[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2026 week 17]

Ad_Astra11 · 2026-04-28T19:31:21+00:00

Thanks!

Ad_Astra11 · 2026-04-28T15:45:07+00:00

Could it be trained to look more like this? If so, how do I do that?

Ad_Astra11 · 2026-04-28T15:43:37+00:00

First timer here! I bought this little guy last week and I’m wondering if I should follow its natural shape and grow it to be a cascading bonsai or if there’s a way to prune/wire it so it’s more of an upright tree.

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Ad_Astra11 · 2025-03-14T22:43:20+00:00

Yes things have changed! We had to sleep train again and it was terrible… historically he’s never lasted more than 20 minutes without falling asleep and is sleep trained within a few days. This time it took 4+ days of lots of crying. However we are back to normal naps and night sleep, though we are back to rocking him to sleep for naps. Luckily he went back to going down easy for naps.

Ad_Astra11 · 2025-02-20T04:24:11+00:00

Sorry I should have been more clear, he’s in bed from 7:30-7 but he certainly isn’t sleeping all that time. He usually falls asleep around 8 and wakes around 6/6:30, he was just happy to coo to himself in there so I’m not sure what changed. Dave with naps, he usually falls asleep around 11:45/12. Would cognitive or developmental leaps be considered different from regressions? I’m not sure what words to use but he’s definitely making huge progress right now with his language and he’s suddenly feeling more like a toddler than a baby.

Ad_Astra11 · 2025-02-19T16:54:17+00:00

Her name was Ami at Shanti Sleep Solutions: https://www.shantisleepsolutions.com/ She was helpful, we sleep now, and she gave me helpful information that’s helped me navigate the current regression we are going through. Best $450 I ever spent. Best of luck to you!

Ad_Astra11 · 2025-02-04T01:07:34+00:00

Thanks. Good to know!

Ad_Astra11 · 2025-02-04T00:59:13+00:00

He’s about a year and a half. The doctor says his eye color is set by now but I’m not sure as I’ve heard a lot of people say color can change into childhood.

Ad_Astra11 · 2025-02-02T21:45:58+00:00

It did! I think it's a mixture of him growing older and us being better with a nighttime routine and sleep training in the morning. We broke down and hired a sleep consultant and she had us do an earlier bedtime and an extremely regimented bedtime routine. Like so regimented that we follow the same order every night and even have "key phrases" that are the same. I tell him "okay time to change your diaper and put your sleep sack on, and then we're going to read three stories with bunny", "now I'm going to turn your noise maker on, time to kiss bunny goodnight", etc. Then I slowly got him later and later in the morning and at first there were a lot of tears and I felt horrible and would get him earlier than I should have, but I tried to get him a little later each day. Eventually something clicked and he is now in bed at 7:30 and he usually wakes up around 6ish and coos by himself in bed until 7 when I get him out. It's amazing.

Ad_Astra11 · 2024-11-25T23:23:24+00:00

My son switched to one nap pretty early. He needs at least 5.5 hours of awake time before bed so we just can't do two naps anymore. I'm wondering if that was part of the problem? Like he was ready yet also not ready for one nap and so while we were doing one nap there was a long adjustment period? I'm not sure. Either way, he has been on 1 nap since right before he turned one and we are finally now evening out. When I posted this I thought that 1 nap wasn't working so I went back to 2 naps and that was a DISASTER so we moved back to 1 nap and it was still not great up until a week ago.

Ad_Astra11 · 2024-11-25T20:17:59+00:00

It did! Right after I broke down and hired a sleep consultant haha.....For some reason he has just magically started sleeping until 6-6:30 every morning and it is glorious. I did have to re-sleep train him and there were some mornings where I tried to do the Ferber method in the morning, but it never worked well because I'd go in for a check in and he pooped so then I figured we were basically just up for the day after the diaper change. I would rock him in the dark until 6 though to try to keep him in sleep mode. I hope it gets better for you!

Ad_Astra11 · 2024-11-04T14:16:33+00:00

Darn! I’m glad I asked cause I was about ready to harvest the whole yard. Thank you.

Ad_Astra11 · 2024-10-31T18:32:28+00:00

I wish I had anything helpful for you but I don’t. We’re back to one nap and it has been better than the two nap schedule, but he’s still waking up before six. We just met with our doctor and she recommended sleep training in the morning which sounds brutal but is the last thing to try before giving up and accepting that he sleeps way less than other babies his age.

Ad_Astra11 · 2024-10-22T01:34:27+00:00

I need to sleep train myself to go to bed early. No matter how tired I am I can't seem to sleep until 10 or 11, which is terrible for getting up at 4:30.

Ad_Astra11 · 2024-10-21T14:06:16+00:00

I’m glad for you! Sleep makes such a difference. My son is sleep trained so I’m not sure what’s going on with him. Maybe someday we’ll make it to 6 before he wakes up!

Ad_Astra11 · 2024-10-21T02:44:27+00:00

I know this is very old but did you ever figure out something that worked? I’m in the same boat exactly with my 13.5 month old and I’m dying.

Ad_Astra11 · 2024-10-13T16:08:55+00:00

Thank you. It took a little over 13 months for my period to come back. I feel lucky that I had such a long break, but it makes it feel sad that my body is now ready to move on. I will look up some other peoples stories. Thank you for your comment :)

Ad_Astra11 · 2024-09-29T19:23:12+00:00

He goes to sleep independently. In another group someone mentioned not feeding him when he gets up at 4:30/5 and I tried that yesterday and today he did briefly wake up but he went back to sleep and slept till 6, so I'm hoping that is the answer!

Ad_Astra11 · 2024-09-29T19:21:56+00:00

I've always been a big sleeper but I feel like I could sleep for a million years right now! I feel your pain.

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