Tips for New Moms

[Brigitt3Babe]

I'm a new mum to my adorable baby girl Iris Brigitte, I breast feed her and had to also include/combine formula feeds in the first few months in order for her to gain weight. I now completely breast feed as I found formula would upset her tummy and cause her distress, plus its a real pain sterilising bottles etc so i really do take my hat off to all the mums who choose to bottle feed. I am a single mum, Iris' father and I broke up during my pregnancy, so me time doesn't really exist any more....

[sugarbear394]

having a baby is so much work i think ill just stick with one!

[AmericanaEnglish]

@Bekusful

Yeah, go ahead and comment on a YouTube video about your babies red poop. That's gonna help you out a lot. Why don't you be a normal person and go to the damn doctor. People are fucking retarded sometimes.

[melgal666]

no wonder new moms are so scared everyone has there own shit to say my advise rasie your baby how u see fit , screw what everyone else says , just cause they have like ten kids .that does not mean what they do will work for u and ur baby. every baby is different and breastfedding may be good and easy for some mothers , some might take some time and practice on both sides , sometimes it  just don't work for different reasons don't get discurged.ther is nothing wrong with giving baby a bottle

[SFUCI]

when i give my baby a bath she pulls on my shirt what does that mean?

[liloboy911808]

@SFUCI uh it means she wants your boobies to suck on hahaha

[amygirl1983]

Babies are NOT fragile???? Great, encourage people to throw em around...

[Bekusful]

Something is wrong with my infant. Her feces is a dark red and I don't know what it could be from. I had her with me on my moped the other day and she accidentally fell off and into some brambles. A day later, her feces is this strange color. Could anyone help me out here?

[sarahannne1]

OH my god sounds like you need to take her to see a doctor to me.

[SelenaXoxo77]

wtf how old is that girl whos holding a bottle feeding herself? thats pathetic

[ooozuh]

My spouse & i desperately want a child. However, we purposely will not conceive because there is a chance that once grown, our child may feel I would have preferred non-existence. There, I would have remained safe from all harm." Also, any harm would be our fault. If we had not conceived the child the harm would not have occurred.  Do many others think this way?

[joyzerelly]

No offence, but that sounds like a crazy way to live your life - life involves risk, that's one of the things that makes it interesting and worth living. Your child would probably love life, I know I do... of course I have bad days but if everything went the way I wanted it to what would it all be about? I'm very glad I was born, aren't you?

[ooozuh]

my life has been fine but babies have been raped, dads have molested their daughters and boys die agonizing cancer deaths. the suffering of others is what i want to avoid.

[nuclearrace]

That is so pesismistic (sorry for the spelling).

I was raped and molested by a family member but I got over it. Do I blame my parents? Hell no. I blame the man that did it.

I love my parents and about to give birth to a girl. I am going to do everything I can to protect her from Peds but if I cannot, crap happens and we deal with it the best way we can. That is the most stupidest comment I have read on this site.

[Emirichan317]

Also, can you really say you haven't had any suffering at all in your life? Choosing to have a child also means you are choosing to give them the option of finding out about the ups and downs for themselves. You can't save them from all harm, but you can help them through it.

The way I've heard it put is that parenting is originally a selfish decision, but because the parents had hope that they were doing something good/right, that decision becomes noble. It forces you to learn to be selfless.

[Emirichan317]

Wow. I admire your dedication to your child. I find your thoughts very touching.

However, I must admit it seems extreme. Everyone has some pain in life because it's part of life. If you and your husband choose to have a child, then you are giving it the option to choose for itself whether it wants to be alive, once it is capable of that reasoning. It's a gift.

You can't blame yourself for harm that comes to a person simply because you bore them. It is up to them how to react once they're here.

[patpirela]

This is a good advice. My sister's baby only likes to be breastfed straight from the breast. When it comes to babysitting her, she fights the bottle and cry forever. Babies need to get familiar with the bottle even if they only drink breastmilk. Thanks for the video. Good advice.

[iveliss101]

..my doctor suggested to try and give her 1 bottle of breastmilk once a day and it hurts my heart when she fights the bottle away, it makes me want to quit work and devote myself to her, but unfortunately I cant afford it...these are the sacrifices we have to take...there is no need to bottle feed unless you have no other choice :(....but what I am doing is stocking up my freezer with breastmilk so when I go off to work the babysitter can bottle feed her......

[godly80]

someone should teach that bitch to speak regularly and a thing or two about taking care of a baby and teaching it to be strong!

[aliyoung8143]

hmmmm... godly80... who is your god?

[36hesperia36]

Ugh.

Babys do NOT need to have a bottle even if breastfeeding, what horrible advise.

If mom is planning to return to work, or needs some time away for medical reasons etc, she can pump milk 2-4 weeks prior to her obligations, and introduce the bottle then.

This horrible advise is one of the many reasons women aren't 'able' to breastfeed. Introducing a pacifier or artificial nipple of any kind can interfere with the breastfeeding relationship, since the fake nipple has a fast flow.

Ugh.

[SnowyLucy]

@36hesperia36 i couldnt agree more, formula is so bad for babies, its just not a natural thing

[78bn00]

ok lang

[tphillpot]

here are 3 tips i think every mother should use tip 1 sleep when baby sleeps and make sure u get 3 good meals aday tip 2 don't rock your baby to sleep or jiggle baby as he/she won't learn to go to sleep on its own and everytime it wakes u have to get it off again and that can wear u out even more and tip 3 if baby is crying and u can't cope put them safe in there cot and leave the room count to 10 and try again and if u stay carm baby will carm down as baby can tell if your upset so will baby

[mimozinio]

its not about the father taking part in the feeding. the mother can store milk taken from her breasts and the father can feed the child. the milk that is given by mothers contains essential proteins such as colostrum that help the baby grow and keep healthy. also, not breast feeding can increase the chance of breast cancer.

[zachsblondie69]

its good to have a baby use a bottel as well as being bfestfeed so that way the dad can take part in feeding his child

[kimmalious]

Hell no!!!! A baby does not need to bottel feed!!! breastfeeding helps the baby delevop and the child will wean its self when ready!!!

[iveliss101]

I understand you Kimmalious..I am a new mother who is breastfeeding " my 2 month old baby girl :)" just knowing that I have one last month to actually breastfeed baby hurts my heart deeply ...i have to go back to work :(