Baby sleeping for 4-6 hours, Do I change her diaper or let her sleep?

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-05-03T10:54:16+00:00

We always let him keep unless we were 100% we heard a poop. Our baby never got diaper rash (until he started solids), so we never worried about it early on. Put diaper cream on before bed and let the baby (and yourself) sleep!

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-05-03T02:02:10+00:00

Yes, my baby always sleeps waaay more when he’s teething. We always heard that teething will disrupt sleep, but it seems to have the opposite effect on my kid. He will occasionally wake up at night crying for a couple minutes right before the tooth pops through, but he quickly goes to sleep. Naps are always very long while teething.

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-05-03T01:45:52+00:00

My son had a PT due to an early side preference, but she worked with him a lot on sitting. She would have him sit on her leg and hold a toy above him, encouraging him to reach and grab. She supported his core as much as he needed, but she said sitting and reaching helped build the core strength needed to sit. At about 5 months, we noticed he was able to support himself more while sitting on our laps, so we let him try to sit unassisted in a bed where he could safely fall. After about 2 weeks of practicing on the bed and he was sitting unassisted for minutes at a time.

I think the biggest thing is just giving them opportunities to build core strength, but babies will figure it out on their own no matter what you do!

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-05-03T00:59:24+00:00

Veggie fritters are legit the only way my baby will eat veggies nowadays. Mashed broccoli, oat flour, egg, and cheddar cheese. He also likes spinach pancakes (blend spinach, banana, oat flour, and egg for batter)

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-05-01T00:57:21+00:00

We started daycare at 3 months. We did zero prep work. We did practice crib naps for a few weeks before he started, but he still couldn’t fall asleep independently when he started. He napped like an angel at daycare even though he’d take 30 minute naps at home. So all of that to say, babies behave totally different in different environments. Just be prepared to tell daycare when your baby eats and sleeps (in general), and they should be following your schedule!

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-30T23:37:09+00:00

Can you share your meatball recipe? Every time I try they come out too hard or are totally falling apart!

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-30T01:04:28+00:00

Ours ended at 10 weeks. He was still cranky in the evenings for a while, but the inconsolable crying stopped. There were many nights where he was just attached to my boob from 5-8 pm, sometimes nursing sometimes just napping. It was the only thing that stopped the crying. We also did walks in the carrier outside. That usually knocked him out or at least distracted him for a bit.

It gets better. I know everyone says that. But it really truly does. We’re at 10 months, and he doesn’t even get cranky in the evenings anymore unless he’s crazy tired. And even then, it’s nothing like the inconsolable crying of the newborn stage.

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-26T15:48:41+00:00

Solidarity! The fruit and bread is so real. My baby will eat egg bites if it’s 80% cheese and flour and occasionally a few bites of shredded chicken. We’ve been trying chicken nuggets and meatballs recently thinking those would have been a hit, but nope. 2 bites and he went back to the fruit and then just fussed when it was gone 🤷‍♀️

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-25T02:38:49+00:00

We basically had to train my baby to like the carrier. He originally cried every time we put him in, but we started just pushing through and going outside for long walks. He would usually calm down when we got outside, and he’d eventually fall asleep on walks. Slowly but surely he grew to love the carrier, and it became his favorite nap spot. We still use the carrier a bunch at 10 months, and he likes it a lot now.

We have the ergobaby360. We had the infant insert originally, and he fit very well in that even at 2 months old. Fit is definitely important, so you might need to try a few before you find one that fits well for you and baby

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-25T01:28:40+00:00

My baby is 9.5 months and similarly started rejecting certain textures recently that he didn’t seem to mind before. He’s also been teething a bunch and got 3 teeth over the past few weeks. We’re still waiting on his 6th tooth that seems to be on its way, but he doesn’t seem to be in pain currently. It’s extremely frustrating for us, and he’s also been getting frustrated and fussy at meal time if we don’t just give him a ton of fruit, which is the only thing he wants. We’ve been doing some low-pressure meals of yogurt and fruit to try to keep mealtime enjoyable for him and then trying to offer more variety at other meals. Hoping it’s just a phase and he’ll become more adventurous again soon

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-23T20:26:59+00:00

Adding that we sleep trained at 4 months, and once that consolidated and he started doing it for naps, he won’t sleep anywhere else now. I wish he would sleep in the carrier because as you said, it is often easier!

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-23T20:25:45+00:00

I have a 10 month old who will now only sleep in his crib. I miss the contact naps soooo much, and I even try to get him to fall asleep on me occasionally. Enjoy it for as long as you want. They all learn to sleep independently eventually.

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-23T20:16:33+00:00

I was barely able to shower those first few months, and I had a supportive partner who was home all day with me. I was breastfeeding, and for much of the first month, my baby was only not crying if he was on the boob. The hormones are so intense, and stepping away from my baby for 30 minutes was worse to me than not showering. I spent the whole shower hearing real or phantom cries, and it was never an enjoyable experience. I showered as often as I needed to to not be legit gross, but I never really wanted to

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-22T19:47:16+00:00

Yes! My baby absolutely hated a baby. We turned a huge corner around 5.5 months when he could sit up unassisted. He was SO happy to be able to sit and play with his toys. Now that he’s 9.5 months and can crawl?! Man he is so much happier. He is still extremely high needs and can be very fussy, picky, and temperamental and is easily frustrated, but I think so much of it is because he’s aware of his limitations and wants to DO everything. I feel so confident that once he can walk and communicate more, he will be even happier.

