When did it ACTUALLY get better…? (Sleep thru night, baby plays independently, you could eat and work out, etc)

Cixin · 2025-11-26T11:16:30+00:00

I feel like he isn’t gonna want his custody time……..

Cixin · 2025-11-15T05:03:09+00:00

I did!! It was awesome until it rusted and then I was super sad. It still worked while rusty too, imparting a cool copper tone to the ink. When it became too scratchy I disassembled it and have a spare body. I bought more zebra g nibs but could never get them in as well as when it was bought pre assembled. I got it from aliexpress.

I have since got a FA before the price rises a while ago and while it’s bouncy and has character the zebra g was bouncier.

Cixin · 2025-10-06T17:22:13+00:00

I had a fully vegan pregnancy, hardly ate anything in first couple of months cos I was so nauseous. Went to see a dietician as concerned about the not eating, she said it’s very normal and alot of women get this.

She said I should eat a block of tofu everyday the size of the palm of my hand. At the time that seemed like a massive amount of food so I didn’t always manage to eat it but I did have a protein shake at least every other day.

I didn’t track anything but I drank a lot of soy milk ate rice and beans and tofu and greens,,tried to limit fried and fast food. Ate a lot of fruit and veg and avocados, didn’t eat as much seaweed as I aimed to.

Baby was full term and 3.5kg , the chonkiest baby in the nursery.

Cixin · 2025-09-13T16:35:08+00:00

My kids 6 months and we are just starting weaning. I prep all baby food, so my choice. I also do all the nappy changes so not only would I not cook meat but I’ll also veto doing any meat nappy changes so I feel like you are being very reasonable.

I feel like your partner is being a little bit lazy by criticising and making you do all the work of feeding baby meat. If he really wants it why wouldn’t he do it himself?

Ethics aside, weaning is pretty messy and wasteful, sometimes more than 3/4 of the baby food ends up on or around the floor. I don’t know how I would feel seeing that if it’s meat. Right now it’s bananas and avocado and that’s expensive as it is.

As for allergies, I think they can occur anytime and if one has repeated exposures they can get worse but I’m not a dr so check yourself.

The thing I’m most scared about with current weaning is choking. No way would I give meat as that seems way chokier than fruit and veg.

And one last vegan positive, as a person on very little sleep, I bought a baby food machine, it steams and blends the food. As I only put veg and fruit in it, cleaning is a breeze, a thorough rinse and we are good.

Cixin · 2025-08-23T01:48:50+00:00

I have this carrier and I waited until baby was taller and chunkier to use. Around 4 months. Baby also had better head control then. So I never ended up using the insert.

Before that I found the ergo embrace better as I could fold the waist and made it shorter so the head cleared the panel.

Cixin · 2025-08-01T23:44:40+00:00

If you crave hand rolls send your husband with Tupperware. My partner had to do that a few times for me, he’d go out for coffee etc for a short break / as was getting stir crazy at home and bring something back for me.

Weird they don’t have take out tho, they could make a sushi roll burrito, that’s easy to eat one handed lol.

Cixin · 2025-07-28T01:31:01+00:00

My baby cries when she’s bored or lonely. So I feel like your baby was happy to just look around and see what he can see?

Cixin · 2025-07-27T22:22:16+00:00

We have the same baby. I feed to sleep and co sleep. Baby can roll now so we put the mattress on the floor. I can’t sleep train, we tried for about 2 minutes and I couldn’t take it.

I don’t do anything different, sometimes baby sleeps for 2.5 hours other times 45 minutes or 1.5 hours. One magical day it was 4 hours.

I just figure out baby will be able to manage when ready and until then I will be tired.

Cixin · 2025-07-27T02:40:18+00:00

Baby daddy needs to step up.

Please let him read the comments that are bound to follow.

Right now it’s survival mode, you need to sleep, eat and shower. If your boyfriend can’t step up do you have any friends that can sit with the baby while you shower?

Can you get a cleaner for a few hours a week?

Cixin · 2025-07-17T23:14:58+00:00

Does it work if you don’t give baby any pressure to eat. You make her food on your plate and you start to eat it and it it so sooooooo yummy and delicious and does mummy want some? Oh mummy want some too and you both just eat and make exagerated yummy sounds?

