Colic !!!

My almost 8-week-old has been crying almost the entire night 😭 He hasn’t pooed for a day and only settles when I carry him upright. It feels like colic, but he’s never been like this before. He’s exclusively formula-fed. Has anyone else’s baby gone through something similar at this age? What helped your little one?

in our community

What’s everyone’s opinions with partners not helping in the night because they’re working?

Currently tripple feeding because of baby’s weight, had on going issues with this for months now. It’s draining & It would be really nice to have some help.

I give the breast, then pump and give a bottle of breast milk, then wind her, the change her nappy, then a bottle of formula, then wind her again, then I try to leave her sitting up for as long as possible so she doesn’t get a bad tummy/allow her a chance to poop (she’s never been able to poop laying down for some reason) & then try to settle her & rock her back to sleep (that’s if she doesn’t need her nappy changing again)….The whole process can take me HOURS.

We have had quite a difficult baby from the start. From about 6 weeks old her wake windows were 5-8 hours long and when she does sleep, it’s only 1-2 hours. She doesn’t give me long stretches. I’ve noticed in her baby classes, a lot of people’s babies accidentally fall asleep…my baby has never done that. It takes me like an hour of rocking and patting her. My mum also said when we were babies she could put us down on the play mat and we’d just fall asleep. My girl just is not like that. So after ALL of the feeding…getting her to sleep is a mission. She’s always so wide awake and alert, I’ve tried everything. The only thing that seems to work is her sling. So I use this during the day time but obviously not at night.

My partner wakes up at about 5am for work.
I end up staying awake from that time too to be honest because most of the time baby won’t go back to sleep. I also have early morning appointments to attend etc. Obviously due to baby not sleeping well I can’t just “sleep when the baby sleeps” during the day. I can’t lay down and sleep when she’s in the sling. And if I get her out of the sling she wakes up. I don’t think my partner understands.

I’ve asked him for help endlessly and explained that I’m barely sleeping & he always says “yeah that’s the way it should be because you’re off work & im not”.

If I had a straight forward baby that I could breastfeed for 20-30 mins then go straight back to sleep then I wouldn’t mind.

This situation makes me want to be one & DONE. He talks about having another baby one day and I’d love to, but all I can think about is how easy he has it yet all he does is complain. But I can’t say anything because he always seems to have it worse than me just because he’s working. Although this man gets long lunch breaks, is home by 3pm, naps in the afternoon/evenings because yet again I always have baby. He doesn’t have the baby when he’s home. He gets many breaks and many sleeps. I don’t.

But I’m in the wrong if I ask for help and now I kinda don’t want it because he says that’s the way it should be. So if he does help now I’ll just feel guilty and feel wrong.

Social Services - Mental

Is anyone Going through Social Services due to mental health but You’re Absolutely Fine and not Pychotic , & You just want too get on with Your Pregnancy As You’ve never been the Type too be involved with Socials.

I need help asap 😭😭

My husband usually sleeps downstairs on the couch as he prefers the tv on when he sleeps, he also says I snore a lot.. Recently I think it’s affecting our relationship so he comes up stairs sometimes and sleeps in bed. My 7 month old sleeps the next to me cot or we co sleep if she’s fussy ( which is often)
When my husband sleeps in bed he snores sooooooooo much and so loud I can’t sleep and my baby also finds it hard to go back to sleep when she wakes for a feed.
I don’t know what to do to keep my relationship good ( just isn’t about intamancy just being able to lay net to each other)
I might cry literally he’s snoring now and I can’t sleep thankfully my baby is as I’ve got her next to me.

Sleeping at 10 weeks pregnant, please help!

Hey Ladies, I’m currently 10 weeks pregnant and haven’t slept properly in around 6 weeks. I had a bad back and hips before being pregnant but always found my bed comfy and the only bed I could sleep on however the last couple of weeks I am waking up after crappy sleep literally unable to move, to the point where some mornings I have to ask my partner to pop home from work quickly or my mum to come round just to get me out of my bed. I’m in constant agony no matter what I do. I’ve tried putting a mattress topper on and even currently have two on there which helps slightly but not enough to not be in agony every morning. I’ve tried a pregnancy pillow that didn’t help. I’ve tried sleeping on multiple blankets that didn’t help. I know this is only going to get worse as I am fairly early but any help would be massively appreciated, I feel like I am at wits end here!

Bed time routine

Hey. How do you all handle bed time?
Do you have a set time you try to get baby asleep by? Do you go to bed when the baby goes to bed? Interested to know all the details!

Colic !!!

Trending

in our community

What’s everyone’s opinions with partners not helping in the night because they’re working?

Social Services - Mental

I need help asap 😭😭

Sleeping at 10 weeks pregnant, please help!

Bed time routine

Colic !!!