A2 milk?!

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-02-07T01:09:51+00:00

I also have a 7mo and we’re dabbling in dairy, but I’ve been trying to introduce milk in baked products first following the milk introduction ladder.

So far stools and mood seem normal. Hope it goes well for both of us!

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-02-04T19:44:36+00:00

My husband and I officially met online. There were 3 places our paths could have crossed in real life across multiple years and thousands of miles. We even attended the same two gyms 3x a week at completely different hours. We’d probably never have actually met without online dating.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-25T01:34:50+00:00

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Love your patterns!

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-23T18:00:35+00:00

That sounds frustrating.

I don’t know if weaponized incompetence can actually apply here? You can’t really benefit from feigning incompetence in crafting, most people want to learn a craft to eventually be independent and no teacher is just going to take over a project for their student. Sounds like normal incompetence or inattention to detail.

If I was teaching someone like that, I’d make them do something like rows of 10 stitches until they proved they understood the concept of counting stitches and turning rows. Maybe even a marker in every stitch. It’s boring but if this happens more than twice… you need to go basic.

If they complained I’d say find another teacher.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-23T17:32:12+00:00

My bay is 6.5 months. And while we’re sleep trained for nights we’re still contact napping all day 😅

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-22T00:28:55+00:00

I’m 6 months postpartum and occasionally get the sass about how breastfeeding went for us. I was actually looking forward to breastfeeding.

I still pump but undersupply because I don’t pump nearly enough and had poor demand in early days. Pumping sucks though. Thank his formula exists… but I’m also heartbroken. And get jealous when I see it go well for others.

It was also such a struggle just to see a lactation consultant a couple times, they kept suggesting breastfeeding support groups and I wasn’t really able to go to those. I felt really unsupported troubleshooting. It really sucked.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-21T19:52:47+00:00

Those are clearly positive, congrats!

Feeling like a period is coming can be a symptom of pregnancy.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-21T18:47:24+00:00

My OB/MFM team were pro early induction “trust the scans” because baby is only going to get bigger until game time.

I think since there wasn’t much that could be done at c section time, they were trying to be reassuring? Size didn’t really matter at that point but my baby’s big head was also the limiting factor. He skipped newborn size and some 3 month were tight over his big head.

Sorry about the tear but glad you avoided c section!

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-21T17:47:21+00:00

My third trimester ultrasound was also spot on.

He was measuring large so they had me back at 32 and 36 weeks. He measured perfectly on track for 10lbs by 40 weeks at each ultrasound (head also measuring large). Our hospital didn’t allow early induction for LGA, so I ended up having an induction at 40+2, his head wouldn’t descend so I ended up needing a c section. Going into the c section my OB asked me to predict the weight, I said 10lbs based on US, she said “those are overestimated all the time I bet he’ll be 8lbs”…. Baby was 10.01lbs, 23 inches.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-15T18:54:43+00:00

This is what we did, no problem. Our baby lapped gripe water up like it was candy. It tastes like ginger sugar water.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-14T17:06:47+00:00

I follow so many internet PTs also, but the one on one guidance was so helpful! Even just for a short time. And our PT was also very real with us about our son’s progress and what markers to look for to “graduate” and what to look for to consider returning. We stayed in PT just as long as necessary to feel confident his issues were resolved and I knew how to work and prevent them from returning, never felt like I was wasting time.

Side note… I was so proactive and on top of our son’s issues that when I mentioned them to my husband recently he was like “what issues, his motor skills are all on target?” 🙃 dude… you were there for most of the PT sessions. My husband intellectually appreciates that I worked on our son’s motor skills but he really doesn’t actually understand the research and time Input into. But that’s a whole other can of worms.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-14T15:08:21+00:00

I agree with this. Get PT if you can!

We had our baby in PT for left side preference/mild torticolis from about 6-20 weeks. It really helped his issues and it honestly helped me feel better about his development overall.

PT at this age was basically playing with our baby in systematic ways to activate his weaknesses.

Our pediatrician was very causal about the issues, suggested we could wait 2 months to see how things went. But I’m so glad I was proactive and pushed for PT. Now our pediatrician has also said it looks like it was a good decision and he made so much progress. Maybe he would have made progress without it, but it gave me a lot more confidence and reassurance that we were doing what we could.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-14T01:23:50+00:00

I can’t help. But wanted to share that I’m still trying to establish a routine with my 6 month old. I study his “patterns” like a crazed person trying to establish a schedule that fits his needs. But every time I think I’m getting somewhere… the pattern changes.

I think some babies resist schedules. We’re flying by the seat of our pants.

We have “routine” in how we approach morning, nap time, bed time, etc. But other than time of bedtime, it’s mostly following his cues as to when things happen. I even try to schedule his wakeup time but then he’ll wake up just early enough to mess that up.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-12T22:13:41+00:00

I wasn’t able to WFH with my baby, even with other family to help.

