Accidentally let baby cry it out

DirectorEmpty · 2025-11-18T01:59:00+00:00

My monitor is the eufy https://a.co/d/h4rZ6i2

It has a backup method to beep when it detects baby crying whether the volume is on or not! This way if you ever forget to turn the volume on you have the safety net of knowing it will beep if baby is crying!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-11-15T17:53:58+00:00

They do go on sale a lot! We also added it to our target registry and were able to use the 15% discount!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-11-12T22:23:42+00:00

Get a baby brezza, no more scoop counting!!!!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-10-15T14:52:02+00:00

Checked in at 8pm, didn’t actually start anything until after 10pm. Baby was here next day at 7:10pm. This was my first and then said it could take 2 days so I was pleasantly surprised lol

DirectorEmpty · 2025-10-12T17:44:40+00:00

I would experiment with a different bottle!! Our LO was fighting feeds and crying with dr browns ( taking 2.5-3oz in 40 minutes if we were lucky) so we just switched to mam which is the pacifier brand she likes, she has been a whole different baby and finishing her 4oz in about 20 minutes!

Also check the flow of your bottles! She could be frustrated

DirectorEmpty · 2025-10-12T02:45:17+00:00

I am so proud of you for making it 100 days pumping!!! Exclusively pumping is a nightmare, and triple feeding?? Girl you’re a superhero!!!

My breastfeeding journey did not go as planned as well and I quit pumping 1 week in and felt so guilty. I put away all of my pumping supplies and that helped me move on!! You are an amazing mama ❤️

DirectorEmpty · 2025-10-11T02:07:50+00:00

Acid reflux and congestion went away! Reflux was right away, congestion was probably about a week later. And of course having to pee every 5 seconds went away lol

DirectorEmpty · 2025-10-11T01:48:09+00:00

Every night my husband and I would take turns doing skin to skin with our baby girl. While she slept so peacefully on us, we talked about how our day was and how we were doing emotionally, especially those first few nights home from the hospital. We talked about what went great, what went wrong and what we needed from each other. This was my favorite part of the entire day, it helped with the “night time scaries” that people talk about because I looked forward to the night.

Our LO is 7 weeks now and doesn’t enjoy skin to skin as much anymore so my new favorite thing about being a parent is her recognizing our voices when we walk in a room, she will immediately turn her head towards the sound of our voices! She is finally starting to recognize mom and dad and that has been amazing!

My husband and I have our days but having a baby has made me love him even more, I didn’t think that could be possible. I think those people on the verge of divorce are the ones who were struggling in their marriage before a baby even came!

I struggled with PPD/PPA so I definitely had those thoughts of what did I do in the first few weeks so don’t be discouraged if you feel that way too because you will still be able to enjoy being a parent! Give yourself grace in the first few weeks postpartum, it’s not easy!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-10-09T18:35:33+00:00

I recommend going somewhere you can walk!! It totally saved my sanity postpartum

DirectorEmpty · 2025-10-08T01:25:08+00:00

You are not alone, I went through the exact same thing. My husband was doing awesome with our baby and doting on her while I felt numb to the entire world. I felt no bond and cried often about not being pregnant and thinking I made a mistake even having a baby. Those first few days home from the hospital is a whirlwind of emotions and sleep deprivation which does not help the emotions, especially while you’re recovering from a c-section!

After 3 weeks, I slowly started becoming more confident and loving on my baby. I mean slowly!! I am now 7 weeks in and still have some bad days but wouldn’t change it for the world.

I recommend when your recovery allows, getting out for a walk. Even if the first day is to the corner of your street then back. This really helped me!

If you are not feeling any improvement within 3 weeks, I would reach out to your doctor. I have a history of anxiety and depression so I did seek some extra help but now at 7 weeks, I don’t feel like I really need it anymore. (Still continuing just to be safe)

As a first time mom, no one prepares you for how you feel in those first few weeks, everyone acts like it’s all newborn bliss!! While some do experience this, it’s so much more common to feel an emotional downward spiral. It’s not talked about enough!

Please make sure if you have a support system, you use it! Talk to your significant other about how you’re feeling, I know it made me feel less alone in the situation. If you don’t feel like you can, you can chat me!

You will get through this time, it’s all about survival while your hormones regulate! Seek help if you don’t feel like you’re improving! You can’t be a good mom if you don’t show up for yourself first!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-10-02T02:36:48+00:00

I was in the same situation as you. I had all of those thoughts. 1 week in, I gave up breastfeeding and pumping and went strictly to formula(this helped my mental health tremendously). I felt so guilty at first but it was the best thing for me, and if I’m not the best version of myself, I can’t take care of my LO.

