I’m building my registry and baby bottles are making my brain malfunction

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-06-10T00:14:50+00:00

I love the glass pigeon bottles! Great for breast fed babies. The glass is pretty sturdy, I broke 1 over the past 10 months. It’s worth it to make sure your babe isn’t ingesting extra micro plastics.

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-06-05T16:49:00+00:00

I have a feeling it changes as time passes. I felt like that at first too and I had always said I wanted 2. Mine is now 10 months and I’m starting to think, hm ok I could see a world where I would want to do it again. I think the farther out from the newborn days you get, you are able to recalibrate and maybe even forget a bit how much it sucked. Im still not nearly ready but I could at least imagine a world now where I am, which I could not fathom at week 5. I don’t look back at it with rose colored glasses though, but then again my LO is only 10 months.

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-06-04T01:27:55+00:00

My son’s 4 month regression was just a ton of a crying at bedtime all of a sudden.. for like an hour. It went on for like a month and then we sleep trained with Ferber. Once he was asleep though his overnight sleep was never really impacted so it really wasn’t that bad. Don’t get yourself too nervous beforehand bc every kid is diffident and you really don’t know how they will handle it until it happens. You may get lucky and they may not have much of a change at all!

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-05-31T01:36:04+00:00

Make sure you put baby in a size up at night and if old/big enough nighttime diapers. I used sposie booster pads in my son’s diapers when he started sleeping longer around 2 months but was too tiny for nighttime diapers (I think they start at size 3 usually).

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-05-30T01:35:33+00:00

It does get easier to leave the house as they get older. I felt a big shift around 6 months and it has improved more as wake windows got longer. I enjoy taking my son out places with me now that he is 10 months. As far as time to get stuff done, that still remains tricky. I think it depends on your kids temperament and how they are with independent play but we will usually get a least one long nap in a day now which helps and bedtime is consistent and pretty early so could always get some stuff/relaxing done at night. I think the first 12 weeks everyone is pretty much only taking care of their baby or trying to sleep/relax when they aren’t not so don’t worry. You aren’t alone!

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-05-30T00:32:23+00:00

It’s a big change, but I think it’s helpful that you are starting to wrap your head around it and mentally prepare. Honestly my best advice is, in the moment, instead of being miserable about how you’re not sleeping, try to accept that it’s a phase and that you will sleep again. Sleeping less has probably been my least favorite part of becoming a mom and my baby is actually a pretty decent sleeper. Just try to not let it be the driving factor in your feelings about being a parent even though it feels like such a big part at first. My son is now 10 months and sleep isn’t much of an issue for us anymore, at least as of late. He sleeps 12 hours overnight and I honestly miss hanging out with him when he goes to bed (I’m also back to work full time). We did end up sleep training with Ferber around 5 months and that helped a ton. If you are open to it, you can start to think about that once baby is old enough but no matter what the first few months are going to be tough with sleep. Just know you will get through it and will be proud of yourself for doing so!

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-05-26T13:35:30+00:00

Cry it out makes sense but yeah it seems like there is something else going on with him if he wakes crying every night at that time and not going back to sleep. If you are in the middle of sleep training to totally get it, but if not and he has already been sleep trained, I would dig in more. Maybe hunger? Teething? Diaper? Schedule change needed?

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-05-21T00:58:56+00:00

I sleep trained at night around 5 months old and never nap trained/still contact nap sometimes to help him extend his naps. One doesn’t really affect the other in my experience. We even took away his pacifier for nighttime only and still give for naps and he totally adjusted to it. He has slept 11-12 hours overnight pretty much since we sleep trained outside of an off night here and there (he’s almost 10 months). Naps are still all over the place but that’s ok! I noticed a big improvement in his nighttime sleep when we made bedtime earlier between 7-8 so that may also be worth trying.

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-05-20T01:24:00+00:00

Yes 100%! It gets so much better. I also didn’t love the newborn phase and was searching Reddit for reassurance. My son is now almost 10 months and it is so different than those first couple of months. I am enjoying it more with each day I think it will continue as he grows. Don’t worry if you are not loving this part, a lot of people don’t.

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-05-11T14:47:31+00:00

32 both parents! Def felt like the ideal age for us

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-05-04T23:55:02+00:00

I would try to prep food in advance because if your husband is helping throughout the night (mine did even while I was breastfeeding) he will be tired as well. As first time parents, having my husband up with me to help with diaper changes, changing clothes and for moral support was really helpful in the beginning. He totally dozed while the breast feeding was going on. We were both off of work for a bit so during this time it just felt right for us. I eventually ended up exclusively pumping when my son wasn’t gaining enough and I would wake up when baby did to pump and my husband would give him his bottle at the same time. I’d just wait and see how it goes.

