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@sonofmatthew Its the lack of sleep! It blurs the memory. I also know childbirth was awful but I can't feel the memory anymore, if that makes sense.

@steveepperson I breastfeed and am not yet pumping, so I do all the night feeds but my partner gets up and changes her nappy and then brings her to me. He then spends time settling her if she wont sleep after a feed, we generally take turns. He is going back to work (from home at first) next...

@graced1257 My baby was born at the end of November and we had lots of visiting family for Christmas, so for us the germs part didn't stop us. But we said that if anyone was sick they wouldn't be able to hold the baby, and as everyone was there to see the baby it did revolve around her a bit...

@allfree15 As someone who has tried to find "solutions" to sleep, just try to remind yourself that if it was that simple there wouldnt be such a huge market of sleep products, trainers, books etc etc. Where I live there is a whole service provided of nurses that will help you with your babies...

@steveepperson Before I had a baby I also needed 9 hours sleep a night. But then you have a baby and that is no longer an option. He is being so unreasonable its insane. He needs to step it up. You said he texted you to see how the feed (that he was meant to do) was going. So he wasnt even...

@noclue I think once you figure out the sleeping the screaming will sort itself out.

@bharati21 Wow imagine that being concidered a safe overnight bed for a newborn!

@noclue Is this common for her to yell a lot, or is it just recently due to this bed time drama? Because it changes ny opinion. If its more recent I think you need a major circut breaker. It sounds like it is a nightmare and is driving your wife insane. Daughter is probably feeding off of the...

@noclue Its not ok for her to take it out on you, but she probably needs a break from dealing with it every night.

@noclue What exactly do you mean? When its bad you can't handle it? If you are unable to take over fully for a night surely this explains why your partner can't take doing it every night??

@pattimayo I had a c-section and then was in and out of hospital for about a month after, as I had a PP infection and then bad mastitis. My partner also had about a month off of work and worked from home for an additional 2 months, and my mum was around for the first 3 months. I think I started...

@machoke47 This would be pretty hard for a lot of people, depending on where you live and what your langauge is.

@molitor Speaking from someone with a 10.5m old, I would say babies don't get easier, but they get more rewarding and you get used to being a parent. Each baby stage (so far for me) comes with its own challenges, right now my baby is extremely mobile and gets into everything. Shes starting to...

@lippy1004 You go out and about and socialise with friends in the community, I assume this is done in English, unless you have a particularly stong community that speaks your language. I think this will be enough exposure for your child to understand enough. At 2 they will also pick it up so...

@mike247 Just keep going, she will pick up French more as her daycare days increase or when she goes to preschool or school. At which point English will need maintanence and will be a lot harder to switch back to if you stop using it now.

@relle25 Yes, his mum is coming for Christmas and we will hopefully eventually take her to Italy, but we live in Australia so its quite the trek!

@relle25 Hes getting a lot better at that, and we can hopefully move towards him speaking Italian more as I am around. I understand plenty and it will help my understanding as well. Totally agree with the emotional component of speaking with your child. I speak German pretty well but didn't...

@thanksyoueel Dog is DOH! in our house (And cat is also DOH but occasionally cah)

My baby is 1 and so far we have been trying to do OPOL. I speak the community language and am ay home with her 3 days per week, the other two days she goes to daycare. I speak English and we live in an English speaking country. My partner speaks Italian but we speak English as a family. I know...

@ms92help I just want to say its ao normal for babies to not sleep well, and it is nothing you are doing wrong. He is not punishing you for failing at sleep training, babies are not capable of that kind of thought process. And you didnt fail, you tried something and realised it didnt work for...