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Mannn who knew parenting would be sooo hard. My girl is almost 8 months old, is EBF although I wanted to switch to formula - she rejects the bottle still. Screams when I try to put her bed. Wakes a lottt in the night. Has separation anxiety which means I barely get anything done and spend over an hour trying to get her to bed most nights. We’re now switching to purées instead of BLW because the gagging and throwing up is too much and she’s just not ready. And now I feel guilty about that because she should be having solids now. The list is actually endless and I feel like I’m not cut out for this most days. I feel like I have such an unhappy baby most of the time unless I put ms Rachel on but then I also feel guilty for the screen time. I actually dread the day she’s having tantrums and I don’t know how to handle it. I want to gentle parent but I’m suffering with pp rage and anxiety and ocd but of courseee I can’t take meds because I breastfeed. I reached out to the HV today in regards to weaning and FF and they were useless tbh. Does anyone else ever feel this hopeless 💔

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She is probably hungry. My girl never got enough boob milk in the start but also refused bottle and dummy. Purées and baby porridge in teeny portions obvs should fill her tummy enough to have a longer sleep. Have you thought about changing her to a later bedtime? I let my girl determine her own routine and she just worked brilliant on a 9pm bedtime. It meant I got a lie in too so I could reboot

Can you co sleep? That’ll help with a lot of the issues you’re having. You are allowed to take certain anti depressants/anti anxiety meds when breastfeeding. Talk to your doctor if you feel you need. What kind of solids are you feeding her? Could you maybe be giving her the wrong things? I wouldn’t worry too much at 8 months how much solids she’s eating though. My eldest son barely ate a thing until he was like a year old lol

I feel like I could’ve written this post. I’m going through all the same things with my 8 month old! You are definitely not alone 😭🩷

Hey, we are in the same boat :) When I feel overstimulated, we go to her room, and we sit on the floor. She plays, I watch something on YouTube

@Gem we do co sleep half way through the night but it’s not enjoyable for me tbh and I wake up in pain from laying on my side all night. Ah thank you I’ll speak to them!! All sorts, toast, eggs, fruits and veggies - I know I’ve prepared it all correctly from the solid starts app; I just think maybe she’s not ready 🥲

@Isabella thank you for letting me know 🥺

@Prescilia great idea! I’ll give this a go!

@🔮Angela🔮 hunger defo isn’t the problem, I produce more than enough. She’s just addicted to the boob 😅 we’ve done purées today though and she’s eaten a good amount so hopefully that helps!! I have tried this too but then she gets overtired, it’s a vicious cycle

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