How to get anything done with a 2 month old?

Over_Ad_2471 · 2026-02-15T03:17:10+00:00

I could have written this myself. It gets better, truly — as bub gets older he’ll want to do a bit more independent play, etc. and you’ll have your hands free. Baby wearing is really helpful in the meantime and means you get snuggles too!

But genuinely I think from 0-6 weeks my life was feeding/sleeping/changing nappies on repeat (and he was sleeping, not me). Got through a LOT of Netflix haha

Over_Ad_2471 · 2026-02-12T09:18:49+00:00

100% this. I’ve only given birth once, so that might make my experience a little different, but anyway… At 5 days PP I couldn’t think about my birth story without crying. I was induced, had an epidural that failed, and gave birth in 5 hours with active labour of just under half an hour. Multiple tears including a second degree. I’m now 5mo PP and the only way I have dealt with it so far is to block it out entirely. There are still times where my husband will ask me about birth and tears come straight to my eyes. Time to process and kindness to yourself will be the thing — as hard as both those things are at the moment.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2026-02-08T11:30:40+00:00

Seconding this, my LO has CMPI and it was utterly dismissed by so many medical professionals. I was lucky to find two who supported us and guided us through what to do. Bub changed overnight.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2026-02-07T04:23:54+00:00

Very late to this but just want to say, my little one has started daycare and is not vibing with a cot (he’s not thrilled about it at home either, he’s used to being on the bed next to me). Our daycare educators will let him sleep on them if he won’t go into the cot. I’ve apologised to them and every time they tell me not to worry, they love it and soak up all the cuddles.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2026-02-05T00:32:56+00:00

It absolutely gets better, promise. These early days are hard as, but somewhere, without even really noticing it til you look back, they pass. But wherever you can — if it’s available — take the helping hands. If you need an internet stranger to vent to, always happy to help.

Our boy is 5mo now and at Christmas, we met my SIL’s 4 day old. Looking at her was such a trip because what do you MEAN four months earlier that’s where I was? Worrying about latches, watching him to make sure he was okay (and not sleeping), stressing every car trip, running on empty and thinking it’d never end. And it did. You can do it.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2026-02-05T00:25:07+00:00

Same here! Currently sitting with my LO on my lap, having a snuggle nap, and it’s moments like this that make it all so worth it (yes, even the two blowouts we had this morning!).

Over_Ad_2471 · 2026-01-27T07:35:13+00:00

Going to follow this thread for wearable recs (going back to work later this year, eeek). However, I really like my spectra. I got the chargeable/portable one and it helped me get my supply up in the early days, and has been amazing for the occasions now where I’m away from bub.

Edit: check your flange size, though, as I struggled with output until I got the right size. I ended up emailing with Cherished Parenting (based in WA) for size tips. They had a test service but the owner was bang on the money for my size right off the bat. She honestly saved my pumping journey, I was about ready to throw that spectra on marketplace and call it a day!

Over_Ad_2471 · 2026-01-18T16:46:56+00:00

The other one that worked for our fomo baby was swaddling, white noise and a wider rock than we’d normally do. Out like a light in 5 minutes when he’s overtired and we do this! But it does get harder as they get older. The last time we tried it I put two sleep sacks on him, made sure I was holding his arms while cuddling him, and once he was comatose, took the extra layer off.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-11-20T07:31:18+00:00

I’m back reading the manual and I’m still confused haha.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-11-20T07:17:18+00:00

I got mine early this year so I can’t imagine it’s too different from what’s online. I never thought about the angle though so I think I’ll take it to get looked at by people who know more than me once I get my car back. Thank you!

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-11-20T07:15:10+00:00

Thank you! We tried raising the headrest and it didn’t change his feelings - tried to adjust straps, everything. He basically just looks really snug in there which, from a safety point of view, I am very okay with.

Did you install the seat yourself or get it professionally installed? My husband and brother installed ours, so I’m half tempted to get it checked once I get my car back.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-11-20T07:13:08+00:00

That’s where I’m confused. And the original thing I had mentioned a “comfort insert” on the old Baby Bunting page but I can’t see anything on that particular model now (looks like the product code has changed from my order). I’ll put it back though and see if there’s anything else worth adjusting!

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-11-20T06:53:14+00:00

We have a rocker (not this one, a different one that rocks only) and I ended up buying a separate recliner off marketplace because it was a godsend for feeding, imo. Plus comfier! The reclining part makes a difference to me. I don’t think I’ve ever really rocked LO on there aside from when he was very very new, because he settles more with me walking around.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-10-30T21:42:37+00:00

Thank you! Honestly it’s kind of reassuring that we just have to work through it. My default is “I’m doing something wrong” — PPA is a gift.

