Mamas with depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders

Medication success stories

So this weekend my anxiety has been awful. I didn't do any of the plans I made due to my anxiety.

I'm 14 weeks pp and I have a 2 year old. Im worried my anxiety is coming back with vengeance!

Looking for success stories because I feel AWFUL I didn't do our plans this weekend. We went out all week though but my body said not this weekend!

I do get social anxiety but I managed to get over this now it's back ?!?;

Any success stories or shall I just do exercise and therapy?

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Bras!

Hey all, I’m in my first trimester (almost 10
Weeks) with my first pregnancy and my boobs have been so painful and every day they feel heavier. I am still currently wearing my usual bra and bra size but at what point do you change bra sizes? And how do you know how big they need to be? Do you have to get new bras every few months?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you 🥰

8 week vaccines

Anyone else feel like they have a different baby after 8 week jabs? He had a temp and was fine the following day but since then we have had a week of him looking grumpy and screaming crying because he’s fighting sleep during the day. But sleeps fine at night 🙈 wondering it’s it’s just a phase or related to his jabs.

Do you breastfeed you baby to sleep and co-sleeping?

I have to breastfeed my 9 months old baby to sleep for naps and nighttime, and I usually sleep with her on the bed. She slept well in the cot from 0 to 6 months. After i fed her, she normally felt asleep immediately and i put her in the cot, no issue and she slept throughthe night, but when she was at 7 months, after feeding I transferred her into the cot, she woke up every 10-15 minutes and cried out loud multiple times. It was exhausted, so I tried sleeping with her, and it worked. Now that I have to go back to work soon and send her to day care, I'm a bit worried i won't be able to do that. She also doesn't take bottles no matter what kind of milk. If you have any tips or advice, please let me know 🙏

Wake windows

How long are your LO’s wake windows? My 4 week old can be awake 2-3 hours at a time which seems a bit long to me, my first borns’ wake windows were up to an hour at this age

Advice about how to wean my boy off his night feed

My LO is 7 months and sometimes sleeps through the night and sometimes wakes for milk once a night. Most times he wakes up anywhere between 11pm-1am for a feed and sometimes he wakes u0 around 4am for a feed. We decided to stop dream feeding a few months back because we didn't want to reinforce night feeds. Since he's clearly able to sleep through the night occasionally I don't feel like he needs the feed it's maybe more habitual. Also I think it depends on how well he's eaten solids that day that might play a part on his sleep because I've tried filling him up on milk during the day but that doesn't make a difference. He can even sleep through the night on less than his usual intake sometimes. Any tips on how to wean him off without it becoming a big battle or do I just leave him and let him lead because I'm worried he won't stop by himself?

Biting!

Anyone got any tips on discouraging a 9 month old from biting? 'No' and ignoring the behaviour aren't quite working 🤦🏻‍♀️I know they don't understand the difference between good and bad attention at this age, so it's really hard 🤦🏻‍♀️