newborns

I’m having a weird issue with my 8 week old daughter (will be 2 months on Tuesday). She sleeps swaddled in her crib with white noise. I sleep on a mat next to her crib. She’s doing GREAT overnight. I’m getting two 4-5 hour stretches out of her. I’m getting good at knowing when she’s waking to...

Update: he’s here!! What a crazy 48 hours it’s been. I’m so in love with him already. Thank you all SO MUCH for all your words of wisdom and advice. I read every single one of them and truly learned something new from each. Tonight is the first night at home… little dude is fed, diaper changed...

help!! im a FTM to an almost 3.5 week old, and he is just SO mucus-y. our ped said to give him saline drops and use the blue balloon dropper thing to suck mucus out of his nose, but it doesn’t sit much it his nose!!! occasionally we will get like a bigger booger out that i can use a q-tip on the...

I had a really miserable pregnancy. I had HG for about 30 weeks, Covid and influenza B at the same time over Christmas and new years, borderline pre-e, cholestasis, etc. By my third trimester, I was going to the hospital twice a week for monitoring and seeing the OB every 5 days. Throughout all...

Feel like I’m slightly screaming into the void here but my 10 week old baby won’t sleep in his cot at night and I’m starting to go stir crazy. He does fairly decent chunks of sleep overnight (two of about 3/4 hours each) but only if cosleeping. When he was younger this was easier (I mean I...

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My LO has been having loose stools since Thursday. Sometimes mucusy and with a tinge of blood. We’ve done a fecalysis with occult blood test which tested positive, but her stool sample tested negative for any parasite or bacteria. My pediatrician is stumped. She’s exclusively breastfed and has...

I have no idea what changed but it began a few days ago... my LO began refusing to sleep for anything longer than 2 hour stretches, and began waking up every hr and a half or so. If we're lucky she'll sleep for 2hrs maybe even 3. She used to sleep so well but as soon as that 4 weeks hit she's...

Hi everyone. My baby (6 weeks old, boy, exclusively breastfed) was diagnosed with GER four days ago after several weeks of really bad spitting up. The doc thinks it’s reflux so put him on Famotidine. We aren’t sure if it has been helping though bc each time we try to get the baby to take the...

• You'll feel a little sting of sadness when your baby grows out of adorable clothes that you gushed over during pregnancy. When my baby grew out of my favorite newborn sleeper, teary-eyed, I went online and purchased it in the next two sizes up. • The other parent will eventually catch you...

Looking for reading material on tons of random topics for a newborn like the title says. E.g. My mom used to go straight to the ER when temps went up, and my dad would suggest waiting it out. When u get to the Dr. they’d say wait it out tripple digits aren’t unheard of. Anyways looking for...

I’ve been sleeping in the spare room and doing the night feeds because my husband operates heavy machinery at a sawmill and I’d rather him not be tired and make a careless/sleepy mistake at work. I truly don’t mind it, he picks up the slack when he’s home and does most of the nights during the...

My baby is 3 months old and it’s cold and flu season so we have a strict NO KISS policy. No cheeks, no hands, no head. Only mom & dad can kiss babe. Our parents keep talking about how they’re waiting for the day they can kiss her. Personally I’d rather them never kiss her but that would break...

My babe has been solely breastfed & he’s 7 weeks old. We found out two weeks ago he has a dairy allergy and I’ve been dairy free since. We went to his pediatrician two days ago who wasn’t worried about it but told me to give him juice & that I could try a baby glycerin suppository if he hasn’t...

I think my newborn has FOMO? He just does not seem to nap. Wondering if it’s just his personality or if I’m doing something wrong? Typical flow of the day is he wakes for the day around 6:30-7:00. As soon as he wakes up, he wants to eat. BF and then he’s awake. No nap. Wants to eat again...

Hello all, FTD to a 4 week old LO. First, let me say I’ve learned so much from this subreddit. Incredibly helpful and supportive! Our baby has tons of feeding problems that we’re working on fixing but he actually sleeps pretty well. The issue is that over the last couple days, I haven’t been...

FTM, with nine-day old son. It was an emergency C-section, as my bp shot up to 200/100. I was exactly 37 weeks along. My husband travelled 18 hours to where we were, and managed to arrive within the first 24 hours of life. I had to stay longer in the maternity ward due to my bp. Hubby and I...

My husband is going back to work on Tuesday and I'm (ftm) worried that I'll sleep through my baby (3wks) crying/feeding times. Since birth, my husband has been doing "night shifts" as he's a night owl and I've been doing "day shifts" since I'm an morning person and he also wanted me to be able...

My 7 week old is doing great. He was 8 lbs 6 oz when he was born and he’s currently 10 lbs 9 oz (26th percentile). He’s drinking 3-3.5 oz every 3-4 hours (bottle feeding exclusively breast milk). So he’s essentially feeding 6-7 times a day and probably getting between 18-24 oz a day. He doesn’t...

Yes. My husband sleeps all night while im still wide awake carrying my newborn. He came back to work and I on the other hand is still on maternity leave but i still find this unfair. Is it too much to ask for an uninterrupted sleep? Coz i am 3 weeks pp via c sec and i havent slept well since the...