Postpartum Anxiety

I think I’m dealing with some PPA. I’m constantly checking on my 5 week old son to make sure he’s ok/still breathing. I’m constantly worried about the way he’s breathing or about other things that make me feel like a hypochondriac for him haha. At night I feel like I can’t go to sleep or something bad will happen. Tonight specifically I just was filled with dread and it’s currently 4 am and I don’t think I’ve slept. Does anyone have any tips?? I’m feeling miserable.

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Should I be worried about my baby?

My little one slept 7.30-5 last night. - usually when he wakes up his nappy is pretty full of urine. When he woke up it wasn’t full at all, there was some but not a lot.
With this heat I’m trying to keep him hydrated obviously but am concerned that he is dehydrated anyways? If he was dehydrated would there be no wee at all? Or am I overthinking this?
TIA, one worried mumma

Exclusively breastfeeding to formula

My little one is six weeks old and I’m wanting to transition from EBF to formula. I’ve contemplated expressing and bottle feeding but for my own wellbeing and mine and baby’s life I think formula will be the best thing for us.

Does anyone have any advice or experience on how to do this transition? My main concern is I feed on demand currently, so baby could feed anywhere between 5-30 minutes at a time and this could be 8-15 times in a 24hour period. How do I go about transitioning with this in mind? Will baby naturally be more full on formula so there will be less ‘ad hoc’ little feeds?

Thank you!!

Huckleberry app or alternatives

Has anyone used Huckleberry to track baby sleep, feeds, nappies etc.. is the free version good enough?
Is the paid version worth it?

Are there other alternatives out there better than Huckleberry?

Keen to get opinions from parents who used it from birth.

Growing out of newborn

We’re getting to the stage that we’re getting a bit big for our newborn car seat. Not sure what to get…
We started with the Joie Mint Latch but don’t want to go with the Joie upgrade since reviews say it’s tight on the legs. What are some of your recommendations for car seats? He’s 4 months about to be 5 and we’d like a 360 type one.

Partner not being able to wake during the night

My little boy is 6 months old and from day 1 of him being born, my partner hasn’t gotten up during the night or if he has where I’ve woken him up he just falls back to sleep… I solo parent for 12+ hours during the day on Monday-Friday and sometimes on Saturdays too, so I don’t think I’m asking for much when I ask for a bit of help during the night. When I do wake him at night he can never fully wake up either so it’s like he’s talking but sleep talking a load of rubbish. When he spoke to his parents for advice they turned to me and said they think it all stemmed for when I was in labour for over 4 days and he didn’t get much sleep so he’s just really tired and it’s “understandable”…
Just to add I had an emergency c-section in the end and during the first few nights where I could hardly move, he didn’t even get up then so I had to rely on his mum to help me (even to get to the bathroom!)
I’ve suggested him going into another room to sleep so he gets a full night’s sleep and then the next night he can help… he got really defensive so that didn’t go well!

I feel like I’m starting to resent him for all of this and need some advice if your partner was like this and what helped you? Am I being unreasonable or am I right to feel like this?

4 year old not responding to name

How did yall overcome this challenge? Doesn’t matter if it’s at home, in public, at friends, even if he knows I have treats. It was on purpose ignoring in the beginning but now it’s just habit for him to block out anyone’s voice trying to talk to him—esp when he’s in danger or doing something naughty. So over it, please help!