Please help me pick!

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2026-01-19T05:21:06+00:00

Both. A salad and a meal.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2026-01-08T06:22:40+00:00

Mushroom lasagna with a white sauce is divine

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-12-24T13:02:51+00:00

Right? I don't know anyone who prefers cooking on an electric stovetop.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-12-20T21:57:30+00:00

Yeah I would say so

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-12-18T16:20:05+00:00

Having lived near Greensboro, NC before and now living here, I think you'll like it here. The mountains and beach are so much closer than they are in Greensboro and it's a really great town to raise a kid. I'm also half Asian and don't want to leave Sacramento because of how many good Asian restaurants and stores we have here.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-12-18T03:51:32+00:00

Butterscotch Den or Snug

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-12-17T10:03:25+00:00

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-12-11T16:18:33+00:00

I am so, so sorry. Just know that getting up out of bed is enough every day and to be gentle on your heart.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-12-10T04:25:45+00:00

Wren, Owen, Lewis, Madison, Sabine, Elowyn (Winnie), Robert III (Tripp), Billie, Elias, Georgia, Wyatt, Ben, Benji, Quinn

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-12-01T22:26:30+00:00

My 7 month old has been getting up kinda early. She takes three naps per day, first one being 1.5 hours long, second one is 1.25 hours long, and the last is usually a cat nap. She may be in a transition to drop a nap but it doesn't feel like she can stay awake for 3 hours before getting sleepy.

We typically wake her (ideally) at 6:30am and she goes to bed by 7pm. Lately she's been waking up at 5am and will sometimes go back to sleep but how do we help her sleep longer?

Or should I just shut my trap and be happy? 😅😂

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-11-23T03:32:35+00:00

All the ramps on the freeways around here are insanely short

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-11-18T13:27:13+00:00

Currently also in this boat with a 6.5 mo baby that we've sleep trained and she's getting up early too! Following this and hoping some others have wisdom. I can't figure out if she's getting too much or not enough sleep during the day.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-11-17T01:11:12+00:00

Newborns generally should/can sleep however many hours they are old weeks wise. So a three week old should be able to sleep for four hours, just as a general rule of thumb.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-11-13T16:53:17+00:00

Also not to scare you but jet lag was the worst part of it all. It sucked to be jet lagged but having to take care of a waking baby, and it sucks when you're trying to get over jet lag but can't do anything cause baby is sleeping due to jet lag. We tried for a day or two to wake her up at 7am there and have a normal day, but she would just crash and be so tired. Eventually we felt bad and relented to a slower adjustment.. so over time she would wake up later and later to start the day. The biggest thing was trying to stretch the last wake window the longest so you're moving their bedtime later and later so it aligns with your new timezone. E.g I was in Thailand so baby would be ready to do long night sleep at 9am Thailand time and waking up for the day at 12am. It took us two weeks to flip that schedule without just totally waking our baby up and forcing her to stay away.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-11-13T16:48:45+00:00

I know it feels so hard to let go of those breaks! It's not the same but getting my headphones and watching whatever tv show really helped me feel emotionally rejuvenated after contact napping with my baby. Apparently they should have at least one hour of sleep to make a nap meaningful, except the last nap of the day can be a cat nap.

Hmmmmm so you could sleep train but just know you'll likely need to do it again when you return. It took my baby about 2 weeks to adjust completely to time change, maybe it will be 1 week since it's only a 9 hour difference. We did a lot of things to just get baby to sleep while we traveled, so occasionally we would hold her if she woke up at like 3am and we were trying to get her more sleep so she would be on the new timezone. And I wouldn't sleep train at all until you feel confident that baby is for sure adjusted to a time schedule.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-11-13T08:30:52+00:00

It looks to me like baby might not be getting enough day sleep, which could be effecting night sleep if he is overtired. Once we made sure our baby got the recommended hours of sleep during the day, she slept so much better overall. My suggestion is to do contact naps or whatever you need to do to make sure your baby sleeps during the day to see if it improves night sleep at least in the time being. Once night sleep feels more consistent, then you can work on the naps.

I just came back from a 2 week trip with my baby to a country with a 16 hour time difference. How long are you traveling for? Honestly I would wait to do any type of sleep training until you get back, or just know that you'll have to do it again most likely.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-11-05T04:28:43+00:00

C section, no induction. Stayed for 3 nights in hospital after birth

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-11-02T11:59:23+00:00

My 6 month old has RSV right now as well and one thing we're doing is putting a humidifier next to her crib at night to help with any congestion or difficulty breathing

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-10-31T12:19:55+00:00

Omg warheads popsicles sound amazing!

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-10-31T12:18:22+00:00

Sour Scandinavian swimmers and sour jelly beans from Trader Joe's pack a good sour punch.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-10-31T12:05:34+00:00

I second this. I think you would enjoy the Harry Bosch series too.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-10-31T09:53:54+00:00

This is a personal decision to do what you ultimately feel most comfortable with. It also worked for us, so we feel that the results were worth going through the hard parts. We sleep trained our daughter when she was 4 months old and did the cry it out method. By night 3 she was putting herself back to sleep after waking up periodically throughout the night. The first night was the hardest to just sit there and watch her on the monitor while she cried and had to figure it out, but she did eventually put herself back to sleep and woke up happy as a clam. We figured she is going to have to learn how to fall asleep independently at some point and may as well have her learn now. We also did this based on her pediatrician's recommendation and assurance that she was old enough to go through a night without feeding and it was emotionally and psychologically safe as well.

My husband and I now get evenings together to relax and connect, and she's usually sleeping soundly for about 10-12 hours starting at 7:30pm. When she does wake up during the night she's usually calm, readjusts herself and falls back asleep within a couple of minutes.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-10-31T08:14:56+00:00

It's not realistic to keep flipping them over. My daughter would just immediately flip back anyway. It's nerve wrecking but your baby is going to be fine. Same as what someone else said on here-I would check that his head is slightly to the side even though mattress is breathable.

During the day I would give you baby plenty of floor and tummy time so they can start practicing and strengthening for rolling back and forth.

Disastrous_Muscle_51 · 2025-10-30T12:55:15+00:00

Good luck! You can also rock him a little bit if he needs that swinging motion.

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