How many of you actually bought and used a car seat for newborns/babies in India? Was it actually helpful?
Edit: Also recommendations for nice car seats please, expecting baby in end of July🤞
I feel like i have never been this much lazy and lethargic especially towards my office job. Im very much worried if it gonna affect my child in womb. I'm on my 6th month now. Everyday i find excuses to not do my office work and just take rest. I don't want my baby to get affected because of this.
Hi mums,
My baby is 3.5 months old and recently has started a feeding gap of 3-4 hours.
Earlier she used to root for breastfeeding at every two hours sometimes even one.
When I tried feeding her at 2 hour gap she just started screaming relentlessly today and it happened like 3 times since yesterday..
I am so worried , is she rejecting me for feed or is this normal.
Her diaper count is good ( about 10-12 )
She is active and playful when awake.
Could be a made-up word, a look, a routine, or something random that somehow became “your thing” together.
I’m living with Post Partem Coccydynia as a result of 12+ hrs of labour AND baby’s head being positioned at the tailbone region for a really long time.
Someone should’ve warned me about THIS because it hurts like hell. The pain is so excruciating that i am not able to enjoy the moments with my baby.
I wanna know if anyone else is suffering from the same and if you’ve found solutions?
To all the new mummas struggling through the newborn phase right now — I just want to say, it really does get better. 🤍
My baby is 3.5 months old now, and things feel so much lighter compared to those initial 6–8 weeks. Of course there are still challenges, sleepless nights, fussy days, and moments of self doubt… but they don’t feel as impossible as they once did.
In the beginning, it honestly felt like survival mode every single day. But slowly, things changed. Your baby starts responding to you… looking at you… smiling at you. And trust me, that one smile makes everything feel worth it. 🥹
There comes a point where you stop counting how hard things are and start soaking in the little moments instead.
And to all the fellow mummas here — thank you. Truly. This community has helped me so much during some really overwhelming days. Thank you for always taking out time to respond to every tiny doubt without judgment. Sometimes all a new mom needs is someone to listen and say, “I understand.”
We’ve got each other’s backs. 🤍
She started this practice just 3 days before! Comfort sucking to sleep, which also doesn’t last half an hour😭.
Should i introduce a pacifier? If yes, which brands are good?
Comfort sucking is messing with my sleep as well as his, he’s getting really fussy and agitated if i refuse my nipple🙁.
He also just spits half the milk he drank, so he’s clearly nor hungry at all😭
I am being told by friends to keep a japa maid for the initial period after the baby is born. I am really not comfortable having another person handle my baby in the early days, especially from hygiene and unscientific practices point of view.
My questions to moms-
Why does motherhood seem to come with an expectation of endless sacrifice of body, sleep, identity, career, and personal time?
Pregnancy, delivery, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, and then full-time baby care already take so much physically and emotionally. And after that, it often feels like mothers are still expected to stretch more.
Even when both parents are working, the default responsibility for the baby and home often still falls on the mother.
Why is so much of motherhood tied to giving up pieces of yourself, instead of being supported as a full person too?
Would love to hear how others see this and handle it before more resentment builds up . I feel like I should stop doing more . And do less .
I feel no matter how much I do I feel it’s a thankless job and I’m expected to give more .
6 months pp and I still don’t feel like a human being and I’m expected to do more work .
100% cotton
I have a 9 week old baby. I was gifted a nice looking thick blanket which I've been using. Just recently I realised it's 100% polyester. I don't like polyester myself as it is non breathable and doesn't absorb sweat. So I want to buy a good quality 100% cotton comforter for when the baby sleeps with AC on. I'm so confused as there are so many brands
Suggestions please
I’m a mom to a 3 week old baby boy.
Came to India from abroad 3 days back and the whole routine of both of us shifted to the worst🥲.
My mental health and physical ailments are not helping at all.
FTMs, how are you guys managing it with a newborn?!
Hi all. I'm following a schedule based on the recommended wake windows for my baby's age. So it's b/w 45 minutes to 1.5 hours for my baby currently. So every 30 mins I start putting her to sleep as it takes a good 20-25 minutes to put her down for a nap. So my day looks like I'm putting her to sleep every 1/2 an hour till bedtime. She usually naps for 30 minutes to 1 hour. She gets the recommended hours of sleep for her age which I read is b/w 4-5 hours.
My question is if all of you follow a similar schedule? Mums around me don't seem to follow any wake windows and just go by the "get baby tired in the day so they'll sleep well at night" logic. I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong and there's no way to tell if it's the right way. So just looking for experiences of other mums in this sub with regard to sleep schedules. Thanks!
Hello mommies,
I am going through a really tough time right now as my 2.5-year-old toddler is facing a potential autism spectrum diagnosis.
