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I’m starting to have postpartum hair loss and I’m about to have a menty B

Menty B aka a cute way to downplay calling it what is is…a mental breakdown. I can deal with the weight gain, I can deal with the sleep deprivation, I can deal with the complete lifestyle change from having a baby…but my fucking hair. UGHHHHHHHHH just looking for commiseration here

How do I respectfully tell people to stop posting and sharing pictures of my son?

I gave birth 2 weeks ago. It was pretty traumatic and I didn’t get to do skin to skin until he was almost 2 hours old. My husband took a bunch of pictures of this super intimate moment and innocently sent them to his father, sister and aunt. I love his family dearly but when I went on Facebook the next morning these pictures were posted by people who were not the 3 who received the photos from my husband (a cousin and 2 family friends I don’t know super well). It rubbed me the wrong way because 1) these were pictures of me holding my son for the first time with a lot of skin exposed and 2) I’m not very close with these people especially to the extent that they announce the birth of my son before my husband and I do. We don’t know how to respectfully tell my husbands family that we don’t want them sharing such intimate pictures with people we aren’t super close with and that it’s really not okay to post pictures of our son without asking.

This sub used to have a rule that said you could only post if you were a new parent... what happened to the rule?

When I started lurking here while pregnant, there was a strict rule about only posting if you actually were a new parent - I thought it was really fair and liked that it helped curate the content to be relevant. Usually I reported off topic posts and cited that rule, but I noticed that there was a sudden influx of non-parent/pregnant posts, and then that rule disappeared. Now we've got posts from pregnant people, TTC people, and heck, just people wondering if they should BECOME parents. It feels so off topic and dilutes this sub away from being a valuable resource to actual new parents. So I'm curious about why the rule is gone? Did the mods say anything? Did I miss a vote? Obviously I have the power to leave the sub (and I probably will), but I am surprised to see such a sudden, quiet, and very impactful rule change that greatly changes the topic of the sub.

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Cannot feel my arms anymore

I know things will get better , but just want to vent how my 1 month old baby sleeps peacefully on my arm for hours , and as soon as I put him down on the bassinet , he opens his eyes & then cries. How could he know ?! 🤦‍♀️ hope I can have time for myself one day

4 months pp dizziness.

It all started at around 2 months postpartum. I started to feel really dizzy, light headed and floaty which makes me feel so nauseous. My eyes feel like they can't focus and everytime I move my head it makes me feel worse. It starts off really bad then is mild over a few days and I get a heady headache feeling too. I thought it was because I was dehydrated, lack of sleep or something to do with low iron but I'm drinking more and getting more sleep...I saw the doctor they did some blood tests and nothing has come back. I noticed it stopped for a few weeks but has come back again. I just wondered if it happened to anyone else?

What is your best advice for traveling with a toddler?

My husband and I are are planning to visit family during the holidays and will be making a road trip out of it. My son will be about 18 months at the time. We plan to make several stops and will be staying in hotels along the way. He currently sleeps through the night (about 12 hours) in his crib in his own room. We use blackout curtains and a sound machine. We plan to take his pack n’ play, but he’s getting tall so I worry about him being comfortable. I considered getting a cot, but I also worry about how comfortable that would be. He has never slept in our bed and based on what I’ve seen on the baby monitor I’m not interested in sharing a bed with him lol. While my biggest concern is sleep I’d also love any other tips you can offer.

Ripping c section pain

I’m one week pp- had a scheduled repeat c section 19 months after my first. I tore a window in my first incision but everything went well during the c section. Now I’m recovering and I have this horrible stabbing/ripping/fiery pain in the left side of my abdomen. It’s not on the incision. Anyone else have this pain? Is it nerve damage? How long did it last? It is the worst part of this recovery everything else has been good!

Baby not playing with feet, no stranger danger..

My daughter had her 6 month appointment yesterday, and there were a couple of things the pediatrician was concerned about. The first was that she’s not playing with her feet. I didn’t realize this was such a big milestone, and she was surprised when I told her that she’s never really noticed them. Then she said that as long as she plays with toys that are above her, like a mobile (which she does) she’s fine. Then she was concerned that she had no stranger anxiety. My daughter still smiles at most strangers, and at worst just stares at them. Then the pediatrician said something like, well she seems like she’s interacting with me, she’s probably fine. What to make of the mixed messages? Have any of your babies not met these milestones this late in the game?

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Teething Sticks are a thing and I wish I knew sooner.

Found them at a shopper's drug mart while checking out the baby biscuits, like mum-mums. I found "Teething Sticks". They honestly look like dog chews, but for babies 🤷‍♀️ (6+ months) We've been struggling with the finger foods but crackers and now these sticks have been a huge help with transitioning over to a more solid food diet. (Yes, I've done carrots, apples, Bananas, strawberries etc. It's a no for him 😅)

Kind of embarrassing

So I've gotten yeast infections a handful of times in my life. However when I was pregnant, I got one every time my husband and I would have sex. I thought it was just a stupid pregnancy side effect. Now that I'm almost one year postpartum, I still get one almost every time we have sex. I'd say like 70% of the time when we have sex I get a yeast infection. Nothing has changed except having a baby. Has anyone else experienced this or know what is going on/what I could do? I'm planning on going to the doctor but I'm waiting until I'm on my husband's insurance.

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Primary parents who are also primary cooks - please teach me your ways!

My little buddy is nearly 9 months old and the hours between 4pm and 6pm are usually the grumpiest of the day, which he expresses by crying until he gets picked up. This also happens to be when I’m making dinner, which I just can’t do one-handed no matter how much I try. I’ve started to dread these times, even though I normally love cooking and also hanging out with my baby. I also feel like other families manage to do this, so I must be missing something. Are you one of these magical beings who is able to to produce both a meal and a happy child every evening? How do you do it? Give me all your tips, tricks and advice.