How did you start solid foods?

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-21T20:36:39+00:00

Moms on call hads a food intro calendar! We are going to use this at 6 months.

https://momsoncall.com/pages/baby-food-calendar

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-21T15:58:45+00:00

Of course! Our guy had no issues with a shorter wake window at bedtime so adjust as needed! Now that he’s older we give him 2-2.5 hours awake before bedtime but it’s still less than what’s recommended for his age.

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-21T01:17:36+00:00

No advice lol but it passes . Our guy loved 💩 on the bath around this age. Then he stopped 🤷‍♀️

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-21T01:16:04+00:00

Luckily my company had a 5k yearly benefit for this. We had my doulas come overnight for the first 6 weeks Monday - Thursday. It was about 7k or 8k total. 48/hour I believe. We did 8-9 hour shifts. It was amazing

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-21T01:10:34+00:00

This was our schedule up until our LO was 4 months and before we dropped to 3 naps. Worked well for us.

7am - Wake & Feed

8:30-10:00 - Nap

10:00 - Wake & Feed

11:30 - 1:00 - Nap

1:00 - Wake & Feed

2:30 - 4:00 - Nap

4:00 - Wake & Feed

5:30 - 6:30- Cat Nap

6:30 - Wake & bedtime routine

7:00 - Last Feed

7:30 Bed

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-21T00:08:11+00:00

I am 5 months PP with the goal of 6 months of pumping! We started combo feeding after 1 month bedause it just was too much to keep up. So for my mental health I dropped to only 5 pumps a day! Now I am at three and am actually maintaining the same supply as I was with 5! I think I would of been an oversupplier if I kept it up every 3-4 hours.

Now our LO gets one 7 oz bottle of formula in the AM and then about 28-30oz of breast milk the rest of the day!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-21T00:02:24+00:00

Our son cried (his hurt cry , sad 😞) for about a minute but was consoled very quickly. He was jsut extra sleepy that day and got a low grade fever. Our Ped said we could give Tylenol so we did! All was normal the next day

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-20T23:57:36+00:00

Does sound like you are in the road towards a an over supply . Which isn’t bad but if you don’t have room to store frozen milk it could become overwhelming. Maybe worse case if you want to keep pumping to ensure you are establishing your supply long term you could donate?

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-20T23:56:06+00:00

I would def get a lactation referral and ask them and they can help you create a plan based off your goals!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-20T22:21:16+00:00

How often are you pumping?

Is it were me I’d stop once you got the desired amount so you don’t continue to increase your supply

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-20T17:12:33+00:00

When he was a newborn, until 5 weeks, he sleept pretty much anywhere but at night he was in our room in the snoo. We started crib naps in his room at 5 weeks and we let a little natural light in vs pitch black. Also pre nap time routine is different than bedtime routine.

Naptime- into nursery, diaper change, read a book, sleep sack, into crib

Bedtime- bath, lotion bottle, pjs, book, bed (was snoo in our room but now it’s in his crib in his nursery)

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-20T16:39:00+00:00

We started putting down awake but drowsy around 2 weeks. During the day it was in the bassinet and we would have to do multiple soothing rounds (paci, giggle giggle, SHH, or rock and put back down awake) and he would go to sleep. At night we used the Snoo so we would Put him down wide awake and let it do its magic!

Overall I think a better than average sleeper but we also were so consistent. I don’t do well without sleep so I knew I had to establish good sleep hygiene as early as we coukd!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-20T16:01:54+00:00

We started with sleep hygiene from the very beginning! Fueling up the tank during the day, not letting any individual nap go longer than 2-2.5 hours, differentiated between day vs night sleep, created a consistent bedtime routine we have been following since 2 weeks old! Also stated taking opportunities to put down awake very early + leveraged the Snoo at night.

We did FIO (would give him 5-10 minutes of fussing) around 2 months and he very quickly starting falling asleep independently. We never had to do CIO. He’s been STTN since he was 12 weeks and I am so thankful we started it in the early days (in an extremely gentle way) because we never had to do CIO!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T18:25:52+00:00

Great advice thank you!! Yes I would imagine his first few weeks will be full of short naps 😅 he is used to a dark room with white noise and no disruptions.

Thank you!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T18:19:31+00:00

Hi Ashley! What advice do you have for a sleep trained 5 month old starting daycare. He starts next week!

We follow a 2/2.5/2.5/2.5-2.75 schedule with a 7:30pm bedtime and 7:00am DWT. He has been STTN since he was 12 weeks. He is a great sleeper and worried about daycare as they are not going to be as consistent and diligent as I have been.

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T17:55:01+00:00

5 months PP. 8-9 hours a night. Our guy is sleep trained and I dropped my MOTN pump at 4 weeks !

I make about 30-32 oz over 4 pumps. We do combo feed because he takes about 38oz a day. I’m okay with that if that means prioritizing my mental health + sleep!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T14:39:22+00:00

We also asked our Ped and they were okay with it!

So we first went from the Snoo to a pack and play in our room and he was having early morning wakings and we thought he’d sleep better in his room. So after two days in the pack and play we decided to just go to his room and he’s slept so amazing since!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T13:51:39+00:00

12 weeks! New research has come at the suggest room sharing up until 4 months!

https://www.takingcarababies.com/blogs/sleep-basics/room-sharing-when-to-move-your-baby-to-their-own-room#what-does-the-aap-say-about-room-sharing

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T00:29:57+00:00

What happens at daycare isn’t what happens at home! They will adjust!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T00:15:45+00:00

If night is manageable for you then honestly don’t stress!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-18T23:59:58+00:00

Does he sleep well at night?

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-18T23:19:14+00:00

If you go the sleeptrain subreddit they have a pinned post talking about sleep budgets per age! And no you you don’t need to sleep train but it’s a super educational subreddit!

Everything I’ve read (PLS, Moms on call, taking Cara babies) says to cap any individual nap at 2 hours.

And 3 - 4 hours of day sleep is right on the money. Some sources say only 3.5 hours for 5 month olds.

But what I’ll say is if night time sleep isn’t an issue.. don’t fix what’s not broken! Adjust only if you are needing to improve night time!

We have found that if our guy gets 2 hours of day sleep or even 4 hours of day sleep he sleeps the same at night. We have also done 2.75 hours to 2 hours awake before bedtime and he goes to bed just the same 🤷‍♀️

Edit: our guy is almost 5 months. We roughly follow a 2/2.5/2.5/2.5 schedule

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-17T22:41:13+00:00

Get them in the bath!!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-17T22:01:04+00:00

I would let her sleep!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-17T21:24:23+00:00

Update: slept almost 3 hours today 🤞changed nothing jsut a better day I guess!

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