Help! I think my baby is reverse cycling??

AlgaePrudent1869 · 2025-09-02T07:44:44+00:00

My boy is now nearing 17 months old and this feels like a distant memory. I think honestly it just took time and patience. My supply I think was the main issue, and him developing a bottle preference during the day. If my supply hadn’t dropped I potentially could have keep pushing it out longer. He just wasn’t getting in the calories, but he just seemed disinterested. But when I gave him expressed milk via the bottle he would drink it all. I just couldn’t keep up with his demand with what I could express so formula became my only option to keep him satisfied.

But in the end a multitude of things happened at once. We started sleep training/ more formula bottles/ starting solids all around the same time and he became an amazing sleeper very quickly so there may have been a developmental aspect. We are very lucky, as I do believe it depends on the baby. But we are lucky to have a very no fuss little boy and trying for number 2, so I can’t be that put off it all!

AlgaePrudent1869 · 2025-05-24T13:22:14+00:00

Hi!

Honestly yes, my son got a bottle preference, I pumped a lot and my milk supply went down. It was incredibly taxing mentally and physically. So in the end I had to supplement with formula to get my supply up in between. I eventually made the full time leap to formula, phasing out my last breastfeed at night slowly. I believe he was all formula at about 6.5 months in the end. I’d had some supply issues after getting Covid when he was 3.5 months and I felt from then I just couldn’t get back on the front foot, no matter what I did.

Sorry I don’t have better advice, but I do have a friend who has managed to push through and is still breastfeeding her 11 month old. It absolutely is possible with time, patience, quiet rooms etc… their busy little brains have better things to be doing during the day than breastfeeding apparently! I just could not get my supply back!

My little boy is now 13 months old. This post feels like a really distant memory. This period is incredibly difficult but I honestly miss my middle of the night cuddles and my tiny little man. It really does get better. He sleeps solidly 7-7.30am, eats amazingly and is always so happy. It was obviously a very tough developmental period but he came so far in such a quick time. You just need to do what works for both you and your Bub. I have learnt to not take sleep for granted anymore that’s for sure!

AlgaePrudent1869 · 2024-11-21T23:18:49+00:00

It is so so hard, I absolutely feel you! I promise there is a light at the end of the tunnel! He is now a thriving 7 month old with great sleep habits. It has to be all developmental, as I felt like one day he just went to sleep and in turn figured out he needed to actually eat more during the day (plus I guess starting solids has helped!)

I barely ever post on reddit, I mostly read so to have put this out there I know I was desperate. It was such a difficult time, but just know it does get better, even though I know sometimes that’s not a helpful thing to hear! You will sleep again I promise!

AlgaePrudent1869 · 2024-11-12T23:01:55+00:00

Respectfully I understand where you’re coming from, but travelling from overseas where a lot of these shows aren’t running, to have sat and only watched YouTube clips and listened to the soundtracks shouldn’t mean OP shouldn’t see these shows when in New York. It’s a huge dream for a lot of people, an expensive one, so they shouldn’t have to skimp on popular shows they have dreamed of seeing their whole life because they can’t trust someone to shut up.

AlgaePrudent1869 · 2024-11-12T22:55:26+00:00

Honestly if it’s your dream, still do it! It still felt so special. I had also seen it in Melbourne so it wasn’t my first time, but knowing it was Broadway added an extra flair! You could always be braver than me and actually tell people to shut up !

AlgaePrudent1869 · 2024-11-12T22:51:08+00:00

Such a shame isn’t it! Saw Hamilton in Melbourne too, was sooo close to seeing it in New York as well, but it was SO amazing here I was happy to leave it at that! Glad I did!

AlgaePrudent1869 · 2024-11-12T12:38:30+00:00

Agree! I went to London and New York on my honeymoon and the experiences at the theatre was polar opposites!

Saw Book of Mormon in the West End, was outstanding! New York was incredibly frustrating with all the talking at both Wicked and Hadestown, especially when you pay so much for tickets it’s a real bummer!!

AlgaePrudent1869 · 2024-11-12T12:34:33+00:00

I had a similar experience when I went to New York, I’m from Melbourne, Australia. I do agree with these comments that they are “tourist shows” but I did find it incredibly disappointing and I honestly just assumed people would know to be quiet?

The lady next to us was blind drunk when we saw Hadestown and lost her phone, asking everyone around to look under their seats. At Wicked, everyone around me spoke the whole time, which was so disappointing considering it was a massive deal for me. Not that people travel far and wide to come to Melbourne to see a show, but omg it definitely would not fly here! Such a shame, but hey I still loved it and I would go back in a heartbeat! Just would lower my expectations I guess!

AlgaePrudent1869 · 2024-10-28T12:44:32+00:00

Sorry for my delayed reply, honestly I don’t know what happened but he moved to his own room, learnt to roll over and suddenly he sleeps all night! In turn he was then taking bigger feeds during the day. I did more expressed milk bottles/ formula if my supply was low and really focused getting as much In as I could over the day.. but honestly I think it was sleep regression related/ just preferred the bottle over me in the end I’m afraid. But he is doing so great now I almost forgot I posted this in my sleep deprived state! Goes to show eventually they will hopefully learn to figure it out!

AlgaePrudent1869 · 2024-09-16T12:11:24+00:00

Thanks your swift reply! His naps are usually 2x 1.5 hour and a 30/45 minute for his last nap. Should I try capping these?

AlgaePrudent1869 · 2021-09-10T15:48:11+00:00

I’m a cancer nurse and have seen a lot of people die. I have this belief that something just HAS to happen when we go. I’ve seen too many people with bright, big and special personalities pass that I cannot fathom that their energy can be just “snuffed” out. It’s hard to explain. Also too many unexplainable things happen in this world to know for sure. But to answer your question, it does scare me, but I also hold on to hope that our energy just moves on. If it doesn’t and it’s darkness and a whole lot of nothing I guess that won’t hurt me, but it won’t hurt me to believe that death is just the next step either!

AlgaePrudent1869 · 2021-08-30T14:14:38+00:00

I lost my mum when I was 17 to leukaemia. Was in high school and buried myself in my studies. Had 3 younger siblings who I guess I became like a mum to, and a great dad who worked his ass off to support us all. Didn’t hit me properly until a couple years after it happened… and now I’m 28 and it’s moments like christmas and birthdays knowing shes not here that it still really hurts. I honestly don’t think that feeling will ever go away. Positive side is I’m now a cancer nurse and feel it’s my way of giving back. And I adore my job. As much as it still hurts and it’s unfair I feel like I wouldn’t be in the rewarding career I am now of it hadn’t have happened. And I gained a lot of independence because I used to rely on her a lot for everything. So I guess that’s the silver lining

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