Night light

How do you see your baby in the night? We have a bedside light on but it feels excessive. We have a gro egg and we can't really see her with this. Any advice on what would be better?

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Bathing baby

Hi

This may seem like a stupid question…

My little boy is 14 weeks old , we currently have a nappy changing station with a bath attached were we have been bathing him however he is now getting to long for it , I have a collapsing bath which he is also to big for. I have a shower no bath , any ideas where/how I can bath him ? 🫣 Thank you!

iPad

What age is advisable to buy your child an iPad? Or what age did you buy your child one

How do you love yourself postpartum?

I am real struggling feeling me again after having two kids in two years. No drive to do my hair or make, or to dress up. I’ve gained over 60 pounds. Currently in therapy and trying some new meds but can anyone relate? How do you feel beautiful postpartum? (Before and after kids - please don’t judge)

Have you tried a sleep consultant?

19 mo old, never been a great sleeper, but wakes up at 5:30am like clockwork every day 🙃

Nap at 11:30 until 1 (sometimes till 1:30 or 2)

Bedtime at 7pm (sometimes 6:30pm if his nap is an hour or less)

We keep lights off and try to be boring until 6am, get him outside at the park in the sunlight around 7am. Give a carb heavy dinner, he has milk (sometimes with butter) before bed.

The more exciting his day is the more disrupted his sleep gets, especially overnight, the concept of “tiring him out” seems to backfire.

Moving his bedtime later doesn’t seem to affect his wake time at all, and after a while he just seems to be getting less and less sleep and his naps start getting shorter too.

If I could just get him to sleep until 6:30am I would feel so much more human. Any advice or ideas or commiserations are welcome.

Has anyone had success with a sleep consultant?

How are you getting so little sleep?

My little one is 3 wks old and since birth I've not had more than 3 hrs sleep a night.
I honestly don't know how I'm functioning
Surely this isn't healthy.

Any advice?

Hormone drop after stopping breastfeeding

Went cold turkey yesterday after breastfeeding exclusively for 20 months, I am also 9 weeks pregnant. We were feeding approx 20 times a day but have been cutting it down this week and completely stopped yesterday.

My toddler is coping surprisingly well but wow I haven’t stopped crying, when does this end? Mix of emotions, guilt thinking I should have done it for longer, grieving as my “baby” has now gone but excited to get a restful sleep before baby number 2 arrives.