Breastfed babies

Can someone help me? My daughter is 6 weeks. I breastfeed and bottle feed so that it’s easier for my bf to feed our daughter. But lately she hasn’t been eating her whole bottle and preferring boob. Eventually I get tired of fighting her and feel bad she’s not eating so I give her boob but once I am back at work it will be so hard to get her to eat. Does anyone struggle with this? What do i do? 🥲

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Struggling with breastfeeding vs. bottle as I return to work

I'm going back to work part-time, and my mom and mother-in-law are helping with childcare. My baby prefers breastfeeding but will take a bottle, though it's not her favorite, and my MIL had a hard time settling her recently. My husband suggests switching to bottles more at home, but I’m not sure I'm ready to stop breastfeeding completely. Has anyone else faced this? Any tips for making this transition easier while keeping our bond?

What would you have done?

I was at a splashpad today where there was also a sandpit.
I was playing with my daughter when I heard a boy say "you're gonna ruin those shoes". After a few minutes I noticed that the other boy (who was about 7 years old) was wearing my trainers that I'd left on the edge, and had got them super wet and sandy. The boy walked over to his mum who was sat with her friends and she just started laughing and had her hand over her mouth. Her and her friends stayed sitting and chatting and the boy just threw them onto the sand.

I think I’m ruining my relationship but can’t change my behaviour

I’m 3m pp, breastfeeding, c section for context. I have no interest in being touched, to the point it feels like an aversion, like I’m suddenly asexual. My partner and I didn’t have a great start for the first 2 months pp. He was so unhelpful and rude and kept trying to start arguments over anything seemingly just for attention. The last month has been entirely different, he’s so helpful around the house and makes an effort with us and has such a lovely relationship with the baby.
We’ve always been best friends and it feels like the friendship part is back, but he goes to hug or kiss me or be flirty or sexual and nothing switches on for me. He’s not complaining, he can see I’m being a mum 24/7 busy breastfeeding or nappy changing or playing or being a bed for our baby, but I do feel bad that he can probably tell his feelings just aren’t reciprocated. It’s like I KNOW I love him but all feeling other than the love I have for our baby is numb. Does this go away? It’s like I only have space in my heart for one and it’s awful thinking that. Is there something wrong with me? Or is this just life postpartum? How long until it goes?

Question

Need some help, my 7 weeks old baby hasn’t poop 💩 since two days and he’s been crying 😢 I have done the exercises but nothing
seems to work. Any advise?

Nappies!

Just out of curiosity and no judgements!!!!! How often are we changing our little one nappies (if they don’t look full and there’s no poop)

Defrost chicken?

So I forgot to get the chicken breasts out the freezer last night so got them out this morning and have had them on the side.
One is quite large and still hasn’t defrosted properly - still have another 3 hours but ideally want to put them in the fridge now. Can you defrost the chicken in the microwave or will I make everyone ill? 😭🤣