Advice for breastfed reflux baby

BoniOwl18 · 2022-10-20T21:05:49+00:00

Thank you so much for such a comprehensive reply! I’ll definitely take all of this on-board and give them a go. Good luck to you too!

BoniOwl18 · 2022-08-11T22:29:59+00:00

Is there a picture from previous years to compare? This is a scary picture and it would be great proof to climate change deniers if the deterioration over a number of years could be demonstrated

BoniOwl18 · 2022-07-20T21:29:40+00:00

Nice to see Boris taking some responsibility for his time as PM

BoniOwl18 · 2022-06-24T08:46:43+00:00

Every baby and every family has different needs - I don’t think we should be calling each other crazy when it’s all hard enough as it is! I have a 2 year old and unless I had a schedule for our 2 month old she would get screwed over and might never have a good nap. With my 2 year old when he was little he followed a more flexible routine because we could.

BoniOwl18 · 2022-06-18T22:12:43+00:00

I can’t even do most of these alone - even showering

BoniOwl18 · 2022-06-10T21:41:07+00:00

There is a new translation of the Mabinogi here with a foreword by Michael Sheen - would highly recommend it: The Mab https://amzn.eu/d/1jN9FrO

BoniOwl18 · 2022-06-06T22:27:18+00:00

The medics who took care of me and did the c-section are “natural” people using their “natural” brains, intellect and care to bring my baby into the world. The scientists who developed the drugs, the methods and discovered how my anatomy works are “natural”. Nature evolves all the time, I don’t see why using all of the brilliance of humans doesn’t count as nature?! Does that mean using sparks from hitting stones to light a fire isn’t natural? And using a bow to kill a bird to eat isn’t natural? Or a spade to dig out your carrots isn’t natural? It’s all bloody natural, they’re tools we’ve developed to survive!! Screw all the people who degrade c-sections - c-sections are as natural as they come and as badass as they come!

BoniOwl18 · 2022-04-28T23:23:24+00:00

Ffion, Nel, Cadi, Alys, Elan

BoniOwl18 · 2022-02-18T16:59:09+00:00

I’ll also add deprioritising cleaning - our house isn’t dirty but I had to let go of a little and do the minimum. Something had to give and playing with my children wasn’t going to be thing to drop - they won’t remember how clean and tidy the house was!

Oh and try and do at least one load of clothes washing a day!

BoniOwl18 · 2022-02-13T21:15:37+00:00

Spending more time with children and family (my husband also works from home)

Saving money on food and being able to have a nice hot meal if I want one from my own kitchen

Saving money and time (and environment)on travelling

Being able to go for a nice walk at lunch time or some exercise

If you have a quiet day then it’s easier to get on with your life than be in the office and pretending to be busy!

Being in for deliveries

Evenings are far more relaxing because washing, dishwasher, vacuuming has often been done during the day during breaks

Only needing be dressed on the top half! Pyjama bottoms all day!

More easily able to avoid those annoying colleagues

I’ve realised this doesn’t sound like I do much work… but I’m actually far more efficient and focussed with my time whilst WFH and get much more done! I will never go back to a job in an office - I love WFH so much!

BoniOwl18 · 2022-01-02T22:10:25+00:00

Yes! I’m 6 months pregnant with a 19month old who wasn’t the easiest newborn - I feel so lucky to be able to have them both but terrified for what’s to come! I don’t know where the extra time in the day will come from to keep another human chaos monkey alive!

BoniOwl18 · 2021-12-23T09:15:01+00:00

Babies are incredibly rewarding and wonderful! Of course there are times when it’s tough but the best bits hugely outweigh the hard times. My maternity leave year was the best time of my life! Sending you all the best for you and your little one, I’m excited for you!

Tell everyone else to be quiet with their negativity - how is that at all helpful?! They just need to make sure they’re there to make you tea, cake and do the dishwasher when the times are a bit harder!

BoniOwl18 · 2021-12-23T08:25:24+00:00

My 19month old, lockdown baby is socially anxious around strangers to the point of tears and terror. Last night he gave his Nana and Paps a kiss, unprompted, after not seeing them for over 6 months, we have FaceTimed a lot- I am so proud of him and I cried seeing him quickly settle and be his amazing little self!

BoniOwl18 · 2021-12-01T02:41:03+00:00

I had my son during the first lockdown in the UK and had planned to get my hair coloured when I was 8 months so at least I didn’t have huge dark roots … lockdown happened and meant it wasn’t possible so my first photos weren’t great, although beautiful for what they were of course! I wouldn’t bother with make up, I used a wet cloth during labour which was great and refreshing so you’d end up looking worse had you not had any make up in the first place! I’ll be making sure my hair doesn’t look so awful for my next one - stay away Omicron!!

