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Hi everyone!

I had my first baby 8 days ago and unfortunately the birth didn’t quite go to plan, needing suction and an episiotomy.

I’ve been in so much pain and upon getting my stitches checked have found that the wound has opened and cannot be re-stitched due to risk of infection.

Has anyone experienced this? I’m looking for some advice on how long I can expect to be in this pain as something to work towards 🤞🏼

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Breastmilk jewellery

I’m really wanting to get some breastmilk jewellery made as this is my first child and the first time my body is doing this incredible thing nourishing my child and I would love to celebrate that. I have heard that sometimes they discolour over time and all the reviews I can see are of recent purchases , I was wondering if anyone here had any insight for me? Thank you all💜

The pesky 4:30–6:30am feed… how do we break the cycle? 😴

Hi mums! I have an almost 6-month-old, and I think we’ve been pretty lucky with sleep so far.

We have a solid bedtime routine, and he’s getting better at going down drowsy but awake. He usually settles himself, and overnight he might stir once or twice, but a quick dummy replacement normally does the trick.

Our current struggle is this pesky early morning feed! For the last 2–3 weeks, he’s been waking anywhere between 4:30 and 6:30am. We try the dummy, but he spits it out and keeps stirring every 15 minutes until we eventually pick him up and give him a feed. He doesn’t always take a full feed, but after 15–20 minutes he goes straight back to sleep until around 8am.

He has three naps during the day, usually anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, and he’s feeding well throughout the day, so I don’t think it’s down to him not getting enough milk.

The problem is that by the time he’s back asleep, I’m pretty much up for the day, so it’s really affecting my sleep! Previously, he’d sleep until around 7am, which was much more manageable.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Do we keep offering the dummy and hope he eventually drops this feed, or is he genuinely hungry and we should just accept it for now? Would love to hear what worked for you! ❤️

Dealing with crying???

My 5 week old has started to become very grumpy and restless in the evenings (4-8pm). He will just cry and cry whilst resisting most forms of comfort.

The only thing that will stop him crying is breastfeeding. Rocking, cuddling, singing, bath etc will only soothe him for a minute and then he will be crying again.

I suffer from severe migraines and the crying is really getting to me. My husband does take over but we also have a toddler, need to cook dinner, tidy up and do the nighttime routine. This means I cannot avoid all of the crying with a migraine.

What worked for your baby? We have tried so many things but open to suggestions as I’m really struggling.

I do not think this is reflux of silent reflux. I am dairy free due to my own personal allergies so doubt it’s CMPA as no milk protein is being passed thought my breastmilk.

Is anyone exclusively breastfeeding?

My baby boy is 7 weeks and I’m exclusively breastfeeding which has restricted me going out for long

I tried pumping and can only get 40-50ml using Momcozy m5

Baby refused to take bottle
What should I do? And is there any better way/time to use the pumps?

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Ferber sleep training 6.5 month old

Hi everyone! My LO is 6.5 months old. Sleeps from 7pm-7am and is currently on 2/3 naps a day. He can’t be put down without rocking and patting each time, so I was considering this method. I just wanted a little insight on this method!

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Ferber sleep training 6.5 month old