Welcome back to The Night Feed. I’m Charlotte, and this episode is for the mums who feel like motherhood keeps getting louder; more rules, more opinions, more pressure, just when you’re already running on empty.

The emotions book: The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas.

💌 Weaning Without Losing Your Mind
A listener writes in about feeling overwhelmed by weaning: purées vs baby-led weaning, allergens, schedules, and Instagram meals that look better than adult dinners. I talk about how I approached weaning, how much I leaned on instinct, and why there isn’t one “right” way, just what works for your baby and your family.

😴 Contact Naps & “Bad Habits”
Another mum asks whether she should be “working on” putting her newborn down, or whether contact naps are something to lean into. I share my honest thoughts on early sleep, habit anxiety, and why meeting your baby’s needs isn’t creating problems, it’s parenting.

💭 The Biggest Lies We’re Sold as New Mums
I read through a brilliant thread on the propaganda many of us fell for; from drowsy-but-awake myths, to thinking baby sleep can be fixed, to realising just how unsupported mothers actually are. It’s validating, funny, and painfully true.

📈 What’s Trending: Analog Motherhood
Doing less. Trusting more. Stepping away from constant optimisation and back toward intuition.

🧹 Self-Care Suggestion:
Have a clear out — physically or mentally. Less stuff, less noise, less pressure.

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Welcome back to The Night Feed. I’m Charlotte, and tonight, I’m talking about the quiet shock of early motherhood. The part no one really prepares you for. The part where you love your baby deeply, but still feel disoriented, lost, or like a stranger in your own life.

I share honestly about how I’m doing (sleep has been all over the place), a film that stayed with me, and a brilliant trend I came across: baby-friendly comedy clubs for mums. Judgement-free spaces where feeding, crying, and chaos are expected, and laughter is just for us.

A listener writes in during a 3:14am feed about feeling like she’s disappeared since becoming a mum, grieving who she was before while loving her baby fiercely. I talk about why feeling lost doesn’t mean you’re broken. It usually means you’re becoming someone new.

Another mum shares the heartbreak of going back to work when her baby is just three months old: the grief of the bubble ending, the anger at short maternity leave, and the ache of stretching bedtime just to steal more closeness.

This episode is for anyone awake right now, feeling tender, unsure, and quietly overwhelmed.

You’re not alone.

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Hello and welcome back to The Night Feed. I’m Charlotte, and this episode is a gentle, honest reflection on Christmas, motherhood, and the emotional weight that often sits quietly underneath it all, especially in the newborn stage.

This week, I’m talking about what Christmas can really look like when you’re a new mum. Not the picture-perfect version, but the one that happens at 2:47am, holding your baby in the glow of the tree lights, feeling exhausted and full of love all at once.

In this episode, I share:

🎄 Christmas With a Newborn
A beautiful listener message about spending the first Christmas night awake, feeding a baby while the house sleeps and how those moments, though small and quiet, can be unforgettable.

🤒 Being Ill as a Mum
How being unwell hits differently when you don’t get to rest, opt out, or recover properly because someone still needs you.

🧠 Mental Health & Missing Your Old Life
A deeply honest post from a new mum who managed a 3.5-minute shower before being needed again and the complicated grief of missing your child-free life while loving your baby more than anything. I reflect on holding two opposing truths at once, and why that doesn’t make you ungrateful it makes you human.

😴 When Baby Sleep Becomes Overwhelming
Why modern baby sleep can feel like a full-time mental load: wake windows, regressions, routines and how I’m learning to let structure be a guide, not a rulebook. A reminder that flexibility is not failure, and helping your baby more on hard days isn’t “backtracking.”

📱 What’s Trending: Social Media & Wellbeing
Thoughts on wellbeing apps, Instagram as a “mind killer,” and a raw rant on how postpartum vulnerability is often exploited by guilt-based parenting content. A reminder to protect your peace because every time you feel bad scrolling, someone else profits.

🛁 Self-Care Reminder
A gentle but important truth: a shower isn’t self-care it’s a basic need. You deserve more than survival mode.

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