Colostrum collection

First try today for about 20 min got this much… my nips are a bit sore now though so I have stopped and will try some more tonight… is that an alright amount?

Also do i put it in the fridge till i hopefully fill it tonight and then freeze it?

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Bd silent treatment

I told my baby dad that I’ve been struggling and I’m overwhelmed and I need more support and he said that me being overwhelmed, overwhelmed him and that I’m too mean and he’s been ignoring me for over a week now. He was really shitty to me during my pregnancy and started doing better and now he’s back to his BS.

Solidarity for a sleep deprived mum

I’m just looking for someone to tell me they’re in a similar boat and make me feel better 😭😩

My little one has pretty much always been a terrible sleeper (from 4.5 months and counting). He’s had an occasional few spells of decent sleeping, but it’s never been perfect. We’ve gone from waking up 7 to 10 times a night when he was around 10 months, to waking up multiple times in the middle of the night, to not wanting to fall asleep without being rocked. The latest shenanigan is going to sleep but then waking up around 10pm and staying awake for a solid three hours. We’ve had a few bouts of gentle sleep training, but nothing seems to have completely fixed it – which I slightly expect given all the development milestones. Before this, it was sleeping around 730/8 pm and waking up at 4 am. We’ve tried everything - shortening naps, lengthening nuts, dropping naps, earlier bedtime, later bedtime, longer bath before bed, more activity in the day etc etc.

Even though I know it’s not logical, I feel like I’m doing something wrong. Most of my friends now have kids that sleep through the night solidly. One has a 7pm-7am solidly sleeping baby from about 8 months but during her recent sleep regression when the sleep got temporarily bad, my friend told me that it’s worse to have a baby that is generally a good sleeper, but then regresses because you get used to good sleep. Meanwhile, I can count the amount of times on my left hand that I’ve managed to sleep through the night since my LO was born 🥴

Please tell me someone else can relate to this experience at this stage…

Boy moms

Am I the only mom who son just wants to look at his lil parts and play w it , he pull off his pull up to touch it he been like this since I could remember and he’s only finna be 2

So I am struggling as a mom

My toddler is extremely needy, difficult, demanding, and I feel my relationship with my husband is basically non-existent right now

I also have ocd and anxiety and had a horrible and very traumatic pregnancy with my daughter mentally so there is a lot in common and a huge disconnect there for me

I just feel like my husband and I are floating on opposite ends of the world sometimes

I’m welcoming a new baby in November and feel lost and sad

My pregnancy has been much better this time around which I’m very thankful for.

I suggested couples or marriage counselling with my partner or may even need counselling myself

Does anyone else feel similarly? It is normal to feel like you’ve lost yourself and your partnership?

Does it get better? lol 😭😭

Sleep safty

I co sleep with my baby, and have done for a couple of months now, i only started co sleeping because she was poorly and wanted to be near me and it just stuck. But 2 nights ago she woke up at 2am and crawled off the end of the bed, the guilt i have is so overwhelming, how did i not wake up until she was at the end of the bed?
Anyway, last night i brought her cot in because my anxiety was to high to let her sleep in bed. It took 1hr and 45 minutes to get her to sleep and i successfully transfered her into her crib but she woke every hour, and everytime i breastfed her back to sleep and transfered her and then at 4am i brought her back into bed so she could sleep, i slept with my feet on the headboard and head basically touching the other side of the bed so she only had a triangle with no areas she could crawl off to.
I need advice, please help.
I want her to be safe and to sleep.

sleep help!

My partners work alarm always wakes my baby up, for reference it goes off at 6am and he has to have it pretty loud or else he won't hear it. When baby wakes up he has a 2 hour wake window so i'm sat up until 8am then i only manage to get another hour of sleep in and i'm done 😭 I wish he was like me and would wake up to a quiet alarm instantly but please help?? how do i stop this annoying ass wake window?