Does my baby have a lip tie ?

My baby girl is 4 weeks old and is breast fed. I also pump due to her struggling to stay latched on to the nipple and gets her self distressed. She is currently only on the boob for 1/2 deeds a day, and has expressed milk for the other feeds (4oz). She is struggling with trapped wind, which I think is a result of her poor latch on to the bottle as she clicks on the bottle, chocks herself on the milk and takes in air. We have tried mam bottles & Dr brown bottles as well as infacol and colief.

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Looks like it, yeah. Do you also suspect a tongue tie? They very often, (but not always) come together, and tongue ties are typically responsible for the symptoms you’ve said.
It’s not routine in the UK to get a lip tie cut (just what I’ve been told when both my boys have had their tongue ties assessed)

My daughter had this, and they don’t do anything for it. Hers eventually split when she fell which is common with them (lots of blood but healed nicely)
I would also recommend checking for tongue tie as a lip tie doesn’t typically affect feeding

I was thinking that she may have a tongue tie too, I’m struggling to check as I’m not sure what I’m looking for. I’ve googled pics but they don’t seem to look like my daughters. Should I contact my gp or midwife or health visitor ?

Definitely worth investigating further if you have signs like the ones you’ve said, they’re really common tongue tie symptoms.
I’ve gone the HV route to get a referral, but GP may be able to help too. Just remember, neither of those professionals are tongue tie experts and shouldn’t be diagnosing them themselves, but referring you on to someone who can do a full assessment in babies mouth, and a feeding assessment too. I’ve been lucky in finding it straightforward and easy to get a referral and assessment but I’ve seen others struggle more to be seen, particularly if bottle feeding.

She has a lip tie! Three out of my four had one too! They don’t do anything with lip ties as they say they don’t affect feeding the way a tongue tie would. For me it definitely meant it was harder for them to latch as the top lip couldn’t curl back so it can be an issue. We managed to get by with all of ours, my little boy banged his mouth and tore his when he was older and my little girl had a football to the face and tore hers too! My 9 week olds is still intact and we have had a battle with breastfeeding as she also has a tongue tie but we’re getting there. I’d ask to be referred for an assessment by your HV to see if there is a to give tie present too! You can then decide if having it cut will be right for you both. Xx

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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.

Car seat

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