He doesn’t use communicative language yet, although he does say a lot of single words ( animals, birds, colors, animal sounds, etc. )He also sings rhymes with us in broken words and often finishes the last words/sentences of the rhyme.
Where we are struggling the most is that he doesn’t consistently respond to his name. Lately, I’ve also noticed that he seems to stay in his own little world and hand flapping and doesn’t really want to interact with kids his age.
I am having a very hard time accepting this possible reality. His primary doctor said he wouldn’t diagnose him with autism yet, but the specialist we were referred to hinted that if he were formally assessed, it would likely fall on the spectrum.
Honestly, my emotions are all over the place. I know I need to stay strong for my baby, but right now I feel scared, overwhelmed, and worried for his future. I feel like somewhere I have failed as a mother and maybe I didn't so enough with him.
I guess I’m looking for similar experiences from parents who may have seen improvement with age , especially with language, communication, and social interaction. Or honestly, just some reassurance, advice, or kind words from people who understand.
Thank you ❤️
we live in gurugram, I haven't found one good nanny to rely on, no community at all. Most of the people around our age are DINK couples.
My baby is experiencing a speech delay. I am so worried about her. But, when i look at the speech therapies or occupational therapies here, they only want to fool us to extract the maximum amount of money from us.
I work from home. I fired my last nanny on 1 January who I used to pay 25k. she showed so much screen to my baby that she lost her eye contact. now, its back.
but its too much. i am working from home. I work and handle my toddler who wants to be breastfed all day. I AM SO DONE.
In laws are of no help. so can't call them.
what I want to do? because i work from home, i want to shift to a state where there is a lot for the kids, nature maybe, and a good community.
Hi, my 6.5 month baby currently takes 3 naps in the day
10:45 am -11:15 am
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm
4:45pm - 5:15 pm
Bedtime is 7:30 pm and she wakes up at 6:30 am, goes back to sleep from 7:30am to 8:30 am after a feed
Over the past few days she has been pushing her naps by 10-15 minutes and it takes a long time for her to fall asleep. Example- Since two days she’s napping at 5 or 5:15 pm, sleeps for 30-40 minutes and then wakes up. Bedtime and wake up time is the same.
How to drop a nap without her schedule going all haywire?
So my baby has been formula fed from 2 months. Now he's 8 months old. I have a medical condition and I cannot feed him due to that. That guilt is already killing me inside. Now that he's waking up several times a night and I'm not getting enough sleep, I wish I could push my joining date as late as possible. People think that formula feeding is easy. They leave statements like, "He's not a mother-fed, then what's the issue ? I'll take care and you start working". But what about the night time and endless chores that are accompanied throughout the day ?. I feel very very tired at eod and again there's a shift coming in. Everyday feels like 2 days and how can I even think about rejoining and put additional work on my back ?
Am I overthinking? Please suggest. It's actually my MIL who's pushing me to rejoin and that's even more irritating for me. My husband is very supportive but has 14 hours of work in a day so he's supporting a little when it comes to baby related chores. We have a nanny but I don't feel she's great. I cook all baby meals, her meals as well. She sleeps when the baby sleeps and doesn't help in his bottle cleaning and not even a bit for his meals. She gets 3+ hours of break in her 9 hours of shift and I'm endlessly working. So I'm planning to change her.
Please let me know about the nanny roles as well. I know it depends but still the basic ones will be helpful for me finding the next nanny.
I just got mine yesterday. My LO is 4.5 months old now and After lots of research and using it in stores I finally got pact pro for 21k. Initially my budget was 10k. But now I feel guilty for spending so much on a stroller. Please tell me if I made the right choice.
We shortlisted r for rabbit street smart, pocket aero light and other lightweight strollers but it felt flimsy. Joie feels more sturdy and well padded. Please tell me your opinion on this.
I want to hear from other users about their experience with pact pro.
Is it cabin friendly? The store person said it’s not. But I see lot of people here saying they’ve took it on cabins. So if you did take it on airplanes is it international flights or just the domestic ones?
Is it really easy to use it solo with baby on one hand?
How are the wheels handling strolling on Indian roads ( assuming the road is in fairly good condition)
How do you use the basket? What do you generally carry in it?
Any tips/hacks for the stroller that you’ve learned over time? Or anything I should be cautious about?
How do you clean your stroller? Is the material washable/removable?
please tell me if it’s worth the money.
Hi, I am mom for 4 months old boy, staying Gurgaon with husband. I will start going office after two months after mat leaves ends so have to start the process of hiring/ interviewing nanny. We prefer hiring for 10 to 12 hrs nanny.Fellow moms from your experience please advise what all nanny does? For reference, i have a cooks and maid for cleaning so really need to understand what can i expect nanny to do? Also would be great if you can share your experience and what the salary range in should be prepared for.
My baby is 6 month old. Which bibs are good that can absorb a good amount of drool during teething?