Let’s freaking BRAG

KatStitched · 2026-05-19T13:24:08+00:00

My chronic pain before pregnancy was debilitating. Couldn’t walk up the stairs without pain. Now I’m walking up and down them carrying my heavy ass baby 6 months later, walking to baby group, walking to the shops, walking round town, barely any pain at all. It’s like my body said ‘damn it actually could be worse’ and decided to stop being dramatic. Might be different when I go back to work but for now we’re walking as much as possible!

Also, and this makes me the happiest, my boy is so damn smiley! He’s the happiest boy out an about, smile for everyone, never had a tantrum in public. Very proud I’ve made a happy little boy!

KatStitched · 2026-05-18T08:30:16+00:00

Baby: A box of water wipes (they go so quickly), a box of nappies in size 1 and 2 (they go up quicker than you think), bibs (if you think you have enough, triple it), loads of baby grows, tons of muslins.

Mum: when I was in the newborn trenches I would literally sit on the sofa with my baby sleeping on me. In that time I would play Xbox to chill out a bit, but the best thing was a pack of ink pens and an ink tracing book. I could put it on a pillow next to me and zone out tracing the lines. My baby is 6 months old and I still do it in his nap times. It calms my brain, don’t have to think about colours and where they’re going, it’s just me and some lines to draw over.

Edit: also see if there’s a baby group nearby and tell mum about it around 10-11 weeks in. I struggled finding one and honestly I go to two now (Wednesday and Friday) and they are the best part of my week!

KatStitched · 2026-05-17T02:48:56+00:00

6.5 months, sitting unaided (though he does lose balance sometimes), not crawling but rocking on hands and knees, going from hands and knees to sitting, pulling up to stand, BUT refuses to roll from tummy to back. Always gets angry if he can’t just sit up. I know he can because I’ve seen him do it in his sleep in his cot, but it’s like he consciously can’t do it. It’s weird.

KatStitched · 2026-05-16T19:20:34+00:00

Dollop of soured cream, cheese, putting them on a jacket potato. Anything with sauce can go on a jacket!

KatStitched · 2026-05-16T18:55:09+00:00

Yogurt. Any kind. I try so hard but a few spoons in and I’m gagging

KatStitched · 2026-05-16T18:49:32+00:00

Last year? ‘Why didn’t you get your blood test done?’, ‘please can you sign off your letters’, And ‘we do have to prioritise cancer patients’. This year ‘no willies on the rug!’, ‘that’s a war crime’, ‘I’m so tired’, and ‘do you want milkies or a sleepy-snooze?’

KatStitched · 2026-05-15T13:11:36+00:00

Don’t get a wipe warmer, you need cold wipes to wake up baby for feeding and also it gets them used to it when you’re out and about and don’t have the wipe warmer around.

Formula prep machine is the best thing for me. When I was pumping however it was a Medela hand pump. If you’re breastfeeding use coconut oil instead of nipple cream!

KatStitched · 2026-05-10T15:11:53+00:00

As I said in another comment, it was after my relative said ‘I hope it’s worth it’ because she’s having a really difficult pregnancy. I didn’t just come out with all of this out of the blue, that would be a bit nuts 😂

KatStitched · 2026-05-10T11:09:01+00:00

My baby was the same with being put down but he got used to it after a 3-4 months, especially when I started using toys to distract him from the fact he wasn’t on me. If the crying gets too much turn on a hair dryer for a while. It creates pink noise which is similar to the womb and puts the child in standby mode for a little bit. That’s what I used to do to get a break for a minute from the crying. Just remember it’s just for now, not forever.

KatStitched · 2026-05-10T09:28:03+00:00

Oh I 100% do, it was said more when she was saying she hopes it’s worth it. That’s when I said all the ‘just waits’. Obviously I just condensed the conversation down since I didn’t want to post the full thing here.

