Postpartum nappies

Can anyone recommend any to buy? I used disposable pants and pads in my last pregnancy and I just found them to be rubbish and uncomfortable as the pads kept moving and leaking. I’m fancying trying the nappy style ones if anyone has any recommendations? I’m a size 20 so I struggle to find any on amazon that might actually fit me😂

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Help please

I have a little boy who’s 5 months spoons and ofc he has found his hands and fingers so night time has been hard bc he will fall asleep fine but wake up with his hands in his mouth and choke we swaddle him at night and I know it’s normal but he won’t sleep bc he get excited over his hands

Any help or ideas of what I can do would be appreciated

IM MORTIFIED!!!

My 5 yr old caught me and my husband having some naughty time. We were both fully clothed vigorously kissing me giving him a handy down his trousers his hands on my boob I look over and my son stood there silent. Neither of us heard him walk up. I'm so embarrassed. He doesn't know what we were doing but it would definitely have look odd to him. My husband just said casually we are having a cuddle. Please tell me this has happened to other people we were in a private space

Long periods of sitting

Help please! I know you can't lie flat on your back but are you allowed to sit propped up in bed leaning back for long periods?

I am so tired this pregnancy I can't sit straight up for very long before I flop back

First Time Mamma

Anybody else feel like they have no idea what they are actually doing?

Literally everything I do, I question if it’s right. I feel like once you’ve have the baby they just let you out in the big wide world to do as you please. I didn’t have any antenatal classes (not even sure what these are to cover if I’m honest)

My baby is very good - Hardly cries, I tried waking her for her feeds at first but she just wasn’t interested so since about 3 days old I wasn’t waking her every 2/3 hours to feed,
She is now 15days old, and is 20grams off her birth weight - midwife is aware she’s being fed on demand now.

Shes a formula fed baby and I use the tomme tippe prep machine to prepare her feeds as I know I’m not good with telling when things are too hot or cold so really struggle with boiling water and cooling it down.

She currently sleeps from around 12pm - 5am of a night. And I know I should be getting the sleep in whilst I can, but I can’t help but lay awake and worry she’s too hot or cold throughout the night, if she’s wearing the right things, she sleeps in a baby grow with feet and a blanket over her (under her arms)

Anybody else just really struggling to know if they are doing the right thing? 😩

Cluster feeding? Baby not sleeping

Currently 2 weeks pp with an exclusively breastfed baby. I’m a first time mum and struggling quite a bit with sundown scaries, my baby doesn’t sleep and if she does it’s never peaceful and she grunts and cries in her sleep all night, she feeds every hour but then I have to wait 20 mins for her to be put in her next to me or she’ll wake up but then by the time I’ve got her down she’s due to wake again (she wakes herself up) my midwife said she’s probs snack feeding because she keeps falling asleep at the boob, any tips to keep her awake during feeds so she sleeps for longer? I also think it’s because she knows she’s not jn my arms so she doesn’t sleep

Silent reflux or wind ? 😩

My little one is almost 3 weeks old, (still very young so I’m aware his digestive tract is developing) But the past few days I’ve had no sleep at all due to him being in discomfort, especially at night. He has a feed (formula fed) and struggles to burp but eventually does. I keep him upright for at least 30mins. When I put him down, he grunts and squirms and eventually cries. I’m wondering if this is a silent reflux issue (for which he’ll likely need gaviscon) or trapped wind ( he’d need Dentinox / Infacol)
Some of his main symptoms:
- lots of farting, he squirms and cries and will eventually fart
- he gulps and gasps during a feed ( I do burp him in between) he finishes his bottle happily
- he often makes a sour face after a feed and swallows in discomfort
Any advice on what this could be?