Anxiety

Anybody else constantly monitor their baby when they’re breathing, making noises etc? Any tips on how to reduce the anxiety of it all?

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This is me, I have health anxiety

No advice just trust that babies are stronger than we think
Mines had a cold and conjunctivitis at 3 weeks old, it’s good to build up there immune system

It's okay to wake up and check on your kids , every mom those it . It's just your instincts of being a mom , cause your brain is in high alert

You could get an owlet for peace of mind

I do think they give false alarms though and can end up making anxiety worse
It’s up to you though

As long as you know your baby is okay and that you know he already eat, changed and burped . You know that he/she is okay and to make sure .

Yes i do and no advice sorry 😅 I lost the charger for the monitor a while ago but we cosleep so she’s only alone if i pop downstairs for a wee or a midnight snack 🤣 She’s 3 now so I know she’s safe but she could probably climb over the bed rails if she really tried so that’s the new source of anxiety that she could hurt herself 🫠

Yes! I give him a gentle poke to check he’s okay.

It gets better with time x

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Am I overreacting?

My LG goes to nursery 4 days a week (3 half days and 1 full day). We have to provide our own nappies and wipes and were told when they’re running out so we can restock, which is fine.

My issue is, the last few days, my LG has come home in a random nappy from a brand that isn’t hers and she’s started to become sore down there. When my partner brought it up to the baby room manager, her response was ‘oh well, babies are babies, it doesn’t matter and they pull them out the drawers’. For one, the drawers are high up as I’ve seen them so shouldn’t be getting pulled out and 2. If I’m providing nappies, use them because what if the persons nappies being used, can’t afford a lot?

We’ve had no issues with the nursery until this but I wonder if maybe I’m overreacting about it?

Advice needed

I keep waking up feeling like a bad mum!
My boy is 13 weeks old, for the last few nights he’s started stirring so I’ve popped his dummy in and he’s gone to sleep. This has resulted in me feeding him at about 4/5am after his last feed at 9/9.30pm. After that feed he won’t wake up fully (just stir and I pop dummy in until about 9/9.30am) I’m not questioning whether if I’m starving him through the night! Should I give him the dummy when he stirs or should I be offering him a feed?
Would he settle with a dummy and go back to sleep if he was actually hungry? As I know through the day when he’s hungry nothing settles him other than the feed so sometimes I have to feed him earlier than the 3 hours he usually goes.
Through the day he’s having about 6 feeds and he’ll take 160ml-170ml each feed. Is this enough to sustain such long gaps through the night? He appears to be gaining weight well , hes fit in 3-6months since bang on 12 weeks and he’s a very happy baby when he’s awake.

Visitors of newborn.

I’m feeling a bit anxious about having visitors after I get home from having my baby. I know a baby’s immune system is immature for the first 2 months of life and don’t want her to get any germs.

I am worried about family members turning up and not telling me their poorly like got a cough or viral thing. My question is has anyone ever visited your home and been poorly?

Can your baby self soothe to sleep?

If so, how did they learn? How did you support them?

Visitors.

This will be my first C-section but third baby.

How long after your baby’s birth did you have a visitor ie close family like mum / dad /sister / brother?