u/ellefallsoffthings

Baby is 10.5 months and we've had regression after regression with some good sleep in between. First did FIO at 5 months but he's never STTN and we've had several regressions/illnesses. We did get down to one 3 am feed for about a week when he was 9 months. Despite night wakings he was good at falling asleep himself so at least I had my evenings and it was manageable. But I don't even have that these days.

We're having probably the worst patch of rough sleep we've ever had at the moment. Bedtime battles, lots of tears, multiple early night wakes. We've ended up going back to nursing (occasionally succeed with rocking) to sleep, cosleeping, so much boob in the night. He's learnt how to call for mumma and sign for milk so I'm finding it really hard to ignore that. He's fighting all his naps and gets extremely upset when I leave the room, or even just put him in the cot. He's thrown up when we've tried to leave him to self settle for 5 mins. He cries like a banshee if my partner tries to settle in the night.

I think this is his first bout of separation anxiety (as I've been leaving him with my parents more frequently in preparation for going back to work), combined with back to back teething and colds. I would love to get back to good sleep habits but I'm finding the motivation a lot harder this time because I just feel like there's no point as it's going to inevitably unravel again. I also don't know what to try as CIO feels like it would be a lot harder at this age and he's really anxious about me leaving the room already.

I guess I'm looking for some words of encouragement to get back on the bandwagon with sleep. And some tips on where to start with a baby of this age. I really struggle to work out if he's under or over tired because he's always on the move and wired at the moment.

We cap total nap time at 2 hours. Usually he has 30 mins in the morning and 1.5 in the afternoon both are capped and he's not happy about it 🤣. Ww are usually 3/3.75/4.25. DWT is 6:30.

Currently feeling a bit deflated after my period arrived just 6 days after I apparently ovulated. Apparently breastfeeding could be the cause.

It took us many years to conceive our son, eventually with fertility drug letrezole to help ovulation and regulate periods. I'm almost 36 and we'd really like to have another baby. Since my periods returned 6 months post partum I've ovulated naturally 5 times but have had a ridiculously short luteal phase of about 6-7 days. We did try giving him formula in the day for a couple of months and my luteal phase did lengthen but I didn't get pregnant and I missed the closeness and convenience of breastfeeding in the day so went back. Given letrezole fixed the issue last time it's likely to be a good route to try this time. However it can't be taken whilst breastfeeding.

Our son is nearly a year old now and I thought we'd be well on our way to weaning off the boob but he's showing no sign of stopping anytime soon. He's recently learnt to sign for milk which makes it even harder to say no. He eats lots of solids, 3 big meals, and milk in the day and still wakes up once at night for a feed. I'd say he's having 4-6 feeds a day, though not always big feeds. I only give him milk when he asks. Recently he was ill and I was reminded how useful breastfeeding is for soothing a poorly baby.

I'm not expecting the internet to tell me what to do but would love to hear from others in similar predicaments or who made a decision like this. Given it took us years to conceive I'm hesitant to delay but at the same time I could be prematurely stopping our bf journey with no pregnancy to show for it for many years.

It took us many years to conceive our son, eventually with fertility drug letrezole to help ovulation and regulate periods. I'm almost 36 and we'd really like to have another baby. Since my periods returned 6 months post partum I've ovulated naturally 5 times but have had a ridiculously short luteal phase of about 6-7 days. We did try giving him formula in the day for a couple of months and my luteal phase did lengthen but I didn't get pregnant and I missed the closeness and convenience of breastfeeding in the day so went back. Given letrezole fixed the issue last time it's likely to be a good route to try this time. However it can't be taken whilst breastfeeding.

Our son is nearly a year old now and I thought we'd be well on our way to weaning off the boob but he's showing no sign of stopping anytime soon. He's recently learnt to sign for milk which makes it even harder to say no. He eats lots of solids, 3 big meals, and milk in the day and still wakes up once at night for a feed. I'd say he's having 4-6 feeds a day, though not always big feeds. I only give him milk when he asks. Recently he was ill and I was reminded how useful breastfeeding is for soothing a poorly baby.

I'm not expecting the internet to tell me what to do but would love to hear from others in similar predicaments or who made a decision like this. Given it took us years to conceive I'm hesitant to delay but at the same time I could be prematurely stopping our bf journey with no pregnancy to show for it for many years.

Looking for some advice on what to wear to a summer wedding with formal dress code when breastfeeding. I've seen lots of lovely dresses but they look a bit impractical for getting the girls out. At home I just lift up my tshirt for access so was thinking maybe some kind of two piece? Is that formal though! I'm at a bit of a loss to be honest.