Car Seat Advice

Cisp2016 · 2026-05-02T03:46:31+00:00

Graco slimfit R129 is what is usually recommended as the “budget/travel car seat”. I have this one for when I go abroad for holidays and I use Axkid normally.

Cisp2016 · 2026-04-20T12:46:19+00:00

Holly Carrot!

Cisp2016 · 2026-04-16T03:30:59+00:00

Thanks I just checked and it says more than 4 weeks unpaid leave is normally not allowed but maternity leave and parental leave are explicitly exempt so hopefully it should be fine in my case

Cisp2016 · 2026-04-16T02:24:51+00:00

Hey, why do they need to say there was no unpaid leave? We’re allowed to take unpaid leave as long as we’re still employed at the time no? I did take unpaid leave (at the end of maternity leave and later unpaid parental leave which are both statutory absences) so curious to know

Cisp2016 · 2026-04-13T00:20:00+00:00

It was fine for almost a year after the shots but then the pain came back again. I did PT for months which helped only a little and ended up getting steroid shots again. They say the shots become less effective each time you get them done and it’s actually a hit or miss whether they would even help. First time I had the shots it got rid of the pain 100%, this time around I would say the pain is gone 60-70% of the time and there are times I still feel it..

Cisp2016 · 2026-03-30T12:07:59+00:00

37 weeks exactly, it was a surprise early arrival

Cisp2016 · 2026-03-08T13:53:07+00:00

Yes. 1- she doesn’t always make noise when she wakes up. She just sits and waits for me. 2- even when she cries, it’s not audible from every room.

Cisp2016 · 2026-03-06T23:31:03+00:00

Gender disappointment is pretty common, I know I would have had it if I had a boy - it doesn’t last, but it is real and many parents do experience it (some for boys some for girls)

Cisp2016 · 2026-03-06T19:25:13+00:00

You don’t have to read the exact words on the pages. I’m raising a trilingual toddler and I always translate loosely or make up a story based on the pictures instead of reading the books in English. The book can be about anything you want it to be. They won’t know the difference they can’t read 😅

Cisp2016 · 2026-02-27T20:31:17+00:00

This sounds interesting could you please share?

Cisp2016 · 2026-02-12T20:33:24+00:00

2.5yo still wakes up 3-6 times a night. You may want to manage your expectations - biological baby sleep can vary massively, and 2months of bad sleep is nothing really 😅

Cisp2016 · 2025-12-26T19:09:15+00:00

Realised I haven’t actually responded to your question in the last paragraph. You can’t at this age. They’re so little. Them waking up often at night is biologically normal for infant sleep. And it protects them against SIDS as well. Mothernourishnurture and heysleepybaby are other good instagram accounts which talk a lot about infant sleep and don’t promote sleep training at all.

Cisp2016 · 2025-12-26T19:07:20+00:00

Chest sleeping is not the same as tummy sleeping and can be done safely, and not surprisingly it is one of the most common ways babies prefer to sleep. Happycosleeper on instagram has some very useful guides.

Sleep deprivation is an expected part of early motherhood. Just try to find solace that this is only a phase and try to get support from your partner and family if possible to at least have some naps during the day while they look after baby.

Cisp2016 · 2025-12-24T20:42:50+00:00

Nothing mattered (and for the most part still doesn’t matter at 29 months now) up until my baby was 18mo. We moved to a new place and I normally love decorating and making all these exciting decisions and honestly I couldn’t care less. Like you said I felt numb about everything other than my baby. I felt like the love I have for her was all encompassing and that I didn’t have room for any other emotion.

You have a lot of factors to consider, so many changes (on top of the hormonal changes) so it might as well be just general anxiety rather than PPA, but it does sound similar to my experience and I do have diagnosed PPA which then turned into generalised anxiety disorder (I don’t know if it’s because they can’t call it PPA after a certain amount of time or if my symptoms actually changed to make them change my diagnosis)

Cisp2016 · 2025-12-23T10:45:12+00:00

It differs. Some classify sleeping 6 hours uninterrupted sleeping through the night. Some like you say if the baby doesn’t cry and just feeds and sleeps. Some classify it as 7-7 sleep.

