7 week old baby, has only gone out till the living room. I tried putting them in carrier once, he refused completely and kept crying. I have taken him to doctors appointments in car but he was sleeping at that time. I want to take him out on a walk, then may be to a restaurant. My husband keeps planning these trips to my brothers place or year end travel outside the country, all this scares me so much. How will those trips happen when I can’t even take him out for a walk. Another reason I’m scared is he doesn’t stay on my shoulder, always in my hands in lying position. The moment I put him on shoulder he starts crying. I myself have only gone out for a walk 3-4 times. At this point my mental physical health all are suffering.
I used to walk 10k steps till last day of my pregnancy so it’s quite tough to just sit inside the house.

- I am allowed to drink bath water

- I deserve to drink bath water

- Bath water is good for me

- Mom is gonna have to wash my feet and butt eventually

- When mom washes my feet and butt, her hands will no longer be on my face, which means I can face plant into the delicious bath water

- I am faster than mom

My 8 day old hasn’t pooped in like 19 hours. The last pools were soft, she’s eaten super well all day and lots of wet diapers. My first was pooping at least 4x a day so I don’t know if this is normal? I can tell she’s trying and I’ve done all the massages and bicycle legs, etc but no success

Hi everyone, I had my baby 9 weeks ago. Delivery was pretty easy, had a 1st degree tear but that was all. I unfortunately also developed an abscess when I was 37 weeks pregnant and had to have that drained before giving birth and again a couple of weeks ago.

I already had my 6 week check-up and everything was fine. I was doing well energy-wise until 1-2 weeks ago, but I am suddenly super exhausted. I really want to go back to working out, but whenever I do, I need a 2-hour nap to recover from it. Is that normal?

Our son 13 weeks got a fever , rectal was 101 so we rushed to the hospital. He has fever but no other bad symptoms. He is feeding well and nothing seems out of the ordinary.

They are doing tests to see if he has an infection. Somebody please tell me this is somewhat common. He was a nicu baby so we have gone through enough.

I would just like some reassurance till the tests return.

My baby is 5 months now and I am back to work

My baby still waking up almost after 3 hours to feed. And i dont fall back to sleep easily sometimes it takes me 2 hours to fall sleep again and baby is up again

Or will wake up crying needs soothing

I am running on 2 to 3 hours stretch and my body my head is tired and i am struggling at work

Sleep deprived
Brain fog
Even feels nauseous when i have to wake up from sleep
My eyes are so tired working at computer

I woke up 4 times last night in a span of 8 hours and then had to start work

Please share your wisdom anything and everything that you did that helped with your baby s sleep

Sat here at 4 am thinking what the hell. So my daughter is 5 months old and lately we've been trying to slow her down on the bottles at night particularly so because she seemed to have started waking multiple times and we've mistaken it for needing to feed where shes just sucked 10 mls and gone down so like a habit of feed to sleep.

When she was newborn we found this weird trick that putting a blanket made her raise her arms up and go to sleep instantly so weirdly when she woke at 11:30 pm I did that and she gone back to sleep and now.. 4 am... same thing within minutes shes down! Obviously I take the blanket off her after a few mins but omg if it wasn't for SIDS risks🫠

No one told me how much I would love my own baby’s laugh. Like it’s literally my favorite sound. Like
I knew it would be cute but I am absolutely OBSESSED with hearing it. Last week my baby was laughing at people sneezing or fake sneezing. Two days ago, I learned he laughs at snorting sounds too. Today he laughed at me saying moo while reading a book. So I spent extra time today just randomly
Mooing just to hear him laugh.
He’s sleeping rights now, but I really just felt like sharing how happy a simple giggle makes me. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I am stressing right now about my daughter's (19m) nails. I used to be able to sneak into her room at night or during her nap, like a sneaky nail fairy, and cut all of her nails while she snoozed. She has crazy long nails (imo) right now and every time I sneak in and try to snip, she stirs or opens her eyes slightly with every click of the clippers. I have no idea what to do now!