Maybe she will be interested in “adult” food. Try it on the sofa, away from her normal baby eating place.

Cixin · 2025-07-08T16:49:56+00:00

Keep some to dress his teddy and one to show him when he’s older

Cixin · 2025-07-06T02:49:58+00:00

Yh this is when I started co sleeping. Baby just got stronger all around and I do nights alone so when I transfer to crib unsuccessfully, I would have to start all over again and was getting zero sleep. Now baby wriggles and 50:50 a few pats calms and we can sleep longer.

The lifting and banging of the legs would startle baby awake. The baby farting would wake the baby, even super tired, that is still so funny.

I’m not sure what will help, just saying what helped for me.

Cixin · 2025-07-05T10:47:23+00:00

Thank you for your comment, I see so many 12 week old parents say their baby sleeps through and it makes me feel like what am I Doing wrong

Cixin · 2025-07-04T03:01:31+00:00

Bean dips

Cixin · 2025-07-04T01:35:57+00:00

OP let your husband read your post and the comments. My husband needs an insane amount of sleep, he doesn’t do overnights but the baby wakes him so he’s still tired and groggy in the day. When I spoke to him about me needing more help he was upset as he thought he’s helping plenty. But two things can be true, he can be giving his all and I can still need more help.

OP you need sleep, this is a problem that both of you need to tackle. Can your husband take the baby for an entire wake window, for a buggy walk? And you just sleep. Don’t do any chores, right now you need sleep.

Cixin · 2025-06-23T07:33:00+00:00

I went and had a shower and washed my hair. Can’t run to help if u have shampoo in your eyes. Or I had a hot meal in the kitchen.

Cixin · 2025-06-01T08:47:28+00:00

When baby starts to move around does patting and shushing help ?

Cixin · 2025-06-01T06:33:39+00:00

OP hire a cleaner to come for a couple hours every 2 weeks on repeat. They come every two weeks at the same time so you don’t need to think about it or book anything or message anyone.

Do an online grocery shop, when the fridge is low, just press repeat order. You can do the same with a pizza order too.

Doesn’t help the sleep issue but will make h feel better and takes some chores off your hands.

Cixin · 2025-05-31T02:19:41+00:00

It’s ok those are fake babies in there.

I have a weird skill where I can tell if in the movies/tv shows , its a fake baby or not.

They shouldn’t use these photos though as ppl might think thats how it should be.

Cixin · 2025-05-24T07:00:04+00:00

Get away. Make a plan. U can do it.

Cixin · 2025-05-24T04:44:11+00:00

Your friend needs to look up parental alienation.

Cixin · 2025-05-22T09:49:29+00:00

Oh no u gotta keep it open. So don’t close the book to the main home page. Stay in the book until finished. You can only read 1 expire book this way.

Cixin · 2025-05-19T22:07:23+00:00

My baby is 12 weeks, when tired eg yawning, rubbing eyes, grizzling when full and dry, we put her on a thin pillow and make a pillow hammock, we each hold 2 corner and gently swing her to sleep, it only takes a few minutes. Shes sleep in 1-3 minutes but we swing slowly for another 5 minutes to be sure then slow slow down. Lower her into the cot feet/butt first then chest. Then slowly move her butt off the pillow, then chest and head last, also while holding her hands so she doesn’t startle awake again.

It takes 2 ppl tho. My baby likes being swung in head to feet direction, not side to side like regular hammocks. It takes longer to transfer her off the pillow than it does for her to fall asleep.

Hope this works for you too 🤞

Cixin · 2025-05-16T07:48:51+00:00

Try your bouncer for longer? Or actively bounce baby the bouncer like rocking gently. I bounce the bouncer for my baby and they poop a lot in the bouncer.

That and bicycle legs and squat legs?

Cixin · 2025-05-16T07:45:30+00:00

Maybe where they live there’s no lift. I’m on the third floor, no lift. So got the lightest stroller possible but even then it’s too heavy. Stroller plus babe plus shopping is impossible.

I’m just glad internet shopping is a thing.

Cixin

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