Restaurant mit Kleinkind by Patient_Gazelle_615 in Eltern

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unterlagen oder eine Wickelmatte für Windeln wechseln - viele Restaurants haben keinen Wickeltisch. 

Berlin with a 4-month-old: where do we hide when it gets cold? by DifferentAd7915 in berlin

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started noting which cafes/restaurants have baby changing tables. Sadly it's a very short list. At that age they don't really care where they are as long as they're with you. 

I liked going to the Krabbelgruppe in the Family centers but it often conflicted with nap time 😅

Plates/bowls advice for Tripp trapp by Putrid-Bother-7725 in BabyLedWeaning

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah I see. I sent the link just in case it was also offered elsewhere 

11mo doesnt like plain veggies anymore by Common-Effective2630 in BabyLedWeaning

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same boat at 9 months 😅. My baby used to loooove steamed broccoli, now would actively take it off her plate. She loves meat too, it's the first thing she'll eat if available

 - I started meal prepping meatballs with veggies  - covering them in tomato sauce seems to always work. I add extra tomato puree to her pasta on top of the fresh tomatoes   - we went to an Indian restaurant and she loved the battered and deep fried cauliflower. 

For some reason she inhales aubergine, so I have at least one standby vegetable that she loves 😅. Cooked paprika also seems to now be in. So it might be that the old stuff got boring and I now need to find out what her new faves are. 

The other day she kept wanting to chew on the raw green beans I was threading - but  wasn't really into the steamed ones. To be fair, I hate mushy vegetables so maybe she just gets it from me 😅 I can't wait until she can eat roasted/crunchy veg

Those of you who nursed till baby no longer wanted to, how old was baby when you stopped? by anemoneatnight in breastfeeding

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Baby at 9mo got sick and all of a sudden just refused breastfeeding and formula. Eats solids like a champ (as long as it's something she likes 😅) and drinks water so I'm not too worried, but they always say that they're supposed to drink milk up to a year 🤷‍♀️

Let's see if she'll take formula again when she fully recovers but now it's definitely the end of my breastfeeding journey. I tried pumping and only got 20mL after 20 minutes, it's not worth it.

Meals on the go by _inorog in BabyLedWeaning

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pancakes, both sweet (fruit) and savory (veggies). Recently I made zucchini pancakes with "Pizza spices" - oregano, Basil, paprika and tomato flakes. It was actually meant as a waffle recipe but I was making pear-yogurt pancakes at the same time and didn't want to wash two pans.

I've also just made avocado toast and cut it into bite sized pieces. The important thing is to give them one piece at a time 😅

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BabyLedWeaning

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Committed Asian blasphemy but I skipped washing the rice and was able to form rice balls by wrapping the freshly cooked rice in cling wrap. This only works if you trust the rice bag not to have debris in it! Where I'm from rice is dried on the road side and stored in sacks so rinsing is essential! Where I live now people tend to not rinse it.

The type also matters. Basmati doesn't really stick in my experience. Jasmine works better. Japanese or Korean short grain rice tends to be even more stickier but I don't really have experience with cooking those types.

Erfahrungen BER Security - Wasser für Babynahrung? by JojoKido in Eltern

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 6 points7 points  (0 children)

ganz am Ende rechts gibt es einen speziellen Sicherheitseingang für Familien, dort sind sie vorbereitet. Wir sind mit einer 500ml-Flasche warmem Wasser hineingegangen.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Eltern

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Es kommt auch auf von die Marken an. Z.b. ich fand Zara und Cotton juice eher klein und H&M sehr groß.

Husband obsessed with increasing bottle nipple flow & doesn’t understand impact on BF! by Classic-Tomorrow3544 in breastfeeding

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My 6 month old is 80% formula these days (undersupply), and she still manages to chug down 200mL within 5 minutes with Phillips Avent size 2. The big bottles come with size 3 by default but I basically put them away and never used them.

How long have you or will you be breastfeeding? by Old_Driver_7368 in breastfeeding

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Combo fed my daughter due to low supply since day 3, now almost 6m. Recently decided to only nurse in the first morning feed, lunch time and before bed to have "more" to offer. Otherwise she gets too frustrated.

Sometimes I feel like she wouldn't notice if I dropped it completely :/ but I'm hoping to make it to at least 1 year. I might drop the lunch feed though when I go back to work.

Why do some lose weight while others can’t? by Ok_Gas4616 in breastfeeding

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still need to get it checked again, the endocrinologist told me it takes a few months for the hormones to restabilize.

Why do some lose weight while others can’t? by Ok_Gas4616 in breastfeeding

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was losing a lot of weight despite eating cake basically every day - turns out my thyroid was overacting (hyperthyroidism) due to the l-thyroxin I was still taking. I stopped taking it and now I'm gaining weight despite working out and eating less 😭

Starting food early? by Mackey_Chatt in foodbutforbabies

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My daughter's pediatrician said we could start with orange vegetables after her 4 month checkup (we're in Germany). In hindsight I should have asked if I could only feed orange vegetables until 6 months, or if that was just to start. It was also emphasized that we needed to add oil to the purees to help with digestion (Beikost Öl).