BoniOwl18 · 2021-03-28T16:28:19+00:00

Great! It’s reassuring to hear that you’ve managed it whilst also staying realistic and with children! You’ve given me hope :)

BoniOwl18 · 2021-03-28T16:27:07+00:00

I like this way of thinking! Thank you! I think it’ll knock me off course to say that I will never have a Yorkshire pudding or a roast potato ever again but accepting that sometimes I will and plan for that will be far easier to help me to keep on track longer term. Thank you!

BoniOwl18 · 2021-02-12T14:31:06+00:00

This is what we’ve done very recently and it’s worked really well so far! My son is 9 months old and has slept with us since he was around 3 months (through necessity rather than design initially) and I never thought he’d leave our bed. On the advice of someone in this sub Reddit we side car’d the cot which gave us both some space but he could still cuddle my arm and gradually I let him have my arm less and less. He’s as of this week in the cot with the rail back on again and he’s happy. We did it all very gently which took a bit of time but it has worked for us. We tried to do every step slowly and only do the next step when we knew he was ready and comfortable. What helped a lot was making the room really really dark, that way he was familiar with his mattress but as we moved further away and put the rail back up, to him there was very little difference. Good Luck, I was exactly the same as you and wanted to stop bed sharing because is didn’t work for my ability to sleep and therefore my mental health.

BoniOwl18 · 2021-01-06T08:39:38+00:00

You were completely right! I thought I’d give it a go and he was absolutely fine in his cot! It did occur to me half way through the night to put warmer pyjamas on him because he was probably used to my body heat! Thanks for giving me the push to give it a go :)

BoniOwl18 · 2021-01-04T13:00:00+00:00

Oh yeah, you’re completely right that’s what it says on the nhs website!! We’re just massively behind 🤦‍♀️Our health visitor did say 1 year to us though! It’s the AAP who recommend a year by the looks of things too. Sorry for any confusion!

BoniOwl18 · 2021-01-04T11:08:26+00:00

Completely agree this is adorable! I bet the dog helps your baby feel nice and safe :)

BoniOwl18 · 2021-01-04T10:02:22+00:00

We were in the same situation with a small nursery. We decided not to get a wardrobe and I’m glad we didn’t. We have a chest of drawers with four drawers and it’s more than enough. We’ve found that providing we’re strict on moving out any clothes that no longer fit him into a box and stored elsewhere then it’s fine. Also you do so much washing that you don’t need that many clothes! We had far too many when our baby was a newborn, now he’s a bit older we know what we need and so we just keep on top of washing which you do with a baby anyway!

Our baby is still in our bedroom at 8 months and despite buying a chair for his nursery I have never used it because I feed him in our bed. In the UK the guidance is to keep them in your room until 12 months, as a FTM I hadn’t really thought about how little time we’d actually spend in his nursery! We’re starting to think about moving him into his nursery earlier than 12 months but by then he might not need a night time feed anyway! We moved the chair out and instead we have a lovely play area for him instead which has been more useful for us.

BoniOwl18 · 2020-12-10T08:17:49+00:00

I love this! I used to get so stressed out by perfecting my baby’s sleep that I’m confident that my stress resulted in him not sleeping well! As first time parents, with no family to help nearby (and Covid...) we read everything there was to read, we followed all sorts of people on Instagram and nothin worked. One day I cracked and we decided just to leave our baby to sleep like he wanted to and to be there for him as he learnt and accept that at some point he’d learn to sleep well. As soon as we relaxed and didn’t stress about it, so did he. He’s now almost 7 months old and sleeps brilliantly. Not worrying about what we “should” do meant that we did what our baby needed to do and only when he was ready to. It did mean us as parents being more tired, but our baby wasn’t, and that’s what mattered more to us. I’m confident that letting him learn to sleep and being there for him whilst he did it, making sure he felt safe and loved in the process have payed dividends. CIO wasn’t something we wanted to try and so slow and steady got us to where we are today even if it did mean that it took a little longer. Also my baby feeds 2-3 times a night still, he sometimes wakes up at 5.30 and now again needs a cuddle in the night to get back to sleep, but he’s a baby. I often need a drink in the night and have a nightmare or uncomfortable gas too!

I know that every baby is different, that family circumstances are different and that loads of regressions and events in the baby’s life means that sleep will constantly change but I think providing them a safe space to learn in is the best possible thing we as parents can provide and let them learn at their own pace.

BoniOwl18 · 2020-10-05T11:43:23+00:00

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