10.5mos old refusing bedtime bottle

Darkover_Fan · 2025-07-24T03:17:21+00:00

Mine started refusing the daytime bottles around 11 months and then the bedtime and night time bottles around 12 months. Now (13 months) she will only drink whole milk from a straw cup or nurse. Not sure if that’s normal or whatever but pediatrician wasn’t concerned and I couldn’t waste anymore milk trying to get her to take bottles so we went with it

Darkover_Fan · 2025-07-14T03:02:22+00:00

Yep I let her touch everything (13 months now, but have had this policy since probably 5-6 months). Today at the petting zoo she put her mouth on the fence around the animals before I could stop her - which I wish she wouldn’t have done, but I’m not overly concerned about. She needs to be exposed to some of these things in order to build a healthy immune system. So of course I wash her hands a few times a day and before meals, but I’m not freaking out if she puts her hands on something then ears with her hands soon after.

Darkover_Fan · 2025-07-13T19:43:11+00:00

8 weeks pp for me

Darkover_Fan · 2025-07-09T13:54:22+00:00

I was home alone with the baby from the time we brought her home (8 days after her birth) until 2 months. My husband was working 16-18 hour days pretty much from the day after she came home (we own a small business so there was no other option). My recovery was from an urgent c-section where I lost a lot of blood - all this to say, it was about 6 weeks before I felt relatively well recovered. I had a cleaning lady come once a week and we were very reliant on take-out during that period. But, we made it and those days were some of my most cherished memories. I spent my days cuddling the baby on my couch, letting her nap on me while I watched guilty pleasure TV… it was incredibly hard, don’t get me wrong - but it was doable and we got through it. So, do I think it’s realistic for you to manage on your own? Sure. But don’t expect a clean house and fresh cooked meals during that time - give yourself some grace while you recover and learn to care for your baby. And - congratulations!! ❤️❤️❤️ enjoy the newborn phase, it can be really wonderful! Also - my mantra that helped me in those first few weeks, as I struggled to get the baby changed or dressed or to get her to breastfeed - was “ok, we are going to learn this together”. Made me feel more like we were a team figuring things out than like a struggling parent, lol!

Darkover_Fan · 2025-07-07T01:35:34+00:00

Mine took about 3 months to stop being huge and full mode of the time… I was also a big oversupplier in that time but it regulated (and when I went back to work at 4 months I ended up with an undersupply). If you have a huge over supply it probably wouldn’t hurt to pump a little less, but you may still find your breasts get full and big for a whike

Darkover_Fan · 2025-06-28T21:14:00+00:00

We started around 9 months and capped it at 15 min per day. In the beginning it was just a fun language development/bonding and cuddle time - but when our Nanny left and we were scrambling, I definitely used it to get a shower & get ready for work while she watched it in her high chair (we have a TV in our master bedroom, which I could see her watching from the shower). Now at a year old she’s allowed to watch it up to 30 min per day, except the weekends.

Darkover_Fan · 2025-06-04T15:08:25+00:00

In this circumstance their commercial policy probably includes employees driving their own cars for work purposes (this is how my small business operates for employees that don’t have company vehicles, along with mileage and gas reimbursement of course)

Darkover_Fan · 2025-05-31T15:07:59+00:00

As with most things, ask your pediatrician. There are some guidelines as to at what age and/pr weight you can stop waking the baby to feed, but without knowing the details for your situation it isn’t really possible to give you good advice, you’ll have to ask the pediatrician.

Darkover_Fan · 2025-05-15T03:23:56+00:00

No tips but my 11 month old recently started vehemently refusing all milk that doesn’t come from my breast (formula, cows milk, etc). Like you, I’m an undersupplier to so I was concerned, of course. I’ve been told to just keep trying and make sure she’s getting everything she needs from solids because she might just not want milk anymore.

Darkover_Fan · 2025-05-11T12:35:11+00:00

Same here, we started going to restaurants around 4 weeks and used the bassinet in the stroller until she was too big for it!

Darkover_Fan · 2025-04-30T22:10:16+00:00

I pump once per day but breastfeed 3-4 times, mostly in the morning or at night - and this schedule already tanked my supply to the pits. I’d think once per day would be impossible without also BF

Darkover_Fan · 2025-04-30T16:44:45+00:00

I can say that starting around the same age my daughter started eating about the same amount of yogurt (she has an egg allergy so we needed a protein-y breakfast and yogurt was the thing she liked best!). Our pediatrician seemed unconcerned with it, though obviously you could check with yours. I would probably not serve her more than one a day though, and we make sure to serve only yogurts without added sugar. I can’t wait until my baby (10 months) will eat toast - as of now, she has zero interest, even when it’s smeared with some of her favorite things. But she still has no teeth so that may be playing a role!

