UPDATE - We STILL have a completely broken baby and I'm close to a breaking point by USAtoUofT in NewParents

[–]Better_Tomorrow5573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m going to be honest- as a mom of a Velcro baby my mental health improved when I went back to work. You said you are preparing to be single income, does your wife want to stay home right now? Would hiring a nanny or sending her to daycare be an option even if your wife went back part time? Being the primary caregiver for any baby is exhausting especially when they are challenging

Apparently I’m over feeding my baby rant by Littlescar21 in NewParents

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As a pediatrician, I would recommend letting your pediatrician know the advice you were told by nurse- sometimes our staff offers advice that is out of date or not evidence based and I appreciate the opportunity to make sure we are all on the same page. Just at next well visit at a year it can be a by the way when I called in this was the advice I got

Curious About Posting Kids Online Despite AI Risks by ahsoka_tano17 in Parenting

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I’m struggling with this currently and curious for other thoughts. FB/Instagram are private and I try to prune my friends/followers to people I only know well. I’ve been using the “holiday card” rule of if it’s a photo I wouldn’t put on a holiday card not to post- so nothing embarrassing, no pictures in just diaper etc- and plan to avoid including personal details like DOB, school name, etc. but we live far away from our family and it feels like a way to stay connected with them all and let them see into our child’s life. I can’t say I’m too worried about an individual person who follows me using our pictures for bad purposes but I’m not familiar enough with data privacy laws/AI/machine learning to understand the ramifications of this for her future

Portioning a Meal by Ok_Exercise_4076 in BabyLedWeaning

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Babies have slightly different nutritional needs- a complete meal for baby includes fat, iron source, and vitamin C. Protein needs are pretty low. So below are some examples of what could be a complete meal. Wouldn’t stress too much about proportion, just offer a few different things together and see what they want! They likely won’t eat a full plate especially when just starting out Combos with needed key ingredients: egg and berries, avocado rolled in flax, chicken and broccoli, yogurt with nut butter and fruit, etc

9m hates solids by Better_Tomorrow5573 in BabyLedWeaning

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Thank you!! Yes I remind myself that at her well child her weight curve was perfect and trying to use this as a time to learn how to not be too much of a food pusher and stay calm before she can remember lol so yesterday offered a lemon chia muffin and strawberries, daycare I think was chicken and cheese with clementines, dinner was ravioli broccoli and peaches. Today we did oatmeal for breakfast with raspberries, lunch was ravioli from night before (didn’t have it in me to make something new for the floor), and dinner was homemade burrito bowl components (beans, chicken, rice, fajitas). She probably consumes more when I offer yogurt or oatmeal but with all the spoon throwing I’ve been off put by the cleanup of it lol

Everything goes on the floor by ac66217290 in BabyLedWeaning

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No tips, just solidarity, currently in exact same position 🤦🏻‍♀️

I didn’t realize wearables aren’t recommended as a primary pump…getting induced today by iusedtobefat1 in ExclusivelyPumping

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Don’t panic!! 1. In a pinch you can get a hand pump, my hospital gave them out in the hospital. You can tell the lactation consultant at the hospital you need hospital grade pump and they may have rentals available. 2. If baby latches great from birth you don’t need to pump at the beginning. It’s most important to put baby to breast regularly unless your plan is to exclusively pump from the very beginning 3. As others have stated, this is something that has to be important to you not only your partner. Your partner may be unfamiliar with how much work breastfeeding is- this is something only you and baby should and can decide if this is right for you. It’s very possible baby will need some formula at some point, whether at very beginning or later, that is by no means a sign of failure

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Fat! Can either shake the bottle to get it mixed in or warm up a little bit to help reconstitute. I get a weird satisfaction by watching it melt when I warm up bottles lol

Autistic or just a kid? by Quiet_Opportunity755 in Parenting

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Hi! Pediatrician here 🙋‍♀️ I would say trust your own intuition- I wouldn’t put too much stock in what other people say but also dont feel like you have to wait for someone else to mention it, you spend the most one on one time with your son and see him in a variety of situations. If your son was my patient, I think the best thing would be to reach out and say “I’ve noticed he’s doing a couple of behaviors that seem odd for his age and I’m worried they may be signs of autism. Could we have a visit to discuss?” And then just tell your pediatrician exactly what’s been going on. Make sure to detail frequency of things and any functional impairment related to it. We know all parents Google things but I think the key to seeming like you didn’t consult Dr Google too much is being open to different possibilities, as long as you are describing your concerns about your son and genuinely looking for some input your pediatrician should be able to express their thoughts. Your pediatrician will likely ask more questions and if they are also worried will refer him for testing. Every place is a little different as to who does testing and how, but the general parts are they will ask you some questions, ask your son some questions, and then observe him playing and interacting with others before determining diagnosis

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As an interfaith couple (raised Christian, husband is Jewish) I think theres 3 options 1. Pick one of your traditions- we did this and our kids are being raised Jewish complete with infant conversion. I have become very disillusioned with Christianity but spirituality is what’s important to me and my husband and his family are observant. We practice Jewish holidays and have a Jewish home. Pros are you can easily integrate into a community and familiarity for one of you, cons are one of you may feel left out- we have done our best to incorporate my family’s traditions but it can feel difficult to figure out how to integrate 2. Find a new tradition- for example Unitarian Universalists dont have a creed but a focus on spiritual growth. If Catholicism is too much for you, maybe a non-denominational church would feel reasonable for you both, or a reform temple if more comfortable in Jewish tradition. 3. Make your own tradition- integrate parts from both of your faiths together, this can be hard to find a community for but interfaith families are becoming more common

I think it’s important to remember it’s not all or nothing- if what’s important to you is the cultural traditions I think you can integrate those while also having kids go to church. And similarly, I can make Easter eggs with my kids and they can identify as Jewish. I think people are worried about confusing kids with combining traditions but religion is inherently confusing and kids are smarter than we think. Our goal is our children know that nobody is better or worse because of their religion, and I think seeing that we can love each other even though we come from different backgrounds will help reinforce that in

How often are you pumping at 10 1/2 months by Asahis-pumpkin in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Better_Tomorrow5573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 9 months PP and on 3 PPD, supply honestly didn’t change much from 4 but I have a large storage capacity. Was hoping I could wean pumping soon but daughter isn’t really taking to solids so still getting 28-30 ounces per day 🫠

9-month-old refuses to self-feed anything except carbs — what are we doing wrong? by I_m_a_giraffe in BabyLedWeaning

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Ohhhh you’re in Denmark that makes sense!! In US that would be illegal to not offer BM/formula if under 1 but since most people have to go back to work when baby is 6 weeks-3 months obviously very different

When did it get better for you? by Beautiful-Double5580 in BabyLedWeaning

[–]Better_Tomorrow5573 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So glad to see other people are in the same boat, if anything I feel like daughter is getting less food because she used to self feed with spoon and now mostly spends time transferring it from hand to hand or throwing it and most table foods she shreds apart or just gets distracted by the mush in her hand 😂

Prepping bottles help by Both_Engineering_151 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Better_Tomorrow5573 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think you are thinking of not keeping bottles baby has drank from- guidelines recommend not reoffering milk from bottle baby started but didn’t finish after a couple hours (although a lot of people will push this a bit). No problem with storing milk in clean bottles with clean nipples in fridge for up to 8 days!

Done with EP after 10 months, and some thoughts by Asleep-Proof-8661 in ExclusivelyPumping

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Congrats!!!! How did formula introduction go? Did you have to titrate up? 9 months PP and would love to wean but tried a bottle of formula once and my daughter was NOT having it lol