newborns

Help! I (FTM) am at my wits end and all the reading across the internet is confusing me. My LO is 8wks so I know there is a bit of a “leap” at this time but the lil guy won’t sleep at all unless he’s contact sleeping. He has to always be on mine or my husband’s chest or in our arms. This leaves...

Our newborn had a blood test performed at 8 days which showed very elevated bilirubin levels of 450. Phototherapy was started immediately which was effective in reducing the levels to normal range. I have two questions: Given the high level of bilirubin, what are the chances of permanent brain...

Our LO is just about 11 weeks old - his bedtime is still somewhat inconsistent but usually falls anywhere between 8-9:30. My husband and I have just decided that’s our bedtime too 😂 my husband wakes up at 5:15 for work so that was kind of always his bedtime - but I’m more of an 11pm person...

FTM here and nothing prepared me for the insane crying and lack of sleep. My LO is currently 7 weeks old and starting last week she just cannot be put down in her crib. She fights every single nap (we always give full feeds, do the EASY, room is optimised etc, watch wake windows). Cries the...

LO (3 months) has such a hard time with daytime naps. The slightest noise will startle him, it’s often hard for him to fall asleep and needs to be rocked for several minutes/constantly. During his first 6-8 weeks of life he was able to nap better but since then I feel like it’s so hard to get...

Hey all! My wife and I have a 5 month old baby boy and for the most part he is happy go lucky. That is when he doesn't have what appears to be extreme gas pains. From what we've encountered it seems a majority of his discomfort aside from his teeth is gas. We are constantly having to give him...

My 8 week old has never let me put her down for a nap longer than 12 minutes. Is that even a sleep cycle? We’ve tried in a swaddle on her back, on her tummy supervised, in a swing, in a rock n play. I wait until she’s very asleep and without fail she wakes up after 12 minutes. We’ve just been...

Had a c section 8 days ago due to having identical twins. The nerve pain is still horrific. 2 hours after the op, I had horrendous pain, to the point I was sweating profusely and shaking like I was in -50° temperatures! The doctor didn’t have a clue but said it could be nerve damage from the...

Hi everyone. My LO is 7 weeks old today, and after a hellish few days of being extremely fussy and angry, she's been sleeping a lot. From last night, she slept.... 10 p.m. - 3 a.m, then 3.15 - 6.30, awake for an hour and a half, then asleep basically from 8 a.m. to now nearly 2 p.m. with just...

Have switched formula and bottle nipples and it only seems to get worse. Although she is taking the same amount of formula as a few weeks ago, it takes 45-60 minutes to get there, as opposed to 15-20 minutes. Taking her back to pediatrician next week, but does anyone have some pointers? It seems...

Hey Mamas! A new mama myself (I graduated the babybump subreddit 5 months ago :) ), I'm now working on a new product to make the lives of breastfeeding moms easier. I'm looking for a diverse group of moms with babies that are 0-3 months old to share their thoughts and experiences around...

I ate Chinese food and I’m pretty sure it’s the reason l/o started spitting up more (frequency and volume). I tested by feeding freezer stash milk and no spit up. So I pumped both sides and dumped it. How long should I continue feeding from the freezer and dumping my pumps? I’m hoping this will...

So last weekish my baby got hives or a bit of very blotchy eczema on her back, I suspect from by the Aveeno baby body/shampoo and cream. Now we are struggling to clear it up completely. We tried switching to another soap (Dove sensitive skin per our pediatrician rec, which I use and is...

My pregnancy was horrible. I was sick the entire 34 weeks i was pregnant and so exhausted I could barely even work a part time job, and got nothing done around the house. I had the baby early in a traumatic way and the birth was horrible and it took a long time to heal, the dr said my birth was...

So we’re at the stage of shopping for offers on the regular day to day requirements for our newborn who is due end November and we’re in the market for a pushchair, bag, car seat etc. and have come across the offer below which seems like a staggering saving...

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has any tips for how to give newborns their daily vitamin D + K. I have a bottle of oil but it's hard to get it into their mouths and if I get it in they often dribble it out! Can you put it in their milk? What's the easiest?

I’m worried for my wife. She’s having dark thoughts. Catching her crying in different corners of the house. Crying in the middle of the night. She asked me if we made a mistake. Asked if her life is over. Said it feels like ground hog day. Our daughter has not been easy so far. A lot of scream...

We are in week 7. Our LO’s sleep I feel I progressively getting worse (if that’s even possible). Prior to week 6, independent naps were about 40-50 minutes with an occasional 1.5-3 hour. Nights 3-3 hour stretches. Since week 6 we don’t know what the hell to expect when we put him down. We follow...

As the title says, my little dude has some diaper rash around his butthole that won’t go away. I’ve been giving him a bath every other day, making sure it’s dry after diaper changes and doing diaper changes before and after he eats and if he’s awake every two hours. The only time I let it go...

We're visiting my partner's family for Christmas, we would normally make the 10 hour drive but we're considering flying seeing as we have the baby. The baby will be 2 months at the time of the drive, what do people think? Has anyone done this?