So this might be a dumb question but if you’re out in the wild with your baby, alone, and you have to go to the bathroom and they’re sitting in the cart (not in their carrier, old enough to sit up on their own)… what do you do?
My almost 10 month old DETESTS laying down for diaper changes and always winds up crying. No toy distracts her. No amount of singing or making goofy noises works either. Any inventive ways to distract her?
Hi! I’m a new resident to Sheboygan and not to get into the gory details right off the bat, I’m a “motherless” (NC estrangement) first time mom to a 9 month old. I’m having some difficulty just doing this new mothering thing without my own maternal figure and also… since I’m new here, also finding community.
I was wondering if there would be interest in forming a support group for people who fall into the motherless mother, motherless daughter, daughterless mother, sisterless sister groups and/or anyone just looking to give/receive some type of maternal guidance and support, regardless of gender assigned at birth (read: transphobes need not apply)
My little lady is 9 months old and lately she’s just been losing her goddamn mind every night as soon as we put her in the crib. I’m talking standing, screaming til she’s hoarse, throwing herself into the bars of the crib, and taking forever to “self soothe.” We are trying to do the Ferber method but sometimes it sounds like she’s in literal pain or starts coughing like she might throw up so we go in there before the time is up, but not right away though.
Lately EVERYONE is crying at bedtime.
This is such a perplexing situation. It literally feels like a fiction mystery/thriller book. The journalism seems well written, but my mind keeps going what the FUCK at almost every turn.
That being said, it does feel like there are some unexplained/unaddressed HOLES which is making my brain throw all sorts of conspiracy theories.
Does it go all the way to the TOP? Are the police INVOLVED and protecting someone(s)!? Is that what the journalist wants us to think by leaving out information or are they silenced by legalities? I’m in the US and not a lawyer so I don’t know if that’s a possibility but… just what the fuck?
I’m not seeing any updates in the Uncover feed on pocketcasts but I’ve learned that doesn’t necessarily mean there hasn’t been episodes released.
We just moved into this house and hate the trim, but with a 9mo painting trim is not in the cards at the moment and I just cannot stand white walls! Our couch is grey and the floors are also grey.
TL;DR: coping mechanisms to help overwhelming emotions please
Long story short; a few weeks after my baby turned 7m I held my estranged fathers hand and watched him take his final breaths and then uprooted my life 48hrs later to move to my husbands hometown. My LO had to spend a lot of time at my in laws house while the move took place and then longer because I was grief stricken and couldn’t watch her by myself when on bereavement. And later on, it was overwhelming to hold her when she was grumbling because baby reasons/teething. If she cried, I’d cry. Her grandma is also her caretaker during the day now that I’m back at work.
Fast forward to her being a little over 8 months and now she reaches for my husband or her grandma over me. I’ll hold her and she’ll try to squirm away from me. She doesn’t rest her head on me or gently touch my face like she does to my husband/MIL. She pulls my hair and smacks at me and tries to climb/push away.
It’s killing me. I know this is likely a phase but can anyone tell me how to get through it? I cry every day/time she wants someone else while I’m holding her. I’m still grieving plus I have PPD (and regular MDD).