Mamas with depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders

Hormones or depression

I have just moved from my two bedroom 2 bathroom apartment into my partners family members house. Unfortunately our finances aren’t able to afford rent in the city we live in & afford the baby, and if we move out of the city we both would have to find different jobs and wouldn’t have anyone to baby sit, any support or paid leave. I wasn’t fully thrilled about the idea but agreed to it. We moved in this weekend and I have hit a low. I just had a therapy and psych appointment last week where I was given Lexapro as a back up since I already struggled with moderate anxiety. I’ve never really had depression but I started feeling soooo incredibly low after this move. It worries me. Sometimes I’m just ok but I have always lived with friends or alone. Now I feel very restricted and awkward living with these people. We aren’t married, but they are trying to help us out which I am appreciative of but can’t get over this feeling. But there’s no plan to move out. I owe a lot on loans, cars, collections from med bills, and they said they wanted me to pay those first before we discussed moving out. It would take easily 6 months to catch up on the loans, pay some of my bills off and pay half my car. I want to be appreciative of the help, I really do but rn I can not get rid of this horrible dread feeling and it’s starting to give me anxiety. I’m debating on taking the Lexapro, I wasn’t going to but now I’m wondering if it would help. Idk if it’s hormones and I’ll get out of it or if it’ll get worse.

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Vanilla extract

Has anyone used alcohol free vanilla in their babies formal to help them drink?
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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)

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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.

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

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.