Play mat recs

i need a very soft playmat for little one who started crawling and i have some hard wooden flooring. any recs would be great!

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sleep/crib training 😭😭

okay wtf.. sleep training is so much harder emotionally than i ever thought. for the first 4 months of my sons life he slept in his bassinet strictly with contact naps here and there of course. at some point we switched to cosleeping because it was just easier at the time with me going back to work. please no judgement on that, i never thought i would cosleep and always looked down on it but it kept me sane when i was back working 40+ hours a week. i recently quit my job because the schedule was too inconsistent for me having a 9 month old now so we’re trying to sleep train and get him back in his crib. it is SO hard. i feel so guilty. i am not in any way doing the cry it out method or any form of that. i comfort him when he cries and i am currently sitting next to the crib after an hour and a half of trying to get him to fall asleep and he finally JUST went to sleep. i just feel so bad he was getting so worked up and crying like he has never cried before. i am really hoping it gets easier and it wont be weeks of this because i am on the verge of tears with guilt. 💔💔 my mama heart is breaking. if anyone has any suggestions or tips on sleep training that are NOT cry it out methods please let me know i could use all the tips i can get.

Weaning- the clean up!

I’m just about to start the weaning journey with my second and wondering what’s the best approach for the clean up!

What are you using to clean up the baby? What about the floor and high chair? Just regular changing wipes or specific flannels?

How are you cleaning down bibs? Do you reuse them before putting through the washing machine? Where are you keeping them/storing them when they are dirty and wet before being put in the washing machine?

I know I’m overthinking this but want to avoid smelly bibs and flannels lingering between washes.
Any tips for your laundry systems gratefully appreciated. 😅

Gosh I’m so boring- this is what I think of now haha

Baby shopping panic

I’m due in August and i still need to get quite a lot of things im starting to panic abit that i wont be able to afford everything in time. What should i do? I’m sending my maternity grant form off next week for the car seat, isofix etc then its nappies, bottles, dummies, wipes, socks, bath products, nail care, bath, bedding, swaddle/sleeping bag etc. I only have about £100 a month for all of this stuff is it doable? And like how much should I bulk buy of things like wipes/nappies etc?

Am I being sensitive? Mum comment

My 13 week old still wakes every 2-3 hours to be fed in the night (breastfed) and his gas and reflux have terrible the last few weeks so he's been waking up crying with reflux when I put him back down after feeding so basically I've hardly slept.
2 days ago my mum said I looked exhausted and I said I was and explained I'd hardly had any sleep to which she said "you need to have an early night and get some sleep tonight" ... as if thats how it works (and I also thiught you could offer to mind him while I take a nap but we digress)
Anyway today she asked how he slept last night and I told her not very good again and she goes "no, he should be sleeping through the night now" and looked at me like I'm doing something wrong. Then started saying it in a baby voice to my baby "you need to sleep through the night now ok?"
I just changed the subject to avoid exploding in my sleep deprivation but am I being a bit sensitive or is it that just really annoying and judgey?

Melatonin for toddlers

Hi mums I’ve a concern that when your toddler is not sleeping anymore and being fussy due to lack of sleep so how many times you give them melatonin and dosage. My toddler sometimes doesn’t want to sleep at all so I am thinking to try but as a FTM I wanna take suggestions

Crawling on hardwood

We only have tile and hardwood in our apartment.

I did buy the foam mat squares from walmart. But they are so cheap, hard to clean, and take forever to set up.

What other ways can I provide my baby with a safe space to learn to crawl?