Going abroad

Hey, so I’m taking my 10 month old to Tenerife next week (my first abroad holiday with her), and was just wondering what essentials I need, how did people deal with washing bottles and sterilising, what water to use, do I take a car seat? The hotel states they will supply the travel cot, but do I just take my own instead or will the one there be okay. Any help/advice would be great☺️

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Guilt over leaving children so late

Hi all - it’s 4am and I’m crying over feeling guilty for leaving children so late in life (40). It’s my biggest regret, but it wouldn’t have been the right time for me any earlier. My baby is 6 months.

I’m feeling guilt that my child potentially will only have me until their 40s, maybe 50. That I’ll leave this earth while he still needs his mother. I’m being stupid because I can’t do anything about it.

Anybody in the same boat with any words of wisdom?

Partners

Does anybody else / has anybody started to resent their partner?
We have 2 babies 11 months apart, he does 4 on 4 off at work, (2 days & 2 nights) anyway, I’ve started to not like him being around him or anything. For the fact of I do everything for the kids with no help.. he never gets up with them, brings them out for the day, lets me have a break even for a few hours.. I can’t remember the last time I was able to breath on my own 😆. (Btw I love being a mam!) but it would be nice to have a little help.. I feel like a single mum in a relationship with there dad 😆

Urgent advice

I’m planning on leaving him Friday with my baby please I need advice on who can help me secure food etc for my child until I’m back in my feet again and don’t have to r return home

Serious emotional question

Hey there, I’m a mom of one to a now six month old and I’m 22 if that means anything.

I recently was talking to my husband about the early stages of when we first brought our baby home and just about how we truly dealt with it. My husband stayed home for two weeks since that’s all his job gave him and then left for work, being gone 14 hours a day, 6 days a week every other week. We have no family or friends around us so I was basically figuring out a newborn by myself which isn’t my husband’s fault at all. I was going through a lot with just delivering a baby, my mental state and all around the changes to my body. I had always been around 98lbs and I had gotten all the way to 155lbs at the end of my pregnancy, dropping down to 130lbs postpartum and my body image wasn’t great. He would come home and ask if I was okay or how my day was and I’d just cry. I was overwhelmed, in pain, and running on almost no sleep.

I asked my husband if he had been worried about me with our baby and he answered truthfully saying yes. I asked if he thought I would harm our son and he told me no, but he was worried that I would leave him in his bassinet when he was crying and walk away, not tending to him at all because of how horrible I was feeling. Our baby did cry A LOT in the beginning and he was nervous that I would get overwhelmed and leave him by himself for hours. He told me that he knew that was unlikely and preceded to praise me for how good of a mom I was and thanking me for keeping our baby healthy and happy even when I wasn’t.

I’ve been dwelling on it since we spoke, feeling horrible that I made him think that way. I never once did that, I would cry and hold him, think about what my life would of been if I hadn’t become a mom and spend hours watching him, scared at any moment he could just stop breathing. It was a rollercoaster I never wanna ride again.

How do I get this out of my head? Why do I feel so horrible even though I know I never did what he was worried about and never would do it? Sorry if this was long and kinda… well pointless, I’m just struggling with it.

Restaurants

At what age did you let your little one have crayons / activity books you get when at a meal at a restaurant?

11 week old teething?

My little love has started wanting more and more milk like 200ml was his last feed and still wanting more, he will chew on my finger and his gums look a bit red. Could he be teething this early?