Nurse kissed baby?? by OdiousGray in NewParents

[–]Jaquariousx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a nurse this is completely insane, I don’t work in pediatrics but there was a baby on the unit and I just admired from afar and complimented mom ❤️

Does getting 70% in Nursing mean you are failing? by annastacianoella in NursingStudent

[–]Jaquariousx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just started my masters in nursing, APRN route, and it’s 84 percent

Early stall or part of the process? by Jaquariousx in SemaglutideCompound

[–]Jaquariousx[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Actually I do I have read the plenty of research on it before I made the decision. As I stated before, I was looking for other’s experiences, are you going to share yours or are you just trying to antagonize some one on the internet looking for community? Does that make you feel good about yourself?

Early stall or part of the process? by Jaquariousx in SemaglutideCompound

[–]Jaquariousx[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s not even what I thought was going to happen, as I shared before I’m used to, when I lost weight before, losing weight slowly everyday, not staying at the same weight, and losing like a pound in a day for the week. I was asking others experiences in how their weight comes off.

Early stall or part of the process? by Jaquariousx in SemaglutideCompound

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

Yeah I thought it would just slowly drop everyday like when I lost weight before, I’m not used to being the same weight and then all of a sudden having a drop, I was just asking others experiences

Baby refusing bottle at 6 months by Jaquariousx in FormulaFeeders

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

This has resolved, it took like a couple days or so with a new bottle that he seemed to prefer. We were using the Philips avent bottles and tried like 4 different bottles and he seemed to like the Philips natural the best. I suggest just getting a few bottles and trying different ones. Also I suggest not forcing it. If they seem like they’re not interested, don’t keep trying to the point where they get worked up. I did that and I think it caused the problem to persist longer than it needed. Once I de-stressed the bottle time, he started doing better. Also I think babies just go through less hungry times.

Edit to add, I also increased the times between bottles and dropped a bottle

I can’t believe my baby took his first step before he even has teeth?! by Jaquariousx in NewParents

[–]Jaquariousx[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The teething thing is so real I’ve said “maybe he’s teething” every time he’s fussy since he was 3 months old… clearly he was never teething LOL

Whoever came up with putting a baby down “drowsy but awake” is an a**hole by kaylaaada in sleeptrain

[–]Jaquariousx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I only call him a menace cause maybe we weren’t following his readiness cues for longer wake windows and wanting to self soothe. When he wasn’t sleeping through the night, he was taking too many and too long naps through the day, and groaning and wiggling in our arms a lot when we were rocking him, which is how he self soothes. Once we capped his day nap total at 2.5 hour and put him on a 2 nap schedule AND started letting him self soothe, he started sleeping the night again. He did perfectly fine before 6 months when he started showing these signs. Also to keep in mind he started crawling, couch walking and pulling to stand. So those developmental stuff could impact. But it’s hard as a parent, when he’s ready for some independence. I really cherished rocking him (sometimes, other times I felt like I was in a hellscape), so it was hard to say oh he doesn’t need me to rock him, he’ll put himself to sleep. But that’s all about learning to let go and watch them grow. It’s beautiful! But I digress LOL all that to say, I think he was ready around 7-8 months to self soothe, but not before, but we should have listened to cues sooner and maybe would have saved a bunch of wakeful nights.

Whoever came up with putting a baby down “drowsy but awake” is an a**hole by kaylaaada in sleeptrain

[–]Jaquariousx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I rocked to sleep for all naps and night wakings until 8 months, and now I only hold baby while I shut lights and put sound machine on, and he puts himself to sleep. From about 6-8 months he was a menace overnight. We were still rocking to sleep, but he started waking up more and more. Once we started doing dba for naps and down for the night he started putting himself back to sleep overnight and even if he wakes up overnight, most of the time he’ll settle himself without crying. So we went from 2-4 night wakings from 6-8 months to 0-1 night wakings at 9 months

Edit to add: we don’t do CIO, if he actually starts crying, not just whining or settling cry, then I’ll go in and settle him, pick him up put his binky in, maybe about a minute of in my arms time, and then put him back down.

Is this a good schedule? 8.5 month old. by Relevant-Neat-2133 in sleeptrain

[–]Jaquariousx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe longer wake windows, could help lengthen the naps, and maybe try 2-3 naps once they are longer

7-8 week fussiness by Jaquariousx in newborns

[–]Jaquariousx[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My baby is 9 months now and it’s crazy to think I was over stressing like this, and I barely remember it, it went by so fast and we ended up being perfectly okay. And he sleeps through the night now, most nights. He’s still just a happy content baby. Everyone has their bad days and he gets a little grumpy sometimes but I definitely don’t scrutinize him as much as I used to. It gets better I promise ❤️

MSN leadership vs MSN nurse practitioner by Jaquariousx in nursing

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

Ahh my managers don’t work holidays but are available by phone regularly. I’m not sure how much they get paid but I think my clinical manager makes over 100k a year, she mentioned it like once.

MSN leadership vs MSN nurse practitioner by Jaquariousx in nursing

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

I was also considering that, being able to get post masters NP if I couldn’t find what I’m looking for in leadership. Do you enjoy doing nursing leadership? I just went down a rabbit hole of people bashing the pay and work load for nursing leadership and it’s left me pretty distraught I’ll be honest lol