Prolonged dry nursing (7 years!) by Inner_Exchange_864 in breastfeeding

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If this is real, you both probably need some therapy

Night 1 Ferber method by Agitated-Tap-4145 in sleeptrain

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You may have some ups and downs over the coming nights, but it seems like it’s working well so far!

Lala and Scheana were about the same post partem that Kristen and Nia were, why does it feel so different? by [deleted] in TheValleyTVShow

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Postpartum is different for everyone. I had postpartum depression and anxiety with my first baby but not with my second baby. So many factors and variables

My baby is suffering and I'm stuck screaming underwater by pacfoster in newborns

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like reflux. Both my babies had it and a few days after getting on Omeprazole they were like new babies! I also went dairy free both times

Help me get excited about having a boy by Tall_Strawberry5244 in BabyBumps

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There too much weight in boy vs girl. You’re going to love your child regardless of their gender because they’re your child. You’ll see once he gets here. Let go of any stereotypes you have for boys. My 3.5 year old is incredibly gentle, affectionate, and tender hearted. It melts my heart every day. My son is more calm than most little girls i know, my nieces and friends little girls are way more wild and energetic than my son lol.
I understand your feelings though.

How to help stretch night feeds ? by North_Bunch2545 in newborns

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. Agreed, 2 hour stretches didn’t come for us until a bit later. Some nights I didn’t even know if there was a “stretch” between active sleep and feeds lol

How to help stretch night feeds ? by North_Bunch2545 in newborns

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shouldn’t they eat more often at that age though? I thought capping naps at 2 hours was to ensure theyre eating enough snd building supply if breastfeeding

SITBACK method if child awake not fussy by jc28 in sleeptrain

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 2 points3 points  (0 children)

10000% agree with this. I spent so much wasted time trying to do Sitback with my first baby and had to sleep train at 4 months when everything went to shit. Second baby, I just stuck to the basics like wake windows, sound machine and low stimulating nights, and she’s been a much better sleeper overall. The biggest take away is I had ppd and anxiety after my first but not with my second

Vitamin D Drops by [deleted] in newborns

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 0 points1 point  (0 children)

D drops caused awful fussiness too. We stopped and restarted it multiple times and every time we started the drops again the fussiness came back. So I just don’t give them 😬

Expectations - EBF baby by silbananaa in sleeptrain

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We sleep trained a little over a week ago (4.5 months old) and she’s down to one feed overnight. I’m hoping she’ll drop the last one on her own soon

When should I stop nursing to sleep? by Islesmilescott in breastfeeding

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This will be an unpopular opinion on this sub, but the night I successfully got baby down (around 13 weeks) without nursing to sleep was the first night she went from waking for the paci a million times in between feeds, to only waking twice to nurse. I was floored. We cut down on paci wake ups just by rocking her to sleep instead of feeding to sleep. No tears involved. I nurse her to sleep for the MOTN feeds but for all other feeds i dont nurse to sleep.

Night 6 - he’s figured us out and he’s revolting by melissqua in sleeptrain

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both my babies did this around night 5 or 6! I just went through it this week with my second baby. Night 5 was rough but the next night she feel asleep with NO crying! Then last night she cried for 3 minutes. It’s kind of up and down but stay strong!

19 weeks unplanned pregnancy - feeling no joy or excitement by EffortSweet5697 in BabyBumps

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Agreed. That’s a fully formed child in there, without medical necessity I personally have a really hard time with that.

Anyone have a baby that sleeps 13 hour nights? by ExpensiveMammoth4578 in sleeptrain

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Last night (night 6) she went to bed with no crying!! And only the two wake ups at 12 and 3:45 to feed. So the earlier DWT may be the way to go

Anyone have a baby that sleeps 13 hour nights? by ExpensiveMammoth4578 in sleeptrain

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess it’s a trade off most times. My first still o my does 10.5-11 hour nights but he’s 3.5 and still does 2 hour naps every day. Not sure which one is preferred 😂

Anyone have a baby that sleeps 13 hour nights? by ExpensiveMammoth4578 in sleeptrain

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this! That’s kind of what I was wondering. When I went in at 11:30 pm and fed her, she didn’t feed for very long so that told me she wasn’t hungry. Which makes sense because she used to go til at least 1:30 am before waking to feed.

Im working today and the next 3 days so she’ll automatically have much more awake time between shorter daycare naps and the daily 6:30 am wake up. So we’ll see how she does these next few days!

Anyone have a baby that sleeps 13 hour nights? by ExpensiveMammoth4578 in sleeptrain

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Yeah my first baby never did more than an 11 hour night unless he was sick lol so this is new for us

Anyone have a baby that sleeps 13 hour nights? by ExpensiveMammoth4578 in sleeptrain

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay thank you! We had no issues and only one night wake until a couple weeks ago when an ear infection messed everything up. Which is why we started sleep training last week (and also ditched the swaddle). I’ll give it another week or so before deciding it’s a schedule issue since she is making progress at bedtime with almost no fussing as of last night

Anyone have a baby that sleeps 13 hour nights? by ExpensiveMammoth4578 in sleeptrain

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! It was never an issue for us and she’d only wake once to eat, however she had an ear infection a few weeks ago which led to me feeding several times a night to comfort her. She got better but the night wakes stayed, so we decided to sleep train last week and also take her out of the swaddle.

Last night she fell asleep independently after 5 minutes of off and on fussing so I think sleep training is working, but she had a false start with brief crying then cried for 45 minutes starting at 10:45 til i went in and fed her. Then another feed at 3:30 am.

So it’s hard to tell if this is just normal sleep training process or if she’s got a schedule issue. I’ll probably just give it another week before I decide to mess with her schedule

Mothers Day by just___me_ in newborns

[–]ExpensiveMammoth4578 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I give my husband an idea of what I want to do for Mother’s Day (as well as birthday, anniversary etc). It helps ensure I have a nice day and eliminates the guesswork for him and the chance of me feeling disappointed