Co-sleeping

Anyone co sleeping. I just want to sleep with my husband but my baby just wants to cuddle with me only. I just feel horrible if I do a cry out method

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I snuggle him to sleep and leave him in his own bed so I don't wake him when I go to work in the morning.

We used to cosleep and transitioned baby into a floor bed at 10 months, she’s been sleeping there for a month now and she’s sleeping better than she ever slept after waking up more than 3 times every night when she was sleeping in bed with us! She woke up when I moved or if I woke up to go to the bathroom and now she wakes up maybe 1 time or not at all in her room, and the best part is that my husband and I got our room back, also floor bed worked better for us instead of crib, she moves a lot and banged her head multiple times at night ending in more wake ups too

I was co-sleeping up until 2 weeks ago! It wasn’t working for us as she would still wake up multiple times a night when I would leave to sleep in my own bed with my husband. (She sleeps on a twin bed on her bedroom floor. Her doctor recommended I just sit by the bed she normally sleeps in so she can see me but not cuddle with me to fall asleep so she isn’t associating sleep with me. It’s worked like a charm! She is sleeping through the night! (With the occasional wake up at 5:30am where she usually falls back asleep within 20 min) I sit by her bed and when she crawls over to me I simply calmly place her back in bed with her binki and lovey and after a surprising 15 minutes the first night she curled up with a little fussing, and fell, fell asleep on her own. If I leave the room before she falls asleep she goes nuts and I can’t handle that but just sitting there is working for us 👍🏼 Just do what works for you and your family!

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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

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.

Car seat

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

At this point I’m not enjoying motherhood

My 22 month old is horrendous at the moment🫣 biting, hitting, pushing, pulling and shoving not only adults but children he also wants what other children have and will just snatch it away from them.

We repeat ‘nice hands’ ‘be gentle’ ‘let’s share’ etc

But how do I make him understand what he’s doing isn’t very nice? At the end of the day I feel like I’ve just been saying his name all day and nothing else.

What can I do?