Anyone struggling to get their breastfed babies to drink water?

Feel like I’ve tried every up under the sun, she’s just not interested 😩😩😩

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My first was like this, he was exclusively breastfed and my second had expressed milk in a bottle once a day, so it's the only thing I can put it down to as he will drink loads of water!

I once had to take my eldest to hospital as he just wouldn't drink and would only eat yogurt and had self weaned off of the breast so wasn't having breast milk.. They just said it was teething and he would eventually drink, we ended up giving him lemonade/Fanta etc just to get fluids down him and let him have as many yogurts as he wanted!

In the end I resorted to giving him about 20ml ever so often in a Calpol syringe like it was a game!

My girlie was like this. I've been really persistent with a tum tum cup. Make it fun, make noises and drink from her cup yourself and say "Ahh yummy" etc, I also taught her to cheers me but would wait for her to take a sip. Took a few months but she's way better at drinking water now.

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Sleep consultants- are they actually worth it?

For anyone who has had a sleep consultant to help with your babies sleep, I want honest opinions are they actually worth it, or are they a waste of money? I’ve seen that it works for some mamas but then not so much for others but I am really at a loss where to go next and what to do. My 14 month old has never been a great sleeper and if anything we are just constantly going backwards rather than forwards and it’s honestly killing me. It’s affecting my mental/work/physical health. I’m a single mum too so I’m the one who’s surviving on constant broken sleep.

I don’t want to do any harsh methods like cry it out or the Ferber method, so do I get a sleep consultant? I’d love to hear other people’s stories who’s had one and did it honestly help them?

20 month old holding pee overnight

The last 3-4 days I have woken up to bone dry nappies. I have consciously been trying to get her to consume more water and she is acting herself so I don’t have a feeling anything is “wrong”, she has also been having wet nappies in the day. Is this normal for this age?

Hating every bit of newborn and pp

Don’t judge me.

FTM and I’m finding it too difficult to adjust to this newborn and pp phase. I am in constant anxiety about producing enough breast milk for her. I rush her back to sleep and in constant awareness that she’ll wake up and ask feeds. I’m also using 1-2 feeds of formula milk. Breastfeeds has become an anxious task for me and I’m not enjoying the baby.

I hope this phase is temporary and it will pass. Currently 2.5 weeks postpartum.

My baby won’t sleep in the next to me

Any tips/tricks? The second she gets in it she’s screaming. I’ve tried not moving my hands away until she’s settled but she instantly cries. I’ve tried waiting until she’s a sleep and then transferring her but she knowwssss.

She’ll sleep lovely anywhere else. Do I accept defeat and order a Moses basket?

Is a rockit worth it?

Baby will immediately wake up as soon as I stop walking/moving the pram. Does the rockit really work? Just want some opinions as they’re so expensive!

I’m not ok…

I’m one week postpartum and I’m not ok.
I’ve been crying for days now.
I have so much on my plate rn.
I’m just mentally not ok. I wanna do what’s best for my boys but it seems like to everyone else I’m not doing enough. I feel guilty cuz my twins are in NICU. I’m on leave from my job with no pay. I know my house is a mess since I was in the hospital for almost 3 months. Trying to find somewhere to live to as there is no space in my apartment anymore. Trying to find a work from home job so I can be with my babies. I also have BPD which is not helping at all…
I just…
I’m just not ok and just keep it to myself.