Breastfeeding with large nipples

Hello 👋🏽 I’m currently 33 weeks pregnant with the second and just trying to get prepared (as much as you can 😅). With my first we struggled to breastfeed and particularly from 3 weeks. I saw a lactation consultant and they told me that it was because my baby had a small and shallow latch. She wasn’t getting to the hindmilk and my breasts weren’t getting fully stimulated. This was due to a combo of baby having restricted tongue movement and I have quite large nipples and she said “unusual shape” 😅. I’m curious if anyone has had to work with large nipples and what solutions exist? I even struggled with some breast pumps because my nipples are too big.

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Advice pls💔💔💔

Advice please. So I live at home with my mom with my daughter whos 10 months old and my mom doesn’t work so she’s at home with me all day every day and she helps out a lot with my daughter and always has done since she was born especially at the start as I really struggled with PPD and I’ve noticed this since the start but I just feel like my daughter either just prefers my mom or thinks my moms her mom as she always wants to go to her and now she crawls she crawls to my mom instead of me, I’ve heard that babies know who their mom is due to smell etc but I just dont believe that she thinks im her mom. How do I change this and make her know im her mom ? Im
Also worried as I go back to work in a few weeks and my mom will be looking after her while im working so this will strengthen their bond even more💔💔💔 advice please?

How many naps does your 4MO have?

Hi ladies, just wondered how many naps your bubbas are having a day?

My little girl sleeps from 7:30pm - 6:30am ish and is still having around 5 naps a day. Her WW vary from an hour up to around 1hr 30/45 mins. I keep reading everywhere about babies transitioning to 3 naps a day but I just don’t see how this is possible as my LO gets so fussy if I push her WW too long.

TIA 🙏🤞

How much does your baby eat

Hello,

How much does your baby eat?

My boy is 4 months (17 + 5 weeks) and he weights 7kg (born 3.5kg)
Sometimes I have feeling he is eating too much…
From yesterday I had to start giving him more food as he started crying after food and asking for more. (100% formula)
He eats around 1.3L in 24 hours (6 feeds with 5 being during the day and 1 overnight) . On internet it says baby can eat 150-200ml per 1kg body weight so in theory my baby can eat max 1.4L so it would tell me he is not eating too much… just on higher end.
Then on internet it says baby shouldn’t eat more than 32oz (900ml) in 24 hours. So I’m a bit confused…

Hardest stage yet

I love my little boy to death but my god the 4-6 month stage is killing me off!
I did struggle with the newborn stage being a new mum but wow bring back my newborn 😭

Naps no more than 40 minutes at a time,
He use to sleep through now wakes up 1/2 times a night and wants to start the day at 6am 😴
Screaming like a banshee, loves to roll about but hates the fact he can’t crawl yet and makes it known 😂
cannot be kept entertained for more than 10 minutes at a time.
Doesn’t want to be held sometimes but doesn’t want to be put down (I can’t win 😅)
If it wasn’t for his cheeky personality and the smiles/belly laughs I think I would have lost my mind at this point!

Please tell me I’m not alone 🥲

Sleep training

Hi, has anyone started sleep training with their babies yet? I have been trying for the last few days and it broke me last night. I sobbed. I can’t see my baby that distressed. It’s awful. I guess I’m just wondering if I’m missing something or if there is light at the end of the tunnel! I really want her to be able to self soothe but am unsure how to teach her without letting her get so worked up. I think we are also in leap 5, so should I wait until after?

Getting out of the house

Please tell me I’m not the only one who finds it near impossible to get out of the house with my LO 😓 She’s 4.5 months and I’ve barely gone outside since giving birth. Where I live it’s still super cold and the 3 times I attempted an outdoor walk with her she started crying after 10 minutes…
She won’t nap or nurse on the go anymore and still nurses every 1.5-2 hours. Up until 4 months her cluster feeding was so frequent I couldn’t go anywhere because of that. I’m completely house bound and going crazy. I feel like every other new mom I see on my social media is out to restaurants, Pilates classes, vacations, etc with their babies and for some reason I’m the only one who can’t handle it. Tell me this gets easier 😭