Mamas with depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders

Any tips to help mom bond with toddler?

17 months. I'm struggling and getting worse. Already doing therapy and taking meds.

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Injections

My baby had his injections on Friday and since then he has been feeding less at night, he used to take a 120ml bottle no problem but now during the night he only takes about 80, he drinks 120 in the day per feed but it does take longer than it used to, should I be worried? He’s having wet nappies no problem.

Toddler suddenly scared of room and waking during the night

My little girl will be 3 in July and suddenly night times have become an absolute battle. I can get her to go to sleep okay, however, for a week now she has woken up in the middle of the night absolutely screaming saying that it’s scary and refusing to go back to sleep without me staying in her room with her (which is not comfortable at 34 weeks pregnant on a make shift floor bed out of sofa cushions!) has anyone else’s little one gone through the same thing and does anyone have any tips on what stopped the night wakes for them?

Hitting😢

How are we teaching our one year olds not to hit? My son just turned a year old on May 26th and he’s recently been hitting anytime he gets upset. I’ve tried telling him no, saying ow, removing him from me for a few minutes, nothing is helping😒😒

Please suggest something im running out of ideas!

Anyone else have an almost 3 month old that screams harshly for hours? Causes ruled out are colic and reflux. Doctor says infant dyschezia but symptoms do not happen during/before bowel movements and she passes stool without trying most of the time? Not sure if asking these things are allowed but im so stumped i dont know what to do. Thank you in advance.

Sleep (help!)

So - we haven’t been getting very much sleep. My baby who is 5 months today always slept really well, but recently it’s not been great. The longest stretch he will do is about three hours - otherwise he instantly wakes up as soon as we put him down in his crib. Last night we were up until about 3 am trying to get him down. I honestly don’t know what to do other than co sleep which isn’t my preferred option because I don’t sleep very well next to baby! Anyone else experienced this?

Struggles lying flat!!!

My six week old is sleeping well (for a newborn!) but really struggles with discomfort when put on his back. He arches his back and squirms a lot after feeds anyway, but is most comfortable in an upright / inclined position. Even after staying upright 20 mins (and we’ve tried lengthening this right up to an hour!) when lay down the back arching becomes significantly worse and he’s gulping and gasping until he gets so distressed and it escalates to wailing.

He can’t tolerate being on back more than 10 mins or so when awake either (pram walks, changing mat etc).

As soon as he’s put back in an upright position he’s fine and sleeping away again on me. It seems more than just comfort / contact needed, even co sleeping he won’t lie down next to me.

How on earth do I balance safe sleep guidelines, with making sure he’s getting sleep and then also ensuring I am able to rest?! It’s meant for weeks now my partner and I take turns having him on us almost 24hrs a day and I’m running off 3-4 hours sleep per day even though our baby is sleeping much much more than this but I have to stay awake as he’s on me / upright.

Help!!