Intimacy after having a baby

I’m 5 months in to motherhood and I have no urges to be intimate with my partner at all yet, I’m tired so busy 24/7 I feel like I’m letting him down but honestly my baby needs so much from me bouncing/rocking to sleep at night will only contact nap during the day I’m exhausted, is anyone else the same? I used to have a fairly good sex drive and I know the change is upsetting for my partner I love him so much but I’m just drained by the time we get any time alone I’m so touched out even his hand on my leg drives me nuts I just don’t want to be touched anymore by then.

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100% super normal. You're exhausted, physically, mentally, and emotionally. Touched out. Flooded with hormones. Your brain is adjusting to mom-mode, it can take a hot minute to turn "sexy mode" back on.

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How much attention should I give my toddler for her to be content. I read and been told 15-20 minutes a day should be enough and I can then just do my own thing. I do the 15-20min attention and my toddler will still want me. Ill let her am going to clean and she will start saying no clean, sit. If i try to cook the same time. If i try to do some reading the same thing. She keeps demanding i do what she wants and it is frustrating me. I love my girl,but am hitting a point where i just want to hide in the bathroom,but if i do I start to stress out. Have get chores done have get dinner ready. If i don't give her attention am a bad mom. I feel like a bad mom already. Feels like everything is demanding a lot of me.

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3m pp and feeling neglected

My husbands been really mean to me. He gave me a dirty look tonight while i was eating ice cream and he yelled at me earlier. Im just so upset. Ive been trying so hard with everything and balancing a new job and i feel so lonely in my marriage.

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4 week old- take to a and e to be with sibling?

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Relationship Advice!!!

Guys I really need some advice. Me and my partner have been together for just over a year and for half that time he’s been jobless. At the start it was easy to have empathy for him as he got let go because the buisness he was working for had been bankrupt and shut down… but it’s been 6 months now and he still doesn’t have a job and has only been to like 3 interviews. I thought his motivation would change when I had our baby 3 months ago but it hasn’t.
I’m starting to build up a lot of resentment towards him because I feel like he’s not putting in enough effort. We had to move in with my parents because we can’t afford to buy a house or even rent. I only have a couple thousand in my savings and he has basically nothing.

It’s not the fact that he doesn’t have a job that is annoying me it’s the lack of ambition and motivation that’s really making me resent him.
He’s also let himself go. He’s put on weight, he doesn’t follow basic hygiene unless I constantly remind him and he doesn’t help me with the baby unless I ask. He also plays video games 24/7.
I don’t know how to explain to him how important it is to find some motivation and work toward a goal.
I’ve tried being nice and gentle about it, I’ve tried being harsh and blunt, I’ve tried to apply for jobs for him and make calls for him to find him a job and i’ve tried to have open conversations about our goals in life and for our baby but nothing seems to work.

I’m not attracted to him anymore which breaks my heart because I love him so much but whenever he tried to initiate sex my body closes up and I’m not interested at all. I’m also so snappy toward him all the time because of all the build up resentment I have it’s hard not to snap at him for little things.
I’m at a loss here and I have no idea what to do moving forward.
If anyone has been through something similar or has any advice please please please comment!!!

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Changing

What do you do if you're at a park and baby needs nappy changing but there's no facilities?
Same with a toddler?

I've been changing baby in pram shielded from view, is this OK? But I feel toddler is a little too old to be changing in public (2yo)

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