My cashapp is so deep in the negatives

This is so embarrassing I’ve been crying all morning because I feel like I’m failing as a mother because I can’t provide for my daughter and I just don’t know what to do anymore I really need diapers and wipes and barely any food for my baby and if someone can please help it would really be a blessing it’s so heart breaking to hear your baby say they want to eat and you have nothing to give them💔 anything will help please

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Contact naps only?

Hello! My baby is 6 weeks old and she only gets sleep when she contact naps on either of our chest so my partner and I take turns sleeping at night. Everyone keeps telling me to be careful of her getting used to it but I don’t know how. There came a period when she slept in her cot but now as soon as I put her down, the Moro reflex kicks in a few times and she wakes up and we’re back to square one…any advice?

Nappy bin

Are nappy bins actually worth it? Baby girl is due next month and I’m buying the last bits and bobs but I’ve heard mixed things about nappy bins! Would only be used in the bedroom to save me going up and down the stairs during the night but I’ve been told to save my money as I won’t actually use it that much?

First time break down

Finally had my first night where I broke down crying with my baby boy. I did everything I could to soothe him and he wouldnt stop till 3am and in that moment I felt so alone trying to do this. Everything is fine now but ftm and already almost 2 months in and it all hit me at once.

4 months regression - feeding

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks! Baby randomly started refusing his milk — I can’t help but think it’s linked to teething and him absolutely hating Calpol. It got to the point where he was clamping his mouth shut and spitting it out, and anything he did manage to drink would come back up.

We went to the doctor on Wednesday and, apart from being a bit fussy, he’s perfectly healthy. He does have a little bit of reflux, which is new, but it’s just really difficult not to worry that he isn’t drinking enough.

He previously went off one of his formulas, so we’ve tried a different one. He is taking this one rather than immediately spitting it out, but he’s still not drinking as much as he used to.

I’m now super paranoid about whether he’s getting enough! It’s just such a random change in his attitude towards milk. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

Lindsay Clancy

What does everyone think of the Lindsay Clancy trial? The whole trial has just had me in bits, for everyone involved. Being a mum and going through post partum struggles I do understand. And a lot of people will say ‘she killed her kids!’ Yeah, she did. But how many times did she reach out to people, her mum, her MIL, mental health workers, suicide line, mother and baby groups? Her search history was all about how to care for her kids and her kids! No one in the trial has a bad word to say about her. The whole story is sad and when you’ve been through needing help like that yourself you understand it more. I hope she gets the help she needs

Newborn won’t lay down

My baby is just over 2 weeks old. He will not let us lay him down, not in his next to me or pram bassinet, meaning I can’t leave the house with the pram and can only having him in my arms. Any advice?