Infant dyschezia how do I treat it???

My 4 week old went to the gp as he was constantly unsettled and squirming they gave infant gaviscon but I found it more of just a relief for him than an actual solution….he has also tried Infacol….and has been told he probably has reflux…. But I find he struggles to pass stools and fart even after all exercising techniques???? Anything I can do else to help I’m settle again instead of constantly straining….

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Why won’t my baby stop wanting feeding/my chest

My baby boy is now 4 weeks old and I’ve found that In the past week and a half he won’t settle easily himself he will constantly want’s latched to my breast.
I’ve tried burping , exercises , entertainment when he begins to cry and the only thing that seems to settle him or put him to sleep when this happens is going back on to my breast???? Is this normal??? at times it’s even 20 minutes or even up to a hour or two at most !

Is anyone else experiencing this or have any advice

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Postpartum rage or depression?

I am currently 6 months postpartum, my daughter is my absolute world she makes me so happy but since I’ve had her I’ve felt numb inside unless it’s towards her then I pour all my love to her.
I think I have postpartum depression it’s only occurred to me the last few days as I am ‘high functioning’ but the mask feels like it’s beginning to slip and I have so much rage and go 0-10000 extremely quickly especially with my fiancé. I can tell I’m destroying our relationship making him miserable and pushed out. I have these episodes of rage and then consumed with guilt after because he really is the kindest man and the most amazing dad he doesn’t deserve this. How can I help myself? I just want to be myself again 😭

Weaning your child off the boob?

Officially have been breast feeding for a year and am over it! How do I wean him off? He’ll literally lift my shirt to get to them.

5am settling

Curious if anyone else’s LO is all good in their next to me all night, doing longer stretches until 5am, when they wake up and won’t settle unless they come into the bed with us?

Need to rant

I’m a first time mom I have a almost 4 month old. I decided to go visit my sister on Tuesday she lives maybe 50 mins away from me .I exclusively breastfeed for me I pump and freeze and use that milk whenever I go out or have an appointment I fed my baby before we left to visit her and while we where there he maybe drank 3oz of milk from the bottle and went to sleep then when he woke up I proceed to breastfeed him. Well she texted me today saying she was worried about me because I’m not feeding my baby in her eyes she only saw he was drinking the bottle not breastfeeding him keep in mind she was in the kitchen and I was in the living room and she also mentions that she breastfeeded her babies and babies should be fed every hour and also that I’m not myself . I did mention I’m going through postpartum depression and I’m slowly getting back as how I use to be and I did tell her comments made me feel bad about myself and making me feel like a bad mom she proceed to say I’m sensitive and need help I did tell her I was taking meds and she said are you sure because it doesn’t seem like it and that I should also dress better because I only have one baby . What do I do ? She is my sister but when I tell her how I feel in her eyes I’m a just a sensitive person that needs to get it together

5 month old refuses bottle

What worked for you? We have tried Tommie Tippie, MAM (worked for a little while in the first few weeks), Lansinoh - all with multiple different flow teats, anti colic and normal style bottles, etc. but our exclusively breastfed fed baby is still refusing bottle. They take 10ml at most and that’s it. The refusal started around 8 weeks and now at 5 months still no luck.

We have tried all the tricks - mum not home, hungry, not hungry, moving, up right, laying down, daytime, evening, etc. nothing seems to work.
Trying to figure out if we should keep buying different bottles or just give up. I’ve heard some mums use open cups but we mainly need the bottle for the before bed feed in the evening and that seems to not be ideal with a tired baby.