Rant alert

My MIL is driving me crazyyyy and I feel like she says things on purpose for a reaction and I do bite my tongue but how much am I meant to take?
It might not seem like a lot to some people but the type of person she is is she always has to have one up on me and be better than me, she does make me feel welcome but sometimes I feel like it’s all for show as she always has to be better than me.
But I obviously refer to my baby as ‘my baby’ like ‘oh come here my baby’ and the past month or so she’s been saying it to him aswell and OMFG I want to just go mad because he most definitely IS NOT YOUR baby. Why do they say things like this?!
When he was born I called him my blue eyed boy and not long after she said it to him which now makes me feel like I’m the one copying her if I even call him that so I don’t anymore and f*** me, now I can’t even call my baby… my baby without her saying it too.

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Mum Guilt After My 6-Week-Old Baby Fell on the Floor

I’m really upset and struggling with a lot of mum guilt right now. My six-week-old baby loves sleeping on my chest, especially when we’re lying on the bed. Lately I’ve been extremely sleep deprived and haven’t been getting much rest. This morning at around 3:45 a.m., I woke up to a loud thump followed by my baby crying. When I opened my eyes, I realised he had fallen onto the floor. I was absolutely devastated.

I immediately called 111 and took him straight to A&E. Thankfully, he was examined by the doctors and discharged, and they reassured me that he was fine.

Normally, if I’m lying down with him, I put him back in his cot or beside me once he’s settled. I honestly don’t remember falling asleep. The last thing I remember is patting him to sleep, and then I woke up to hear him crying on the floor.

Seeing my six-week-old baby lying there broke my heart. I can’t stop replaying the moment in my mind and blaming myself for what happened. I know it was an accident, but I feel terrible.

My baby struggles with reflux and hates sleeping in his cot, which is why he often settles best when he’s on me. However, after this scare, I’m determined to be much more careful and make sure he’s sleeping in a safe space, even if it’s more difficult and means less sleep for me.

I’m just feeling incredibly guilty and upset about the whole situation.

Baby rolling at night

So my baby has just started to roll at night, but my Lordy she’s up every hour crying on her front, i literally don’t know what to do, she’s in her big cot in her own room but I just can’t deal with getting up every hour to settle her, she has a dummy so I don’t know if she just wants her dummy and to be left to be on her front or what, please someone help we are tired and grouchy over here 😂

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.

Stopping breastfeeding - tips?

Hello! My boy is 2 in a couple of months and still breastfed at night, once overnight (or twice depending) and occasionally before naps when I am not working. I found breastfeeding incredibly hard to establish and we both worked so hard at it and I’m proud of our journey! But my partner and I would like to try for another baby and need to do ivf. My periods are regular so that’s not an issue with the bf. But doctor has “advised” I stop breastfeeding as progesterone can get into the milk supply. There’s no data to show it can cause harm and no data to show it doesn’t - it’s not something they really test. But probably best to stop just in case. I think my boy will be very unhappy about this and it’s a bit sad for me too but I don’t want to wait much longer than him turning two.
Any weaning tips?

Little isn't drinking enough milk!

Hi, so my baby has never been a massive fan of milk due to having reflux badly until about 6/7 months, but for the last month (she's 9 months now), it's like she's on milk strike and will only drink 2/3 bottles of 6ozs and only at night, she will not have any milk during the day. She's on 3 meals a day but she's only on that because at first I wasn't keen to go onto 3 meals when she wasn't drinking milk, but it's the only way that she'll have any kind of food because my baby would go 12 hours without milk, she's just not interested anymore 😭 obvs I'm giving her water but I'm stressing!