Soft carrier for toddler.

Does anyone have any recommendations, not the hard walking style backpacks. Like a soft carrier for the back.

in our community

No sleep routine

My 8 week old has no real routine. His dad and I split the night and take a shift each in different rooms and we’re really just muddling through responding to however he is that day/night. I know every baby is different but when roughly should we start a routine and what should it look like?

Speech

My boy is going to be 2 in less than 2 weeks now & still barely saying many words he says mama, dada, nana, go, no, makes noises of a duck & he has recently started saying mummy & okay but i feel that he is behind. Is there recommendations on what I can do to improve this? Does it seem like he is behind?

5 month old screaming

Anyone else’s 5 month old just constantly screaming? It’s not like a cry it’s just shouting and squealing constantly

Pumping

So I’m not with my baby rn . My first born is currently in the hospital so I had to leave my almost 3 week old with her grandmother but I’ve been pumping since I haven’t been with her. Last night my last pump was at 10 pm and I was supposed to get up at 1 am to pump again but I haven’t gotten a lot of sleep since my son has been in the hospital so I slept thru my alarm and didn’t get up till 4 am I started pumping about 4:15 ish. Is it okay that I went that long in between pumping or should I try to power pump ? I make more than what my baby needs. She was drinking 1.5 ounces we just pushed her up to 2 ounces around 8pm last night but a typical pump I make about 3.5 ounces sometimes more

Is anyone else struggling with this postpartum? 💔

Is anyone else struggling with this postpartum? 💔

I don't know if this is postpartum anxiety, emotional exhaustion, or years of hurt finally catching up with me. I'm just trying to understand if anyone else has felt this way.

Lately, I've been spiralling over things my MIL said to me almost four years ago. Things that happened years back, but somehow, my mind keeps bringing them up as if they happened yesterday.

I have the awareness to know that I'm spiralling. I know I can't change the past. But I feel like I have absolutely no control over my thoughts.

I keep replaying conversations, remembering how certain things made me feel, thinking about what I should have said, and wondering why those words still have so much power over me.

And the hardest part? I feel incredibly alone in all of this.

My husband has gone to work, and I find myself sitting with all these emotions, feeling like I have no one truly in my corner. I'm postpartum, I'm struggling, and I'm tired of having to be strong when all I really want is to feel understood and emotionally supported.

It's frightening how something from years ago can still hurt this much. I'm exhausted by my own thoughts, and I don't know how to make them stop.

I'm not looking for advice to forgive, forget, or simply move on. I just want to know if other mothers have experienced this — old wounds resurfacing postpartum, overthinking to the point of feeling physically overwhelmed, and feeling alone even when you're not technically alone in life.

Has anyone else been through something similar? Did postpartum make unresolved hurt feel much more intense? And what genuinely helped you get through it?

Please be kind. I'm reaching out because I need to know I'm not alone. ❤️