Diaper change

If baby poops just as she is falling asleep. Do I change her and disrupt her sleep or let her sleep but with poop😩? Help

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Yes always, you don’t want her to be sitting in poop or the chance of her getting diaper rash

Change her

Change it, the poop will most likely cause her discomfort through the night eventually and she might wake up severl times because of it, plus likelyhood of nappy rash which is painful and she will be in a bad mood the whole day, finally likelyhood of a really bad Urinary track infection, not worth it

Always change. It’s awful for their skin and hygiene

Simple answer. You change her otherwise she’ll get sore and be in pain and discomfort.

Change
I find if I'm really quick then baby will settle again fairly quickly

As much as we don’t want to, we have to x😭

Change her and curse the universe for teasing the sleep like that. My son was NEVERRRR one that could sleep through a change either. He’s not much of a sleep pooper luckily

I’d say always change to avoid broken skin/nappy rash and potentially an infection. Also they might be a bit unsettled if they get “disturbed” and changed when they just managed to fall asleep, but they will most likely end up distressed or unsettled if they can’t sleep due to a soiled nappy. What I do is to start with change if there’s poo, if just urine I go on into feed. If he’s too sleepy I change nappy regardless to wake him up, then proceed to feed. I’ll give one breast and check nappy mid feed just in case, if it’s soiled I’ll change and continue with the other breast. I’ll soothe him and burp him and if all is good he’ll fall asleep. The mid feed nappy change works most of the time for me! I swaddle and use a sleep bag, so even if he wakes up to dirty nappy I sometimes manage to change him without waking him up. He’ll get unsettled but he’ll keep his eyes closed and I’ll just try to soothe him quickly!!!

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Help?

My baby’s dad has been adding an extra half scoop to his formula bottles without me knowing, please I am really worried. Will he be ok? I read online it can cause kidney damage he is 1 week old.

Question for breastfeeding mums

My baby has started sleeping through the night but I still like to do a pump in the middle of the night to protect my supply. I can’t seem to wake up in the middle of the night despite my alarm. Any tips?

Nearly 6 months and still waking every 1-2 hours overnight. I’M TIRED

We have taken a side off of his cot and attached it to our bed and my baby sleeps there. He still wakes every 1-2 hours for a feed (he sometimes will do a random 2.5 hour stretch if we’re lucky). I have to feed him (EBF) every time he wakes or he kicks off and screams and screams and screams (my parter has tried to settle him but he cries so much he coughs and starts to choke on his saliva 😢). I’ve tried other ways to settle him, occasionally tapping his head will work (for maybe 1 wake).

I’m following wake windows, I keep him stimulated during the day, take him out for walks, swimming, baby classes etc. He sleeps a ‘normal’ amount of time for his naps. We’ve got blackout blinds, make sure the room is a good temperature, stick to the same bedtime routine. I feed him in his cot, he then rolls onto his tummy and goes to sleep.

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong 😩 I feel maybe he’s started to reverse feed? As in he gets most of his calories overnight instead of during the day. I try to offer him the breast as much as possible but he will only take one breast and be done after 5 minutes whereas he can stay on my breast overnight for 15 mins +. I’ve read I need to stop feeds overnight so he’s hungry in the day time but I can’t do that as he screams so badly!

Any advice / tips / reassurance would be great! Thank you x

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How long did you all wait after having a baby?

What the fuck do you do when your toddler unclips their car seat?

I was just driving at 60mph when he unclipped himself and got into the front. I pulled over and really told him off, and I really try not to shout at him but he didn't care and just kept laughing. Recommendation of extra straps that work? Any distractions?

Raw post

I don't know where to begin but I feel like I'm drowning. Before I say anything else, of course I am safe. My son is 7 months old and he is a very energetic happy boy, but I have never felt the same since before I was pregnant.

I am in that stage of postpartum where I don't know who I am and I don't recognise myself. I have tried therapy and it just wasn't helping me. The endless nights of watching your partner go to bed but knowing that the bottles have to be washed and the laundry needs to be done, so you've got to pick the priority and that's your child's stuff. There are nights that I don't go to bed until 1 a.m. and days without showers. Keep in mind I am a uni student as well.

I'm at this point in motherhood where I feel so trapped. I've been told to go to mothers' groups but just the thought of getting out of the house is so incredibly hard. I've reached out to online mothers' groups and tried to make friends but it hasn't really worked.

I don't know how many other mums feel like this, where they just stare at their baby monitor every night, knowing that it's going to be Groundhog Day the next day. Feeling trapped inside their home with a young one, putting all of your priority into them but knowing that the time limit on their nap is so short that nothing can be done anyway.

It's a bit of a raw and real post but this is what stage of motherhood I am in. I would say I'm not enjoying it and I'm not thriving and I don't have my village. If any other mums feel like this, I would encourage you to comment. I hope I'm not the only one.