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I just don't think im meant for motherhood.
I had my first child when I was 23, Mentally ill and undiagnosed. And I really struggled. But I had a village so it wasn't so bad. Me and his Dad split before he was 1 but he still helped me so much and we co raised him till a few years ago. Our son now lives with him the majority of the time.
Since then I've been diagnosed and worked on my self. I can control my mental illness a good majority of the time.
I thought I could handle having a baby. And after lots of loss we had our baby last year. And I've managed really well till the last few days. His whinging, crying and screaming has been relentless. And I do manage about 6/7 hours before I feel so overwhelmed I could cry. By the time Dad's home from work I'm ready to just go to sleep.. I just feel like I'm doing a really bad job and I don't have a Villiage this time either. And I don't know the point of this post I just needed to vent ❤️

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Is is me or is there a complete lack of check ups on babies in the NHS?!

Little bit of a rant but to me it seems absolutely crazy that if nothing seems wrong with your baby, theres no check up till a year old? If you dont book appointments no one actually checks on your baby. Not even just a wellbeing check on them. As a first time mum just blows my mind.

Breasfeeding vs pumping

Hi there!
Looking for opinions and experiences.
I had an emergency C, and my milk came in late, so we had to start with formula. Worked on it and my milk came, but baby is now used to bottle. Managed to make him latch a few times, but ut was painful and after a while he was getting a bit frustrated, i guess because of the flow. So i stuck with pumping.

Now here's my dilema :
Yes, i have to pump regularly every 2-3 hours. So not getting too much sleep. My husband insists it would have been loads easier if i would have kept trying to breastfeed, so i wouldn't get out of bed, having to get the milk ready all the time, and even he could get more sleep. So i think this is all one sided, as he would get more sleep, and i would get even less, as i thought breastfeeding would mean even less sleep because babies do lots of cluster feeding? As in i could end up feeding every 10 20 min compared to every 2-3h?

There's pros and cons for both exclusively breastfeeding and exclusively pumping (especially for the future on this as i will end up just giving the bottle to the baby and feed himself while i have a bit of time for myself - under supervision ofc)

Any takes on this? Anyone who switched from one to another? What do you think was easier?

Bed rail for co sleeping

Any recommendations for a good bed rail for co sleeping? I’ve seen them on Amazon and Argos
UK Please

Administering calpol

My baby has just had his 8 week jabs and I have tried to give him calpol via syringe but he has spit/dribbled it all out. Any advice on administering it?

Co sleeping

This morning I coslept with my baby. I wanted a bit more sleep as she woke up at 5 and she wouldn’t let me put her down. I moved the duvet out of the way and moved all of the pillows except one for my head which was well away from her head(I put it vertical under me rather than horizontal) I slept in the c curl with my arm above her head straight and both my knees curled up under her. Did I do anything wrong? Also? Is there any tips to maybe get her to sleep better in her Moses basket in the morning as I don’t want to have to rely on this every morning.

How do I do a 6 hour road trip with my 2 month old carseat hating baby?

She cries and screams, does anyone have any tools to help?

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