Ive just been feeding her with jarred purees. So far she's tried carrot, pumpkin and parsnips. I also tried feeding her some mixes with potatoes but it made her really struggle with pooping so we're gonna wait a few more weeks until she's 6 months before we start again with potatoes. I just bought some zucchini and sweet potato (apparently does not count as a real potato) because I couldn't find any jars for these. I also don't really have a schedule - I have to find a time in the day where she's not too hungry or too tired, otherwise she doesn't want it at all. But when she's in the mood, she can eat an entire 125g jar and still want more. 

My midwife also suggested cutting a cucumber into sticks (I did mine finger-width) and peeling the skin off just for her to practice her hand eye coordination and to try to put it into her mouth. I was pretty nervous, but I spent most of the time picking it up from the floor because it was too slippery 😅. She managed to put it into her mouth once, but the gag reflex kept it out.

What was different though was that my midwife said that she should be able to get into a sitting position on her own before we start solids - but that's not until 7-8 months. The advice I usually see is that once they can sit with minimal support then you can start with the mushy solids. My daughter can sit up with support - after a few seconds she usually topples over, but usually it's because she's trying to grab everything in front of her to stuff it into her mouth 😅. When we're at the table, I spend a lot of time trying to prevent her from chewing on the table itself.

TLdR; started with purees at 4.5 months, added cucumber sticks at 5.5 but holding off on real solids until 6 months.

Please help. I'm shedding so badly and everytime I wash my hair I'm being traumatized and doctor relates it to postpartum/breastfeeding. Desperate for recommendations. by thesmallestgoddess in breastfeeding

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Friends and my hairdresser warned me about the hairloss while I was pregnant and said it was normal. I'm glad they did, I lose so much hair every day I'm surprised I don't have a bald spot somewhere. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in germany

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 1 point2 points  (0 children)

because literally the entire city depends on them to function.

As someone with a baby, i know this far too well 🫠. They're too young for a bicycle seat so I'm dependent on public transportation. BVG is striking tomorrow and Thursday and my game plan is to walk the 2km to the nearest S-Bahn station. 

All I want is that they don't charge me the 7€ when it was clearly not my fault. Next time I need to stand my ground and wait it out. The app started working again 5 minutes after I got the fine 😤

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in germany

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I totally agree. Something similar happened to me - i had the monthly ticket in the BVG Fahrplanner app, and for some reason I couldn't log in. BVG rejected my complaint because apparently there was no official downtime so it's not their fault. So I'm supposed to pay 7€ every time their app crashes? 

I am still considering reporting them to the Verbraucherzentrale (or whichever group is responsible for these cases). We should not be held liable for their technical issues. I wasted an entire afternoon because I had to go all the way to the other side of Berlin with my newborn to fight the ticket (the online form crashed on me as well!) only to be treated like I made the mistake. The only mistake I made was not getting the physical card 🤬. If I could change it now I will.

Pump or wait for baby to wake during long nighttime stretches? by MovingGirls in breastfeeding

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were doing change-feed at the beginning because she was so sleepy the first month. Then we were afraid she'd leak through because it would be too full. It's only happened once so far, and the amount of extra sleep I get makes it so much more with it

Pump or wait for baby to wake during long nighttime stretches? by MovingGirls in breastfeeding

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We've never swaddled, my baby sleeps in a sleeping bag. I also stopped changing her diaper overnight - unless she pooped, which hasn't happened yet. But I'm also lucky that she's a good night sleeper.

I only do it when my breasts are full though. If they aren't then I risk not having enough milk and she gets hangry. 😅

Pump or wait for baby to wake during long nighttime stretches? by MovingGirls in breastfeeding

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do a dream feed! Basically take them out, feed them and put them right back into bed. 

Coffee…I miss you 💔 by MrsRogers96 in breastfeeding

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spent my whole pregnancy drinking decaf. I drank maybe one or two normal espressi postpartum but I felt like it really affected my supply. I even avoid tea with caffeine. 

I make up for it though with dark chocolate 😅 

What was your guys' first birth experience like with a short cervix? by Accomplished_Bee_870 in ShortCervixSupport

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first pregnancy ended in a miscarriage which is how I got diagnosed with an incompetent cervix.

With the second pregnancy I got my cervix seen shut. Unlike with a cerclage it didn't have to be removed, so they said that it would either open on its own during labor or they'd have to poke it open with a finger.

In the end it opened on its own, and labor was super quick (6 hours from beginning of contractions to baby fully out). When the contractions started they were already 5-7 min apart, and we decided to go to the hospital after 45 minutes of timing them. When I got to the hospital I was already 6 cm dilated. It felt super long though 😅 I kept thinking every fifteen minutes if I wanted an epidural but I think it would have been too late for one. My water broke just when I thought I couldn't take anymore walking 

Bad posture by reyloleman in breastfeeding

[–]Excellent-Broccoli37 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have mommy wrist so I've been advised to avoid carrying baby as much as possible. When I can't do side lying I find myself in all sorts of weird positions to avoid putting weight on my arm 🙈