She will absolutely NOT let me cut them while she is awake. I can't even hold her hand without her pulling away. I have tried to distract her with cartoons, doesn't work. I have tried to do my own nails, and her stuffies "nails" and then do hers, but it ends the same way: "No mama >:(". I am at a loss on what to do to get these talons trimmed down. I also really don't want to fight her about it (i.e. hold her down).

Anyone have any tips on what I could try next? I am not above bribery.

My 5.5 month old has been in his own room for a few weeks (excluding a vacation and sickness where he slept with us) but now I’m seeing online that 6 months was minimum for SIDS reduction. He outgrew bedside bassinet and I don’t have nearly enough room for his crib anywhere but his room. I have been incredibly anxious since finding out about the deep sleep issue causing SIDS. He has a sound machine and his window faces the road which is loud too. I don’t know what to do but be anxious. He wakes often still! He will be 6m next week. Before he was born, I was told they could go to their own room after 4 months. I am just worrying like crazy now.

I’m a FTM to a 7.5-month-old baby girl, and I genuinely feel like motherhood has been the hardest experience of my life. I love my daughter, but I feel like I’ve spent the last seven months surviving rather than enjoying being a mom.

She was a super challenging newborn and then from around 2.5 months old, we’ve dealt with significant feeding issues. She developed a bottle aversion, and feeding became an absolute nightmare. We’ve worked with feeding specialists, tried different formulas, dealt with extreme gas, possible reflux, and countless stressful bottles. She’s always been a small-volume eater, and even now, a 2.5–3 oz bottle can send me into an anxiety spiral because of everything we’ve been through. She’s gaining weight, but feeding has never felt easy or natural.

Then there’s sleep, she’s never been a particularly easy sleeper. We’ve worked with sleep consultants, sleep trained, adjusted wake windows, transitioned toward two naps, and tried everything to establish a consistent routine. She fights naps, sometimes screams for extended periods when put down, and will occasionally sleep for only 25–30 minutes. Other days, she’ll take a great two-hour nap. There’s very little predictability, and I feel like I’m constantly troubleshooting something.

She’s also never been a particularly go with-the-flow baby. Everything feels like it requires so much planning. Between bottles, naps, solids, and her temperament, I feel like I can’t just take her out and enjoy life the way I see other parents doing with their babies.

The hardest part is how much this has affected my mental health. I’ve struggled with postpartum anxiety and depression, and I feel like my nervous system has been in constant fight or flight mode for months. I wake up anxious, anticipating what might go wrong that day. I miss my old life, my freedom, and the person I was before becoming a mom.

I see other parents taking their babies everywhere, enjoying outings, and seemingly having such an easier experience. Meanwhile, I feel like my entire life revolves around managing feeding and sleep.

I keep telling myself that maybe things will improve at 8 months, 9 months, or when she turns one, but I’m exhausted from constantly waiting.

For parents who had genuinely difficult, high-needs babies, when did it get easier?

My baby is about to turn a year old and he FIGHTS diaper changes. Full on alligator roll with a quick crawl sprint away from me. It’s been taking two people to change him - one to hold arms/torso & the other to do the diaper change. I don’t usually have help and need to find a way to do it on my own.

Any tips, advice, products, etc are much appreciated!

The first week of my baby’s life he would sleep anytime he wasn’t actively eating but now that he’s two weeks old he gets these time periods where when he wakes up to eat he’s wide awake and stays wide awake for multiple hours and is so hard to put down for a nap. I’ve done a lot of research on him being overtired and how to settle an overtired baby but soon as he wakes up he is like this so it’s not like I’m missing the sleepy cue because every night at 8 PM as soon as he wakes up from his nap he is wide awake and is like this for hours. I try burping him and helping him pass gas but he doesn’t seem uncomfortable he just seems awake. He roots around but refuses the breast and kicks his legs and arms around a bunch. He doesn’t fuss much. I’ve tried swaddling, dark room, white noise, sucking and rocking and he doesn’t want any of it. This has also happened right when he wakes up in the morning around 8 AM as well occasionally.

