Clocks going forward-meltdown at bedtime

Has anyone else had a nightmare tonight getting their little one to sleep at ‘bedtime’ tonight? We woke up at normal time today (an hour early) and everything was going great. Naps and feeds were at ‘normal’ time. Went to put her to bed at 8pm as normal and she ended up having a massive meltdown, screaming her head off for 30 minutes. I got her back up, managed to settle her and went downstairs to play for another half an hour and then she went to bed at 9pm fine. I’m now not sure whether to accept that her new bedtime is 9pm and let her sleep in until 8am instead of 7am or to keep getting her up at 7am and trying to put her down at 8pm..

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I think I have been lucky with my LO who has gone to bed at the normal time today. When my older one was little I adjusted bedtime by 15 minutes so we got back to the correct time over four nights and was less of a shock.

Yea it was terrible he still woke at what would have been 6am yesterday morning but infact was the new 7am but last night didn’t go down til 11pm what would have been 10pm his usually soundo by 7 pm,I was trying since around the new 6pm trying to make it so the extra hr wasn’t noticed but his body clock was having none of it xx

I was lucky. My little one was fine but she also had a massive wake window and I had to wake her so she went to bed on time. She woke around her usual time 7:30 she’ll wake anytime from 6:30-8am and then went to bed at 7pm like usual so very lucky

her last wake window ended up being 5 hours long by the time she went to sleep 😅😂she had her last nap as usual and woke at 4 30pm and she was shattered but just wouldnt go down 😢I’ll try again tonight

My little one woke up at 7:30 yesterday and didn’t nap till 15:15ish then I had to wake her at half four which is when she usually wakes so she’ll go to bed normal time which she did thankfully.
Hopefully she’ll be better tonight for you🤞🏼🙏🏻

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Can someone pls help i keep making this post and nobody is responding

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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!

Rant/WWYD

My sister (youngest, 24) has two kids, 4 & 1, and i (oldest, 30) just have my one who’s 6mo old right now, so i ask her for advice or call her to vent about things sometimes. Well im tired of her turning around and telling my other family members that I’m “losing my sh*t.” Literally have not lost my sh*t nor have i ever freaked out to her about my baby, i just call her to talk and tell her what stage my baby is in or talk through how im feeling, but she chooses to tell people that im like a complete nutcase or something which worries me that my family is going to start being judgmental about me as a mother or looking at me funny like I’m some fragile ticking time bomb.

What would you do in this situation? I’m already pretty much decided that I’ll stop telling her anything about my struggles, but I’m almost at the point where i feel like it should be confronted because she, of all people, should understand what I’m going through.

Rapid cool/ hot shot method

Sorry if this sound stupid but how are we doing the hot shot method?
Are we boiling the kettle and letting it cool a little before adding to hot flask? Then with the cool water do you boil the kettle and leave it to cool right down before putting into another flask?
My baby brain is fried trying to work out the easiest way!