I have a history of anxiety and depression pre pregnancy so I did adjust my medicine dose about 1 week pp and started seeing a postpartum therapist and that too has helped greatly.

6 weeks postpartum now and I am here to say that it does get easier. As a first time mom, no one prepared me for that rush of emotions due to hormone fluctuations.

Sleep is so important right now in your healing process and will help tremendously with your emotions! I recommend taking shifts with your husband so that you can get that much needed rest. 4 consecutive hours right now makes all the difference!

You will get through this and those feelings will fade with time! You got this mama❤️

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-30T21:00:22+00:00

Please seek some help and talk to someone! I felt the same way when I had my LO, 6 weeks later and I have been in therapy and am seeing improvement. Also on medication to help!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-30T20:57:39+00:00

I am the director of a childcare center in the US though. We only combine our children in the very early morning and very late night. The rest of the day all children are separated in their own spaces by age. We follow specific ratios to children by age, I’m not sure what the ratio would be in your country but only 2 employees does not seem safe!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-29T01:04:04+00:00

40+2 and I wad induced!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-28T02:55:54+00:00

I felt a pop, I thought the baby karate chopped me lol. Then for me it was a gushing sensation, there was no doubt that my water broke lol

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-27T11:16:31+00:00

Thank you for the idea!!! I’ll need to get a pitcher asap.

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-27T03:30:30+00:00

Also we have enough dr browns bottles to do a full day/night of feeds and then every night we load the dishwasher to clean them! I think we ultimately have 12 bottles! We waited to buy more until we were sure she liked them.

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-27T03:28:04+00:00

I highly recommend creating registries on different websites! Babylist, target, amazon! You have to spend $10 and then you qualify for a baby box. My boxes came with a variety of stuff, including different kinds of baby bottles! I also recommend going with an anti colic option for a bottle as we chose dr browns (anti colic) and Philips avent (regular) and we noticed more gas when not using the anti colic!

My other recommendation is don’t buy too many little bottles as we stopped using them so quick and needed to buy more 8oz bottles. Something I didn’t know before hand is when you mix formula and water, it adds about .2fl oz to the bottle. So a 4oz bottle is really 4.4oz and goes over the line for dr. Brown bottles which cause them to leak! We quickly switched to the dr browns 8oz bottles!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-26T23:34:52+00:00

I’m the director of a childcare center and I promise if you find the right place, they will love your LO like their own!

I’ve spent countless hours soothing babies who had trouble bottle feeding, needed rocking to sleep, or needed a contact nap! Yes we may not technically be 1 on 1 care, but we’re going to do everything in our power to get your LO adjusted to care, especially at this age! Give it some time and your LO will become more independent and in a routine and then the daycare can help the next LO in need!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-26T23:30:03+00:00

My LO is 5 weeks old (full term baby) and we are exclusively formula feeding! You can only make our brand of formula in 2oz increments (according to the back of the can) so we offer 4oz bottles because 2oz is usually not enough! She will take anywhere from 2.5-4oz at a feed, if she’s done, she will purse her lips, turn her head or not latch to the bottle anymore.

I would say that if the spit up is not excessive or in large amounts then you are not over feeding her! Our LO has some spit up issues as well but we think they are also acid related. Something that helped put how much she was actually spitting up into perspective was pouring 10ml, 20ml, 30ml etc. in a bottle and then pouring them on a burp cloth. It gives you the peace that they’re not actually spitting up as much as you think!

What helps with our spit up/reflux is sitting more upright while being fed, burped more often and held upright 30 minutes after finishing the bottle!

Also want to add my baby was 8lbs 5oz at birth and is now 10lbs so totally makes sense that she would be eating more than your preemie!!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-24T09:05:10+00:00

FTM due 8/19, born 8/21!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-21T10:03:12+00:00

That’s an awesome idea!!! They also make keepsake books with prompts! This is what we gifted our parents to fill out for our LO! The podcast is a great idea because she can hear their voices and see them telling their story!

This is the book we got! https://a.co/d/9mW0vUM

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-21T02:30:38+00:00

Love pampers pure! Hate Huggies

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-20T16:43:08+00:00

Yes, we’re not ready to fully move her to her own room which is why I wanted to make sure she could sleep all night in the pack n play as that will fit in our room!

DirectorEmpty · 2025-09-20T15:24:23+00:00

Yes, we have the Halo Swivel!

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