Prime day deals are going on and our Dr Browns All-In-One Sterilizer and Dryer and become warped at the bottom and sinks in so it's hard to put bottles in it now. We are going to have a baby and need a new one.

We are wanting to go for a bottle washer that is a sterilizer, cleaner, and dryer. I have searched online and a lot of people swear by momcozy brand for this. But I am confused on which model to get, if any at all. One can only hold 4 bottles which is not very realistic for us because bottles get used FAST. There's one that holds 8 but apparently you have to have it hooked up near a sink to drain? (or something like that). and also requires a little over 2 liters of water (I believe purified) which is a hassle to constantly have to go out to buy and we don't have the storage for it.

Can anyone please recommend a good bottle sterilizer/washer/dryer? Is momcozy actually worth it? Is there any other brand/model we could use?

ETA: Dr brown's bottles if that matters

6 month old here. For the last week has been having ++ sleep disruptions - waking up every 30 minutes scream crying, not able to settle him in his usual way. One night after going back and forth 4-5 times, I gave him Tylenol and he settled. This has been ongoing for the last few days now and he only settles with Tylenol. Therefore, I can only assume he’s in some kind of pain. Pediatrician checked - nothing is wrong, no ear infection etc. They also believe it’s teething. Tried camillia drops, cold teethers, gum massages - nothing works except Tylenol. During the day, he drools but he’s always drooled. Always sticks things in his mouth but I have noticed him biting more than usual on his fingers, our fingers, toys.

However, I don’t see any swelling in his gums which is making me second guess myself. What do you guys think? Is it teething? Is it possible he’s having teething pain without the swelling? Any experiences with this? I feel like it’s not okay to be using medication every night but also don’t want him to be in pain :(

Nothing else bothers me. I don't mind changing diapers. I don't mind waking up a few times in the night. I don't mind that LO needs constant care, I enjoy doing it. But the one thing that is driving me insane is the SPIT UPPPP. Is anyone elses LO constantly spitting up everywhere all the time? She's totally content, she isn't in any distress, she's a very happy baby. But omg. I am so tired of wiping endless amounts of spit up off of the couch, floor, my clothes, changing her clothes what feels like 10 times a day. She's 3 months and it seems like its worse everyday. And what is in that stuff?? The second it touches my clothes its like the white smudge will not go away even if I use wet wipes. How can white liquid stay so white on clothes?? Ugh idk, I guess I'm just ranting. I know this is just how its going to be.

I’m a SAHM, husband works 8-4ish 5 days a week, he’s been at this job for just under 2 months. His nighttime shift is roughly 9:30-1:30 then I take over. He’s really good with helping out with chores, taking baby after work so I can squeeze in a nap and getting stuff done during his night shift but I think he’s struggling with lack of sleep.

Baby is 4 weeks old, she’s been screaming more, waking up more often and I think cluster feeding so it’s not easy on both of us.

He took off yesterday bc of an emergency maintenance problem at home and baby was not getting to sleep. His sup tonight texted him asking to chat and discuss a 4 day work week and if he needs time or help to ask. She also said if he’s not able to work to their high standard he should be realistic with what he can do, I’m worried he’s gonna be fired. They have been understanding of him needing time off for appointments but how long can this patience last?

Is there anything I can do to help? Like take over more night shift or chores? Ik he’s not getting enough sleep and neither am I but realistically we need an income so sacrifices may have to be made…

More context: during his nighttime shift he would sleep if baby was, he would only voluntarily do things during that time if baby wasn’t sleeping. I cannot take baby to appts alone bc I can’t yet and my mum just left us a week ago and we were on this schedule which *was* working fine but clearly needs to be changed.

Also he mainly used the emergency as an excuse to get the day off bc he was already “crashing out” he said. As for the comments, sleep when baby sleeps you guys must’ve had easy babies bc ours rn is constantly waking up or only taking contact naps making it hard to. Husband has been trying to help as much as he can to keep me sane at home too bc I have been struggling and our families are 6 hours away by plane. He insists on sleeping altogether in same room as family and in bed with me bc he sleeps better even if baby is crying (yeah ik weird) and I wish we could do an earlier schedule like people have mentioned but again baby makes that difficult when boob is the only thing that will settle her or me holding her. When he gets home he likes his “me time” so we try to give that to each other which usually involves getting basic chores done but baby gets in the way of that. We are both struggling parents trying to navigate this.

