newborns

Hi everyone! I just wanted to hear from some of you about how your 8 week old is sleeping. I know that at this age they kind of do whatever the f they want when it comes to sleep, but when I see these sleep consultant accounts on Instagram claiming that any baby can sleep 8 hours by 8 weeks...

FTM here at her wits end. Around the 3 week mark my LO started crying after every feed and it’s slowly ramped up to absolute screeching now at 6 weeks… we’ve suspected all of the things- gas, reflux, etc. He’s both breast and bottle fed and we do paced bottle feeding, burp between breasts, hold...

Edit: TW neglect Hi there! First of all, I want to mention I don't have kids yet myself, so I in no way claim to know a lot about babies and their sleeping behaviours. But this just doesn't sit right with me. A couple we know relatively well (new dad is the son of my mom's partner) has a 10...

EDIT: Someone from my faceobok moms group gave me the TCB PDF for free. I used several of the tips last night, and SHE SLEPT SO WELL. I got 9 hours of sleep! I don't even know what to say. Main things we changed: Bath before bed Changed bed time from 7pm to 8pm Kept lights completely off...

All I can say is WOW My son is 5 weeks old and just began the witching hour where he will scream and be inconsolable from around 5-9pm. We do bouncing, rocking, dark room, white noise, swaddle, the 5 S, and offer breast. At this point baby is hungry but refuses to eat because is so worked up...

We were gifted an electric rocker from ingenuity, it says it's for 0 - 9 months, it rocks and it vibrates and it plays music, lovely. But everywhere I read the dangers of rockers, so much so that I'm convinced that merely touching the rocker will mortally wound my baby. I'm terrified that...

I just need to vent… My partner and I are first time parents. I quit my job to stay at home w our baby bc that was best for our situation. I appreciate my partner for working so I can stay home however I feel like I’m doing this parenting thing on my own. I was someone who loved sleeping, I’m...

Hi! My LO is 15 weeks old and he’s a sweetheart. For context: he is and has been exclusively breastfed and I think he entered the 4 month sleep regression so his sleep might be a bit off these days however he was always a difficult sleeper. Most of his day naps have been contact naps and, in...

My LO is 8 weeks….we have sporadically gotten a 4.5-5.5hr stretch of sleep in the last few days—though not really at ideal times, one was 5:30pm-10:30pm and then there was a nice one a few days back that was 12:30-5. Last night his stretches were only 2.5-3. Sometimes he also had a hard time...

First time mom questions re/pacifier. L/o (6wks) so far will not take a pacifier, gags, spits it out, turns head away etc. I see everyone else’s hosp pics l/o’s have pacifiers in. I didn’t try right away bc I had no reason to, baby is super chill, hardly cries, sleeps decent. Did I miss my...

The last couple days it seems like my 8/9 week old has found a brand new cry that hurts my heart and is more devastating than I have ever heard before. Is that normal? Well… has anyone else had that experience? To be honest, I haven’t really experienced the witching hour or the colic or anything...

I’m due in June 2024 and only expecting have a MAX of 12 weeks of leave at my job (I know, I can’t complain for being the US, although our childcare system is a joke, but I digress), and need to start planning for childcare options for when I got back to work. I WFH but work in a very...

my niece is 39 days old and when she wants to sleep and her mother can't breastfeed her or it doesn't work, I rock her in a specific way that she always stops crying .. then yawn and eventually sleep .. the way i rock her might be too hard but it works then we read that it might causes micro...

Where does one go for a similar subreddit once we’re past the newborn phase? Would love to find an under 1 sub!

Hi all - TLDR: looking for a bit of reassurance about how long it takes to produce enough breast milk for 4 week old’s demands and having to give a lot of formula top up. Long version: I’m a first time mum, 4 weeks postpartum following an emergency c-section after 5 days of unsuccessful...

I’ve found myself leaving this information on multiple posts regarding issues with employers, so I thought I would make a separate post specifically about it. My qualifications are 10+ years in the field of HR with my undergrad in HR management. If you are presently on maternity leave (FMLA)...

I’m a FTM of a 5 week old, and I’m wondering when did y’all’s babies first starting smiling at you, or laughing? My baby app told me that at 5 weeks my baby “should” start smiling at us, but right now he only smiles when he’s sleeping, and I was just wondering what everyone else’s experiences...

I really wanted an unmedicated birth, but I always said if I really needed it I would get an epidural. I made it to 7 cm and the contractions were back to back. There was no laboring tub and I couldn’t use the shower to reduce pain because they had me strapped to monitors and an iv. (Baby’s...

Baby does sleep from 8PM until 1AM, and after that wakes up so many times. And it got worse the past week. Typically I breastfeed her, but often she falls back to sleep like 5min later still on the boob. I tried to wake her up so she drinks more, but then spent 1.5-2h to get her back to sleep...

Baby is 2 weeks old, during the day sleeps every 2-3 hours sometimes will sleep 4 hours, eats about 2-3 oz each time wakes up. Not really fussy or anything just the normal baby stuff. Once night happens it’s like different baby, will fuss and cry for a few hours until eventually calms down and...