newborns

Dad here. I’m losing my ferkin mind. I’ve watched a lifetime of tv, scrolled the internet until my head hurts, and am just sooo bored. My wife and I are both on a long paternity leave so we do take turns getting sleep, and it’s better than a lot of parents, but I’m soooo bored just holding this...

Hello! My 4 months old has reflux, she can't sleep on her back, she has been sleeping on her mother's chest for 2 months now and recently she is sleeping the whole night in her car seat, but the reason for my post is Nexium... She is a happy baby she barely cries anymore and is doing much...

Here (9 weeks) having my first hot cup of tea, on my own, since she was born. The house is silent whilst she’s napping in her crib. Doesn’t sound like much but it is one of the most satisfying feelings I’ve had since giving birth and if you’d told me I’d ever do this again 4 weeks ago I’d have...

So this is my 2nd. I was able to put my 1st down drowsey but awake. I don't remember when I started with her. I wish I kept better inventory in my head of things. She also slept through the night but I also don't remember when, but it was before the 4 mo sleep regression. My 2nd (10 weeks this...

It's never one thing at a time, is it? I guess this post is just a rant. I was unable to look after my baby effectively for the first 5-6 days after pp because of c-section. Then, i couldn't breastfeed my baby because my milk had not come in. Then my milk came in with a force and my sweet angel...

Is it normal for LO who is now 7 weeks almost 8 weeks old to get longer than 3 hours of sleep as the longest stretch before the 12 weeks? Some say that babies at 7 weeks should be able to sleep for 5 hours even and this has never happened especially because baby wakes up hungry.

And I’m so fucking sad about how fast it all went. She was JUST a tiny 4 pound 34 weeker. Just last week she was still fine in 0-3. Now she’s 13lbs at 5 months and I tried putting her in a footie she wore last week and it couldn’t fit her at ALL. Like it was hilariously tight. So I changed her...

My daughter will be 4 weeks old on Wednesday of this coming week, I was just wondering how often and how much she should be eating? She barely spits up and has never puked on me from over eating but, sometimes she’ll down 3oz and then and hour n half later sometimes 2.5 hours she seems like...

She was born at 36w4d and since bringing her home from the hospital, she’s been waking up at the 1.5 hr mark to eat. She wasnt small- 7lb 11 ounces & doesn’t eat little either- 2.25oz to 2.5oz every feeding. I am pumping and we supplement with formula. She has jaundice & low blood sugar while in...

This is a long one, sry Baby boy is 3 months on Friday, so I'm graduating from this thread. Thought I'd share my wisdoms before I go. Skip ahead for the tips. Started writing this waaaay before he was better but it helped me remember that it would get better. No 31 y/o man cries and screams...

My son was born at 35 weeks 4 days in relatively good health. He’s now over 10 weeks old and still only sleeps 2 hours between feeds at night. I know we’re a long way off sleeping through the night and I’m not expecting anything crazy at this stage, but keep dreaming he’ll sleep just a little...

ftm here i’ve been really wanting to get out the house i feel so isolated but im also breastfeeding only right now i thought maybe going to the park would be a good idea to get some fresh air and sunlight my baby is 3 weeks old he’ll be 1 month next week fil says no he’ll get sick since he isn’t...

Our awesome 11 week old (12 lbs at 8 weeks) has settled into a pretty consistent sleep pattern at night: ~4.5-5.5 hrs & then again 3 hrs later (~3am) & then again at 3hrs later at ~6/6:30. We used to do a dream feed, but it stopped working (he’d just get an extra feed & then wake up a couple hrs...

Don't hate me but my 9 week old baby slept a whopping 8 and half hours last night. She is ebf and i too slept thru the night regretfully so she didn't get any feeding last night and she is already at the cusp of minimum weight she needs to put on (she was 3.850 gr on her 1 month checkup and she...

im a mom of two (3 week old girl, 4 year old boy) and sleep has been nonexistent. im exclusively breastfeeding my newborn daughter, she nurses to sleep and also for comfort lots of nights. i heard about safe sleep 7 and it seems like it would be my best option to get myself the rest i do...

Hi everyone! I’m a FTM and of course feel completely lost and out of my depth here. My LO was born last Friday 12-10 at 37+3 via a scheduled c section. We came home on 12/12 and she had lost 9% of her weight, so we are supplementing formula along with breastfeeding. At the beginning of the...

My 3-month-old baby started stretching the first sleep at night to 4-4.5 hours. This happened around 5 weeks old and was a big relief. However, after this initial stretch, he wakes up almost every hour and sometimes it is difficulty to make him fall back to sleep. Any tips on what can be done...

My baby has a hard time staying asleep at night. When it gets dark he cries more and he wants his pacifier more. If his pacifier comes out he cries until l put it back in and then the cycle continues, should l let him cry it out until he sleeps. Sometimes he just stays up looking at me and...

Taking a poll to make us moms all feel better. I feel like social media shows us perfect babies and perfect moms most of the time and sometimes that’s makes me feel like I’m failing bc my baby isn’t doing that! Give me your “mom fail” moments we can all relate to.

I’m 2 weeks PP from C section and have such bad lower back pain when standing for 15 mins or more. Does anybody know and stretches/movements that can relive tension in the area but are safe for 2 weeks pp?