Poo!

My LO did a poo yesterday that was a dark green colour, is this normal?! I suffer with health anxiety so has stressed me out! 😓

in our community

Am I crazy?

We sent a list of boundaries & expectations (rules lmao) to my in-laws before the baby comes. The last one was if the baby is fussy or needs to be changed or fed, then hand them to me, De Mama. My MIL said it was “odd” that we would ask for the baby to come to me and not her son, and then she asked why me. My husband told her because I’ll be around the baby the most and it makes the most sense. I said because I’ve held that baby for 10 months and I want them. I know it’s none of her business WHY we implement rules for our home and I know I shouldn’t care because it’s MY home and MY baby but help an anxious, 32-days-left girly out. Am I nuts? Is this an unreasonable rule?

What is a “pop”? Is it people’s gentle way of saying a smack?

Seen this used on here a few times this week saying they “pop” their child if they’ve done something wrong. Are we just trying to sugarcoat hitting here? I don’t think calling it a pop makes it any better🥴

Sleeping with comforter

My baby girl is 6 months and likes to hold a muslin to sleep. If she’s got it she can resettle herself at night but can’t without it. I let her have it while I can watch her on the monitor until I go to bed but then take it. I know guidelines are clear cot until 1 year and I wouldn’t feel safe knowing she had it anyway. Any ideas or suggestions I can try so she doesn’t keep waking just for that comfort which she can’t have?

Sleeping/ Nighttime routine

What time is everyone putting baby down to sleep for the night? And what time is their first wake up? Trying to establish a routine for my baby who likes to do things her way 😅

Colostrum Harvesting

How many syringes have people managed to get? I’m 38 weeks and I’ve been struggling so much to get any still. I’ve been trying since 36 weeks and a couple of times I’ve tried for over an hour with one or two drops each side and that’s it. This is my second baby and I was such a massive overproducer last time, so I feel a bit let down

How to switch from exclusively pumping to breastfeeding?

Has anyone successfully transitioned from exclusively pumping back to breastfeeding? My daughter was exclusively breastfeeding for the first 6 weeks with a nipple shield but then had her tongue tie released and her weight started going down, I started giving her the bottle to make sure she’d fed well and since then she stopped latching on my breast and I’m exclusively pumping now. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.