How many prams do I need?

This feels ridiculous but I’ve become obsessed with prams 😂 we got a second hand bugaboo fox 2 which is super comfy but massive, so also got a cheap second hand bugaboo bee 5 to stay at my parents, which is more nimble but not as sturdy and also doesnt work as carry on for travel so now looking at Cybex or Joolz Aer. Do I really need a third pram?!
Baby is 9 weeks and am taking a short flight at 3 months so will need one to travel with then…

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We’ve got 2 prams at our house, one at my mums and a travel stroller too 🙈 it’s an addiction! If you didn’t want to buy another you could hire to take away with you, we hired a yoyo x

You only need 1…

3 in total - a light travel pram in the boot of my car/to use on the plane (cybex pockit), our previous travel pram (cosatto woosh 3) at home that is our main pram now (replacing our big ickle bubba pram) and nanny/grandad bought their own huge pram 😂

I’m wondering this too! We have a second hand mamas and papas Ocarro, plus a lightweight pushchair which goes with LO to whichever grandparents’ house he is at and will likely end up remaining at my mother in laws. It isn’t suitable for flights though so now I’m looking at others….

I also want to get an off road 3 wheeler though!

We have 2, the one we bought for him as a newborn with the bassinet and the seat and then as he got older we got a lightweight stroller for daily use and travel x

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We have 2 - large one with huge shopping basket and great wheels from newborn and another lighter one for toddler use. Recently got a 3rd as needed a double pram for newborn and toddler. It's very normal to have more than 1 as your needs will change. Sell the ones you no longer need and get the others second hand. Most are almost new and only used 1-2 years

We have 3 but have two boys, one is a single we got for my first born which is a Zummi and it’s amazing, I wish we could get the exact same thing but for a newborn and toddler instead of just a single, one is a Hauck Duett 3 (we’re selling it) which is for both of them and I hate it with the burning passion of a thousand suns because it’s way too bulky and heavy and is just awful in absolutely every situation and the other is another twin pram by Graco (the Stadium) that is wayyy better, super easy to push, lightweight and folds easily with amazing storage space underneath

We’re also gonna get two single prams for travel when we go abroad

We’ve got the silver cross clic for travel and my tiny car boot, and the Nuna mixx for big walks with the dogs.

You only need 1. My parents have 1 at their house, which they bought and have used with my nieces and my son. Eventually we bought a stroller as the pram was too big to store in my car when we barely used it

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How would you feel?

Just curious as I feel like I’m being petty but I thought I’d ask. I made what I thought was a good mum friend a while ago but after a string of comments on my parenting and then the final breaking point was making unkind comments about my daughter that made my daughter cry because she said it in front of her to her own children I decided it was best to end the friendship. I said it politely and just said that I couldn’t have my daughter around someone like that and I wished her and her girls the best.

Well now probably my closest mum friend is hanging out with her a lot and they’ve gone on family days out etc.

Am I being petty? Would you be a little hurt by it?

I just wouldn’t entertain someone who spoke negatively about my close friends children or her parenting. I don’t know I guess I feel a little hurt 🫣

* I’d NEVER tell my friend who she can’t and can be friends with. I’m an adult and can deal with it quietly and be happy for her to have another friend but really.. it has to be THAT friend?!* 😂

Feeling guilty about stopping breastfeeding

I’m 5 week PP and have had mastitis twice, the first time resulted in hospital admission. I’m express breast feeding due to poor latch etc. I have such nipple trauma and pain which is not healing. I can’t bring myself to make the decision to stop breast feeding due to a feeling of guilt and failure. Any one else been through this?

Breast feeding

So I stopped BF at 3 weeks old and I stopped for 2 reasons

1) I hated what it was doing to my boobs and wanted one thing for myself since all of me belonged to my child
**(I know some of you may think that’s selfish on my part but my baby was strong and healthy and I asked my doctor what they thought before I stopped)**

2) i was going back to work and didn’t wanna stop working and go and pump every two hours because my work place was pretty fast paced and I didn’t wanna do that and it took about 45 minutes for me to set up and pump and then take everything down.

I want to restart since I am now a sahm.
Has anyone ever stopped and restarted after a few months??? If you did how was it? What did you do to restart your supply??

Speech delay

If both toddlers in a family have speech delay would you say it is the parenting fault? Maybe not reading enough or not using the best vocabulary with them? (both of mine have speech delay and it might because my husband and I are not elequent speakers🥲)

Anyone else?

When I get texts like these they feel invalidating. My sister and mom seem to think I’m perfectly fine. But little do they know I’m dying in the inside I have severe PPD. And honestly I have it together around them cause time I tried talking about these allegations when I was BEARLY a month PP my sister judged me wholeheartedly to the point where I had just wished I was silent and had said nothing. My mom does not care all she’ll hear are complaints and snatch my baby out of my arms so I can go “rest” but that’s not what I need… I need someone to talk about these feelings with, comfort, a helping hand when it comes to house work, or offering to pick up dinner or my groceries that are paid for all you need to do is drive up and text that your in parking spot ___.

When she snatches my baby out of arms I get upset and cry cause I wanna hold my baby I just need help with myself not the baby…. When I cry my mom orders me to rest but I can’t rest cause I just wanna hold my baby and talk to an actual person who is not a therapist about my struggles and get help. I try to tell my mom that I need that she doesn’t listen and only offers help for the baby so I can go that on my own…. I’m begging for help it feels like and no one helps or even wants to.

I’m hesitant on how to answer back to my sister as she is 1 of my 3 bosses and can fire me for whatever reason since it’s a self business thingy. She’s done it before and didn’t allow me to be in her son my nephews life for 6 whole months only cause I was talking about how bad of day I had and that I wish I was at home in bed alone but I’m here and ready to work…. Can’t talk to my mom obviously…. How do I answer back without being too “nasty”

Anyone else feeling this way? Or can relate to some or most of this?

Day starts at 2am with 5 week old

My 5 week old will go to sleep after a feed around 10/10:30pm BEAUTIFULLY. However once she has woken around 1:30-2am and we have changed and fed her (in low red light, no talking etc), she will be put down for all of 15 minutes before she is loudly grunting which leads to crying. It's worth saying that we are having to keep her upright for 20-30 minutes after each feed due to reflux.

She has recently been diagnosed with CMPA and has been moved onto prescribed milk with gaviscon for her reflux. We thought the discomfort from that was keeping her up but it isn't.
We are really struggling with this wake up time. Once we've spent an hour or two trying to get her back to sleep, one of us is forced to get up for the day with her around 4am.

I know she's very young, but any tips for getting her back down after that middle of the night feed would be greatly appreciated just to get a little more sleep.