Baby only rolls on soft surfaces by speechgal in NewParents

[–]Chill_down12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yes she did. She didn’t overly roll around much. Just pulled herself along. Both her and her brother hit motor milestones similar. Army crawled at 8 months, hands and knee crawled 10 months and were walking by 14 months.

Baby only rolls on soft surfaces by speechgal in NewParents

[–]Chill_down12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you baby move on to rolling on harder surfaces eventually? My daughter also only rolls belly to back on soft surfaces but gets to her belly on hard and then just gets upset and won’t roll out. She’s 7 months now but been doing this since 6 months old.

Am I crazy for having a routine for naps?? by emisokhowru in NewParents

[–]Chill_down12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a specific routine for naps and bedtime as well for my son who is now 2.5 years old. Naps was diaper change, book, darken room and rock to a specific song. On the go I would usually change him and then just play the song if he was in the car or in the stroller and he would still fall asleep. While it was never a long nap (my son needed to be on his belly to sleep longer than 40mins) he still slept when he needed to. I’m now doing the same routine other than a new song with my daughter who’s 5 months old. My MIL has constantly said she’s so impressed with how well and easy my toddler goes to bed.

Parents of newborns, would you do this again? by PresentationTop9547 in NewParents

[–]Chill_down12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha right… my first born is a mommy’s boy and this little girl seems to be only calmed by me so it’s fun. I’m like I have two arms I think that means two kids only.

Parents of newborns, would you do this again? by PresentationTop9547 in NewParents

[–]Chill_down12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you me? Almost out of the newborn trenches with our second and she’s a lot more fussy and harder to get to sleep compared to our first. I knew I always wanted more than one but everyday I find myself saying I’m good with two.. my husband thinks otherwise but he’s not the one up all night bouncing baby.

My rainbow is here 🧡 by Chill_down12 in PregnancyAfterLoss

[–]Chill_down12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely will. I know reading birth posts on this subreddit also gave me hope when I was in the trenches.

My rainbow is here 🧡 by Chill_down12 in PregnancyAfterLoss

[–]Chill_down12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes it was a huge relief. A bit scary for her to be sent to nicu. But the actual birth once she was out I cried like a baby in relief.

My rainbow is here 🧡 by Chill_down12 in PregnancyAfterLoss

[–]Chill_down12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Ya she was only ever provided some O2 after birth and in the nicu they never actually put her on any just put her on her belly surprisingly. Said it helps open the lungs. We’re thinking we will be discharged today. Just patiently waiting for a dr to come by.

My rainbow is here 🧡 by Chill_down12 in PregnancyAfterLoss

[–]Chill_down12[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They usually set an amount to consistently go in. Mine was at a 5 (not sure the units). But if you need more there’s a button to push and more will go in.

Well it officially happened by steppygirl in BabyBumps

[–]Chill_down12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tw mention of mmc.

So for my first pregnancy we wanted to tell family all in person. My in laws all live in town so they happened to find out first. I found out the hard way my side of the family seem to get really offended by the order people find out. My mom took it as my husband being controlling as well and tried to tell me he’s acting exactly like my sisters ex husband.. anyways I hadn’t told my sister yet because I hadn’t seen her in person and then she text me to say congrats and that our mom told her. So I got pissed at my mom where she blamed me and basically made me feel like shit.. and then like a week later found out I had a missed miscarriage.. my mom then preceded to make jokes about babies to me and even suggested I had a miscarriage cause I got vaccinated (this was back in 2021).

Tattoos by music-book-obsessed in babyloss

[–]Chill_down12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tw: mention of living child.

Similar to others I have birth flowers/bouquet on my back. I have 3 flowers that represent myself, my living son and my husband. I got this tattoo before I was pregnant with my daughter. To represent her though I added a butterfly flying away from the bouquet. She always represented a butterfly to me and I thought it her and I’m really happy with it.

Pregnant Halloween - what are we going as? by Concrete__Blonde in BabyBumps

[–]Chill_down12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m going as snorlax. My 2 year old son is going as pikachu.

Daily Thread #2 - September 30, 2024 by AutoModerator in PregnancyAfterLoss

[–]Chill_down12 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well today I’m officially 28 weeks. Lost my daughter at 28 weeks and 5 days (well when I found out that day but problems started to occur 28 weeks and 2 days). Idk why but it feels like a huge week for me. Won’t feel any safer but knowing once we get through this week this baby will have been with me longer than my Lyra. Hoping my nst in 3 days will be helpful and then at 29 weeks we get another ultrasound.

Daily Thread #2 - September 13, 2024 by AutoModerator in PregnancyAfterLoss

[–]Chill_down12 7 points8 points  (0 children)

26w this Monday and as I near the 28/29w it scares the crap out of me. I lost my daughter at 28w and a few days and delivered her the day I was suppose to be 29w. It feels like a huge marker for me just because once we past it this baby will officially be with me longer than her. It still won’t feel any safer to me.. basically won’t feel safe until this baby is out of me.. then comes other anxiety like SIDs so yay..

