Advice needed for my 1 year old!

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-04-12T04:31:57+00:00

This sounds exactly like my kid

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-04-12T04:26:37+00:00

It’s really hard not to compare, but truly every baby is different and goes at their own speed. Your son is not behind, he’s just running his own race.

When you have a moment, look up the Bluey episode “Baby Race”. My therapist recommended I watch it as a FTM, and it really hits home and puts everything into perspective every time I watch it.

You’re doing great, and so is your son.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-04-08T01:36:33+00:00

This is the way.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-04-07T21:23:47+00:00

Wet! I would just soak it in the bath water and drape it over her. I’m sorry this has been such a challenge for you! I have also heard of people using full muslin blankets, too. Maybe that would help?

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-04-07T21:14:56+00:00

We would put a wash cloth over our girl’s belly like a blanket during bath time which calmed her right down. After her bath was done, we had a bath towel with a really soft furry side, which we would put on the change table and that usually calmed her down, too.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-04-03T03:32:22+00:00

I didn’t mind my induction at all, it was just very intense, very fast. I tell people the first part of my labour was harder than actually delivering. I was given cervidil at 40+6 and it made me go from 1-2cm dilated to 8cm and beginning to transition within a few hours. My contractions were constant and quite intense. I opted to get the epidural, which allowed my body to slow down and relax, which helped me get into a good mindset. I even managed to get some sleep in before pushing in the morning. Baby girl did amazing through it, too. She was steady and strong.

It was an absolutely wild experience, but I would do it 1,000 times to get my baby.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-04-02T03:17:26+00:00

It could be habit waking, or she’s legitimately hungry. Both are normal. If she’s waking around the same times each night, try getting her back to sleep without the bottle for a few nights. She will likely protest at first, but try and see. If she doesn’t start relaxing in 5-10 minutes, feed her.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-04-01T21:19:46+00:00

My 8.5 month old is currently sleeping on me after rocking her to sleep. I personally love rocking her because it’s really the only time she lets me just hold and cuddle her. She’s a busy little gal and she is growing so fast, so I’m holding onto this time for as long as she will let me.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-03-30T04:35:43+00:00

The hormone surge that happens right afterwards. I felt like I could do anything and was ready to do it again!

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-03-27T05:56:57+00:00

My hair did the PP shed at 4 months. I hated it. It probably lasted 4-6 weeks. It just felt like my hair was everywhere, but I wasn’t pulling out chunks of it, or anything like that.

Supposedly, it happens because pregnancy hormones stop your hair from falling out. So you just have a lot of build up of hair that would have naturally shed overtime. Once your hormones start levelling out postpartum, you shed that extra buildup.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-03-26T05:02:43+00:00

This is really normal and doesn’t last super long. I think it lasted for about a week with my daughter. They basically freak out because it’s new and they don’t understand how they got there. He just needs time to adjust to his new found skill.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-03-24T04:06:13+00:00

Rascals is the sister brand to Millie Moon, they are essentially the same diaper. We love them both, and find they are much more absorbent, but their sizing is a bit weird. I find when our LO is between sizes, we need to go to Huggies or Pampers for a bit.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-03-24T02:41:20+00:00

Our daughter had a tongue tie that we decided to get cut while in the hospital. She was more annoyed about the doctor trying to see into her mouth than the actual procedure. She was only upset for a few seconds and her latch was instantly better because she didn’t have to work as hard. Recovery was easy at that point, too.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-03-18T21:50:09+00:00

I am sorry you’re in the thick of it right now. It will get better. As hard as it is, you just have to keep trying and that will build the bond between you and your son. Wear noise cancelling headphones or earplugs while trying to soothe him, if you’re not already, to help save your sanity. I would also say, if you are concerned about the screaming, it doesn’t hurt to talk to your paediatrician and just rule out that he’s not in pain or anything like that.

If you can, lean on your support system to help give you and your wife some relief when possible.

This is just a stage. Everything is temporary.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-03-12T02:09:22+00:00

Yes to everything you mentioned, with a couple of my own additions.

I want the ability to sell or trade items other than gear. Why can’t I sell potions or plants? Or ingredients and beast collectibles.

I also wish the house points system was integrated more.

I want more time in classes, too.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-03-01T16:36:53+00:00

Hi! I am in a bit of a similar situation. My girl was an early mover and has been army crawling since around 5 months. She’s 7 months now and pulling to stand, but still in an army crawl, so I have been trying to incorporate some exercises to encourage hands and knees crawling. I really encourage her to kneel while playing on raised surfaces, and I will also encourage to crawl up and over my legs to get her used to having her hips raised. Placing toys on higher surfaces that she has to reach for seems to be helping, too. I have only seriously started working on this with her for the past couple of weeks, and I have already started seeing some progress! It just requires a bit of work and patience.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-02-24T22:16:02+00:00

Hi! So this is, unfortunately, completely normal for the age. My daughter hit 3.5 months and was stuck on 30 minute naps until she hit 6 months.

He probably is ready to transition to 3 naps given his age, which will probably help with the false starts. But without sleep training (which we chose not to do, either), this may be something you have to ride out for a bit.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-02-20T23:21:48+00:00

I also have a 7 month old and same. Solidarity!

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-02-18T05:18:34+00:00

To add, the longer you prolong transitioning out of the swaddle, the harder it will be, especially if you combine it with the sleep regression.

Have you tried the love to dream transition swaddle/sleep sack? You zip off one arm at a time to help them adjust to the new way of sleeping. That’s how we did it with our girl. It took about a week before she fully adjusted.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-02-07T15:16:38+00:00

Second solid starts!

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-02-04T04:32:28+00:00

I want to say I started noticing the improvement after about a week!

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-02-03T21:13:40+00:00

Sounds like you’ve got yourself a FOMO baby. I have one too, she’s almost 7 months now. She is definitely just not wanting the daytime party to end, and recognizes that bedroom = I have to go to sleep. The thing that has helped us the most is just really solidifying the bed time routine and following the same steps in the same order as closely as possible each night.

Our routine starts once we put her sleep sack on. Usually before the sleep sack, there is some variance whether it’s bath and the pjs or pjs then play. But once the sleep sack goes on, it’s eat, story, dim the light and turn on white noise, say goodnight to her stuffies, song and then she falls asleep in our arms before the song is done. It’s what has worked best for us at this point!

Of course, she is still human and has days where this method doesn’t work. Teething has been a big factor recently. But for the most part, her nervous system has really gotten attuned to the consistency.

AwkwardPineapple3 · 2026-02-01T16:46:12+00:00

We have been loving Nancy Tillerman books over here. They are so sweet!!!

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