Deep in the newborn trenches

First time mama here & daughter is 2 weeks and 2 days old. We are doing pretty good so far despite the sleep deprivation 😅

Our daughter is a great sleeper during the day, and wakes every 2 1/2 - 3 hours after a feeding. Dr. Told us we can let her sleep and she will wake us at night now that she has surpassed her birth weight. The first two nights of this, she had a 4 hour stretch which was a HALLELUJAH feeling with just an additional hour LOL. However, that changed fast and now she is waking around 4/4:30 and staying up fussy until 7:30 AM.

Any advice on how to settle her down when she’s a fussy girl at these super inconvenient times? 😂

ALSO, she makes a lot of grunting noises. Just a little curious if anyone else’s little one is very noisy, even in their sleep? Sometimes she sounds like she’s tryin to clear her throat, other times she is grunting which I’m assuming she’s trying to poop??? And other times she sounds like a lamb. LOL. Any advice is appreciated

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Wdy think of this for a toddler to learn word construction?

I'm open to anything else to start teaching him to read and write. He's 3!

Do men really enjoy fellatio?

Been together more than 10 years, but it's been a while since he even seemed remotely interested in me getting on my knees, or vice versa so to speak. I think it was once last year. Must be something I am doing wrong 🤔. Generally everything else in that department is great and we have two young kids with no extra support, so it's quite surprising we can't keep our hands off each other but may need to try new things. It's basically 2 positions each time with some foreplay.

Vanilla extract

Has anyone used alcohol free vanilla in their babies formal to help them drink?
I’m 100% sure my baby refuses her bottles as she doesn’t like the taste of it!

Just anxious to try it, don’t want her to get used to it and then refuse bottles again after two weeks of using (correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve read you use it for 2 weeks max)

TIA 🙂

Car seat crying

My 6 month old PANICS the second I put him in a car seat and screams, cries, chokes and recently even projectile vomited on a 14 minute drive. It’s gotten to the point I don’t even bring him out unless it’s to a doctors appointment. I’m a stay at home mom with no family in my state and it has been very isolating. We’ve tried 3 different car seats with no improvement. Has anyone had a baby who hated the car seat? Any advice? This started at 3 months. I will add it does seem worse when he’s tired. He does cry on every trip though. He only contact naps and co sleeps so he reaches for me and will not sleep in the car seat.

Sex post C section

Hi ladies I’m 4 weeks 5 days postpartum and I had a C section. I’m not bleeding properly anymore just some brownish discharge stuff that starts on and off. I’d like to do the deed with my partner; is it okay to do so or shall I wait the full 6 weeks. I feel up for it but also worried because the advice is 6-8 weeks.

Naps

How is everyone doing for naps?

Little one is 9 months old and will have 2 half hour naps and one solid 1 hour - 2 hour nap a day

Then settles for night around 9pm. Wakes for a feed around 3:30 then sleeps until 6-7