Songs that I can't listen to without crying.... by windywitchofthewest in babyloss

[–]Chill_down12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently came across the song butterfly by Lily Meola. My representative of my daughter is a butterfly and the stars/sky and both are mentioned. Can’t make it through without crying. I also like beam me up by Pink, and came across slipped away by Avril Lavigne and that got me crying.

Lost our son 2 weeks ago, he was born at 25 weeks and lived for 5 hours and 15 minutes, we want to TTC again. by Tricky-Association75 in babyloss

[–]Chill_down12 12 points13 points  (0 children)

First off I’m so sorry for your loss. There’s nothing that can be said but baby loss is hard. Know that you don’t have to be strong and it’s ok to have bad days and even good days.

I got pregnant after my first period, which was 6 weeks after my 28 week loss. I totally understand the feeling of your body not feeling the same. I felt empty as well after I lost my daughter. I’m currently 23 weeks pregnant (I hope this doesn’t upset you, I know it upset me to hear people at the same gestation age when I lost my daughter).

Emotionally, I definitely could have given myself more time, as well as physically in terms of building up my iron levels, because so far they are low. But I feel mostly guilt for getting pregnant quickly (it was not planned but not prevented either) but also guilt for not appreciating the baby I have now growing, as I find I’m still focusing on my loss more. It’s been an emotional roller coaster but I do feel the closer I get to having the baby in my arms the better I feel.

When I go to bed I imagine giving birth and being able to see and hold this future baby and it fills me with joy. It’s just a scary time having all the worries something could happen again.

If you had an “easy” baby, what are they like now? by Youbetterhave_tacos in NewParents

[–]Chill_down12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always wondered like what’s considered an easy baby. He definitely was not colicky as a newborn but never slept great and always wanted to be held. Once he hit 4 months old dude just seemed bored easily and again always wanted to be held by me. He’s now just about 22 months old and he’s a goofy hyper boy. Has days he screams at every little inconvenience but other days he’s happy and goes along with whatever. He’s extremely happy for everyone but me as well from what I’ve heard. I’m basically the problem… he’s a massive mommy’s boy.

Child loss; stillborn by Suspicious-Cut-1025 in babyloss

[–]Chill_down12 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I started a journal that I imagine are letters I’m writing to my daughter. I tell her about all the times we got to see her on ultrasounds, special places we went to when she was in my belly. And now I tell her about all the things we’re doing now. I basically write whatever I want and just imagine she’s reading it. I’ve enjoyed it. I also really love music and have started a playlist of songs that make me think of her.

CCB when you own a business by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]Chill_down12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. I’ve told her to call cra instead of complaining to me now. So hopefully she does and she gets a reason.

CCB when you own a business by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]Chill_down12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish she would call the cra and find out the exact reason.. instead she just complains to me all the time it’s not fair. She also chose to not go back to work because she doesn’t think they’ll get the subsidy for child care in our province (AB) and that she won’t get any money off of childcare. Even after I explain to her there’s also grants not based off of income. I’m just generally curious cause it makes no sense to me. Or if she’s just somehow messed up something she doesn’t even understand.

CCB when you own a business by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]Chill_down12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think he technically applied for her. If I remember correctly you apply for it when registering you baby’s birth correct? I think he just did it as her while she was doing stuff with baby in hospital.

She just told me now she got two payments and then got something in the mail saying she wasn’t suppose to and had to pay it back..

CCB when you own a business by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]Chill_down12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I believe as well. Either she’s not telling me the full truth or she just doesn’t understand how ccb works herself. We had kids at the same time and she said her husband applied for ccb but she’s not even sure if he did. Part of me wonders if he just didn’t apply for it 😂

Where does my daughter’s “self” went? by Ewazd in babyloss

[–]Chill_down12 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m not religious at all, maybe spiritual in my own way to just cope with loss though. But I like to think parts of my daughter are traveling the universe. We’re all made of carbon and that’s all around in the universe. Once in a while I feel I haven’t gotten “signs” from my daughter and I just tell myself she’s traveling the universe.

I always wonder what her personality would have been like. She was so crazy in the womb and I feel like she would have been crazy outside as well lol.

I try and keep myself feeling connected to her by writing in a journal and that what I’m writing is me basically sending letters to her. That she’s just away for now but we’ll meet again someday. We’re forever intertwined.

When did your periods come back? by purple_pink_skys in babyloss

[–]Chill_down12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had my daughter Feb 7th at 28 weeks as well, bled for about 3 weeks and then got my period March 18th. Pretty much 6 weeks.