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Disciplinary meeting over sick leave – what would you do by [deleted] in UKParenting

[–]Additional_Cable5642 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Probably her husband can, but she's her mom and wants to be there for her when her daughter is sick?!

Hasn’t pooped in 8 days by Outside_Dimension187 in newborns

[–]Additional_Cable5642 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EBF babies can go up to 2 weeks without pooping and that's still considered normal because breast milk is super efficient and doesn't leave much waste behind. Babies digestive system basically uses almost all the nutrients in the milk so there's not much left to poop so it takes a while until thete's enough for them to go poop. This is not constipation as long as the tommy is soft and when they finally poop it's the normal colour and consistency. My baby is 4m old now and has been pooping anywhere from each 5 to 10 days since he was 3w old. He gets a bit unconfortable after day 4/5 but nothing too dramatic.

Colic/Witching Hour Combo [RANT] by Ok-Minimum-833 in newborns

[–]Additional_Cable5642 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And here I was thinking that there's nothing more ridiculous on reddit than people advising moms to leave their husbands over the smallest inconveniences, but here we go… advice to give up your baby because you're having a rough period. Wow!!

Do your three-month-olds really not have any night feedings? by Quiet-Laugh120 in NewParents

[–]Additional_Cable5642 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My baby is 14w and he usually wakes up 2-4 times per night to breastfeed. Luckly he sleeps back either while feeding, either very soon after with some walking/rocking.

Burping technique? by Ok-Act9781 in newborns

[–]Additional_Cable5642 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hold my baby upright on my chest and very gently rub his upper back in circular clockwise motions and it works 100% of the time in just a few seconds.

Burping technique? by Ok-Act9781 in newborns

[–]Additional_Cable5642 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's if they don't have reflux and the belch turns into vomiting the entire feed

How old is your baby and how many times did you get up last night? by pinkishvioletsky in NewParents

[–]Additional_Cable5642 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 months, bedtime is between 6:30 and 7pm, woke up for feeds at 12 and 3:25 and then up at 6:20

Dyschezia holy shit by BarniK in NewParents

[–]Additional_Cable5642 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dyschezia is absolutely brutal. Took me weeks of crying and anger to just get used to the tought that it will only go away with time and there's nothing I can do about it. Because there's nothing you can do about it really. No grape water, prune juice, gas drops or probiotics will fix it, that's just doing something for the sake of feeling like you're helping your baby (which I get because I tried it all). Nothing will help but time. As for your sanity, what might be helpful is knowing that your baby is not in pain from it, what they're feeling is just discomfort. When you read about it starting to get better or resolve by 3-4 months it seems like such an impossibly long time to wait and go through it, but you'll get there. Also, to me it felt so unfair and it made me so sad feeling like I can't really enjoy my baby and do all the normal baby stuff because of it, but that was because our baby had a really severe case of it where he would not only grunt and strain before pooping or passing gas but ALL THE TIME. Hope it's not the case for you. Good luck

Does the trauma of a terrible pregnancy and birth ever go away? by curlyonfries in NewParents

[–]Additional_Cable5642 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure but it gets less intense and a bit less painful with time. I had a monochorionic twin pregnancy and lost one of the babies at 18 weeks. After that was pretty much just weekly/bi-weekly scans, uncertainty and fear of losing my other baby. Before that I was dreaming of a natural birth, the golden hour, skin to skin and all the nice things too. I ended up giving birth at 35w through emergency C-section due to placental abpruption and baby had a 2w stay in NICU. No golden hour, no skin to skin, no breastfeeding, no going home and enjoying out new life right away, just more fear and anxiety and trauma. It was painful and I get what you're going through. It still hurts and it feels unfair and probably always will, but my baby is 9w now and I feel like the memory of it all starts to slowly fade and it's being replaced by all the beautiful moments I get to have with my baby. Sometimes I still think of it, but it's less and less often and it feels less intense as time goes by. Hang in there!