Overtired baby everyday

Tell me I am not the only one please ! I am getting really depressed and I feel like I am suffocating. I have a 10 week old baby that does not nap easily. It takes her 1-3h to put her to sleep. I have a 4 year old boy at home and my husband comes at 7pm. I am trying my best but I feel like I am letting my boy all day alone, trying to put her to bed. I have tried everything. She only naps on my shoulder. In the carrier also, and on the breast, if I take it out of her mouth she opens her eyes. My nipples are sore as she is not even sucking she only open and closes her mouth. As soon as I leave her down she opens her eyes. I can't even follow her wake windows anymore as she is always tired and tired... I am mentally suffering.

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Rant

So I've followed the trial on Lindsay Clancy and now my algorithm is full of things on it. Since the mistrial I've seen so many creators posting complete lies about PPD and PPP. Not every mother who has/had it will annihilate Thier families or themselves. They are 2 VERY different things and seem to be being used interchangeably.
Mental health is a real issue and with all this misinformation and judgement surrounding it now it seems even less likely than before that people will try reach out for help. I can completely understand the desire to have her locked up and the key thrown away, but not guilty due to mental state isn't a new defence, in her state the prosecution has to prove she was criminally responsible. Also 11 people didn't think the prosecution proved that she was criminally culpable due to her mental health, that is the law. I am certain if ANY of her/the kids family thought the kids life were at risk they wouldn't have taken the risk so people blaming them is also just annoying me... Am I the only person with a nuanced view on this case!?

Crawling

My little boy is only 4.5 months old but so far he’s met every milestone early. The last few days he keeps rolling on his tummy and then lifting his bum up and moving his legs like he’s trying to crawl. Obviously he can’t and he gets so upset screaming and crying, but as soon as I roll him on his back he’s straight back on his tummy crying again 😩 is this just something I have to wait out until he learns how to do it?

First words

My LO is nearly 6 months and about 3 days ago he said his first word. Anybody else's?

Formula and slow feeding babies

My baby is 16 weeks old and currently drinks around 150–180ml during each wake window. She is a very slow drinker, so she’ll usually drink about half of her feed when she wakes up, then have small amounts throughout the rest of her wake window (just over 2 hours).

The problem is that formula is only safe to use for an hour once feeding has started, so we end up wasting quite a lot of formula and going through lots of bottles.

How can I encourage her to drink more of her feed at the beginning of her wake window? Or is there a better way to prepare the formula to avoid so much waste?

Would it be better to offer smaller, more frequent bottles? My worry is that sometimes she suddenly wants more, and if I’ve only prepared a small bottle, it runs out. If I make another bottle straight away, she often won’t take it for a while, even though she seems hungry.

I’d really appreciate any advice or tips!

Sleep 😴

Did anyone struggle when they had a new born to be able to go to sleep. I've had nights where I'm tired, baby is asleep, husband is asleep, but i am so anxious I just can't drift off

Sleep training

Hi everyone- my LO is now 9 weeks old and we want to start sleep training him to ensure he sleeps well .

Have no clue how to do this . Help pl