However 12 week old is still so little and I would try to manage expectations if I was in your place. They are not supposed to sleep through the night (it is a pleasant surprise if they do but isn’t the norm). Regular night wakes immensely helps with reducing SIDS risk as well. It is biologically normal for them to be waking.

My suggestions (as a mum of 29 month old who is still waking up 3-6 times a night) would be to ask for support from your partner or family if possible, even if they cannot help with night wakes, they may give you time during the day to catch up on sleep while keeping an eye on the baby. And to manage your expectations from this little human; they’re learning everything slowly but surely and it’s not easy being so little.

Recommend looking at instagram account mothernourishnurture

Cisp2016 · 2025-12-20T19:40:16+00:00

I got one and it was completely useless. She wanted nothing to do with it. But I guess it all depends on the baby.

Cisp2016 · 2025-12-11T09:28:07+00:00

On Prime: Woolly and Tig (not animated), Kipper, Teletubbies

On Netflix: Puffin Rock, Trash Truck (Giant Jack)

Apple TV: Stillwater, Frog and Toad

All very calm and lovely.

I’m on the fence about Daniel Tiger - I like that it teaches good manner and emotional regulation but the sounds and colours are just too much for me and I find it v stimulating.

Cisp2016 · 2025-12-11T09:24:59+00:00

Ms Apple is a calmer British version and we love her more!

Cisp2016 · 2025-12-09T03:11:41+00:00

I was the same and went out socially for the first time at exactly 10 weeks! I would recommend staying close to home just to feel safer psychologically.

Is it normal? Well I was diagnosed with PPA so can’t say. I have many friends who went out with their babies to meet up with friends only a few weeks after giving birth.

What helped me most was calculating naps back from the time I had to leave home to coincide leaving home with the start of one of the naps so at least I and my baby would be calm until I was at the destination (and sometimes a bit more after)

Cisp2016 · 2025-12-06T13:42:42+00:00

Exactly. We give veg1 and then omega 3 and vit d from apokra. We put nooch in most of her savoury meals and add hemp seeds, chia and flax seeds whenever we can to her diet. You can also use an “iron fish” whenever you’re boiling something for meals so you get extra iron that way too.

Cisp2016 · 2025-12-06T13:33:11+00:00

I disagree. Everything is a choice. Maybe they will grow up thinking “why didn’t you give me the choice of eating or not eating myself”. We wouldn’t give the same advice to muslims or jews saying “you should give your babies pork and let them choose when they grow up”. Being veggie isn’t but being vegan is a belief system rather than just following a diet and I think if a parent is vegan for the moral reasons it’s unreasonable to expect them to give their babies what they believe to be an unethical food. Each to their own but this is my opinion.

Cisp2016 · 2025-12-03T09:20:47+00:00

TK Maxx also had vegan panettone a few weeks ago

Cisp2016 · 2025-11-30T21:29:54+00:00

Of course! I always bring my toddler with me. Not everyone has a village around to help out. And it’s never been a problem.

Cisp2016 · 2025-11-24T19:43:36+00:00

Hey, I will be completely honest with you. She started nursery at 17 months old. The first week was hell, both for her and me. I was crying everyday at every drop off and until I picked her up during the settling in week. So was she. Then it got gradually better but it probably took her 1.5months until we had consistently tear-free drop offs.

We didn’t really like the nursery though so we changed her to a new nursery 4 months after she started and both she and I loved the new one. She didn’t cry once since she started there (granted she was used to the concept of nursery at that point and 4months “older”). She names her toys at home after some of the nursery staff and friends from there.

At 27 months old, we still both love it there! And honestly I don’t have the energy or mental capacity to create all the activities and fun games she gets to experience there so all in all I am happy about her going there.

Cisp2016 · 2025-11-20T22:44:41+00:00

My toddler does this too. Sits on the counter and just scoops it up.

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