How are you having sex when you cosleep?

I have an 18mo who for the last 3 months has decided she will only cosleep with me and contact nap. We are trying for our second baby but now I don't know when we can have sex? I can't slip away at night as she wakes every sleep cycle looking for me. She doesn't independently play so I can't slip away in the day. Plus I don't like the thought of having to watch my baby playing on a monitor whilst having sex during the day.

Any tips?
How are all my cosleeping mamas getting some????

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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 ❤️

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 🙈)

Newborn Hates Car Seat

Our 3-week-old absolutely hates her car seat (Maxi-Cosi Pebble). The moment we strap her in, she screams like she's being tortured.

We've checked that the harness isn't too tight, looked for any marks or pressure points, and even had the seat checked by the hospital, but everything seems fine. We've also tried gradually getting her used to it with short trips. Occasionally we can manage a brief drive without too much crying, but most journeys are pretty awful.

The second we take her out, she's completely fine again, although she genuinely seems really distressed while she's in it.

Has anyone else experienced this with their newborn? Did anything help, or did they eventually grow out of it? It's really limiting how far we can travel, so we'd be grateful for any tips or advice.

Toddler refusing bedtime

Please does anyone have any advice, my 3 year old has the past 3 nights completely fought bedtime. She will non stop talk/shout/scream/make up a million excuses as to why she can’t sleep and literally will not stop talking for more than 2 seconds to keep herself awake and stop herself from going to sleep. I am going out of my mind and do not know what to do to stop her from doing this as no matter what I say, it’s a different excuse, or she just continues shouting, screaming etc. has anyone had similar and any tips that stopped their toddler doing this?

Newborns

What sort of routine did your 5 week old have I feel all im doing is changing nappies feeding and sleep ? Is my newborns too sleepy

Wipes

Hey,just after everyone’s opinion/experiences of wipes, which did you find best which did you find worst. I know all babies have different skin etc but just for an idea of what is best.. xx