First night at home

We didn't get any sleep last night. The baby constantly wanted to be held. He has been attached to his pacifier. Anyone else went through this? How did you make the transition easier?

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I’m on my second day home with no sleep and I’m exhausted 😩😩😩 he cried all last night and would not sleep unless it was on my chest. I’m overwhelmed.

same. I'm feeling really exhausted. Mine also wanted skin to skin all night. Or at least me holding him all night. He let his dad hold him some but he was still just fussy. Is yours breast or bottle fed?

Very normal. All of my babies have been this way. Cosleeping is the only way I’ve got any sleep with my babies. Google safe sleep seven if you’re worried about cosleeping. Just remember they’ve been in your belly so they just are overwhelmed being out and want to be on you to feel your heart etc. very normal. One thing that helps me a lot is baby wearing at home with my newborns. Not the clipping carriers that are all bulky but baby wearing with a wrap. The solly wrap is my favorite but there’s tons of options online. You can google farmhouse on Boone newborn wrap and see a tutorial for how to wear baby. They can nap on you that way and you can have mobility and get things done without needing to hold them. Game changer

Putting the baby on the bed next to me has worked wonders.

Mine wouldn’t sleep anywhere but on us so when we switched to cosleeping, everyone slept better.

I’m formula feeding him. I hope something changes soon because I’m so sleep deprived!

yes, mine loves skin to skin and being held

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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....

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.

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!

i just want someone to talk to😔😔😔😔

when things get hard i have nothing not any support from my partner im convinced he doesn’t even love me anymore but thats another story
I have a 3 yo and a 2yo that are in bed sleeping only just now. I have a 1 yo that’s been sleeping from 8 o’clock to 10 o’clock. I just gave her her milk and she would’ve gone back to sleep if it wasn’t that
I lost her dummy earlier in the day when I went out
so now she won’t go back to sleep and she won’t accept any of the other dummy’s i have!😔😔and it’s 10 o’clock and I’m gonna be up until 3 o’clock with her and when she does want to go to sleep i won’t have any dummy to give her she will accept and she won’t sleep without it i just wanna cry 😔i have nobody to talk to and i feel so alone i get no support from anybody i’m so tired and i don’t feel well to top it off😔

Has anyone died their kids hair a fun color and have any recommendations for kid friendly hair dye that actually works and stays in the hair for a bit? 👀👀👀

She has 3b brown hair and wants kpop demon hunter purple

Sleeping bag

8 week old in sleeping bag for first time as big enough! Do you feed your child in the night whilst in the sleeping bag or taken them out, feed then transfer back to sleeping bag before putting down?