Baby Blues?

This started a week ago so 4 weeks pp. I feel like im having mild mood swings. Just crying randomly over like little things but they're sad things? So like something sad happens on TV or a song is a little emotional or seeing a sad reel on social. But also laughing a lot more recently over nothing. Just spells of laughter to where my husband even noticed it was a little weird. Could this be baby blues? I haven't had any pp symptoms until now and I thought baby blues ended around 2 weeks and started sooner. But I also dont think this is severe enough to be depression. I also dont have any anxiety or bad feelings towards anyone or with baby (I actually love going out with my baby). Side note I did have anxiety before and during pregnancy to where I had to up medications but I havent taken any anxiety medications since ive given birth and haven't felt like ive needed it.

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I feel the same and can’t really figure out what it is or a word to express what I’m feeling. It’s weird. I’m also 4months pp

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I've read that there is another hormone dip at 4 months (I'm also at that stage) so it could be that. I currently cry at anything remotely sad on TV and online

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I didn't start to have any pp issues until 4 months. I tried to ignore and downplay it for a lot longer than I should have while it got slowly worse. I would definitely say talk to your support system about not really feeling like yourself sooner rather than later and never feel bad asking for help. It can be so hard to know what help you actually need, which is why your husband/friends/family should be kept informed to help you and check on you. Speaking from experience, feeling alone and overwhelmed is the worst thing for the postpartum roller-coaster.

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Omg. I cannot believe I put 4 months. I am four weeks postpartum, not months. I have a one month old. Although I do have to say now, I am not ready for the 4 months postpartum time to come around.

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My daughter is a side sleeper. I put her down on her back every single time and she rolls onto her side and will fall asleep. She's never rolled over onto her tummy yet but I'm paranoid waiting for the day she can and I won't sleep again until she can fully hold her head up 😩😩😭😭 she's 2 weeks and 5 days old.

I've tried constantly moving her back onto her back, every single time she moves onto her side or fusses until I let her. Once she's on her side she'll drift off into a peaceful sleep. I'm forever constantly checking her to see if she'a breathing or rolled onto her tummy and gotten stuck.

The picture is of the position she will get herself into every time. With her hand under her head. I'm lost for ideas please help 😭😩

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Genuinely confused🥴

My relationship with my MIL is really confusing. I got pregnant pretty quickly into my dating my husband, and she was excited through my pregnancy, but kept making comments to my husband about being in the delivery room.

When I gave birth, she drove 3 hours and tried to get in, but my mom and husband didn't let her in while I was in labour. Literally 8 hours after, she showed up in the hospital room to meet the baby. My baby was struggling with latching at that point, and she offered to "help" and grabbed my boob before I could say anything. I'd also ended up having an episiotomy and forceps delivery, so there was still literal blood and poop leaking out of me. She spent the rest of that visit filming a video holding and talking to my daughter.

I moved on cos I had a baby to focus on. My husband and I moved in with my parents temporarily as we'd just moved cities, but the whole time we lived there she would tell my husband that he's not a "man" because he's not providing (he is now and suddenly she's so proud🥴). She'd also make shady comments to me, and try to tell me about what I should and shouldn't do for my baby and this included things I strongly disagree with. She would compare her access to my baby, even though we lived with my parents and she lived hours away. My husband spoke to her even though he didn't understand the issue, and she stopped making comments to me.

The biggest issue for me is that she has always smoked during visits with my baby, and even once around my baby. I have made my husband tell her to stop three times, and each time, she'll stop for the next visit and then carry on smoking from the following visit. Even worse, my husband quit smoking since we had a baby, but on each visit, she still offers him a pack of cigarettes.

She has also been asking about when my daughter can sleep at her's since she was born, she's 12 months old now and I've never let her sleep over, but it's caused a lot of tension between me and my husband. I just don't think that she would respect other boundaries I might set.

Besides that, she's started being really nice, so I worry that im just overreacting or something. What do you think?

If you have any advice for me, I'd really appreciate it.

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My little girl turns 6 months on the 19th June …this week in particular we’ve had to rock her to sleep for day time and night time sleep , I was trying to transfer her to cot but this can’t be rocked so we’ve kept her in the next to me …just wondering if anyone is going through similar ? Is this a phase ?

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