friends baby sprinkle

so my friend is having her baby shower coming up for baby number 3 and is requesting everyone brings a box of diapers plus something from their registry. i’m really really not in the financial position to buy both.. even just another box of diapers would be a struggle for me. idk how to tell this friend i can’t really afford to buy anything more than like 15-20 bucks. i really want to go to support her but im afraid i wont be welcome without bringing a gift since they’re supplying food and such.. any advice? i haven’t texted my friend back in over a week because i dont know what to do and thinking about it causes me great anxiety

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Co-sleeping

Hi Mamas! My baby and I have been co-sleeping since he turned 1 month old. He is now 5 months old and has been sleeping longer stretches. He still wakes up to feeds like 2-3 times at night, I simply just feed him while laying down and would fall asleep together.

Anyways, I just want to know how and when did you switch from cosleeping to baby sleeping in their own bed?

I was thinking for our family, that we will wait for him to sleep through the night before transferring him into his own bed. But I’m curious to know what other parents have done 🫶🏼.

Breastfeeding

I was so adamant on only breastfeeding my baby when I was pregnant. I bought three different pumps to try out. At first it was going great. My mum was with me constantly cooking for me to build my supply and I was breastfeeding at night and if not then always pumping. The health care professional advised me that my LO wasn’t gaining enough weight and to top up on formula if I couldn’t get my supply up. As time went on I was being advised more bottles of formula as her weight still wasn’t getting to the right level. Eventually I would only pump 20-30ml of breastmilk. This was no where near enough and my LO would get frustrated on the nipple and wouldn’t settle until given a full bottle of milk. It was very disheartening seeing such little supply, I would pump until my nipples would turn inside out. Until I barely produced enough to I stopped at around 2/3 months and have been giving her formula ever since.

Everyday I feel so guilty for stopping I regret it so much I wish I tried harder. I look at my baby and think maybe she isn’t hitting her milestones because of this or she might get childhood obesity or develop illnesses in the future. Whenever I see women online pumping or breastfeeding their babies I feel like I failed my LO. Has anyone else experienced this? And I was wondering whether I generally didn’t have a supply or I wasn’t pumping enough ? My sister also went through the same thing.

Intimacy with partner

My husband and I have been cosleeping with our baby girl since her birth and it’s been hard to get intimate and have sex because of that.
For those who coslept, how did you keep it going?

Baby Screaming every car ride

Hi mamas! My baby just turned 8 weeks old and for the past 2 weeks have screamed everytime i put him in the car. the car ride used to put him to sleep now he screams anytime he's in it. any opinions?

When to leave baby

I’m a first time mom I’m 3 weeks postpartum and I have never not been in the same house as my baby and my husband has never held a kid before ours so I am wondering when people left their baby at all with their husbands even for 15min I am soooo nervous I cry just thinking about it but I go back to work full l
time in 7 weeks.

Attempting to crawl

My little one has been trying to crawl for nearly 2 months and its got to the point now that it is literally all he does, he is so determined that he just whines and cries because hes frustrated with himself😩🥺. Anyone else's baby like this? I feel so bad for him😣