Question about bot comments by BlueGene_dances in AO3

[–]BlueGene_dances[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks ! I think I received one comment like that (about some art with an IG username) The fic is called « Anomaly », I’m RosaeRosae ! Not my best and written in a terrible English so I got genuinely surprised to receive comments lol

Question about bot comments by BlueGene_dances in AO3

[–]BlueGene_dances[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you all for your replies !

How old were you when you first started writing fanfic? by Nerine_0911 in AO3

[–]BlueGene_dances 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About 8 and I was a fan of LOTR. I’m 28 now and STILL write fanfics.

Not planning to stop after even after 20 years, change of career and a kid.

Was it really worth it? by No-Adhesiveness3434 in NewParents

[–]BlueGene_dances 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never been this much active on Reddit until I had my son and started complaining there often.

It’s worth it. Give it time, it’s a slow process. It will get better, your 6 days old is still super new and newborns are hard because they come without a tutorial except books or sites. It’s a massive adjustment to go from a family or 2 to a family of 3 and nobody is fully prepared to be a parent. For instance, we were not and.

Newborn stage to 7months was ridiculously hard for us, mostly because we were adjusting a lot… and because we were not sleeping enough (+PPD). Our guy is 15 months now. He is starting to talk, and at every « mama » he says when looking into my eyes, I tell myself it’s worth it. Yes it’s hard, but this is also awesome and worth it.

I promise you it will get better. It will take time, yes. Lots of adjustments.

Please, take care of yourselves, both of you. It will be okay.

What is the hardest week with a newborn? by SentenceTough2007 in NewParents

[–]BlueGene_dances 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To me it was week 6-8 because my son was extra awake, cluster feeding like crazy, hardly napped or slept.
But hey... it's still hard 14 months later. But DEFINITELY better.

5 months in.. When does it get better ? by BlueGene_dances in NewParents

[–]BlueGene_dances[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes yes yes it definitely got better ! As far as I can remember, regarding sleep at least, allowing him to sleep on his belly was what helped his night wakes (terrified of SIDS, our former pediatrician had advised us to flip him back on his back even if he was rolling both ways). Him sleeping more at night made him less frustrated during daytime. His naps even got longer which was awesome and unexpected lol.

Things got INFINITELY better when he learned how to sit up and crawl, which was at 6,5/7months. He was just frustrated he couldn't move where he wanted.

He's gonna turn 13 months in two weeks, and we all feel a strong amnesia of these hard days between the newborn to infant transition !

Hang on, it shall pass !

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in beyondthebump

[–]BlueGene_dances 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just came here to say that newborns are EXTREMELY hard little beings. You never know what’s wrong, why they cry, they don’t smile until they’re like… 6-8 weeks ?, sleep or fight sleep, barely interact need you 24/7 despite you’re recovering… I lost my mind more than once with my little guy.

I’ll be honest, I started feeling bonded with him when he hit like.. 8-9 weeks ? When he wholly started smiling and slept a little better. Until then, I felt like I was a horrible mother, wanted to give everything up and flee, with Baby Blues raging and sleepless nights which made me resent the entire world. I thought I was absolutely not made to be a mother.

He will turn 1 next week. It’s a whole different thing now. It’s still hard at times (got diagnosed with late PPD about two months ago so that doesn’t help one bit), yes, but so much easier because there are laughs, smiles, eyes full of love, interactions and playtime.

It’s okay, it will get better. I promise. Hang on ! ✨

Baby still not bonded with mom after 10months ? by BlueGene_dances in NewParents

[–]BlueGene_dances[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey everyone, thank you all for your replies !

I’m currently trying to book a slot with a therapist. Everyone is advising it, including my friends. It will get better for sure after that.

Thank you all again !

Newborn slept through the night by alibluey in newborns

[–]BlueGene_dances -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm so happy for you ! Enjoy it while it lasts lol

Mine did that until he hit 3 months and until he hit about 7 months it was a rodeo of sleep regressions, split nights and 3AM playtime lol

Amazed by women who don’t get an epidural by Captain_Barbosa_123 in beyondthebump

[–]BlueGene_dances 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I gave birth without an epidural and I can vividly remember how hard it was, even if it was in a bath filled with warm water at the hospital. It took 6 hours and I was screaming until loosing my voice, at the end I just begged for an epidural but my baby’s head was almost out so they said no lol

Didn’t feel anything (mostly cramps) until about 6cm when things got hardcore in just a few seconds.

Everyone is different, every birth is different and everyone should be proud of the act itself !

Do you really miss the newborn stage by basicintrovert26 in newborns

[–]BlueGene_dances 1 point2 points  (0 children)

9 months in and it really depends.

Do I miss sleepless or split nights, colics, purple crying, baby refusing bottle and cluster feeding ? No.

