Me and the ole lady have tried EVERYTHING to console our 1 week old daughter. Feeding her, rocking her, burping her. Changing her diaper. Nothing is working tonight. I have absolutely no idea what to do, so I just set her in her bed and am letting her cry it out. But I just feel tremendously guilty for doing so. I just don’t know what else to do. Nothing seems to be working.
I feel like I'm a failure because when my son is born, I can't afford to take time off work. I originally got 2 weeks approved unpaid, but every time I try to get money saved, we have medical bills or something wants to break on the car. So I can't afford to take 2 weeks. Probably just a few days and then go back to work. I feel like I'm failing my fiancee with not being able to be there but we just don't have enough to make it through the few weeks I'd be gone from work even though I'm going to be keeping the bills paid and food on the table
Hi everyone. My 3-week-old daughter is clearly dealing with infant dyschezia. She spends a lot of time grunting, turning red, and pulling her legs up to her chest. She isn’t constipated (stools are soft when they finally come), but it’s heartbreaking to watch her struggle to coordinate the "push" and the "relax" parts of pooping.
I know the common advice is that they just have to outgrow it, but for those who have been through this:
How long did this phase last for your little one?
Are there any specific positions or "bicycle legs" techniques that actually helped, or did you find it's better to just let them figure it out on their own?
At what point did you decide to check in with the pediatrician just to be safe?
Looking for some solidarity and any tips to make her more comfortable. Thanks!
5 weeks into it with twin girls. Wife is having a really rough go of it. I do most (90%) of the feeding, changing, cleaning. She pumps and washes bottles and does the odd diaper change. We keep getting in arguments about how we aren't a team, and that I'm not supportive enough. I'm exhausted, I dont know what more I can do. I've offered to cook and even just done it. Nothing I do seems to help and I feel like I'm literally doing everything. I offer to watch the girls while they're sleeping so she can shower, sleep, whatever...And its just met with threats and insults. Asking for her to help just gets dismissed as me picking on her...Is it normal for women a month after giving birth to literally spend all hours in bed, only getting up to grab snacks, go to the bathroom or pump. Getting yelled at, and belittled because I'm poor (the source of all her stress depending on how shes feeling) is really starting to take its toll emotionally.
New dad here (less than a day old).
I’m trying to find what iOS app to use to track feeding, diapers etc so we can share with pediatricians.
I’m looking for an app where my wife’s inputs and mine goes into the same app.
Any recommendations?
Hey folks. New Stepdad here with a caveat. My partner recently passed Apr1 in a Tragic car accident. She leaves behind a son 16, and a daughter 14, and an elderly mother of 88 who needs constant IHHS supervision (me). When my Sarah was with us, she would often use the overwhelmed term, being a mother and caretaker, i figured that she was hardwired for it. Now that shes gone, and i have assumed both parental roles, i... im so lost. Im doing the best i can not to raise the next generation of Douchebags. any tips would be most welcome!
Thanks
I don't mind letting her watch videos for 5 minutes at a time and all that, but I can't get her to watch anything else at all. Are there any other songs that babies gone addictive?