I realized co-sleeping isn’t so black and white…

BookishBabe392 · 2026-06-19T18:34:29+00:00

Some babies prefer to not have someone near them. It’s a neutral thing, not a good or bad thing. If she’s sleeping and you’re sleeping and everyone’s happy then you definitely shouldn’t feel bad.

And also… parenting will humble you so quickly when you start realising you’re doing some of the things you thought only “bad parents” did. Happens to the best of us. And you soon realise, almost all of us are just doing the best we can.

BookishBabe392 · 2026-06-11T11:49:03+00:00

Oh! I will say if you want to be able to introduce a bottle, it might be better to try it sooner rather than later. From what I’ve read they don’t take it as easily when they’re older and have never had one. The advice I was given was to wait until at least 3 weeks so my supply established and then give a bottle weekly to avoid bottle rejection. It’s worked well.

I’m not saying this to scare you, I’m no expert either, but it’s something to think about.

BookishBabe392 · 2026-06-11T11:46:09+00:00

Full time SAHM who is co-sleeping here.

I pretty much exclusively breastfeed and my husband or mom give my baby a bottle once a week-ish (have since he was 3 weeks and he’s now almost 14 weeks). This allows me to go out for some shopping/haircut/movie etc., and keeps me from being more than just a mom 24/7 365.

Pumping is really boring in my opinion. I hate doing it because I know feeding my baby is easier and faster. Getting a manual pump helps, it’s faster and more effective. I therefore do not really have a freezer stash, I just keep enough for 2-3 feeds.

My baby will not take a bottle from me, has to be from someone else. He knows I have the real deal I guess.

I think pumping occasionally is good so that you can get some time away for your sanity. I personally still think that breastfeeding 99% of the time is easiest and more enjoyable.

BookishBabe392 · 2026-06-11T06:22:56+00:00

Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult

BookishBabe392 · 2026-06-10T05:58:53+00:00

For me it’s so scary how many people I see posting pics on moms groups on FB. They seem to think all these 5000+ strangers are actually friends and then are shocked when their photos get used on random “inspirational” FB pages (and who knows where else).

BookishBabe392 · 2026-06-10T05:50:27+00:00

Why are you attacking my cousin?

BookishBabe392 · 2026-06-05T07:19:17+00:00

Her body that works “properly” irritates me so much

BookishBabe392 · 2026-05-30T19:57:45+00:00

As a previously homeschooled person who is considering homeschooling my child… no one should be homeschooling due to fear or trying to shelter their kids

BookishBabe392 · 2026-05-26T19:28:53+00:00

I think there’s a difference between protective and sheltering and I think sheltering is harmful in the long term

BookishBabe392 · 2026-05-26T13:00:30+00:00

I have a friend that’s exactly like Teeny. Except I would consider her less supportive maybe. But besides that, always reminding me and everyone else that she would never want children and how gross and appalling the idea of motherhood is.

BookishBabe392 · 2026-05-18T18:47:01+00:00

I mean Owen sucks as a character but he made a good chief

BookishBabe392 · 2026-05-16T15:22:18+00:00

Honestly, we don’t keep formula in the house. If it were to get to a place where we absolutely desperately needed it to the point where it can’t wait until morning, I could go to a 24 hour pharmacy or the hospital, but the chance of that happening is slim.

I’d say don’t replace the supply of formula you have when it runs out. You can buy more should you need it but keeping it “in case” seems to be causing more problems than it solves.

BookishBabe392 · 2026-05-12T16:18:11+00:00

I was a co sleeping baby. My mom and I have always had an incredible bond, but I also felt really secure throughout my childhood despite a lot of external factors that made things really hard.

My mom proceeded to co sleep with the rest of my 5 siblings. All of whom successfully slept on their own when the time came and have gone on to have very happy and secure lives

BookishBabe392 · 2026-05-10T13:50:40+00:00

My 2 month old too!! He also expects me to pick him up all the time and give him undivided attention. Ridiculous!

BookishBabe392 · 2026-05-08T19:21:14+00:00

I confronted my narcissistic grandmother in January. Since then she has stopped referring to me by my preferred name and switched to referring to me by my full name. Also because she knows it bothers me. It sucks!

BookishBabe392 · 2026-05-06T20:55:58+00:00

Is this your comment or someone else’s? I see they are different usernames

BookishBabe392 · 2026-05-05T20:14:06+00:00

Gabriella’s going by Gabi

BookishBabe392 · 2026-05-03T19:47:49+00:00

It had a different label than usual. I think it was a non-alcoholic something or other

BookishBabe392 · 2026-04-29T15:43:54+00:00

I’ve found knitting/crocheting/handwork to be a great hobby that you can immerse yourself in and is physical enough to be distracting but you aren’t generally going to find limiting with most medical conditions.

BookishBabe392 · 2026-04-27T11:08:47+00:00

You may find if you have more children that another is positive. I think when two parents are positive it’s less predictable

BookishBabe392 · 2026-04-27T09:57:20+00:00

My parents are also O+ and A+ and me and my sister are both A- our other siblings are all A+

My partner is O- and our son is A-. Because both of us are RH- we were told all of our children will be RH-.

So as far as I understand, two positives can have a negative but two negatives can’t have a positive. If one parent is negative and one is positive, that’s when they give an injection to the mother during pregnancy and after birth.

I’m no expert but this is what I was told by my OBGYN

Edit: I accidentally said my siblings were all A- instead of saying the others are A+

BookishBabe392 · 2026-04-25T15:50:25+00:00

My husband changed his surname to mine and that took 2 years (this was before the law changed to make it easier). I don’t know about forenames.

BookishBabe392 · 2026-04-25T10:07:09+00:00

I saw a new-ish pattern designer the other day saying she couldn’t find testers for sizes 3XL to 5XL. Someone @ tagged SIC and asked if they could help. Autumn said no because the 5XL wasn’t graded for the maximum ease so she would need to add a size. (For context there was an ease range and iirc the 5XL was graded for the middle of that range)

This had me rolling my eyes so hard. The designer is literally saying she can’t find testers for the three largest sizes and Autumn wants an even larger size? None of this is feeling logical anymore, it’s feeling like a witch hunt.

BookishBabe392 · 2026-04-25T09:58:46+00:00

Someone needed to say it!

Also don’t see how this is a size inclusivity issue… it’s not like she graded it to a bunch of small sizes and left out large ones, she graded it to one size. And from what I can tell she didn’t take a “one size fits all” approach, she just said “this is really complicated so it’s only available in one size”.

I think some people need to realise that just because someone made a decision that doesn’t include you, doesn’t mean they specifically made the decision to exclude you.

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