7pm bedtimes

I just read something on FB about 7pm bedtimes and how important they are and it’s sent me spiralling 🫠🫠

My boy is 8 months and generally goes to bed between 8pm-9pm. We’ve tried earlier but he ends up either waking wide awake in the evening or reallllllly early in the morning.

We also have never ever slept through. 3x wake ups is a win! One good thing about him is he generally wakes up for the day from 7:30 onwards.

Is it unfair to say that all babies need a 7pm bedtime or have we just not been consistent enough?!

I think I’m looking for solidarity that I don’t need to do a 7pm bedtime and these statements are unfair 💔

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Has anyone quit breastfeeding cold turkey?

Please none of these silly comments that it's detrimental, abusive or harmful for the child. Mums have their reason why they need to quit.

I'm ready to quit breastfeeding cold turkey, our son is almost 2 and I am currently almost 31 weeks pregnant, he has been ebf from the day he was born (yes he eats 3 meals a day). I just can't handle breastfeeding anymore, it's becoming overwhelming, overstimulating and difficult for many reasons. I know my milk has changed or gone and when he feeds now it is draining. He has a habit of nursing for 1 second, stretching the nipple then letting go and he repeats this continuously, he then will chew on the nipple (but without teeth if that makes sense) and it makes me itchy all over. Due to the change he now is waking in the night, when before he would nurse for his nap, then bedtime and sleep through. I tried the bandaid method and it doesn't seem to be working as he just cries and cries and I REFUSE to let him cry. My husband has tried to do sleep time but he won't sleep for my husband as he wants to nurse. He does have cows milk, water and squash, but doesn't want any of it when he wants to nurse. Any help would be appreciated... Again I said help, not unhelpful comments. Not everyone loves breastfeeding and I would love to have some sort of break before our 2nd is born. Photo to not get lost

Feeling hopeless, crying my eyes out every night and can’t take this anymore…

My 2.5 year old was an incredibly difficult baby, awake 6,7…8 times a night for about a year. Things plateaued for a while and she was a lovely lovely child, ate well, slept through, so kind and gentle.

Fast forward to now, terrible 2’s doesn’t even cover it. She screams, hits, bites and throws things at me. All. Day. She doesn’t eat ANYTHING, not even her safe comfort foods anymore, she will not go to sleep. It’s taking 3 hours average to put her to bed. I’m eating dinner at 12-1am sobbing through my meal. This is all day, every night. I have gentle parented her, I have kindly disciplined her, firmly disciplined, ignored her, walked away and even gone against my biggest morals and given her a slap on the wrist when she punched me in the eye. I’m at my f*cking whits end and I’m just so depressed and overwhelmed. I genuinely am so patient with anyone and everything but dealing with this day in and day out is making me want to literally run away or in front of a bus.

Video below is after 2 hours of trying to put her to bed and stepping out for 5 mins to gather myself together.

Is there any problems with my child not socialising?

I know I'm the world's worst parent and I don't need reminders of that or being told how terrible and horrible I am. I'm fully aware.

Due to mental health and a lack of help, I've never taken my daughter to baby groups, toddler groups, nursery or anything. Ive taken her to the garden centre twice and the shop maybe 3 times.
Her dad takes her to see her cousins on Sunday but it's not every Sunday because they're sometimes away.
Sometimes her nan will take her to the shops.
She has a friend of the same age that she sees for a few hours every couple of months.

My mum keeps telling me how behind she's going to be and how she's never going to learn how to behave around kids or learn to play etc.

Has anyone got any actual experience of how this will affect my kid at all?

6 month old never happy

I'm just venting really. My 6 month old just seems never happy these days. He's cranky and whines all day long. He screams when I lay him down, when I try to play with him, when I look at him wrong etc. He has never cuddled me, but now he actively tries to push away from me with his arms and legs. He just seems permanently frustrated and it makes me so sad that I can't make him happy as his mummy.
Someone tell me this is a short phase and that it will get better 😥

What kind of hair products are yall using on ur sons hair?

I bought the lucci’s pomade and it not giving what this gave lol. My son got a hair cut and the woman said a baby gel would work great but it looks too slick back and oily looking with no hold. Maybe I’m not doing it right. His hair from this pic lasted through a nap😭😭

Nappies

First time mum here👋🏼 what nappies is everyone getting or what nappies have you used in the past and found where the best? Currently got pampers but don’t want to stock up if there’s better ones that are slightly cheaper as pampers I find are so expensive 🤦🏽‍♀️❤️ thankyou x