In the trenches

Anyone with a newborn feeling anxious and having obsessive thoughts about SIDS and flat head etc etc? Trying my best to chill out but 😮‍💨 I'm exhausted with myself more than my newborn!
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Yea me too. Especially as social media algorithm keeps throwing things at me that petrify me. Makes me feel like everything is doom and gloom. So tired of constantly worrying.

Your baby won't get a overly flat head unless you are literally just constantly putting them in a container ( car seat, swing, bouncer) for a extremely prolonged period of time. Like hours on end. If you notice your baby preferring one side over the other when laying then turn their head the other side. Social media tends to fear monger more than anything. But the anxiety will die down eventually in a month or 2 when you start feel like you got a bit of a handle.

I felt like that when I had my daughter back in June. Things turned for me when I hit like 7-8 weeks and I the anxieties started to subside 🙏🏽 as far as the flat head, as long as your holding your baby and doing tummy time their head should be fine

@Lola depending on which social you spend the most time, you can adjust the settings to hide certain words or topics from your feed. It doesn’t catch everything but it catches a lot. I added every negative baby thing I could think of. I didn’t want to see any of it 🙅🏽‍♀️

@Lola it really is exhausting! Somehow the social algorithms cause me to rabbit hole and I have to physically leave my phone in another room for a bit!

@Jessie we do as much tummy time as she wants! It's literally just paranoia lol I feel insane!

@Mariah this is so smart, definitely going to block certain words now! Thanks for the reassurance it gets better!!

Yep me tooo not sleeping at all lol Anxious about all things

Yeah, I’ve a 3 week old and the health anxiety is awful! I was thinking of getting the owlet but worried it might feed my anxiety more if the alarm goes off. 😵‍💫

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