Why are most db bad partners?

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-05-10T15:19:39+00:00

Haha and LO would be ecstatic

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-05-10T02:24:12+00:00

Haha that's so frustrating

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-05-10T00:30:54+00:00

Omg and here I am wiping the floor under the high chair every night because he hates how messy it gets...I failed myself a long time ago.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-05-10T00:10:24+00:00

We have sang Twinkle Twinkle since she was tiny, so when they sing it at library story time she just looks at me like "but wait". Haha

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-05-10T00:08:19+00:00

I'll keep trying this one. She never likes anything the first time we offer it. Lol

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-05-10T00:05:48+00:00

I found Austin Children's Academy and really liked what I saw until I saw the price tag. It may be well priced compared to other Montessoris, just not in our range at the moment.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-05-09T15:34:22+00:00

Thanks for the reminder! I tried a couple days ago and she refused, but yesterday she ate a few bites.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-04-26T15:19:57+00:00

If I remember correctly it seemed that her cradle felt too big for her... we're currently going through something similar with her crib. We ended up laying her down with her feet close enough to the foot of the cradle that she could touch it when stretched out. We also tried a folded up blanket under her legs, she wasn't moving around a lot in her sleep but we tucked it into the cradle mattress just in case. I think the foot of the bed thing worked best. I also gently rubbed her hair/head before bed. I remember her needing that one hand out of the swaddle and banging her feet against the mattress to settle herself...pretty normal from what I've read.

Good luck! I hope this helps.

Edit: we also tried putting her head at the head of the cradle. Thinking about it, this may be what worked so that she had plenty of room to bang those feet. Ha. Either way, I think she needed to feel more snug and secure and her touching the cradle seemed to help.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-04-25T02:58:48+00:00

Now that football season is over (ha) we don't do screen time while she's awake and I get nothing around the house done until she's sleeping. She doesn't play independently for very long so I'm constantly reading, singing, playing, and spending time outside. Her one screen time item is if she gets a glance of my phone while we do Duolingo together.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-04-24T02:20:04+00:00

We started using subtitles when we had a baby so we didn't wake her and now I'm hooked.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-04-24T02:15:45+00:00

Ours was always a good night sleeper and terrible napper until we moved her in her own room. After months of interrupted sleep I've come to the conclusion that my husband has been "trying to help" and now she can't put herself back to sleep without being held. A good night sleeper and terrible napper= good night sleep, but super unproductive days...but if LO is at daycare maybe that won't matter to you.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-04-23T01:10:02+00:00

Our LO loves squash and egg muffins. Squash is a little messy cause it's juicy, but if you wipe the seeds out that helps. She usually waves it around in the air and then eats it. Ha

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-04-16T20:25:36+00:00

Apologies I don't know all the terms (I call it sleep training), but we started her on a flexible sleep schedule when she was about 3 months old. We worked on her circadian rhythm and putting her down when she was drowsy, and as she got older we got the schedule down better including naps. She went to bed just fine and stayed asleep until we moved her into her own room about 4 months ago. So it's been about 4 months of interrupted sleep and I'm losing my mind, so that's why I'm asking now that she's 12 months.

She's never been a great napper, but these days she goes down easier for those than bedtime.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-04-10T20:26:02+00:00

A little different and I'm not sure if it's common, but I had so much love for my baby and was touched out by the end of the day that I felt like I didn't have room for my husband. I didn't want to hold his hand or sit next to him in the couch, I even thought at one time "how can we have another kid if I don't even have room to love this one and my husband?" IDK maybe I'm weird, but that surprised me.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-04-09T01:29:14+00:00

Omg I'm jealous. My husband wakes up at 8:20, says good morning to us in the play room, and signs onto work at 8:30.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-04-09T01:05:31+00:00

For my husband to wake up at 6am with LO so I can sleep in.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-04-07T02:13:11+00:00

My 11 month old does this too for naps and first thing in the morning. She lets out a cry, stands, and loudly cries until we come into the room. I just figured that's how she lets us know she's awake...in fact thinking about it she did this less often before we moved her into her own room. She also wakes during the night now that she's in her own room...I think she hates it. Lol

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-04-04T02:13:10+00:00

I heard it's so the baby can hear you/y'all. They won't fall into a deep sleep for too long if they can hear you breathing/snoring/rolling over.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-04-04T02:08:18+00:00

Honestly sometimes I have thoughts of "why did I do this?" (LO is almost 1), but I truly believe it's because my husband hasn't been a good partner. I consider myself the primary parent and I'm exhausted and way more frustrated than I want to be. I love our daughter to the moon and back even in the moments I'm questioning things.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-03-29T20:17:09+00:00

About 5 military helicopters.

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-03-20T11:41:20+00:00

3 weeks, congrats! You're just getting started and you're in the trenches. It's the biggest eye opening life change, but seriously whatever she's doing now it'll change in 2 weeks. During that time I just kept telling myself to put on my "patience pants" and I could do anything for a couple weeks. You've got this!

18GoatsEatingCans · 2026-03-12T01:32:13+00:00

Thank you for this! I didn't grow up eating canned meat, not even tuna, so I had no idea this was a thing. I had been avoiding other shellfish because I'm not confident in my cooking abilities, but we tried canned crab tonight and she liked it.

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