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How often are you / were you bathing your 4 week old babies ?
I’m a ftm and my little girl tonight has become adamant she wants to sleep facing down. I’ve tried to move her head and turn her back onto her back but she keeps moving back into this position. She is 6 months old and now I’m scared to go to sleep in case she suffocates😫 Any advice or reassurance that she will be…
Hi everyone! My 2-month-old daughter, she tends to sleep 5-6 hours when my husband takes care of her on the weekends, but during the week, it’s a bit of a struggle. She sleeps a lot during the day, and it’s hard to keep her awake. Does anyone have tips for adjusting her sleep schedule or helping her sleep longer str...
As you can see we have a very active sleeper - especially after we top him up with my expressed milk at night. We give it to calm him down after he’s fussy on the boob and to get a longer stretch of sleep but seems to cause more movement and also sick coming up which disrupts his sleep I think. Does any other breast...
How often do you guys bathe your babies? My daughter is 1 month and has very sensitive skin and a lot of baby acne all over her body. My bf and I are disagreeing because I say every other day and he says once a week is plenty. I don’t want to dry her out or anything but the pediatrician said it was okay to do it ev...
Does anyone offer their bub extra oz at bedtime to help stay fuller for longer? Is this a thing? Is it recommended? Bub will sleep stretches but wake up in a state because she’s hungry and slept longer than between her day feeds
First time mom here EBFing a 3 month old, having a hard time finding the time and mental energy to sit down and write. It’s just so discouraging and I can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. It feels like I’ll have no more time for years to come. Any other writers or creative professionals here who have experi...
My step daughter’s mom is not in her life and it’s really about time I give her this talk. She doesn’t know what sex is yet so what is the best way to have this convo? Without making her feel awkward and without it sounding awkward coming out of my mouth lol. She has had crushes on girls too. How did you guys do this?
Mums who cosleep, are you going to bed when your baby goes down? At the moment my little ones bed time is around 9:30 - 10pm, and im good to get into bed around then. I know as she gets older bedtime will be earlier, but I don’t want to be going to bed at 8pm or earlier just to get her to sleep and stay sleeping. Wh...
At what point do you not bother waking your little one for a night feed? My 10 week old still hasn’t inclined she’s ready for food and her last feed was 22.00pm. I’m walking up to check more than she is waking me up! Normally she wakes around 2.30 and has around 2 ounces (we think this was for comfort more than an...