Crying

My baby has become such a crier recently she’s never been a wingey baby ever but recently she’s just started crying and crying whenever she gets frustrated with anything and it’s becoming increasingly hard to manage.. she isn’t sleeping great at all at the moment we’re up almost every hour of the night and naps are basically none existent so I know alot of this is tiredness, but omg is it hard to listen to especially because I know when she starts it will go on for hours and there’s nothing that will stop her apart from sleep.. I’m on my own at the moment as my partner works away but I’m struggling to manage it, my daughter is an absolute Houdini and can escape her chair in seconds, I put her down on the rug and he’s crawled half way across the room and reaching for things she can’t have i literally can’t take my eye off her as she’s soo dangerous but I also just need 5 mins sometimes and the crying is driving me crazy I feel terrible even saying this but I feel myself constantly just saying I can’t take it anymore and most days I’m crying with her I find it absolutely harrowing to hear her crying it makes me feel frustrated and panicky and soo many different things and I just feel like I genuinely can’t take anymore, between the lack of sleep and the constant crying I’m soo overstimulated everyday, I’m struggling to get out of a rut at the moment and I feel miserable, I keep telling my partner I can’t mentally take it anymore and it makes me feel like a useless mum because I feel like I can’t do it but I genuinely feel like I’m losing my mind 😢

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When did you circumcise your baby?
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Did you wait a certain amount of time or have it done immediately?
Again respectfully, this is only for the parents who choose to do so.
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Can someone pls help i keep making this post and nobody is responding

My boyfriend booked a trip for us to go to mexico for a week as my push present. I have severe anxiety leaving my 7 month old with my mom. I know she will be in good hands but she’s exclusively breast fed for the most part but accepts bottles just fine. i have all my pumping parts packed and will pump when baby normally eats but i don’t want baby to forget me or have latch issues when i return!! any mommas ever experience this?

Postpartum

I’m only 3 days postpartum (FTM) and already have extremely bad anxiety. I’m crying every night, as I think of another night of no sleep. My baby will not settle in his cot, he cries every moment we put him down unless in his chair rocker. So me and my partner are having to alternate after 3/4 hours of being awake with him downstairs. I’m trying everything to get him to settle. It’s a load of overwhelming stress. I’m 23, I was desperate for a baby and now I have one and feel completely useless. I miss it just being me and my partner.

When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

Night time routine

Heya, my 3 week old daughter is currently exclusively breastfed and I’m not pumping. Can anyone recommend the best way to share the load with my partner? At the moment I’m doing all the feeds/burbs/settling and my partner is sleeping through which obviously isn’t sustainable, I’m trying to work out the best way to get him involved. Any advice very much appreciated!

Can someone speak on drug screening and c section?

I smoked all through my first pregnancy and tested positive didn’t have any issues a social worker came in and spoke to me and hubby and that was it but this time I’m having an elective c section and wondering did they drug test you there?