disability flare-up - newborn tips

[Lozloz9916]

Hi all, I am a FTM with an arm disability which flares up sporadically. I had my baby 8 days ago and it has flared in the last 48 hours and is now immobile. Whilst I have a treatment path for my arm, I can’t find any advice on how to carry, burp and feed my newborn one armed in the interim. It has been a few years since my last attack so I hadn’t crossed the bridge of what if it happens again during pregnancy.

Would welcome tips from people who have gone through similar instances. Am struggling with being unable to look after my baby and my husband goes back to work soon. I have no additional family support to call on.

Grace Mandeville on tiktok only has one hand/arm, you could watch her videos to copy some of her techniques for how she carries her baby.

Hi prop the baby on a cushion to feed, I would put the baby in a car seat to wander about can you lift 1 handed/armed ?

I couldn't remember this womans name, but yes her op.all I could remember wkas the lady from cbeebies

A snugglbundle blanket will give the baby handles. Use the pram bassinet as a moses basket if it's safe enough for sleeping so you can wheel them about the house. Buy every carrier on vinted until you find one you can operate one handed. I found I could wriggle into a woven wrap carrier without undoing the knot. Go for lots of walks so baby sleeps in pram. Let them wriggle about on the floor or bed next to you. If you're breastfeeding, you can feed lying down and you don't need to pick them up to change. If they're breastfeeding, you might not actually need to wind them. A lot of breastfed babies don't need it, but it makes parents feel like they're doing something. If you do need to won't then, tiger carry is good across 1 arm. I had mother's wrist, which while not completely debilitating was certainly miserable.