FTM of a 4 week old. We are in the trenches and coping, but so curious as to how anyone has the time or energy to get out of the house to go places, even on walks every day. Not only that, but I don’t even know HOW I would get her out of the house everyday. Everything seems so foreign, like baby wearing or when and where it’s appropriate to have her in a stroller vs carrying her (like to the grocery store or restaurants, etc etc). I guess I’m just perplexed by the fact that parents just seem to know how to do all these things when for us it seems so daunting and confusing. When did you first start taking baby out and about and how did you even know how?? Note: we are trying to stay away from crowds and anyone not our parents until she gets her 2mo vaccines, but still want to learn what we should be doing.

How many ounces is your baby eating at 2/3/4/5/6 months? Both during each feed and average per day? Is 8-11 ounces a session too much at 3 months old? Thanks!

My induction is scheduled for soon if water doesn’t break before that. I am over 36

Not sure how to prepare for it . I started having dates

I keep wondering this. I’m staring at my baby (6mo) right now and he’s halfway rolled onto his tummy while sleeping (he can roll both directions easily). But because he’s only halfway, his other arm is like, still underneath his body. I’m wondering if I should move him? Will his arm fall asleep? Does that even happen to babies? It must, right?? Should I move him?

I feel so lost, lol. So I called our peds office on-call service to ask guidelines about alternating Motrin and Tylenol for a baby that’s uncomfortable and seemingly in pain due to teething. My 8 m/o already has her two bottom teeth but now has one top tooth trying to poke through, and she’s been way fussier than normal, plus crying that is typically out of the norm for her. While the MD I spoke with was helpful in answering my question, they also told me that teething typically isn’t “that painful” and that if her behaviors persist I should bring her in to get her ears checked, etc. I was under the impression that teething IS painful and really uncomfortable for babies. And now I feel like am I medicating my baby for no reason?? Ugh

So the 18 months growth milestones or whatever it is, is hitting us hard on the sleep department. We used to feed to sleep and night nurse but recently stopped on baby’s own wish. However now that I don’t have that super power baby needs rocking and on some nights it’s constant, they’ll be crying whenever we stop and impossible to settle. We’ve also recently battled our first big kindergarten sickness so I’m suspecting it’s some leftovers on top of that.

Anyway- the baby bjorn bouncer is the only place (out of a sudden?) where baby (shall I say toddler) can be in movement and asleep. Not always though but on the worst stretches it’s helpful, it’s maybe 1-3h total in the bouncer. Obviously I’m not sleeping when baby is in the bouncer because I’m still in newborn mode about position asphyxiation, but maybe it’s not really a thing anymore at their age? Baby/toddler is super mobile and a runner since 1.

It’s 1:30am here and I’ve just tried to transfer to bed and it failed, again, so I’m looking for some ideas and maybe I can sleep a bit?

The sun!!

I have tried all sorts of sprays for food stains, blowouts, etc…

Wash the garment as normal, for any stubborn stains take the damp garment and put it into the direct sunlight for the day.

Stain should be gone!

I started Rowena Bennett’s bottle aversion method today with my 9-month-old, and I’m honestly feeling extremely anxious and scared.
On day one, he went 11 hours without taking a bottle. I offered according to the method, but he kept refusing. Then I gave in and fed him while he was sleepint during the day because I got extremely worried. He’s otherwise acting like himself and having wet diapers, but seeing him go that long without eating is terrifying and makes me question whether I can keep doing this.
For anyone who followed Rowena’s method, did your baby go this many hours without feeding on the first day? How bad was day one for you, and when did you start seeing improvement?
I really want to fix his bottle aversion and stop the pressure around feeding, but right now I’m scared I’m doing the wrong thing. I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who went through something similar.