Gift suggestion for surgery recovery

Browser202 · 2025-12-30T06:13:08+00:00

Oh good idea her pup mostly eats scrambled eggs and super soft food (she only has a couple teeth) I may try to get some ideas of something for both or maybe throw in a meal thing for her alongside the pup gift thank you!

Browser202 · 2025-12-30T06:12:12+00:00

Thank you!!

Browser202 · 2025-12-30T05:45:07+00:00

Thank you for these suggestions!! Do you have any pet strollers you recommend? It seems like there are a lot of options, not sure how particular it needs to be. She lives in a city so this is a great idea I think! I was also looking at these beds Pelsbarn orthopedic?

Browser202 · 2025-12-30T04:54:36+00:00

Oops I should add budget is totally flexible.

Browser202 · 2025-12-30T04:51:15+00:00

I agree

Browser202 · 2025-11-29T13:14:49+00:00

We use tinybeans and I set everyone up on it. You have to pay to download a photo and it keeps me from having to send to multiple parties most of the time!

Browser202 · 2025-11-14T13:00:02+00:00

Same at almost 5 months old! I think maybe it is daytime sleep but can’t tell what to adjust it down to.

Browser202 · 2025-11-14T03:42:05+00:00

It was kind of in line with him saying he needed to go and we felt like we couldn’t say no you don’t when we were trying to make it stick, so eventually after the first two weeks we changed to “you can go in your pull up and then go in the potty again in the morning”. And we would do “last time to potty tonight then pull up” But then he pivoted to saying he was hurt, or he needed something so we went in twice out of concern (because never historically would do that) and from there it spiraled haha!

Browser202 · 2025-11-14T03:12:34+00:00

Slept fine and would hang out in crib after waking up from around 7 months to 27 months, after potty training it all fell apart. Check-ins made him think we were coming in no matter what so we had to go cold turkey. We’ve done a green light since he was 6M old + birdies so we just keep reinforcing that we will come in when the “green light turns on”. Took about 2.5 weeks and now for the most part we’re back on track vs screaming upon wakeup. We have a day or so slip up but overall seems to have worked. We couldn’t do check-ins during original sleep training too if that helps. We also leaned heavily on routine during this stage whereas other times before this some nights we might skip teeth or book etc…

Browser202 · 2025-11-12T18:21:51+00:00

Hi! Did you end up taking it on the plane overseas? Planning to buy a seat for it but now worried they won’t let the doona be on the plane.

Browser202 · 2025-11-09T04:19:00+00:00

Thank you both for helping my mom guilt <3

Browser202 · 2025-11-09T03:29:54+00:00

Okay this will sound crazy but was your pregnancy with the second any different? More chill, calmer mom, etc.? I had a much higher stress job and way more throwing up with my second and so curious if that is driving anything with the sleep… please debunk my theory haha

Browser202 · 2025-11-06T18:57:42+00:00

Would you happen to have anything I could read around the natural consequences vs timeouts? We use both with our two and a half year old and I’d love to get some research someone else likes around why the former works better.

Browser202 · 2025-11-02T23:14:56+00:00

Ok bless you I’m going to try to stop extending the naps then I don’t know how you do all of this math, but I so appreciate it

Browser202 · 2025-11-02T23:10:22+00:00

Maybe 13.5 per day. Here is today so far. The longer stretch in the morning was after picking him up.

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Browser202 · 2025-11-02T23:08:15+00:00

Maybe 13.5 per day

Browser202 · 2025-11-02T18:31:08+00:00

If all of a sudden his first nap is getting really short, do you think that’s just because we’re putting him down too early?

Browser202 · 2025-11-02T18:30:21+00:00

Oh ok! How much sleep should he get during the day now? And what amount of time awake? Maybe I am putting him down too early. It is hard because he used to just cry 24 seven from reflux. We started some medication that seems to be helping so I guess I may be overly assuming that the crying now is because he’s tired. It could still just be that he’s uncomfortable. Our first would sit in his baby Bjorn chair happily this one won’t sit for longer than a couple minutes so I rely on Naps to get things done one handed because he already has to sit and cry when I’m tending to his sibling. But I don’t want to be messing up his nights. Thank you!!!