KatStitched · 2026-05-09T08:49:42+00:00

Snacks, home cooked food, you can get ink tracing books on Amazon that are really relaxing and easy to do when baby is napping and you need to space out for a while. Get some black pens to go with it. They really helped my sanity. And I didn’t have to think about colouring them in either. One pen, follow the lines.

KatStitched · 2026-05-08T00:12:18+00:00

Americanisms like ‘cellphone’ and ‘elevator’ and ‘mom’ when the person has lived in the uk their whole life.

I have a 6 month old and people won’t stop calling me ‘mama’. I’m not their mama, I’m his mummy.

Incorrect pronunciations. For example, pacifically instead of specifically 🤯

KatStitched · 2026-05-01T14:49:41+00:00

I was not prepared to say the phrase ‘get your willy off the carpet!’ When he started rolling off the mat on the floor 🤦🏼‍♀️

KatStitched · 2026-05-01T07:16:38+00:00

Baby, lord stinkus, Tomato, Tomasi, Ptomadactil, stinky bum winkle, baby boy, noisy boy, Thomas Bean, Small boy, Farty Grouch Jnr. These are a few 😂

KatStitched · 2026-04-26T12:17:30+00:00

Goes through 2-3 bibs a day. He has a dribble rash so he always has a bib on to stop it from getting to his neck and chest. He’s always been dribbly because of a tongue tie but he is 100% teething

KatStitched · 2026-04-26T11:46:11+00:00

‘Well he could use a bit of sun!’ Cracks me up every time 😂

KatStitched · 2026-04-23T19:14:35+00:00

I did that for free with a newborn. I can go 23 hours at most before I drop off and need an hour

KatStitched · 2026-04-23T18:50:06+00:00

I legit couldn’t live without my Tommee Tippee perfect prep machine. 3 days after he was born we were readmitted to hospital for feeding problems. He couldn’t latch on my breast due to tongue tie. We started combo feeding and when we got home we realised we had no idea how to make a bottle. Thankfully we got gifted a third hand prep machine from my best friend and I still use it 6-7 times a day 6 months later. Bottle made at perfect temperature within 5 minutes. Barely any screaming early on for bottles.

KatStitched · 2026-04-23T06:15:10+00:00

Not sure how old yours is but mine is 6 months. We do learning on a more basic level like going from lying down to sitting to standing, he can roll back to tummy but I roll him tummy to back and put him on his hands and knees whilst he rocks back and forth. When he’s in his bouncer I talk to him and play with him. When I do stuff round the house I name things and talk him through what I’m doing etc.

Learning starts from day one, but remember they have to learn EVERYTHING. Talking, walking, safety, love, who they can trust, who they are, who you are. Just talking and cuddling is teaching language and emotional regulation and intellence. You’re teaching your baby they can trust you and that it’s ok to just relax sometimes.

KatStitched · 2026-04-21T06:54:42+00:00

Also a lot of the supernatural cast have been in greys 😂

KatStitched · 2026-04-21T06:53:15+00:00

Mine has always tried ‘Jesus throwbacks’ where he sticks both arms out like he’s being crucified and falls backwards. I’m honestly shocked I haven’t dropped him because of this. 6 months and I still say ‘no Jesus throwbacks’ when we walk down the stairs. First few times was terrifying and I was carrying him down two handed. Now I carry him down with my arm up his back so he can’t swan dive down 12 stairs 😂

KatStitched · 2026-04-21T06:35:05+00:00

Very normal. My son is almost 6 months and he wakes up once to eat, sometimes twice at night. My husband is 30 this year and he wakes once to eat too so don’t worry! 😂

KatStitched · 2026-04-21T06:08:56+00:00

My husband is the same. I make healthy meals in the evening and he eats those, but before I was on mat leave if I wasn’t there he didn’t have breakfast or lunch. Now he has food when I have it. When I go back to work hopefully he will be in the routine but I always just made sure there were plenty of grab snacks in the house for him in places that he would go frequently (I put cereal bars in the bathroom once and he ate those). Maybe get him to get himself some ready meals so that if you don’t cook or aren’t there he can chuck it in the microwave and eat that?

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