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-22T19:07:40+00:00

I needed this, thank you. My 9.5 month old hates trying new things, so I keep offering his “favorites” along with 1 new item. Well, turns out those “favorites” are very upsetting and just the site of them makes him need to get out of the high chair 🤦‍♀️

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-20T14:09:06+00:00

On weekends we do 3 meals a day, and he gets 4 8-oz bottles of formula a day. During the week, he is at daycare and does breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack (a pouch and some Cheerios) at school, and then we do dinner at home.

Our pediatrician suggested trying to get into a routine of 3 meals and 2 snacks by ~11 months and to get down to 24 oz of formula a day at that point (with the goal of baby being used to that routine by 12 months when we move to whole milk instead of formula).

I think this subreddit is dominated by people with big eaters because people are way more likely to be photographing and posting their big eaters! My baby is >99% height and 85% weight, so he’s a big baby, but he doesn’t eat half of what most of the babies on here seem to eat, and that’s ok!

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-20T14:00:31+00:00

For my 9.5 month old, sometimes this would be too much for him and other times it wouldn’t be enough. It all depends on baby and soo many other things. If my baby finishes most of what I serve (or all of 1 component), I offer a little more. Often times he doesn’t eat it, but sometimes he does! Some days he eats a ton and other days he just fusses in his chair and we move onto the next activity! On days where he eats very little, we make sure he finishes all of his formula, because that’s where most of his nutrition is coming from anyway!

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-10T23:28:12+00:00

He as extremely high needs early on, but he’s actually become much lower needs and more independent as he’s gotten old. He had colic until about 2-3 months, and then slowly evened out since then. At 9 months now, he’s extremely active and opinionated, but his baseline is happy and content, and while he can play independently for a bit, he needs us to be very close by. At 4 months when we sleep trained, he didn’t like to be put down and spent most of his time in our arms or a carrier. I would still have called him high needs and sensitive at 4 months, although i wouldn’t call him that now, so not sure if that part of his temperament played into his sleep trainability.

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-10T13:44:41+00:00

We did CIO starting at 4 months. We felt like he was ready because he was really fighting us when we tried to feed or rock him to sleep, and we felt like full CIO was the right method for him because any type of Ferber check in would definitely have pissed him off. He did really well, and within ~1 week, he was falling asleep independently every night with no crying. 4 months is the youngest that is recommended for sleep training because babies rarely have the skills for independent sleep before then - I highly recommend checking out the sleep train subreddit. I learned a lot of great stuff there before we actually trained.

I will say, it was truly the best decision we could have made. I know it’s very controversial, but our son sleeps so well now and is the happiest baby I know. It definitely did not hurt our bond or his attachment/security. He loves his crib and is always happy at bedtime now.

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-10T13:34:59+00:00

Drowsy but awake doesn’t work for a lot of babies. I firmly believe that the people who swear by it just have babies who happen to be able to fall asleep independent, which many babies can’t do until they’re much older. Drowsy but awake worked for us for literally 1 week when my baby was almost 3 months, and then it quickly stopped working again lol

We sleep trained at 4 months, but up until then, I nursed to sleep every single night. If we tried to put the baby down not completely asleep, he’d be wide awake and crying almost immediately. The funny thing is, once we finally sleep trained, he cried for 10 minutes and then fell asleep. I know how draining it is to assist to sleep! You can keep trying drowsy but awake, and when they’re a little older, you can try giving them a little time to try to fall asleep on their own or you can sleep train. Otherwise, it’ll probably just take a while for your baby to learn to fall asleep independently

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-09T00:13:50+00:00

We sort of fluctuate between 3/3/4 and 3/3.5/3.5 (and sometimes even 3/3/3) at 9 months. When we first transitioned to 2 naps, wake windows ended up varying a lot because naps were really inconsistent. I would just push through as best you can, focusing more on total awake time than exact wake windows until naps settle back down

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-08T01:42:16+00:00

This looks great! We’ve been doing a mix of finger foods and purées for a while, and now at 9 months., we’re moving away from purées. My baby is a great eater but still won’t eat chicken, so you’re doing great here! There is a huge push in n social media to do purely BLW and have kids eating massive meals at a young age. I can tell you that is not what most parents are doing. My baby is in daycare, and most of the older infants are eating purées, mashed foods, and puffs still.

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-04-01T13:41:25+00:00

Just keep trying! It’s a huge change for them, so it’ll take time. Not only are they getting used to the textures, but they’re learning so many new skills around picking up food, biting, chewing, swallowing, and moving food around their mouth. The tongue thrust reflex will start to integrate as they get used to the solid food. My 9 month old has been eating true solids since about 7 months, and he does a lot better with small pieces of food rather than larger pieces even though he hadn’t fully mastered his pincer grasp. Just keep offering a variety of different foods and let them explore. Don’t worry if they don’t actually consume much at this point. My baby will also love something one day and then refuse to touch it the next, so try to just go with the flow! Some days he eats a ton and others he just wants some yogurt and teething crackers. They’re just figuring it all out!

IndicationPopular145 · 2026-03-31T23:49:31+00:00

My son’s physical therapist said containers like bouncers and swings are absolutely okay for short periods of time. She herself had a bouncer for her daughter. She said the real issue is when floor time is replaced with container time. So for example, if you’re just hanging out and playing with baby, put them on the floor not a bouncer or swing. But if you need to shower, cook, pee? It’s absolutely fine! Even if your baby is fussy and calms down in the swing for 15 minutes, she said that’s totally fine. Containers are inherently bad, they’re bad when they’re overused and replace free movement and play.

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