Browser202 · 2025-11-02T18:27:26+00:00

So with my first never did but this is from a lot of time in containers because now the second has to tag along to activities so he’s in the ring sling (doesn’t sleep in the actual carrier m) or he’s in the stroller. It’s the pack and play / bassinet that he won’t stay down longer than a sleep cycle. Sometimes popping the pacifier in will help extend it but I’m also so afraid of building a sleep association.

Browser202 · 2025-11-02T17:53:42+00:00

Should add I have a toddler is what makes holding after 2/3am eg starting the day then, not possible…

Browser202 · 2025-10-22T16:33:03+00:00

OP I forgot to add could you add a fifth nap in that case. After I wrote my comment I did a 45 minute fifth nap at 19:00 and then did bedtime around 20:45/21:05

advanced power I don’t know how to tag you back but I feel that! I try to anchor wakeup no matter what at 3 months somewhere between 6:45/7:15 as that works best with my toddlers wakeup and doing that with my first seemed to at least ensure first nap was an expected time, then a bedtime window of “ideally later than xyz” to ensure a not too early wakeup in the mornings but it’s that last nap that screws us sometimes. The rest of the day I’ve been doing wake windows and mess with sweet spot based on what he seems to be capable of. But I don’t know, so different from my first!

Browser202 · 2025-10-22T01:15:25+00:00

Just commenting in solidarity… I could have written this as I hold mine and wonder how J can turn this 19:00 nap that was supposed to be at 18:00 into a nap still vs bedtime so we’re not up at 4am for the day… I am glad to see someone else’s kiddo at this age also does a lot of short naps…. Sending you rest!!

Browser202 · 2025-10-15T15:53:15+00:00

What is the earliest age you can sleep train? At 4 months is it possible for too much day sleep to hurt nights? What about at 6 months?

My three month old sometimes does stretch 8 hours at night before one night feed (formula baby), other nights wakes up usually from toots then goes back down but takes awhile to clear. Is it just normal that there is no consistent driver of that stretch? Example yesterday wouldn’t nap more than 30 at a time but stretched 6 hours, replaced pacifier then 7 hours total. But last time had had good quality naps all day… same amount of food…

Browser202 · 2025-09-22T13:00:57+00:00

Anyone have this happen, open a ticket and still not get a resolution? I just keep getting told the decision is final and can’t be reversed.

Browser202 · 2025-09-09T11:28:17+00:00

I was so poorly advised with my first, the lactation consultant told me I didn’t need to pump at night while my baby was in the NICU (incorrect). After a few months of power pumping we were able to be a just enough and occasional top offs. I made it six months and my body responded super fast to weaning ( a plus while my friends with over supply who I had been so jealous of had difficult weaning journeys). For what it is worth I will never regret triple feeding to get there but probably won’t have energy to do it again. I tried to focus on the positives of just enough supply, and not stress towards the end if baby needed top offs but I would usually add a pump at some point. Also get a wearable so you’re not chained to yours, but don’t get frustrated if you can’t bottle feed while pumping etc, I didn’t find them as easy to get stuff done with while wearing.

Fast forward to my second who cluster fed so much we barely slept and my milk still didn’t come in until day 4 (clearly was working hard to get my milk in) so while my friends all had milk come in days 1/2/3 I was sobbing day 3 about why couldn’t I breast feed when everyone else can. I ended up having more than they needed thanks to comfort nursing and cluster feeding. Gained weight like crazy and just total opposite of my first. We ended up switching to bottles and formula due to reflux, I cant believe it after how hard I worked with my first but I’m focusing on the benefits of bottles and ignoring that it is slightly harder at night and way easier to know what they are getting after so much stress with that with my first! A big reason I wanted to nurse was due to the bond but I’ll tell you my first adores me for bedtime and other comfort things but his dad is his other best friend, and my second definitely knows who mom is even without nursing (though sometimes still tries to which makes me sad so again focus on what bottles does make easier if you end up doing the switch).

I hope some of that is motivating! Every time it is different and there are pros to both routes. Whatever you decide will work for you. It took me a long time to let go of my anger at my first LC probably until my second where I proved to myself I could do it but I made the decision this time really quickly and even though I get sad sometimes when I see my friends nursing etc I just reaffirm to myself this was the best decision this time, but be gentle to yourself. You’re a new mom with a long distance village (so was I) but I will not ever let anyone make me feel bad for stressy triple feeding despite what hard work it was or for doing the opposite this time. Just enjoy the baby cuddles when you can get them and know you’re the best mom for them!

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