Temper\Reflux and postpartum guilt
Just looking for anyone who is in the same boat ❤️
My 5-week-old little man definitely gave me false hope with how chilled he was for the first couple of weeks! 😂 The past two weeks, though, he has really struggled with the whole “knowing how to be” thing. He has mild reflux and on-and-off episodes of bringing his milk back up, particularly during the night.
But now the witching hour seems to have turned into a witching 3 hours from the afternoon onwards! He goes into a full-on temper cry and nothing seems to console him. I can usually tell when his cries are because he’s uncomfortable or in pain, but sometimes he just goes from 0–100 and becomes completely inconsolable until he gets his bottle.
He wants feeding pretty much every hour, fights sleep during the day and is waking every couple of hours through the night. 😩
Please tell me this gets easier? 🥺
I’m a solo mum and live in a small flat, and honestly, I’ve found these episodes really hard to manage on my own. I’ve pretty much moved in with my parents recently, and they have been an absolute godsend. They both work full-time and are tired themselves, but they’ve given me so much help and support.
I’m trying really hard not to feel like a burden or guilty for needing them, or for struggling to navigate my own space and manage this whole new adventure on my own.
I know I’m doing my best, but some days it just feels really, really hard. ❤️
If anyone has been through this around 4–6 weeks, please tell me it gets better!
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My daughter is 7 weeks and we're still in it but I read somewhere it gets better from 8 weeks.
Im kicking myself now because the first couple of weeks I kept telling everyone how easy going she was.😂
My partner has been away for work for past week aswell so I've had 0 help, he is back tonight and I look like an unwashed tramp and the house is a tip 😬
My twins are 8 week now and it’s been hell at night from 9-10 pm untill 2-4am there are screaming we have been on Gaviscon since they was 4 weeks old and just been moved omeprazole im praying it works better
I will give you an update in a couple if u remember
My baby girl is 7 weeks tomorrow I am the same in the thick of it 😂 first couple of weeks she was an angel now the reflux started the crying for nothing started, the lack of sleep makes things even worse, you have got this!
Now my baby has a cold which is tipping me over the edge with the reflux and trapped wind and I feel like its a vicious circle!
I’ve found if you haven’t already buying the black and white toy bundle thing off of Amazon and it’s kept her entertained if only for 30 minutes it still helped.
I started a somewhat routine now with her and it’s helped at night time, I bath her around 18:30pm with Johnson’s bedtime bath stuff and then have a bottle ready with a dim light on, but as I have two step children who are bouncing around I try to get her used to not waking up at every noise so also keep the TV on, I have abit of me time when she falls to sleep about 8pm and she has been going to sleep wakes at midnight, usually 2am then 6am xx
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Temper\Reflux and postpartum guilt
Just looking for anyone who is in the same boat ❤️
My 5-week-old little man definitely gave me false hope with how chilled he was for the first couple of weeks! 😂 The past two weeks, though, he has really struggled with the whole “knowing how to be” thing. He has mild reflux and on-and-off episodes of bringing his milk back up, particularly during the night.
But now the witching hour seems to have turned into a witching 3 hours from the afternoon onwards! He goes into a full-on temper cry and nothing seems to console him. I can usually tell when his cries are because he’s uncomfortable or in pain, but sometimes he just goes from 0–100 and becomes completely inconsolable until he gets his bottle.
He wants feeding pretty much every hour, fights sleep during the day and is waking every couple of hours through the night. 😩
Please tell me this gets easier? 🥺
I’m a solo mum and live in a small flat, and honestly, I’ve found these episodes really hard to manage on my own. I’ve pretty much moved in with my parents recently, and they have been an absolute godsend. They both work full-time and are tired themselves, but they’ve given me so much help and support.
I’m trying really hard not to feel like a burden or guilty for needing them, or for struggling to navigate my own space and manage this whole new adventure on my own.
I know I’m doing my best, but some days it just feels really, really hard. ❤️
If anyone has been through this around 4–6 weeks, please tell me it gets better!
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