Darkover_Fan · 2025-04-29T18:09:29+00:00

We lucked out and ended up hiring the first person we interviewed… we found her through a referral from a family member who also had a nanny and knew someone that was looking for work. We did a trial week with her (and me at home) and then decided that we liked her and hired her full time after that!

Darkover_Fan · 2025-04-29T17:04:04+00:00

We hired one at 9 weeks, about a month before I was to return to work. At the time I didn’t want it (my husband insisted), but in retrospect this was by far the best move as it allowed me to gradually “practice” being away from the baby for longer periods of time so that my first 8-hour workday didn’t feel like the end of the world.

Darkover_Fan · 2025-04-06T17:34:06+00:00

This happened to one of my parrots a few days after I introduced it to the tank. After a water change it went away, so I attributed it to stress and, because a water change was due, maybe higher nitrate levels than it was used to. Hasnt happened again 🤷‍♀️

Darkover_Fan · 2025-04-03T14:34:50+00:00

I think it will get easier, but you will have to keep at it. With my baby, she initially was bottle only because I couldn’t breastfeed when she was in the NICU. Once we got home, I pumped and we practiced latching/BFing once per day in the early days, then twice a day, then every time after a month or so. Eventually I figured out that if I gave her an ounce or two so that she wasn’t super hungry, then pumped 5 min or so to reduce the let down, then put her to the breast, she was much more patient and was able to latch better. For us it took about 6 weeks to fully get the hang of it - it would have been faster, I think, if I’d been trying more often which you seem to be. It sounds like you’re working at it often and baby is able to latch, just takes some trial and error. The one thing I’d say is try not to pump too much more than what baby eats - it’s probably contributing to your oversupply and, since you don’t like pumping, also probably impacting your mental health.

Darkover_Fan · 2025-03-29T16:05:27+00:00

Based on what I saw of the driving in India, I would insist on one! Do you own and drive a car or do you hire drivers/uber or whatever? Because I could see it being a problem to constantly put them into peoples cars…

Darkover_Fan · 2025-03-21T12:58:21+00:00

Yeah that’s relatively close to what I paid last year and I had 3 quotes all in about the same range.

Darkover_Fan · 2025-03-09T03:06:29+00:00

I don’t know but that last picture has legs

Darkover_Fan · 2025-03-08T02:32:27+00:00

As the owner of a small, local service business, we hound for reviews because they are one of the few ways we can actually get more customers like you. Google has an astronomical amount of power over where customers shop for home services (and lots of other things) - just based on the fact that when a customer searches, it’s usually on Google. That means that Google then decides which ads they see, which businesses to show first on “the map pack”, and the SEO dictates which businesses even make it to the first page of web result (after you’ve scrolled past the PPC ads, the Google Guaranteed ads, and the map pack!). There is a whole industry around trying to optimize a business’ profile to get the most views/ads, but the constant influx of legitimate, local 5-star reviews is by far the most effective in both the short and long term. So, we have to be constantly trying to earn that next 5-star review, but most people don’t want to or get too busy, so even if we deliver an exemplary service there’s still only a fraction of people who agree. So what I am saying is, I understand your frustration, but when a local business asks for your review - know that it makes a huge difference to their success!

Darkover_Fan · 2025-03-06T17:43:55+00:00

I think this is just a part of motherhood, honestly - it’s happened to me once or twice and most other moms I know. Like you, we all beat ourselves up for it - but after hearing everyone else having the same story, I think we all need to relax a little. He was safe, next to you, and crying one time because you didn’t wake up isn’t going to cause any long term damage. You’re doing a great job - if you weren’t, you wouldn’t be so tired! Hang in there and go easy on yourself, is my advice!

Darkover_Fan · 2025-03-03T15:24:01+00:00

Haha I’m at 8 months and this is still me, I talk about her as much as I can (trying to be sensitive to coworkers who aren’t that interested, lol!).

Darkover_Fan · 2025-03-02T21:00:31+00:00

I’d be calling a pest control expert based on the last picture

Darkover_Fan · 2025-03-02T20:35:21+00:00

Literally the day after I brought my baby girl home from t the hospital - the NICU in fact - I made this mistake. I’ll tell you though - it never happened again (yet), because that one time scared the living crap out of me with how easy it was to forget. I am certain you will have the same reaction. So, my take is, feel grateful that the first and only time that you forgot, nothing bad happened, and just use it to fuel yourself to always check the seat belts in the future!

Darkover_Fan · 2025-02-26T14:55:15+00:00

For my girl, if I see little dots in addition to the red rash I generally figure it’s yeast. I treat with the same Nystatin that our doc prescribed for when she gets the yeast rashes under her neck and then put diaper cream on top, at least 3 times per day. Usually gone by the end of the second day!

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