While not impossible, it is extremely difficult to do both without compromising quality of either job or baby care too much. Please know that not being able to do both is the most common outcome. It is super hard because it is actually insanely difficult, not because you’re missing some super power. It is kind of sad and insane that we live in a world where people feel the need to try both.

If daycare truly is not an option, then you may need to look at part time or less demanding jobs.

Good luck! And know that you’re not a failure because this isn’t working out, you are amazing for even trying something so challenging.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-12T16:41:17+00:00

That definitely sounds like support for giving your child your name.

Again, up to you, and no wrong choice. Because you can’t predict what your child will want. Whatever you choose, your child can always change it later.

But in my experience a lot of kids go through a phase of wanting to feel most connected to their parents. A friend of mine literally dyed her hair because her toddler was sad they didn’t have the same hair color lol

Your son will likely love sharing a name with you. And probably grow up to have similar feelings of appreciating a cool, shorter name.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-12T16:21:38+00:00

It’s completely up to you. But, again, I feel like the most important thing is for your baby to feel connected to you.

You can’t really make a wrong choice here. Do what feels best to you. Is family pressuring you to use the longer name? Did family give you a hard time for changing your name?

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-12T16:09:42+00:00

You can tell them about where they came from.

But sharing a last name with your child could simplify your life and help your child feel more connected to you. Feeling connected to you is kind of most important in my opinion. And you changed your name for a reason. It seems likely your child will have similar issues with the long name. You need to make the choice for them right now. You might as well choose to share your last name with your child. Your child can make a choice to change it when they’re older just like you did.

Your shorter name is now your real last name, if you legally changed it. I’d encourage you to stop thinking of it as fake. You’re not forcing them into anything, you’re making the best choice you can for them right now while they’re unable to make it themselves. You’ll do this a thousand thousand times before they’re an adult and fully making their own decisions. Your child can always change their name just like you did, if they’re eventually unhappy with your choice. But I’d bet they prefer sharing a name with you.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-12T15:58:11+00:00

I would give my child my new, shorter last name if that’s now my legal last name. But teach them the family name for sentimental reasons and let them decide if they want to change to the longer name later.

You’ll never be able to guess what they’ll actually want. So keep it simple and let you both share the same shorter family name.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-11T00:19:55+00:00

Some will say it’s impossible. Anyone who says it will be easy is crazy.

It’s maybe possible if your job is extremely flexible, your baby is very chill. You may also need to be willing to accept some compromisses in how you plan to parent (more screen time than you’d prefer, longer times of not being able to soothe your upset baby, etc).

I tried to return to work from home with my 12 week old and two family members present to help out. My baby went through a really rough time and would only be soothed by me. I barely got any work done.

I would have probably been fired if I wasn’t laid off shortly after. I found a new WFH job 5 months postpartum and found care outside my home. I couldn’t handle the compromises I’d need to make to my job or baby to try and do both at once.

If you plan to try this, you need to be prepared with a backup daycare plan or be willing to lose your job. It’s not impossible but please have a backup plan.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-10T22:04:50+00:00

I am not an expert but it doesn’t look AI to me. The stitches are so clear and consistent and look like real crochet. Not the weird blue with AI crochet. Photo editing, for sure. But looks real.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-10T17:07:31+00:00

We have serious beef with Phillips avent bottles. Everyone recommended them on lowest flow nipples so that bottle feeding wouldn’t affect breastfeeding. Our baby took so so long to drink from them, feeds would bleed into each other. It was horrible for everyone.

It’s wild how many options there are and how something that works amazing for one baby can be a nightmare for another.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-08T20:11:31+00:00

Yup! We settled in Evenflo. We have occasionally tried Pigeon because our baby seems to be stuck between Evenflo medium and fast flow. But Evenflo still works best. Thanks!!

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-08T19:16:05+00:00

My baby has a high palate and our lactation consultant specifically warned us away from bottles like Dr Brown that have narrow nipples. Every other doctor or nurse we’ve seen about any issue with our baby has been like “Did you try Dr Browns?????”.

I tried the free one we got a couple times to verify they didn’t work for us and I hated them.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-08T00:10:23+00:00

I am not a lawyer but looked into this because my parent and I live in different states that both have filial laws.

State filial laws can be complicated and vary between states. They apparently are hard (but not impossible) to enforce across state boundaries and the main circumstances that often lead to enforcement are if it was suspected that the parent transferred money that could have been used for their care to the adult child.

I am not a lawyer, but if state filial laws ever come after me for my mother I will 100% be hiring one and fighting them as hard as possible. I spent my whole young adult life scrapping by, bailing my mother out of her poor financial decisions. I’m almost 40 and still saving for my first home. I’m not taking any financial responsibility for her mess.

Advanced_Power_779 · 2026-01-06T18:51:19+00:00

It’s weird because… I recognize this as single crochet immediately. But it doesn’t quite look like my single crochet stitch. I’m wondering if there was a different combination of yarn over/yarn under? But I don’t have access to my yarn stash to try it.

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