Is anyone else just… not enjoying pregnancy?

Please don’t judge. I’m a first-time mum-to-be, and I honestly feel like I’m not enjoying pregnancy at all. I’ve struggled with depression before, and since becoming pregnant it feels like it’s come back. I was also really sick from week 6 until week 16, so it’s only recently that I’ve been able to eat normally again.

Even though I have an amazing husband and family who support me, I still feel really lonely, like I’m the only one going through all these changes to my body and everything pregnancy brings.

I worry about my baby girl all the time if she doesn’t move, if I do too much effort, or before every scan. But I still don’t feel that strong maternal bond people talk about. Sometimes it doesn’t even feel real, and it scares me that I might be a bad mum when she’s born.
Sometimes I feel sad and crying for no reason. And I can’t wait to give birth and get back to my old self..

Has anyone else felt like this, or is it just me?

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Best product to clean clothes with poop (UK)

Hello
I was wondering what are the best products to clean poonamies (I think it’s the correct term? lol) on clothes?
I am due soon and I’m keep to have the best products or methods that are available in the uk.
In terms of laundry detergents we are using Fairy non bio capsules. Is there any products that I could use before on the clothes ?

Poorly from nursery

Since starting nursery 2 months ago my son (nearly one) has been poorly literally every other week! Sometimes even weekly. It’s driving me insane! Having to miss work, or leave work early and lose out on my wages but still have to pay the super expensive nursery fees 😬 it’s awful for him too! When he was starting I had so many people say their kids were always sick from nursery but my GOD I was not expecting this it’s absolutely relentless! My question is… at what age does this get better?! 😩

Feeling trapped by the routine

I feel like no matter how hard I try I just cannot get out of the house when I'm on my own. We've hit the 4 month sleep changes, so I'm trying really hard to have a consistent nap schedule (day naps have been hit harder than night sleep). But this makes getting out and going for walks etc impossible. Baby is EBF too so with the weather and distracted feeds and growth spurts I feel like I'm constantly nursing. And when I'm not nursing she's asleep. I tried to get us out for a walk today for the afternoon nap but we failed once again. I'm currently nap trapped upstairs after giving her a "quick feed" before our walk.

Unpopular opinion👀 baby’s don’t need baths as often as a we think. Maybe 1-2 times a week. But even months 0-5 it doesn’t feel necessary they aren’t dirty.

Like my toddlers get one every day or every other day but baby went like 2 months before having a real bath.

Question to the parents who have no adult bath, how easy/hard is it with a baby/toddler, and do you wish you had one?

Me and my husband are looking at buying a different home, however the house we love does not have a bath. To those who don’t have a bath, how hard is it to bathe them and what do you use? Do you wish you had a bath? My husband really wants this home and so did I until I started thinking about the bath situation. For context my baby is currently 9mo. Thanks in advance!

Possible autism?

Hi I’ve suspected since my little boy was a baby that he may be autistic and he’s now almost 2 (in October) so i can actually start the process of diagnosis but I’m starting to doubt myself, I’m being told that he won’t get a diagnosis and why would i even want one at this age (this is from staff in our local family hub) and he behaves pretty normally at nursery. I’m hoping parents with diagnosed autistic children could let me know if I’m doing the right thing or if I’m just looking for something that isn’t really there, these are all the signs he’s showing.

1. Others kids friends with him, hes not friends with them
2. Sensory seeking, spinning, being thrown, jumping, being upside down
3. Lack of understanding, doesn’t know animal sounds, can only follow very few basic instructions
4. Always plays the same way
5. Speech delay? - does have mild hearing loss
6. Echolalia
7. Unsure if knows his own name or just responding to volume
8. No imagination
9. Gets upset with routine changes
10. Tantrums last minimum 2h usually around 4h, only way to stop them is take him out
11. Enjoys repetitive actions
12. Struggles in new environments
13. Overly independent baby, only cried for food and if in pain didn’t cry to be held
14. Very hard to make smile or laugh when younger, massive difference between him and his sister, only responsively laughs now with sensory input but does randomly laugh
15. Late waving, clapping and pointing
16. Constantly climbing
17. Obsessed with water play
18. Loves to rearrange furniture
19. Runs off in public
20. Doesn’t feel the cold
21. Loves small spaces, will use them to regulate when upset
22. Terrified of certain sounds (bouncy castles ect)
23. Once warmed up to someone has no sense of personal space
24. “Side eye”
25. Puts everything in his mouth
26. Never stops moving
27. Needs “restraining” to fall asleep
28. Overly affectionate with “safe people”
29. Loves staring at lights
30. Everything has to be “equal”, if i tickle one foot he’ll hold the other out and I have to tickle that one as well
31. Doesn’t like having dirty hands, food mess is ok but dirt/sand ect needs cleaning off immediately
32. Seems to forget words he previously knew or no longer understands what they mean
33. “Zones out” multiple times a day
34. Won’t “talk” around non immediate family
35. Will observe other children but won’t interact
36. Once has his mind set on something he HAS to do it and will continuously go back to it for hours regardless of distractions or redirection
37. Has started occasionally toe walking

Obviously a lot of these things can be completely normal for his age but I feel like when you look at the bigger picture it points to something else going on, thank you if you read all of this x