When did you first drive with just your baby in the back? I've got the full safe setup installed but I am still nervous to drive anywhere alone yet. My baby is 5 weeks old on Friday and there's a bf support group I want to attend but it's too far to walk there :(
When my husband drives I am in the back with my son, holding his head when there are sharp turns and potholes because he is still a bit too small for the car seat to be holding his head in place (apparently this is normal and still fine but it worries me!)
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He’ll be okay I had a 6 week checkup and drove I had no choice and baby was fine

Could you get a bus or taxi? I drove with my little one at about 4 weeks but I was so nervous about it I put it off for as long as possible and used trains for as long as I could.
Once I’d done it once it got much easier. Maybe go for a drive with your husband in the back just to practice?

I was ten days PP and started driving! I figured the quicker bit the bullet the better because my brain spirals if I don’t tbh x

My first I drove 1 week after as my husband went back to work. My second was 6 weeks because I had an emergency CS x

I drove with him on my own once at about 3 weeks then immediately ordered a mirror and have been a lot less nervous driving with him since. It does get better x

Go out at night around the block to build your confidence up. I drove 6 weeks post c section xxx

5 weeks, my partner also doesn't drive so I'm the only only driver. I had an emergency caesarean so had my mum drove my car home from hospital and then my father-in-law drove my car to take us to our 5 day check. I drove feomn5 weeks and did a short trip with my partner in the car, next drive was just me and baby x

With my first I drove with baby in the back at 2 weeks, my husband was back at work, with my second he was in the back with his older brother literally from birth. I couldnt fit in the middle of both car seats and I have a mirror for them both so I knew he would be fine. X

Ive done short 10min journeys since my LO was 5 weeks. Today I braved 30 mins to an appointment and 30mins back. I was an absolute wreck this morning because he normally screams at least once and im normally sat in the back with him but Today he didnt!

I drove at 3 or 4 weeks post c section because no one else could take us to appointments 😩😅 she was fine
I work 3 days a week, in which my daughter goes to nursery. My partner leaves for work at 5am, so the whole process of getting up, ready and out the house is all on me. I only have a 15 month old but i’m struggling so much to be able to get myself ready and keep her distracted. How are we all managing this?
She’s into everything and in that stage where I can’t take my eyes off her, which makes it even impossible to brush my teeth.
She’s not predictable with her wakes, especially at the min as we’re going through an awful sleep regression, some days she wakes at 4am others 6am so trying to get up and ready before her isn’t really possible.
I don’t allow a lot of screen time and because of this she doesn’t really sit in front of the tv as i’ve tried this also.
Any help appreciated 😅
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What highchair would you recommend? I don’t want to do ikea as don’t want to buy the extra parts. I want it to be easy wipe clean. My baby is 5 months old
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Interested to know if you don’t actually need to sleep train to eventually get a child that sleeps 😂 my 8 month old gets held to sleep and placed in cot but he’s up a lot in the night until eventually he settles in our bed around 4;30am. I’m happy to do this with the hopes that one night he’ll just sleep through or am I wishful thinking 😂
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When did you first drive with just your baby in the back? I've got the full safe setup installed but I am still nervous to drive anywhere alone yet. My baby is 5 weeks old on Friday and there's a bf support group I want to attend but it's too far to walk there :(
When my husband drives I am in the back with my son, holding his head when there are sharp turns and potholes because he is still a bit too small for the car seat to be holding his head in place (apparently this is normal and still fine but it worries me!)

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I'm 10 weeks postpartum and went to the doctor yesterday for our Mother and Baby check. When it got to me, the doctor said "can you lift up your stomach so I can see the scar" 🤣😭
...loool the way a little bit of me died inside. It's barely even an overhang and my stomach has healed really well! There's no flap. I found it funny but also a bit of a gut punch because it's taken me all 10 weeks to adjust to my new body, appreciate it for all it's done, given me, and start to accept/like it again. Any new mums had similar scenarios or finding it a struggle to adapt to liking your new mum body post C section?

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I know it’s typically advised that the first wake window of the day is the shortest and the last one before bedtime be the longest but it seems it’s the opposite for my LO?
Shes 4 months and no matter when I start trying to wind her down for her naps she always falls asleep at the 2 hour mark (almost always on the dot). Her last ww before bedtime is then 1.5 hours most of the time. But then she’s waking up every 2 hours so could she be overtired?
Is this normal? Is there anything I should be doing differently?

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