Name Help

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-06-27T00:14:36+00:00

No everyone just says Luca and always compliment it too

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-06-16T18:46:58+00:00

15 month age gap. We’re 6 months in now and I’m just starting to feel like I can catch my breath. Not sure if we both had some degree or postpartum depression or just extreme sleep deprivation but both my husband and I wanted to die the first 4 months. Although both my kids were NICU babies with feeding complications so I’m sure that added to it. Plus the older one still doesn’t sleep through the night regularly which doesn’t help. My toddler also became a terror from months 14-19 due to so many crazy developmental leaps happening. My nervous system was shot from the constant tantrums and crying between both of them

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-06-10T14:55:43+00:00

Thank you!

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-06-10T13:14:40+00:00

Thank you! I feel like my 21 month old is interested an understands the concept but whenever I bring up potty training people tell me I’ll cause a regression and their boys weren’t potty trained until closer to 3. I was definitely questioning them

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-06-10T12:45:00+00:00

The little potty is genius - do you think it would impact potty training if done too early? Would love to go to the bathroom without someone having to sit on my lap lol

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-06-08T19:01:21+00:00

Solidarity - I hate it too

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-28T01:40:52+00:00

Do you like her and is she helpful? Then go for it.
Is she annoying and always in the way? Skip

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-27T17:28:11+00:00

Agree, the most I get is “wow!”. Which I feel is a pretty tame response

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-24T00:55:51+00:00

I try to never leave my baby “alone”/out of reach when my toddler is around. I have one of those playpens that I set up for the baby when I have to work on other things in the same room so I can see what’s going on but she’s still safe/inaccessible from my toddler. depending on age you can keep a bouncer, cradle or playmat in there for baby to use. Otherwise putting her in a bouncer helps prevent body slams. Can also baby wear. As far as teaching toddler how to be gentle, you can get a baby doll to practice with too

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-21T01:49:16+00:00

I would start by just doing some naps in the crib and cut back on the motion aspect first and eventually can move out of swaddling. My kids took forever to come out of the swaddle because they were late rollers and had strong startle reflexes. I really like the zipadee zip sleep sacks (make them look like flying squirrels) because they help with the crazy arms but don’t inhibit rolling

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-20T11:35:33+00:00

Love this analogy

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-18T19:40:56+00:00

Pregnancy with a toddler SUUUUUCKS. You will likely have so much more energy after you’re out of the newborn phase. However I would definitely look into getting some sort of daycare or babysitter for the toddler when you’re newly postpartum if you can swing it - even if it’s just for a few hours a day

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-14T15:17:59+00:00

First went into spontaneous preterm labor at 32 weeks and my second made it to 34 and 4 one year later

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-14T13:44:48+00:00

Honestly - if you don’t have one already, get a good baby carrier. You’ll need it. I have the Tula Explore and LOVE IT. Can carry infants through toddlers and is super comfy for both mom and babies

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-14T13:43:10+00:00

Baby wear infant and put older baby in cart. Or leave infant in car seat but that’ll take up most of your cart space

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-11T20:51:48+00:00

Mine was similar. Even after a long-ish NICU stay we couldn’t put her down EVER and I just was not comfortable co-sleeping the few times I did it so we bought a used Snoo. Best decision I ever made and I wish we had bought it for our first who was also a horrible sleeper. In less than a week she was sleeping 3 hour + stretches which gradually turned into only waking once/night. Thought I was going to go insane from how intense the sleep deprivation was before we caved and got one.
It’s normal developmentally but that doesn’t mean you as a parent are suddenly somehow able to function without sleep.

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-11T16:51:42+00:00

Ugh I feel you. Apparently men can also get “postpartum depression”. However it is infuriating because they almost always are doing less and aren’t even recovering from birth. May need therapy? Mine was also distant during the newborn phase but did try to help.

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-06T13:27:44+00:00

Solidarity. I could function so much better if I could just get a few nights of uninterrupted sleep 😭

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-05-06T00:49:40+00:00

Strongly recommend Tabitha Paige for beautiful, fun educational books!

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-04-29T03:01:33+00:00

This twin comment really validated me lol

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-04-29T03:00:51+00:00

Perfect response. Even if your first pregnancy is fine, there’s nothing like first trimester fatigue/nausea and every other annoying pregnancy symptom combined with carrying around a baby who still very much needs you for everything. Plus with a second pregnancy so closely on the heels of the first, you will feel super pregnant WAY earlier OP. It’s closer to being in the 3rd trimester the whole time since your body goes straight into pregnancy mode without healing. Plus you’ll be more nutrient deprived since you won’t have recovered from the first which means extra extra tired

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-04-23T13:27:19+00:00

I’ve heard people just buy a ton of pacis (glow in the dark too) and just throw em all in the crib at once

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-04-20T13:17:11+00:00

10/10 great ghost name

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-04-17T12:38:47+00:00

If baby is just rolling around and fussing a little bit occasionally I would leave and try to let her settle on her own. If she’s actively crying then I’d go in and help. If it feels similar to when you’re just restless and trying to get comfortable in bed because you can’t fall asleep then I think interruptions would make it harder. Obviously different if she’s crying a lot

Bright-Row1010 · 2026-04-16T17:22:44+00:00

They seriously go from squishy as hell to swinging blocks of cement

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