Evening supply dip

I’m combi-feeding my 8-week-old because breastfeeding was unbearably painful in the first couple of weeks due to a very shallow latch. Recently, I’ve been trying to breastfeed more, but I’ve noticed my baby gets really fussy at the boob and keeps tugging and pulling on my nipple.

It mostly happens between 5–7pm, so I’m wondering if my milk supply dips in the evening? I almost always end up having to top up with formula to keep baby content.

Has anyone else experienced this? Is it just the typical evening "witching hour," or could it be a supply issue?

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How do you all do it?

How do you let your baby’s daddy make mistakes? Things that you know don’t work or things that you know LO likes, I try to share these with my partner and he just gets angry at me and he thinks I’m being negative towards him, saying that he is doing it wrong.

I EBF and do all the night times and 98% of the daytime naps. My LO also contact naps during the day only (ever since being a baby and having a tongue tie, LO has always fallen asleep during a feed), which hasn’t been a choice, as LO will wake immediately when put down.

Just now my partner offered to take LO for a nap, after we had argued, as I needed a shower and he was talking loudly towards me while holding the baby, as he was walking upstairs. He put LO in the cot and then slammed the bathroom door to go for a wee before being nap trapped.
I tried to say that being loud and noisy isn’t helpful before putting LO down for a sleep and he got angry at me for it (while holding LO).
So how do you all just let things slide, when you know that you will have to deal with the aftermath of LO being an overtired/frustrated baby later on.
How do you do it?

Feeling like a failure

My little one is 18 months in a couple of days and I think I can count on one hand when he’s had a couple nights decent sleep. He’s never really slept through the night and is doing it more where he’s waking up and no matter what I do to settle him, he’s then awake for a couple of hours then back to sleep. No matter if he has a bad nap or a decent nap throughout the day. I feel like I’m failing and wondering if anyone else has had this?

To circumcise or to NOT circumcise, that is the question.

Hey ladies, so I'm about to give birth, like... he should be here tomorrow. and I'm torn between the two. His dad isn't and he's not really helping me with this decision and now its crunch time. I feel like dad hasn't had any issues and (tmi) but I personally think its pretty cool, and can see certain benefits of have a "pull back" but I've only had a daughter and this is my first (and last) boy. I asked one of my friends who didn't choose to circumcise her son and she said she wish she had did it. He's about five now and she says that it irritates him.
So now I'm like... what to do?!

AM & PM milk

2 months postpartum and i am just finding out that people separate their pumped am & pm milk.... i read on google that pm milk contains melatonin which i also did not know... should i be separating my pumped milk by am & pm?? i'm a ftm so please give me some insight on this and if it actually makes a difference weather i separated them or not. TYYY 🫶🏼

Night feeds

Hi all,
FTM here… my little boy is 2 weeks old today and is waking up between 4-5hours during the night for a feed! Last night I fed him at 9:30pm then put him down, he then woke up at 2:30am and my partner gave him a bottle and I have just fed him again at 6:30am. Do I need to be waking him more? He was 7lb1oz at birth and is now 7lb8oz (probably a bit more now) He has lots of wee’s and poo’s during the day and night too!
Thank you x

Found baby face down in next to me cot

Omg help me feel less stressed and stop crying.
I just found my 5wk old face down in the cot. Unsure if she rolled over or if I had been cuddling her and she fell into it. We have had a few waking nights due to fussiness and I have been so tired.
I feel terrible and scared that I have hurt her. On the phone to 111 just incase but really hope I dont need to attend a&e
Just want to calm down and not feel terrible