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Hi lady’s does it get better around 3 months and up I feel like these first two months are terrible

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Missing my old life

I feel awful writing this. Me and my lovely husband haven’t been together long - 14 months which I know sounds crazy! I love him so much. We have a 5 week old who I adore more than anything. But I miss it being just me and my husband so much. We’re snapping at each other and I feel stressed all the time. It was a really difficult pregnancy towards the end and this is maybe even more difficult. I’m mourning the ease of our old life (which I know didn’t last long!!) I’m a bit sensitive and wanted to just put this out there. Any insights?

Do you believe that if your child looks put together - hair done , clean face , fresh clothes etc that they get better treatment than a kid in a mismatched outfit , crazy hair and messy face

Had a debate about this with a friend

Night feeds

Hi I need help

my 4 almost 5 month old is feeding so much at night- 4 times last night. She is combi fed, she doesn’t have many bottled tho, only 1 a day and she only had around 70mls. She feeds often in the day every 2hrs ish. I’m not sure what I can do to stretch out the feeds in the day or night. I’m so tired of waking up so often now. Last night she fed 12:00qm, 1.30am, 3.30 am and 5.30 it’s killer I try and soothe her other ways but it doesn’t work.

Colostrum collecting

When the time comes to start collecting colostrum in a couple weeks, how is everyone doing it??? All the tips and advice welcome please!

This is my second baby but with my first I couldn’t do it all! Just couldn’t work out how to do it / get it in the syringes, even though I did go on to breastfeed with a good supply. I have already started leaking a bit this pregnancy.

I have ordered some 1ml syringes but nothing else yet.

Exclusive breastfeeding moms, I need your advice!

Hi moms, I really need some advice from other exclusively breastfeeding moms who may have experienced something similar. 🥺

My baby is exclusively breastfed, but she sometimes goes 11–12 days without pooping. When she does poop, the stool is usually soft and mustard yellow.

I have tried lactulose as recommended—the first time it worked, but the second time it didn’t. After that, the doctor recommended glycerin suppositories. Sometimes after waiting around 12 days, I have to use glycerin to help her poop. There have even been times when she didn’t poop after the glycerin, so I had to wait another few days and try again.

I’m getting really worried because I don’t know if this is normal for exclusively breastfed babies or if anyone else’s baby has gone this long without pooping.

Have any of your exclusively breastfed babies experienced this? How long would your baby go without pooping, and what helped? I would really appreciate hearing your experiences. ❤️

Breastfed night sleep routines

Breastfed babies who are sleeping 6+ hours at night, what are your routines? What time do you put them down? When do they wake up?