Return to work anxiety – 6 weeks parental leave is not enough.
by /u/warmapplepizza on August 25, 2026 at 2:10 am
I’m sure I’m not the first person to post about this – but I’m sitting here nursing my 3 week old son and I cannot imagine returning to work in three more weeks. I can’t imagine him being big enough to be without his mother? I have a decent job with a large healthcare company but I’m the main breadwinner of my household and I cannot I afford to take more than my paid leave. Idk yall, I’m just feeling really sad about it. submitted by /u/warmapplepizza [link] [comments]
by /u/soul_in_an_earthsuit on August 25, 2026 at 1:43 am
My baby is almost 8 weeks and he truly seems miserable daily ever since he was born. He cries SO Much and seems like he hates everything including me and my husband sometimes. He screams if he is even slightly hungry. Like screams his head off turning red and holding his breath kind of crying. Same with when we need to change his diaper. Same with tummy time. Sometimes nothing is even wrong and he still does it. Some days he screams all day intermittently. It is so hard to calm him down those days. I’m so exhausted and it makes me so sad that he seems so miserable all the time and doesn’t enjoy much of anything. I don’t know what to do anymore. It is so hard to go thru bc I feel like a failure of a mom and feel like he hates me. Does this get better? Is something wrong with him? He is gaining weight well. He does spit up quite a lot but he’s a happy spitter surprisingly. submitted by /u/soul_in_an_earthsuit [link] [comments]
cant tell who’s more traumatized
by /u/mystical_creatation on August 25, 2026 at 1:34 am
i feel like me and my husband might be more traumatized than our son. our son is 13mo and is completely pn solids and cow milk. today when he went to poop he was straining extra hard, few rabbit turds but he was crying in pain. i felt so awful and tried bicyle kicks, tummy massages and nothing worked. i gave him a warm bath to help the muscles relax and it went back in. gave him enough relief to take a nap. then after dinner he tried again, and this time me and my husband knew we had to do something. we literally put on gloves, and got it out. then we did another warm bath and he was back to his happy self. the on call doctor recommended glycerin suppositories. im making sure he drinks plenty of water. im so glad hes back to normal. submitted by /u/mystical_creatation [link] [comments]
When did you start giving your little one a blanket overnight?
by /u/cybershock_420 on August 25, 2026 at 1:28 am
Like the title says, I have 18 month old so just curious when everyone else gave theirs child a blanket overnight . submitted by /u/cybershock_420 [link] [comments]
by /u/laughalotgirl on August 25, 2026 at 1:04 am
Not sure what to put for flair but I guess looking for product recommendations for bad diaper rash? Baby has no open sores but is super dry and irritated for about a week. Getting worse like spreading down into her butt cheeks. I use A&D and desitin. I change her diaper as soon as it’s wet and she has at least 30 mins a day diaper free. I also tried aquaphor but went back to desitin. Not sure if my dr can give something else? I don’t want this to continue getting worse. I read online it should go away within 3 ish days and it’s definitely not submitted by /u/laughalotgirl [link] [comments]
Leaving my 6 month old for the first time at night
by /u/scorpiorose22 on August 25, 2026 at 1:02 am
Since my baby was born, I’ve not left him anywhere but daycare while I’m at work during the day. We’ve had no time to just ourselves since he was born so I figured we should probably do something to “get away” in a sense even if it’s just for a few hours. My husband and I are going to a concert on September 16th, it’s an hour away from home and the openers start at 6:30pm, the main performers starts roughly at 9 or so. Baby’s bedtime typically falls around 7-7:30pm. My mom will be at our house to watch over him for the first time while we’re gone. I’m really debating not leaving the house until he’s asleep. I estimate we’ll be back around midnight. I’m super nervous about it. LO goes to sleep pretty good on his own in his crib, but I feel like I’m just overthinking it because it’s out of the normal routine to have someone else there. Any tips to share to get over the anxiety of leaving my baby? submitted by /u/scorpiorose22 [link] [comments]
Baby won’t sit on his car seat
by /u/shellyunderthesea on August 25, 2026 at 12:42 am
My son is 11 months old and REFUSES to sit on his car seat. He believes he has the right to drive the car and would cry pointing at the steering wheel. Please give this mom some advice. I can’t wrestle him every morning. submitted by /u/shellyunderthesea [link] [comments]
Feeling bad for being frustrated with my baby.
