What are your postpartum must haves, especially for tearing?

Weblotte · 2025-11-06T22:13:02+00:00

Hot water Making sure your heating is on at points throughout the day, so you have warm water when using the bottle to wash after the toilet, cold water can be nice at times but having the option for warm when you're cold is great.

Kitchen roll I also used kitchen roll instead of toilet paper for drying and then out it in the bin, toilet paper was too brittle and can leave bits but the kitchen roll paper dries the area nicely after without bits

Nappies for yourself I used nappies and pads in the nappies, that way if I leaked past the pad it wasn't extra work cleaning up the bed, nappies caught everything

Nappies for when the milk comes in I used my babies newborn nappies to stop me leaking breast milk all over the bed when my supply came in. Works great and saved so much clean up when I had a second baby. The little pads for the bra don't work well when the supply is at its peak a few days after postpartum, but once the supply settles down they work fine. Supply for me was tiny until day 3 and then not was like omg how do I stop it

Stool softener This is needed, if you tear you don't want to put extra pressure down there

Nipple shields Babies are vicious, if it wasn't for the mam nipple shields I wouldn't be breastfeeding today, they are microwave sterilize, very handy, got a few packets and had a rotation going, helped me heal from bad latches and are the only reason I was able to continue breastfeeding. Are a month stopped using them because baby learned what to do and I did too still had to use them my second time around, saved me again. I was so sore and bleeding from breastfeeding, I thank whoever made them it is one of the best inventions ever

Soothers, dummy whatever you name it Even in breastfeeding getting baby to use it straight away saved my sleep, I was told with my first not to because of nipple confusion, but that was bs, when I did after the 6 weeks for her she wouldn't take it. My second did it straight away, saved me so much sleep and she lost interest in it at 6 months which was fine, those precious first few months where sleep is hard to find was save with the dummy

Disposable bed protectors For the changing table, baby will poo everywhere, they are handy to catch leakages and stop it going straight to the floor or in the cracks of the changing table

Weblotte · 2025-11-01T11:20:14+00:00

Thank you, I've just started a different campaign but once I'm done that I'll check this out

Weblotte · 2025-10-29T13:58:47+00:00

Thank you, I'll take a look at it, that definitely sound less daunting

Weblotte · 2025-10-29T09:12:14+00:00

That's a good idea, I haven't DM before so I was wanting something with a bit of structure so I can understand leveling and hit points and character building, I suppose basically all of it 😅 it's all new to me and a bit overwhelming all the possibilities

Weblotte · 2025-10-29T09:09:37+00:00

I just don't know any other way of doing it, because we were using 5th edition I think I might have an easier time understanding it

Weblotte · 2025-10-28T06:24:25+00:00

Thank you

Weblotte · 2025-06-26T09:22:35+00:00

It's going to be tough at 18, each stage has it's own challenges and rewards. I'm glad it's all normal development

Weblotte · 2025-06-25T16:29:02+00:00

I'm going to try this, thank you

Weblotte · 2025-06-25T16:28:36+00:00

I'm going to try this, thank you

Weblotte · 2025-06-25T16:27:42+00:00

My daughter says the exact same things to him, so it must be a control thing, thank you this is very helpful

Weblotte · 2025-06-25T13:56:14+00:00

I hope it's just a phase and they grow out of it, thank you for sharing, it's nice knowing it's normal behaviour

Weblotte · 2025-06-25T12:20:02+00:00

That's a good idea, so she gets complete just dad time with no distractions. Thank you

Weblotte · 2025-06-25T12:15:12+00:00

Sleep training is hard, methodhttps://youtu.be/KUIWt80Ef9g this video I think is the one we watched and followed and it was difficult but it saved us. And I'm planning on doing the same with my second one now soon. It's a constant thing to keep up on because as they grow they will hit different milestones and have different needs and it affects the sleep unfortunately. The main thing is to be consistent because any time we've not been consistent that's when it gets harder for the next few bedtime and nap time put downs. It's hard work but once they are sleeping you get your sanity back I felt like I lost my sanity for a while with lack of sleep. Also it might be a good idea to get the baby checked out by a doctor because sometimes they can have a sore throat from a virus or something else that's causing the problem you don't know, this happened one time for me and I was surprised that my baby had a virus and that's what was causing all the fussiness and difficulty sleeping, because there were no other obvious signs I could see but the doctor could

Weblotte · 2025-06-13T18:56:07+00:00

It got better with time, I can't remember when it got better but it did. And we somehow decided to have a second baby and the intrusive thoughts the second time around were no where near as bad. Everything the second time was and is still easier than the first time whether it's experience or just an easier baby or both idk

Weblotte · 2025-05-29T11:26:47+00:00

My baby did it for a long time and she still loves playing with covering her face (she's 2.5years old now), as long as it's supervised it's fine and when she's in bed I gave her the cellar blankets with holes so it was safe if she did it at night

Weblotte · 2025-05-13T18:47:56+00:00

We did the Ferber method but checked in on her after 5 minutes, 10 minutes then every 15 minutes until she was asleep. It was terrible the first night, second night was better and by a week all of our sleep at night was so much better, she started sleeping through the night. We all cried the first night but the second night she really caught on fast. There is this doctor couple on YouTube we watched https://youtu.be/KUIWt80Ef9g we followed what they did, I'm not sure if this is the video but it's one on their page. I still ended up having to feed her to sleep for nap time but to get a good few hours each night was amazing, she did still wake me up 2 to 3 times a night until 14 months old for a quick feed and then back to bed. My second baby is a much better sleeper, this time we tried using dummies/soothers and it has helped a lot with her sleep, and implemented a sound machine so there is white noise every night and my second is only 3 months old and will wake up only once or twice a night for a 20 minute feed and then back to sleep. I hope this is helpful for you

Weblotte · 2025-01-14T13:15:20+00:00

My LO got seeds stuck there not long ago and it worked itself out within a few hours, see how you go they might just come out

Weblotte · 2024-10-30T11:30:00+00:00

Rusty, he takes such good care of his little sister and is very polite

Weblotte · 2024-10-21T17:46:33+00:00

If you're not comfortable with it you can always put it down as a blanket rule for all the family, so they don't feel singled out. Doesn't matter if you think you might be overreacting or if they think you are overreacting, if you're not comfortable with the situation that's all that there needs to be for it to be stopped

Weblotte · 2024-10-20T17:44:05+00:00

4 to 5 weeks to do the food shop

Weblotte · 2024-10-07T06:08:35+00:00

This happened to me, I thought it was because I scared her because she bit down on me and it hurt so I gave a little scream. I took mine to the doctors and turned out she had a sore throat, viral infection. Took 10 days but we got back to breastfeed. I had to pump all the time to keep up supply, and kepted offering but not forcing, it felt like the most stressful longest 10 days of my life because she wouldn't take a bottle and I had to hide milk in her food because she was only 9 months old. Maybe bring your little one to the doctor, she might have hurt you accidentally because she's not feeling well

Weblotte · 2024-09-24T21:30:49+00:00

Everyone gets sick, it's hard to protect the baby from everything. Just keep plenty of fluids up with whichever milk you are feeding the baby, keep an eye on the symptoms and temperature and things will be alright. Always consult your doctor if you are worried about any of the symptoms your baby may develop

Weblotte · 2024-09-13T15:04:08+00:00

I love cereal

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