How to know when to move to from pram bassinet to seat?

My little girl is 4 months next week and I’m still using the bassinet on the pram. There’s loads of room left in it but for some reason it’s stopped being effective getting her to sleep. It used to send her to sleep in minutes and now she’ll just lie in there and cry for the whole walk if I don’t pick her up. I’m wondering whether it’s because she wants to see what’s going on so wondering whether I should try to switch to the seat

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I changed over at 3 months for this exact reason x

I changed over just over 3 months because my little girl was exactly the same and now she’s back to sleeping and loving it in the pram now she can see things. Mine reclines so she’s not fully sat up, no harm in just trying it and seeing

I changed to the big boy pram a few weeks ago (LO is 4 months this weekend) he would scream the bassinet down - he is a long and big baby. Since moving to big boy pram he is a lot more settled and loves to look at the world when we go for walks. Sometimes I get as far as pushing the pram out of the house and within 5 mins (laying completely flat) he is out for the count

I sit him up slightly as well and he will fall asleep here too, as soon as he does I fully recline and he stays asleep

I’ve just switched mine as she was trying to sit up sort of xx

My little girl has loads of room in the carry cot on her pushchair but she hates it now because she’s very nosey and needs to see everything😂 as she’s almost sitting up now I’m swapping to the seat this weekend to test it out and see how she likes it, she’s 4 and half months now☺️x

Just changed this week (4.5 months) after mine was crying unless I put the bassinet hood down. Put her in the seat and she’s thrilled to be able to see everything :)

Just changed mine and my little boy is 4 months next week. He just outgrew the bassinet and would wake up so easily and then just cry until picked up. Tested the seat out today and he loved looking out and no crying 😅

I could have written this myself!

Thank you everyone xx

Mines the same and been thinking if it’s time to change up! She used to love it but now squirms to see things and her legs are having over the end 😂 might change it today and see how she gets on! And also our car seat to the next one up, anyone else feel strangely emotional about this like their growing too fast?! 😂🥺 Like where’s my baby going?! 😂 xxx

I use the seat to prop my son up a tiny bit when he wakes up. So long as your seat can still lie flat theres no harm in it. Just make sure youre strapping baby in x

I changed over about 16 weeks x

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Over supply of milk

I am nearly 5weeks postpartum and I have such a big over supply of BM.
Has anyone donated / sold their supply, if so where do you recommend for this?

AITA

In the uk there is an outbreak of meningitis, in a specific area mainly. My BD has family from that area and decided to go and meet up with them, I said if he does then he cannot have contact with the kids for 7-10 days after incase he picks anything up. Am I being over dramatic? I reallyyy don’t want my young kids getting anything serious

I think its fair

Me and my partner agreed to sleep in 1 day of the weekend.
He doesn't find it fair to look after both kids (my 4 year old isnt his) while i sleep so he looks after the baby while i sleep and my toddlers at his dads and ill look after both the next day.
Straightaway it was pretty unfair as i let him sleep in until he wakes up 10-12
He wakes me up when baby starts fussing because he wants milk (doesnt need it)
I cant pump as i dont supply enough.
So i get woken at 9/9:30 to feed baby then i get him sleep then theres no point sleeping in as my toddlers being dropped off.
I also find it unfair that i get both kids to sleep most night, i get my toddler to sleep everyday hes home (4/5days) and i get my baby to sleep most nights with the exception of maybe twice a month as his dad struggless then about 95% of his thru the day naps.
I have also been unwell for a few months (tumor scare) and am waiting 18 weeks to see a specialist so im obviously petrified for that, so unbelievably tired and alot of aches and pains, specifically these pounding headaches ive been having.
After i had been up til 11:30 getting both kids to sleep lastnight and my partner falling asleep at 10 then him ignoring the baby cries all morning until my toddler woke up im fed up slammed to door and rold him not to expect to sleep in unless he gets the baby to sleep the night b4.
I keep having issues with him not feeling the wet from baby being sick or weeing himself or being able to smell it do about 98% of the time hes given to me i have to clean him up n change him.
Including at night, we agreed my partner would change nappies (1 a night at 5am) while i feed (2,4,5,6:30) but every night when i get him hes pissed through and my partner gets annoyed when i wake him up n moan about it.
Then the morning after hes annoyed at how much washing there is (thats his job) and moans about how often i change myself (baby constantly shits thru and sicks on me) and baby
Honestly im just so tired all the time

Baby clothes

Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

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No idea which car seat to get next. Please hit me with your recommendations, 1year+ (preferably rear facing or 360). Thank you 🫶🏻