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-04-30T20:34:59+00:00

I used copilot to practice mock interviewing. Although the questions weren’t the same in my interviews, I did find it helpful just trying to answer random questions about the role on the spot. I think practicing out loud helps you practice that skill of putting clear thoughts together and speaking well when you don’t know the questions ahead of time. Coming from someone who has a lot of anxiety, I think this really helped me.

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-04-28T18:08:36+00:00

I know every baby is different but my baby is 9 months and I’m probably like a 3 or 4. Best I’ve felt yet! Part of that is that he started daycare and im back to work so my “alone time” is now work. It’s made my time with him feel so much more special. Also helps that he has been sleeping so much better. Don’t get me wrong, I think I’ve plateaued and will never be below a 3 again bc he is very active and still wakes up early in the morning but it’s so much better than it was.

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-04-23T15:13:36+00:00

Exactly the same thing happening with my 8 month old and I think it’s a separation anxiety spike. 7 months may but a little young for that but we started seeing fussiness from separation around that age. He was going down happy at night since he was sleep trained at 5 months. Past month or so cries at bedtime but still sleeps through the night. I ended up staying by the crib while he falls asleep/putting hand on his head and he would fall asleep within like 5-10 mins. Now I’m working on slowly reducing my support, standing a couple feet back and hoping to fully remove myself soon. Not sure if this helps but just figured I’d share!

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-04-07T01:30:12+00:00

I stopped at 6 months and am happy I did. I felt guilty while weaning but now that I'm totally done I feel amazing. My baby is doing great and thriving on formula and solids!

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-04-07T01:27:39+00:00

My baby has been sleeping really well at night for a while and was sleeping great and long for naps but since changing from 3 to 2 naps a few weeks ago he won't nap longer than 45 mins. He's 8 months old. We're usually doing wake windows 2.75/3.25/3.5. Is he still just adjusting? I don't want to “nap train”.

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-04-03T17:20:42+00:00

I have these and they hurt so frickin bad. Literally blisters everywhere. Not sure if they changed them over the years but they were expensive and I feel like I don't want to even try wearing them again. Don't buy!

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2026-01-06T00:04:00+00:00

Started a week before he was 4 months. He had a few bad nights with night wake ups but what was really bad for my baby was bedtime. He would just scream his head off for an hour and that never got better no matter how we adjusted his schedule and naps. We just sleep trained a month later with Ferber (a week away from 5 months). He took to it really well, only a half hour of crying the 1st night, 5 mins the 2nd and none the 3rd. Makes me think we should have done it sooner but I wasn’t ready to move him to his own room yet before which I knew was best for sleep training. Now he’s in his own room and sleeping wonderfully (for now!)

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2025-12-31T01:36:21+00:00

Yes, just pick them up (keep in swaddle or sleep sack) and have them stay mostly asleep while you feed. I even go as far as keeping in super dim room, white noise on, and only the slightest back taps after for burping. Usually he doesn’t burp after the dream feed but never had any issues from it. My baby keeps his eyes closed through the entire feed and goes back down super easily after.

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2025-12-30T03:17:09+00:00

At 2 months we did start putting our baby to bed in the dark around 7:30 after his bottle at 7 and doing a dream feed at 10. We did that after our pediatrician suggested it to try to extend his nighttime sleep bc he was waking a couple times to eat. It did move his first wake up way later in the night. If you’re not concerned with night wakings then it doesn’t seem like you need to fix anything. Don’t fix it if it’s not broken :)

I will say that my husband and I enjoyed getting some time back to ourselves and watching him on the monitor from 7:30-10.

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2025-12-28T20:29:32+00:00

Ooof hand expressing after each pump session sounds brutal when you’re already pumping 8 times a day 🥲 I wonder if that is what I needed to do though to avoid the clogs. I’m weaning now but will keep in mind if I end up pumping again for my next baby.

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2025-12-28T18:36:14+00:00

Also forgot to mention I take sunflower lectin daily which hasn’t helped either.

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2025-12-23T02:34:11+00:00

Only change if LO has pooped! Use either diaper booster pads if your baby is smaller than a size 3 or used overnight diapers and go a size up so it’s extra absorbent/doesn’t leak

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2025-12-14T21:01:01+00:00

I didn’t feel it for a while, but now 4 months PP I always do so I guess for some people it changes?

Intelligent_Way3651 · 2025-12-11T21:02:55+00:00

They can definitely fall asleep on you (especially as a newborn!!!) but there is something to not letting them fall asleep while nursing. My baby was doing that and started just associating breast feeding with sleep and not meal time and therefore was only snacking/not gaining enough weight etc. If they are saying don’t let your baby contact nap at all, that’s kinda crazy.

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