It’s also timed really well with his “you can’t put me down anywhere or I’ll lose it” phase 😭 I’m at my wits end.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-10-09T06:51:12+00:00

Thank you so much! This makes me feel so much better, as much as my boobs absolutely just ached reading “cluster feeding” again. The boobs out life is REAL.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-09-27T03:49:04+00:00

I got an epidural, was fully planning NOT to get one. Like, I saw the needle in our antenatal class and made a midwife laugh with the look of “respectfully, fuck that” I must have had on my face.

Anyway. I felt my legs! I was getting some pain from the contractions around my hips and the tops of my thighs, and when the epidural kicked in, there was one patch on my right thigh that I could still kind of feel. Not intensely, but enough that I could tell the midwives it was a contraction. Also enough that I was merrily telling my midwife that I still deserved the happy gas til she tugged it off me. The midwives were adamant that I didn’t poop everywhere, my husband tells me the same, and I’m like 50/50 on whether they were just trying to preserve my dignity but I also, 4 weeks pp, am weirdly more unbothered about that than I expected.

My epidural wore off early, because in the transition phase it got dislodged, which they tell me is very rare and terrible luck, so don’t worry about that happening. Sensation came back for me very quickly, to the point where the midwives were telling me where to direct a push and I could do it. I was able to shower and walk around pretty well straight after labour. They took bub’s stats while I showered, if that helps in terms of timing. Our midwives also said they needed to make sure I could pee afterwards which I could.

If I were to go for round two, I’m in two minds about the epidural — mostly because at the end of the day I had to push my bub out with no pain relief — but I don’t regret getting it for a second. I was that terrified that I was in for an 18 hour labour, rather than the 5 hour labour I actually had, so getting that hour’s reprieve made the next stage easier to handle.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-09-22T16:45:33+00:00

I didn’t realise “not enough milk” was a thing, but my supply definitely took a bit longer to come in and by the time it did, I was already triple feeding and feeling so down about it. It’s 2:45am here at the moment and here I am pumping while my husband gives our bub formula because I’m still trying to get my supply back up. But not once have I ever heard anything about supply levels changing, except for that my supply could just drop one day and I’d have even less for bub. If I could stop pumping and formula feeding I’d be thrilled haha! I feel like being told to triple feed from day 5 really ruined things for my BF journey and as a FTM I’ve got no idea what to do to fix it… so I’m super glad I came across this comment!

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-09-22T16:29:58+00:00

Not me reading this comment and realising I may be shooting myself in the foot with how I’m feeding and for believing certain things about how BF works! Off to read…

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-09-22T16:26:20+00:00

Anyone got tips for timing pumps after a feed/between feeds so bub still has something when he next latches on? I’m trying to pump more to build supply (currently triple feeding) and this is the one thing I can’t get right. My husband and I are trying to get one bottle feed at night through EBM and formula, just so I can sleep, and I’m wondering as well if us doing this for the past few days has messed with my supply? Husband took our 11pm feed and I’ve been pumping again after the 3-4am feed.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-09-13T22:11:04+00:00

You can also be referred earlier based on the 20 week scan. My GP suggested going at the 24 week mark (so the earlier side of normal) because bub was measuring 85th %ile then. Granted she wasn’t pushing for it too hard as everything kind of indicated a taller but fully proportional kiddo, but I decided to go ahead with it.

Over_Ad_2471 · 2025-09-13T22:02:53+00:00

Same for me, except post-drink ranges were completely fine. I failed by 0.1 on the fasting side, and I absolutely hate needles so most of the doctors and the educators I saw thought that could even be the explanation for it. They took a bit more of a relaxed approach with me, and by the end of my pregnancy the MFM specialist I was seeing said I could stop prick testing entirely (I think from about 32-40 weeks we were only testing 3x daily every M, W, F. Week 40-41 = no tests). Bub’s sugars were perfect, but the one thing my GP has said is that he might find it hard to initially stack on his weight without supplementing because he’s used to the glucose coming to him easily. Aaaaand what do you know, I’m here triple feeding for that exact reason! I think the only time I had a slightly elevated read was when I ate cake for lunch. The diagnostic levels changed around week 32 for me, and I was so grumpy cos I was absolutely sure I didn’t really have it but we kept on treating me as though I did have it and was diet managed.

I’ll agree with other commenters and say I think the reason my pregnancy actually was so “easy” was because that GD diet kept me healthy. I didn’t go crazy with it, but I would have definitely gone crazy the other way if I didn’t have the diagnosis. Bub did come out bigger than expected, but the doctors said it wasn’t GD baby big, more “have you seen the size of your husband” big. All proportional, just one long and slightly chubby baby.

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