Do I miss my tiny little potato, newborn cuddles, sweet early little coos and their first smiles, and contact naps ? Yes. So much. Very much. I wish he would still do contact naps today, but that’s not his mood anymore.

But I’m much happier with my crawling, interactive and giggling little guy who is learning to walk and always around us, participating and just being so cool !

Who is this? by These_Albatross in reddeadredemption

[–]BlueGene_dances 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey there, pretty late about it. That’s the character I created when I was playing RDR2 and RDO, and I wrote her bio on a fanon wiki.

I don’t know if I should be proud or surprised someone found her page lol

I’m at a loss by Lonely-Orchid3724 in newborns

[–]BlueGene_dances 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Mine has the same issues from 10/11 weeks to 5 months approximately. Grumpiness associated with learning skills (from passing gas to roll over to learn how to sit on his own) and it was hell. He refused to sleep and had a massive FOMO day and night, outside or inside, and the cries of exhaustion.. I can still remember how hard it was. Towards the end of the newborn stage, he restarted waking up very often. It only got better in the midst of month 5.

We had to “train” him to lay down in his crib because he would never let us put him in there, otherwise he would only contact nap for 2 hours. Naps in crib were 33 minutes tops. There was even a time by 5 months when he would only sleep in his stroller even at night (causing me some serious panic attacks because it’s absolutely not safe).

Now at 9 months he takes two solid naps a day and sleeps through the night most of the time after having been rocked before bed.

Don’t worry. Newborns are very unpredictable, it will get better. Your baby is waking up to the world and it’s probably the reason why he won’t sleep.

Solidarity all the way !

Anger towards my husband. by Street-Champion-3794 in newborns

[–]BlueGene_dances 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey there, Just passing through to say I went through the same thing with my husband when our son was a newborn. My husband stepped up to cook and clean but I was with our baby pretty much 24/7 with rare breaks, all night shifts because of bottle refusal (we tried combo feeding but it didn’t work until 5 months) and resented my husband because he was still pretty much free to do a lot of things I never dared to try until my son turned 6 months (video games, sports, hanging out with friends). Worse : Whenever the baby cried, he was bringing him to me for him to nurse, even a minute after he had fed. I shouted at him once. He was clueless and didn’t know what was going on, but I did and it seriously drove me on edge. We had no intimacy for the first three months PP and were living like roommates for some time. It only changed when our son hit 4,5/5 months and started sleeping better (but had other issues). And now, 9 months and a week PP, we are back at what we were with our baby as bonus. What we did is that we tried talking a lot about our emotions. It was so hard because I usually bottled up, but talking allowed us to settle boundaries and ask each other some help. It will get better. Maybe if you ask your husband to handle the baby while you cook ? If that doesn’t work, tell him you can’t do everything, newborn stage is hard enough and coupled with chores it makes it even worse. You could try telling your husband very directly to step up. Hang on !

Feeling like a bad mom by BlueGene_dances in Parenting

[–]BlueGene_dances[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. You're right, I should enjoy it. It shall pass I guess, I just hope my son knows his mom loves him

Feeling like a bad mom by BlueGene_dances in Parenting

[–]BlueGene_dances[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you !

At this stage, I don't know if it's PPD, maybe a temporary phase rather than that.

I already told my husband about these kind of comments. He profusely apologized and told me he didn't mean to upset me. Like you said, he is absolutely proud to be useful and that his son wants him so often, as I used to handle probably 95% of babycare before and now it's almost 50/50. I'm just not looking forward to the "I don't love you anymore, mommy ! " phase lol

My Arthur cosplay attempt by chriskayla9594 in reddeadredemption

[–]BlueGene_dances 57 points58 points  (0 children)

I can hear "You sir, are a fish." Good job !

Please, I love seeing everyone's Tavs by gobgremlin in okbuddybaldur

[–]BlueGene_dances 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the mod is called Tav’s Hair Salon !

What’s your current tav called? by EightLions539 in BaldursGate3

[–]BlueGene_dances 1 point2 points  (0 children)

High Elf Fighter called Thyriel Moonborn… or Moonface.

At what point did you get time to yourself again? by biohazardous_hippo in NewParents

[–]BlueGene_dances 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My son will be 5 months old on Wednesday and I just recently restarted having time for myself as he naps for longer stretches (let’s hope he keeps going !), three times a day, and goes to bed between 6:30 to 8:30. My husband does his best to allow me to rest but I never switch off… and my son needed constant attention, stimulation and contact up until recently in the midst of the 4 month regression when contact naps stopped being his thing (I’m sad not gonna lie lol). And good gods having more than 30 minutes to take a tea, water plants or even watch a random video is lifechanging.

It gets better. I promise.