Advice

My son is approaching 17 months old. He still has a bottle of warm cows milk before bed. He has teeth now and is getting older. When he was around 13 months old I tried switching him to a toddler cup/bottle for his milk as I read about it not being good for them to still have a bottle with a proper teat especially after 1 years old or if they have teeth. Does anyone have a child of the same age who still has milk before bed? Or their child did at this age? I’m a first time mum and no clue when/if I should be weening him off of it or using something that’s not a bottle?

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Quick PSA

Don’t be a fool like me! Before you run upstairs to have a quickie with your husband make sure your baby monitor receiver is turned off so the whole rest of your house doesn’t hear ur shenanigans. 🫠🫠🫠

Sleep!!

Our little girl at 10 weeks just slept from 730pm to 430am. She fell asleep on her dad and in bringing her upstairs at 10pm she was still fast asleep so decided as she was fed just before that to leave her until she stirs. She’s usually a good sleeper on the first stint of the night with atleast 6/7 hours but tonight she’s gone 9! Besides a little leakage as I’m exclusively breastfeeding I have no concerns. Would this one off affect my milk supply? For context when she woke she fed for 10 mins which is average for her and was content/ didn’t seem to be struggling.

Is my friend just spoiled or is she a terrible mother

I know that sounds harsh. But one of my best friends has changed since she married her husband who has money..

Shes due in May, doesnt seem excited about the baby at all. Talks about how she would never get pregnant again and would use a surrogate even tho shes had 0 real issues .. and surrogacy is hardly ethical. Regardless i dont judge it because its her choice.. now its added in with this other stuff im feeling otherwise.

She has a nanny, which i think is fine. We all deserve help! But now i found out the baby is going to be sleeping on an entirely different floor. IN THE NANNIES ROOM in a bassinet. The nanny will be doing all the “work” She says she never wants to hear the baby cry, she said she would never even let the baby in the bed to nurse… she’s wealthy beyond belief. Has everything she could want. I thought she would take motherhood seriously. Im not saying we all should struggle but this is hard for me to understand.. im not sure if it’s pregnancy hormones but shes acting like she doesnt even care about this child and only wants to do the “fun” stuff. Doesnt want to do diapers, treating this baby like its not a whole person. Says she will sleep train them as soon as she can and she doesnt give a f*** if the baby is crying for hours .. like it just does not seem to bother her? In hoping that things change when she her son.

Im struggling to stay close with her because i feel like shes now border-lining on neglect ? Am i wrong? Is this not crazy behaviour? And mind u this isnt the half of it !

Baby not sleeping

Baby is 4 weeks old, last night he didn't sleep for literally one second unless he was on one of us. Clean nappy, fed more than enough (formula), burped well, made sure he was in deep sleep before transferring to next to me... awake within seconds. All day today he has been awake but not crying / fussy, just awake. And now the same as last night, awake and crying as soon as I put him down. I'm exhausted! What is going on?!

Baby lost weight

We had our first health visitor visit today and baby had lost some weight since her birth. She was born at 2.9kg at birth. On day 3 her weight was 2.6kg and the pediatrician advised a feeding plan including supplementing formula so we did that and her weight went up to 2.81lg by day 5. We then slowly cut down on formula feeding as my milk supply started to gradually come in, and only formula feeding once just before bedtime. Today at day 12 her weight was 2.74kg and we're advised to go back on formula again also maybe during the sleeping hours so I can have better rest as that impacts supply too.

Has anyone been in similar situation or have any advice around a strategy we can use? Ideally we still want to feed baby mainly with breast milk, pumped or directly, but of course would like her to gain weight properly.

How much does your LO drink?

My baby boy is just over 2 weeks old and he is taking 6 oz’s sometimes up to 8 oz at night before sleep! He only weighs 7lb 5.

Is this normal?