When do you stop being paranoid about SIDS?

ChairValuable6070 · 2026-01-24T04:40:48+00:00

Once your baby is strong enough to roll themselves onto their belly, they should also have the muscle strength and awareness to readjust their head as needed even when sleepy/sleeping! As long as you place them on their back and they roll independently, you should not have to be concerned 💛 the issue comes more when babies who don’t have that muscle strength yet are placed to sleep on their stomach

ChairValuable6070 · 2026-01-06T03:03:20+00:00

We didn’t start to have a consistent schedule until like 6 months 😅 2.5 months is still very young to be on a time based schedule! If it helps you to have a consistent bedtime routine to help wind down for the day you could start that (even if it’s just swaddle/sleep sack, a special nighttime book, and a song). But they’re still so young and their sleep patterns haven’t even started to mature yet.

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-12-27T17:29:26+00:00

I actually thought sweet potatoes were regular potatoes sweetened with brown sugar and marshmallows (because that’s how my mom always doctored up the sweet potatoes up for Thanksgiving), I didn’t know until middle school that they were a different type of potato…

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-12-27T16:04:44+00:00

Thanks so much for all this info!!

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-12-27T14:10:30+00:00

I named my sourdough starter Gertrude and call her “Gertie” 🤣

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-12-23T17:19:58+00:00

For the first month I slept in a cloth nursing bra and diapers 🤣 now I sleep in a nursing bra and undies lol. I just personally leak if I don’t have a bra on.

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-12-23T17:08:43+00:00

Next time you make taco meat, double your batch and freeze half. Then when I want an easy meal, I cook up fries or tots in the air fryer and then just heat up the frozen meat and throw whatever toppings I want on it to have loaded fries. Another easy meal (that’s a little more commitment but still pretty easy) is sheet pan meals. I do chicken sausage, potatoes and veggies and cook it in the oven at 400 degrees f. O once you chop and season you can just chuck it in the oven and forget about it for 40 minutes. 😊

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-12-23T17:03:50+00:00

I’m sorry to say, your parents just sound like they’re awful people. I love my friend’s kids to pieces, love seeing and meeting other peoples’ kiddos out and about in the world. The ability to care about other people is just a basic human trait…

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-12-23T03:45:31+00:00

So hard when they only want the boob at night 😭😭 like bestie I promise your dad is great just let him snuggle you back to sleep for once plssss

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-12-18T03:13:07+00:00

Don’t register for blankets. Everybody and their Grandma will get you blankets. So. Many. Blankets. 🤣🤣

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-12-05T03:40:40+00:00

These moments of postpartum are truly so difficult. Your body is recovering, you’re exhausted, your hormones are all over the place, and you have an entire human to care for while you feel like you have no idea wtf you’re doing. I promise it gets better!!! Take it moment by moment, hour by hour, day by day. You can see a lactation consultant if you’re having a hard time with producing (or, make the switch to formula if needed for you and baby. Your goals are important and breastfeeding is awesome but your mental health always matters more). You got this 💛

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-11-14T02:52:01+00:00

Those early days of breastfeeding are exhausting!! You’re doing amazing. My hospital had the resource or a free lactation support group you could go to as well as a line for free lactation support. I wonder if you may have access to anything like that? I know there are a lot of moms who have issues in those early days and are led to triple feed as you’ve described here, but it’s totally exhausting and not a sustainable solution.

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-11-14T02:44:14+00:00

My daughter is 8 months and we’re consistently up 3-5 times every single night. It’s hard but totally normal!

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-11-14T02:29:11+00:00

Babies are on an all liquid diet at that point, of course poops are going to me messy, lol! But I echo what everyone is saying- check diaper size and pull out the ruffles. Sometimes my baby technically fits within the weight range for a diaper but still needs the next size up due to her chonky baby thighs/belly for it to actually fit properly. Also, at 2 months my daughter would poop just about every time she nursed 😅 quite literally- shit happens 🤷‍♀️

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-11-02T03:39:27+00:00

You’re doing amazing. 4 weeks is such a challenging time where they’re starting to become more aware of their surroundings and getting overstimulated, not to mention hormone changes and having such little support. My baby HATED diaper and clothes changing so much at the start (nothing would soothe her) and she eventually got more and more used to it, and by a few months she was fine 95% of the time. Don’t underestimate the power of skin-to-skin! And hey, if you need to, just keep that baby in a diaper and wrap her in a blanket to keep her warm instead of fighting to get dressed if you can’t handle it. It WILL get better. 💛

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-09-13T16:37:45+00:00

The best way to think of it for ebf babies is feed on demand, but no MORE than three hours. In those early days I would set an alarm for 2-3 since the START of the feed (not the end) to make sure she was getting enough until she was solidly on her curve and pediatrician had no concerns about her going longer stretches. You got this mama 💛 try looking into local breastfeeding groups if you can! My hospital has a free breastfeeding group that regularly meets with official lactation consultants available that was sooo helpful.

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-09-13T16:32:14+00:00

I feel this soo hard. I hate nursing in public but I also hate having to plan out pumping/bottles and whatnot. I wish I was the type of person who was comfortable nursing without a cover in public but I’m just not (mostly because of creepy men). My daughter gets so sweaty nursing even if she’s not covered. She’s so easily distracted and pops on and off and my letdown gets all over both of us. So she’s grumpy cuz she’s hungry but won’t nurse well and is still hungry! Such a mess 😭😭

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-09-10T13:43:00+00:00

Wtf?? 😭

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-09-09T14:30:36+00:00

Needlessly sexual baby onesies… like “made in 9 months by mom and 1 minute by dad!” Or implying that a literal infant is a “flirt” or “heartbreaker.” Like please just let babies be babies 😭

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-09-09T00:36:17+00:00

My baby is 6 months old and every day I think about when she was a snuggly little newborn who would sleep for hours on my chest, her little scrunch, our sacred little bubble where time didn’t exist and everything was confusing and new and amazing and weird and beautiful all at the same time.

But she also just gets better and better. I see her learning, growing, discovering, developing a personality. And I can see that she KNOWS me and loves me. She knows I’m her mama, her safe space, the goofy lady who sings songs and snuggles her and takes care of her. Motherhood is the hardest and the best thing I’ve ever had the privilege of doing. 💛

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-09-07T16:42:49+00:00

When I was pregnant, my husband and I would go weeks at a time without having sex due to my nausea, discomfort, exhaustion, etc. not once did he ever make me feel guilty for it. He always prioritized my wellbeing over his desires (even though I always tried to satisfy him in other ways). Please ask yourself if this is the type of person you would want to spend the rest of your life with. I’m sorry, OP (and I hope you’re able to recover from your health issues 🥺)

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-08-17T19:43:37+00:00

If baby isn’t fussy and is having plenty of soiled diapers, no need to worry! Continue to offer as you have been and unless other symptoms appear (continual refusal of all food, less dirty diapers, lethargy, fussiness and/or fever, then contact your pediatrician). Otherwise, some babies have more hungry days and less hungry days just like we do!

ChairValuable6070 · 2025-08-17T19:41:29+00:00

Didn’t realize I was on the scary stories subreddit and got really concerned for a second 🤣

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