newborns

Hey parents, while changing my daughter’s diaper, I didn’t clean her back properly and I didn’t see that her tights had poop stain on them. Shortly after, my husband was changing her, and he saw the thing that I missed. He got irritated. I apologized for missing the thing and I said I will be...

i’m honestly so exhausted. im a FTM l, an exclusive pumper because i have a baby that refuses to latch, and i am home with my baby 24/7 while my boyfriend works. i am an oversupplier which is nice because i thinj i have a pretty good freezer stash for only being 7weeks pp (probably about 3-4...

10 week old baby boy has been exclusively feeding on breastmilk, expressed and fed through bottle so I could help mum feed him. He was a colicky and fussy baby but much improved at approximately 8.5 weeks. To prepare for my wife going back to work in 2 months time, we added in formula (A2...

FTM here with a 5W LO and I think I’m slowly but surely realizing there is no rhyme or reason to these little humans! To some degree, yes, then need fed, changed, hugged, etc. but right when we think we “got in a good groove,” he said “fck this” and changes the tune! And I love to add...

I am on this sub because I have 8 grandbabies (youngest is 4 weeks) and I’m trying to stay up to date with current modern thinking. Allow me to encourage you new moms in this: today one of my daughters (40) was very sick. I took her to the emergency room. We spent the whole day there. On the way...

Seeking to any tips you have learned for baby's first nail cutting. We have the baby sissor cutters and baby nail clippers. Tips for both. Lo toe nails are currently growing up oddly so advice for that would be great!

I have a 2 week old and a 5 year old who goes to pre-k and I am terrified that he is going to get my baby sick!! He currently has a cough and is being treated for strep/ear infections. How do I make sure my baby doesn’t get sick?! My anxiety is through the roof

How do you test and see if your LO can tolerate scented baby wipes? Our daughter is 8 weeks old and has used unscented wipes since birth, but my mom bought us a huge box of “baby fresh” scented pampers wipes that I didn’t realize were scented until tonight. I don’t want to test them on her...

I have a 1 week old (38 +4 so a bit early) who was a bit jaundiced and unable to nurse more than a few sucks even with a shield until recently so I've been attempting nursing (she's built up to 10 min w/ shield), giving her a bottle of pumped milk from the last session, followed by pumping every...

2nd baby and recovering from a c section, and feeling guilty that i'm doing significantly less contact napping with my newborn (almost 2 weeks) than I did w my toddler. It's just different this time around, and I l'm torn because I need to engage my toddler as well. Is it terrible that my...

Anyone else struggle with allowing others to handle the baby? I’m a FTM of an 8 week old, and we brought him to my in-law’s this weekend for my husband’s family to meet him, and I’ve really struggled. I feel like I have to let everyone have their time with him, because they live 4 hours from us...

Hi all, My LO is nearly 12 weeks old and myself and husband adore him absolutely. I’m currently on MAT leave from my job as a teacher, husband went back to work when LO was 3 weeks old. My question is - does anyone else feel bad when their partner returns from work and asking them to help out...

The most he’s ever slept consecutively its 6 hours. Most nights he wakes up every 3-4 hours to eat and passes right back out. Wondering if anyone else has had luck with achieving longer stretches?

Hello everyone! It is me again and I have a different concern now! So, somehow I must’ve used too much of that SC Johnson baby lotion (the one to help sleep) because my baby (5 weeks + 2 days old) has been sleeping since about 10 pm, it is currently 3:33 am as I write this and I’m a bit...

I hope this issue fits the sub, I wanted to see what the rest of the world thinks. Our son was born 5 weeks ago. We said no visits for the first 2 weeks, partly because I was having c section. Both of our parents were unhappy, but they respected it. The day he was born we texted each of our...

My baby is almost 5 weeks old, it’s my first. My husband went back to work M-F and I can’t do this. He won’t sleep in a bassinet or crib or a swing or anything for more than a handful of minutes. I’m even doing bed sharing now, which I absolutely hate. It doesn’t matter. He won’t sleep unless...

I gave birth almost 7 weeks ago, 4 weeks ago I had a D&C. Now I ’m in the hospital again. I have a bad infection and my fever keeps sky rocketing, dr can’t figure out what it is. It’s going to be day 3 that my baby and I haven’t seen each other. He’s home with dad and grandparents . I’m worried...

For the life of me I can’t get blankets as perfect as the crew at the hospital but the Halo brand swaddles have been great. However, lil dudes not even two weeks old yet and one of the Halo swaddles Velcro is already wearing out. I know it’s not the most expensive thing but it’s still 30 bucks...

My 2 weeks old has a lot of trouble burping sometimes and it’s causing her gas and I hate to think and hear that she’s uncomfortable. So I need the best tips n tricks to helping baby burp. I sit her on my knee and hold under her chin while I pat n rub her back. I’ve also done over the shoulder...

It's hard to find a definitive or even roundabout answer on Google.. maybe I suck at searching. She just turned 9 weeks. At night she is sleeping 5-6 hours straight sometimes, and may even sleep longer if I don't wake her up to feed. Is it ok to let them sleep and wake on their own? She is...