PPD and PPA
sam19
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Can you have both at the same time? I think I have mild PPA.
I'm extremely concerned about Natalie meeting her milestones. I check google every week to see when a baby should be rolling over/sitting up/tripoding/laughing/reaching and so many other things. I can't stop thinking that Natalie is behind and when I see a younger baby on here doing something Natalie can't do I immediately freak out.
I also worry about her ear. She has a strawberry hemangioma and a blood vessel broke open and became infected. It's causing her pain and we have to drive over 6 hrs to a children's hospital to get it checked out. I know this is ridiculous but I keep thinking that they are going to tell me she has cancer or a neurological problem.
She also refuses to nap in her crib and I fear that she is never going to. I'm afraid that she is going to nap on me for the rest of her life. I feel an overwhelming urge to sleep train her for naps even though I know she is too young. I can't get over the fact that she still only eats 3-4 oz every 2-3 hours. I feel like she should be eating more. I always make 6 oz and she never eats it all and has started spitting up more. How do I know when I'm supposed to increase her oz? What if she doesn't eat enough during the day? What if this is why she isn't sleeping? aaahhhhhhh
NATALIE - 9/13/09 HANNAH - 6/8/12
Re: PPD and PPA
I was diagnosed with both ppd and anxiety. I was a ball of nerves and I would cry at the drop of a hat. I would worry that I wasn't doing anything right, as a mom, but no one else could do it right either, because they weren't her mom.
As far as the sleeping, I just started a routine with her naps, like I did with bedtime. And she'll let you know when she's ready to eat more. She just might not be a big eater. My almost 9 month old still only takes 5oz bottles!
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