by /u/Efficient_Bee4584 on August 25, 2026 at 12:27 am
I love my baby so much. I think she is just perfect. But she has one fatal flaw. She hates eating. OF ANY KIND. Whether it be drinking a bottle or eating food. She always acts like it’s something that’s being inflicted upon her and not something that makes her feel good or full. The only food I’ve found she likes is the Gerber puffs. Which don’t fill her at all. We’re taking her to a speech therapist soon as recommended by her pediatrician because I just don’t know how to get this baby to eat anything. I never thought this would be the difficult part of parenting. I wish I could just explain it to her. I feel frustrated with her and myself. I feel bad for just wanting her to get older so that she’ll feed herself. I want to enjoy our time but it’s so hard when this simple task is so difficult. 😞 EDIT: She’s 10 months old submitted by /u/Efficient_Bee4584 [link] [comments]
by /u/passthetincture on August 25, 2026 at 12:10 am
Settled my 10 week old in the crib for a nap for the first time! Currently, any nap that isn’t a stroller or car seat nap is a contact nap that usually requires a good 10 minutes of rocking in the glider. Same for her nighttime sleep, except that we’re very lucky in that she will give us good stretches of independent sleep in her crib at night. Like many first time parents, I’ve been psyching myself out about transitioning to crib naps as she gets older and I prepare to go back to work, and have had many an immediate wakeup this week when trying to transfer her asleep during her first nap of the day. She’s also been getting increasingly fussy while I rock her, kicking her legs and headbutting my chest until she finally conks out. Decided to throw everything out the window today. Instead of perfectly timed contact naps after every wake window, we took advantage of the the not too hot weather and spent a few hours outdoors, getting a couple of shorter naps on the go, and I think that may have built up some sleep pressure. For her last nap of the day before her final wake window, instead of doing her nap routine and rocking her a few minutes before her huckleberry sweet spot, I waited until she started rubbing her eyes (which was only a few minutes later), put her in her sleep sack and decided I would give myself 20 minutes to try and soothe her in the crib and if it didn’t work I’d pick her up and rock her to sleep. Well, after ten minutes of shushing and jiggling her while applying firm pressure on her chest, she fell asleep! And slept for 35 minutes! Of course I stayed in the nursery staring at her instead of doing any number of things I said I’d do if I could get her to stop sleeping on me exclusively, but I’d call it a win. Gonna try again tomorrow, maybe even for the first nap of the day! Hell, I might even try tonight for bedtime! submitted by /u/passthetincture [link] [comments]
Please for the love of God give me some tips for letting her sleep in the bassinet
by /u/NotAMazda on August 25, 2026 at 12:06 am
When did your newborn sleep in the bassinet? Our nine day old has not done it for more than 20 minutes. I’ve been doing all the things such as putting her in feet first, white noise, dim lighting, all the things, pacifier etc. but she won’t do it for long as all. submitted by /u/NotAMazda [link] [comments]
Leaving the house alone with baby
by /u/Cat-Roo on August 24, 2026 at 11:28 pm
I have a 3 month old who’s going through some fussy moments. Im wondering if anyone has advice for leaving home with your baby when by yourself? My husband works full time and the only other person i can leave her alone with is my mom who has a life outside of watching my baby for me (how dare she) but theres things that i sometimes need to get done and cant wait for my husband to be off work or my mom to be available or a friend to come with me. I would try to time it with a nap so shed sleep in the carseat/stroller for most of the errands but at this age her naps are inconsistent. Im terrified of my baby having a crying fit in public and me not being able to do what i need to get done. Any advice? submitted by /u/Cat-Roo [link] [comments]
Is “putting baby to sleep” new?
by /u/icaretoomuch1 on August 24, 2026 at 10:51 pm
I was talking to my mom today and she was talking about how different my daughter is compared to her children (4). She said she never had to “put” us to sleep. We would just fall asleep in crib, on her, in car seat, etc. She said she didn’t let us CIO. So I really don’t know understand. We had to associate sleep with something, no? submitted by /u/icaretoomuch1 [link] [comments]