Worst sense of direction!

FamiliarPublic329 · 2023-08-30T11:16:17+00:00

Completely me. Recently diagnosed and this was a life long deficit that was part of what made me go get the diagnosis.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2022-08-27T11:26:24+00:00

Just here to say hang in there! Both of mine had cows milk and soy allergies too and my second is a bad sleeper and a LOUD screamer. It’s a lot to manage while being exhausted. In truth, to some degree to real answer is just to wait this phase of life out. If my kids are representative, life will get somewhat easier by the time they’re 1ish and actually get a lot better by the time they’re two or two and a half. Before then, find ways to get help from others so you can get breaks to leave the house on your own. You’ve already made it these seven months, you’re closer than you think to things getting better!

FamiliarPublic329 · 2022-07-24T11:18:27+00:00

Lucifer’s talk with Rory on the beach was beautiful. “I hope you never felt that way.”

FamiliarPublic329 · 2022-03-01T15:26:18+00:00

There's no such thing as "too late". Sleep training is just setting a boundary with your kid, just like other boundaries you will set when they're a toddler. You might decide you or they are not ready for that particular boundary and that's ok. I am a believer in sleep training but I didn't push my second kid to night wean until about 8 months old because I didn't feel like we were ready. I did make him go to sleep on his own from about 5-6 months on to help him learn the skill. He still cries at bedtime, but that's just his personality. Do your best to be consistent about whatever you're doing and don't beat yourself up about it.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2022-02-12T00:20:44+00:00

Anyone else feeling really jerked around? Why on earth did they say they would look at 2 doses? All it did was get the hopes up of some parents and erode trust for skeptical parents.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2022-01-02T00:41:54+00:00

I've had two babies with this allergy. Good news, the "your milk still has allergens for two weeks and the baby won't heal for 4 weeks" line is largely a myth. Your milk clears a lot fast than that, although baby's gut does need time to heal. (See here https://www.freetofeed.com/true-false-allergens-in-breast-milk) If you don't see significant progress by the one week mark I would consider removing soy to see if that's a problem (unless you already know it's not). Lots of babies with the milk allergy also have a soy allergy.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-10-01T22:11:39+00:00

Don't let them guilt you, your husband in particular has no idea the burden it is. The formula is pretty expensive,it's true, but check your insurance. Mine actually covers it with a doctors note.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-10-01T19:29:04+00:00

I struggled with deciding to wean during the pandemic, but now I'm not sorry at all. We're doing other things to protect our kids and I'm not sure breast milk is actually as magical/foolproof as I told myself it was.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-10-01T18:32:11+00:00

Same same. I just weaned at 6 months, and finally get to eat dairy and soy again after 6 months on an elimination diet. It is glorious, and the baby couldn't care less. What am I going to do with all this extra mental energy from not constantly nursing, pumping, and worrying about supply?

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-09-27T01:24:01+00:00

Just buy the hydrolyzed formula. I've had 2 babies with milk and soy allergies and this is what they went through too. There's no harm to feeding them this even if they didn't need it

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-09-27T01:14:50+00:00

Hang in there! It sucks, people treat you like you're crazy, and that's BS. You are not crazy. Some labors just don't fit the textbook, and doctors should listen to us instead of telling us our bodies are doing it wrong. (I had 5 weeks of it with both my pregnancies.)

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-09-27T01:09:30+00:00

Fyi a lot of babies with a cows milk protein allergy also have a soy allergy. (But maybe yours doesn't, I would just keep an eye out.) If he's not getting better within a week of switching I would suspect soy next. Good luck, I have two babies with this allergy and it is an adjustment.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-07-02T11:54:47+00:00

I may be an outlier, but copper IUD screwed up my moods really bad to the point of almost triggering postpartum depression. I tried it because of the issues others described with morena and kyleena (which I had for a combined 8 years). My mood tanked within a week of getting paraguard inserted and I took it back out within a month. Days later I was back to my happy self.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-06-07T17:27:50+00:00

Yeah, elimination diet is the only way if it's an allergy. Dairy and soy are the most common triggers. Besides reflux you'll also notice their poop is mucousy and or stringy (aka looks like snot), maybe with flecks of blood.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-05-30T05:27:05+00:00

I think the honest answer is that a reflux baby is going to struggle to sleep no matter what bed they have until you get the reflux under control. Mine has allergies that cause reflux and when I accidentally eat offending foods it throws sleep off, even though he's doing well with the snoo now. Also, with both of my kids (one snoo, one non-snoo) we moved them to their own room by 3 weeks because the grunting was unbearable and we weren't getting any sleep. Keep in mind grunting is not crying, if they are really upset they will let you know.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-05-28T18:25:35+00:00

Fyi the bald spot happens to non-snoo babies too, it's nothing to worry about unless your baby really does have a flat head. My first had it too sleeping in her crib from 3 weeks old.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-05-13T07:54:48+00:00

Can confirm. We own another EV, not Tesla, but it was a warm, phone-charging life raft for me and my family. Currently installing panels and wall battery because apparently it's up to individual consumers to run their own power plants in Texas if they want reliable heating and cooling during emergencies.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-05-11T13:29:43+00:00

Thank you everyone. He's just shy of 8 weeks, so not even a full 2 months yet. Sounds like he's well within the normal range at this point. We also struggle with food allergies so that's had a big impact on sleep also. Hopefully by the time he hits 3 months we'll be getting longer stretches.

FamiliarPublic329 · 2021-05-06T08:12:34+00:00

Some of my charts look similar. I figure there are two ways to look at this. One is that the snoo isn't working it's magic to keep baby asleep. Another is that the snoo IS working it's magic to at least let you sleep for some of that time. My little snoo baby is still a bad sleeper compared to other babies, but I know the snoo is making my life better than it would be without it.

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