during the day when being breastfeed.

Can anyone advise how I start pumping and when to do it? Thank you!