Accidentally hurting baby.

I feel so bad, today I was chilling my daughter into her car seat and her chubby thigh got caught in the buckle so her skin was pinched quite hard. She was distraught 😔 she's fine now but I just feel so guilty and like a terrible mum.

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Accidents happen. They always do. And the fact you feel bad just shows how caring and good of a mum you are. My 10 week old surprisingly hasnt had any accidents yet. Especially with his 4 year old brother. But my eldest son, when he was about 7 weeks old. My partner opened our bedroom door too hard and the wardrobe shook and a metal dragon figure (a garden decoration which was on my wardrobe😂) fell straight onto his head. He cried for a minuite then was fine. He also took a tumble out of a stroller when he was about 1 because his dad forgot to strap him in 🙄🙄😂ive never let him live that one down but he always tripple checks the straps on buggys now 😂

When my baby was a week old we had a heat wave and I was checking her temp with a thermometer and accidentally dropped it, she start crying and so did I and for days after I felt so guilty and would cry when someone made a joke about it, felt like the worst person in the world, things happen 😂xx

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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.

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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 ❤️

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?

Would you be okay with a 3.5yo going 6hrs without a nappy change? (Assuming no 💩)

Considering how to manage it when she starts school, they’re fine for me to come in and change her midday and will contact me if she needs a 💩 change, but I’m worried that leaving her twice a day will just upset her more because she might think I’ve come to take her home! And driving back and forth to school 3x a day will be a lot for me. I usually aim for a change every 4hrs but she’ll easily go much longer without a change on a normal day if we’re out and about and never been bothered about it or caused an issue, but I don’t know if the teachers would judge me if I suggested not coming in to change her midday. Is 6 hours bad? It probably won’t even be wet by midday tbh!

(Pls don’t vote if you only have a young baby who needs changing super regularly! She doesn’t wee every 5 minutes like a baby 🙈)

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.

Back to work

I am returning back to work in September. My baby girl will be nearly 8 months old.
I am breast feeding aswell as pumping. Work have said they will support me with the breast feeding as if i take bottles of breast milk in they have to be used up within 4-6hrs.
How did others get on with this transition