Breastfeeding (first two weeks)

Who finds this challenging?? The cluster / comfort feedings are insane. I find myself feeding for 3 hours straight because my bub just won’t settle until he’s milk drunk. I feel like giving up but everyone says it’s easier after week 4 when your supply has been established.

Would love to hear more about your early bf journey.

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Those first few weeks were SO hard! I felt like a literal slave to my newborn, she was constantly attached to my boob. I remember thinking “how am I going to do this for a whole year?” Now my baby is 11 months old and it’s such a breeze, I feel like I could bf as long as she wants to!

They usually cluster feed a lot in the beginning or does get better overtime your milk supply is sorta still building to fit your babies needs it happens to my son and he is great now don’t give up momma the first two weeks are the most challenging imo but not too bad to me it goes by fast

I’m 7 months in and I love it

The cluster feeding is definitely normal, common and exhausting. It’s cause baby is trying to put on weight and also increasing future supply. It takes 12weeks for milk to regulate btw but cluster feeding usually doesn’t last more than 2weeks. It’ll pass but yeah it’s hard in the beginning happened with both of my EBF babies. It’s how it’s supposed to be, it will be okay

Thanks all. I’m also trying to figure out if it’s cluster feeding or comfort sucking. Because he won’t settle I put him on the boob and sometimes he’s barely sucking which is also frustrating. So I’m just trying to figure it out

when did nursing get easier for you and how long did you spend feeding each side?

It’s as hard as it feels. I was shocked at how hard it was. it got easier around 6 weeks. At the 3 month mark my LO discovered lights and stopped latching during the day. I’ve been supplementing formula since.
I think I let my anxiety of her loosing weight get the best of me- shouldn’t have introduced the bottle so soon.
You’re doing great!!!

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Hour night wakes and 5am get up

Can anyone shed some light as to why on earth my child doesn’t want to sleep??? My eyeballs are bleeding!!

Never been a good sleeper, but the problems always changing. He’s nearly 9 months old.

Beginning of the month he dropped to 2 naps. We could put him to bed at 7pm and he’d get up for the day at 6am, with multiple wake ups every 2/3 hours.

Now we put him down at 7pm, he can do a good 4/5 hour stretch, but come 1/2am he’s up every hour then getting up for the day at 5am. This then completely messes up the day because I can’t keep him awake long enough to even get to 7pm, let alone later.

He has 2 naps, roughly about 1hr10 each but it changed based on when he wakes and trying to get him to a reasonable bed time.

What could be the reason for this? 6am is fine, but 5am is not 😩😩

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

Car seat

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