Day Naps

Does anyone else’s LO just not want to nap during the day? We’re very fortunate he sleeps well at night but he’s basically awake all day with maybe a couple 15 minute contact naps across the whole day..

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Were the exact same! She’s 6 weeks old and never really slept in the day but at the night, we have to wake her for feeding. She gets grouchy towards the evening because she’s so tired and just fights it🤣x

Yep!! I posted about this today too!

My LO is 7 weeks and she barely sleeps at all in the day, has short naps if we are in the car or having a cuddle but I think that is helping her sleep better at night. She sleeps from 9:30pm until around 6am with 1 wake up.

Our little boy was like this and so we introduced a dummy and this has helped us get him into a bit of a routine for wake time then sleeping as I can tell he was tired but he would fight it! Then I felt guilty he wasn't getting the sleep he probably needed. But now I worry I'll miss feeding cues if he has a dummy 🙈 thankfully doesn't need it at night and sleeps ok-ish. All trial and error isn't it!

I had this and I found my baby was struggling to sleep at night (overtired maybe?!) so I really prioritised getting him to nap more during the day… for us the sling has been amazing, now he naps for 2-3 hours at a time in the sling during the day and sleeps much better at night.

I've found this too! I've found taking him out in the pram or putting him in the sling really helps! Unfortunately that means no rest for you though x

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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!

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!