Anyone feel like their mental health has taken a hit since being pregnant? 😔

I’m a mum to a toddler and it all feels too much at the moment! My toddler is refusing to go with her dad and constantly wants me. It wasn’t like this before I was pregnant, she was fine hanging out with her dad and her dad doing bed time but now she refuses to do anything with him. I was up all night with her because she was upset and her dad wanted to give me a chance to sleep abit more before he goes to work so he took her down stairs to watch Tv and the whole way going down stairs at 5am, she was screaming bloody murder saying she only wants her mummy. She finally settled down stairs, had breakfast with her dad and watch TV but the second her dad left, she was constantly screaming for me even though I told her I was just in the bedroom making the bed! I feel so overwhelmed. My husband is doing absolutely amazing trying to distract her and give me my space but she’s having none of it, to the point she told her dad ‘I don’t like you anymore’. She loves when her dad picks her up from Nursey in his work van and the other day my car was getting service so her dad picked her up… the whole time she was screaming and crying saying she wants her mum and by the time she got to me which is a 15 mins drive, she was completely exhausted and fell asleep within seconds of me comforting her. I later asked her what happened earlier because she loves daddy’s work van? And she said she just wanted her mummy to pick her up. My poor husband looks mentally exhausted from the whole situation especially as him and my daughter were always glued to each other and his just keeps reminding himself that’s she’s probably struggling with the fact mummy is pregnant and these a new baby coming soon! I don’t know how to navigate this situation anymore. I even offered for her to stay at her nanny & papa’s house which she loves but of course she follows it with but mummy has to come too! I’m lost at this point!

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Stopping breast feeding

I decided yesterday to stop BF, my newborn is five weeks but I just find it so demanding with a toddler etc that want to switch to formula now but I am in AGONY. Omg is this normal? No one warned me I’d be in so much pain. I’ve had to sleep upright and take pain relief! How long will this last?

I need help please

Does anyone knows why my 4 month old puts the dummy in ber mouth like this? She puts the bottom half of the dummy in her mouth. Does that mean we need bigger size?

Pram regret is real 😩 did I choose wrong?

Mums I need help 😩

I bought the Bugaboo Dragonfly and now I’m having serious regrets… I keep thinking I should’ve gone for the YOYO instead 😭

We’re flying on 1st June and baby will be just under 4 months, so now I’m stressing about airport life, folding the pram, gate checking, all of it 🫠

Do I:

1. Keep the Dragonfly and just deal with it for travel
2. Sell it and switch to a YOYO
3. Keep it and get a separate travel buggy

I love the comfort of the Dragonfly but I’m worried it’s going to be a nightmare at the airport. But then I don’t want to downgrade and regret it the other way either 😩

If you’ve travelled with either (or both!) what did you do??
Was the YOYO actually worth it or is it overhyped?

Also flying with a 4 month old… any must-know tips? ✈️🤍

Sleep. 10 nearly 11 months

My LO goes down between 1830 and 1900 every night but no matter what we try. The latest she will sleep is 545. It was 510 this morning 😴 I reduced her daytime sleep yesterday to 2 hours and 5 which I think could have resulted in over tiredness hence the early start - she normally has between 2 hours 30 and 2 hours 45. Does anyone have any words of wisdom? Our whole day has shifted earlier now because of the early start but I really don’t want to do an early bedtime…?

I feel horrible

As I was out of my bedroom, doing something outside of my home, I come back in to my bedroom and find my five month old has fell out of the chair onto the floor. I feel like the worst mom ever this is so bad I feel like I neglected

5oz for 5 week old

My 5 week old is currently on 5oz as she was on 4oz but was hungry again after an hour. Since increasing to 5 she’s been sick a LOT, I tried going back down to 4 but she would down the whole bottle and still be hungry. I tried a dummy to see if she actually just wanted comfort but she spits it out and continues screaming. I don’t know what I should do as 4 isn’t enough but 5 seems too much for her as she ends up throwing a lot of it back up. She has a bottle every 2/3 hours, so 5oz for her age and so many of them feels like too much.