u/KoalaCares123

Friend complaining their newborn baby wakes every 1.5hours ?!? 🤯

Our sleep is rough for me. Baby average wake up is 7x a night their whole life from birth to 8.5 months. Even now a good night is getting one 3hour sleep, and then a couple stretches of 1-1.5hrs, and the rest even less. (Side note that maybe I should ask for advice on this!)

People around me complaining how tired they are that their newborn baby waking every 1.5-2hrs for milk is annoying them...
like is that not the most normal thing for a 2 week old to do!!??? The crazier thing is this is 2nd child, so their first baby must have been such an easy sleeper. And the baby sleeps easily in the crib and doesn't take long to fall back asleep.
The first 6 weeks we were on 30 min - 1.5 hours max sleep stretch.

Somehow people grumbling like this is so hard for me to hear. And I'm not allowed to vent back how ours has been worse :(

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u/KoalaCares123 — 1 day ago

How to breastfeed in our lennylight or ring sling?

Can I ask for a recommendation or advice on nursing while babywearing here?

We have a v cuddly baby 8mo. He spends a lot of time in our arms, in the lennylight (especially on dad) and in the ring sling (on me). I like the lennylight too, I know it's one of the more lightweight ones but somehow I find it too bulky to nurse in. Or it might be because I'm tall (6ft). Our baby is also 75cm and 9kg. And I can't figure out nursing in the ring sling and baby being in a comfy position, he doesn't seem comfy at all when I've tried nursing in it. I think it would make our journey easier as he is far too distracted by the world to nurse in public these days.

Is there a hack for feeding in the sling or any carrier?
Is there a better structured carrier for taller mums?

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u/KoalaCares123 — 1 day ago