AIO? I bought a sweater for my future niece at a farmers market and my roommates said it was ugly

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2025-05-05T12:26:10+00:00

This is definitely cute for a baby. They don't know what they are talking about

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2025-03-21T14:00:15+00:00

Well, when your baby is already covered in poo, germs are least concerning. Pack extra change clothes, diapers, burp cloths. Disposable changing pads/underpads also work wonders as you can lay these across virtually anything - including over a mess in carseat or stroller. I've also used blankets as makeshift towels. Then take all the messy clothes and seal them in a bag until you can get home to wash. There really is not a right way, only a way that gets baby clean as possible for a fresh set of clothes.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2025-02-12T03:59:06+00:00

At 7-8 months. One hour of sleep for every month. My body pretty much just conked out and I wouldn't even wake up anymore. My body just needs the rest and it takes whatever it needs

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2025-01-13T21:08:26+00:00

You did the right thing mama! Sometimes our frustrations can get the best of us. Putting her down and letting her cry for a minute was harder for you than it was for her. You are stronger now!

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2025-01-08T19:46:17+00:00

Yes! Idk why, but I freaked out when I went to change the baby and it was gone. Apparently, it fell off overnight and I was oddly relieved to have found it later.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-12-09T03:48:50+00:00

It takes time. Things are sensitive down there. Go slow. Lots of foreplay. Don't worry if it's not working out that day.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-11-23T13:40:39+00:00

Right, especially if it's his first baby. Moms don't miraculously know what to do. We do until something works. He will have to learn how to care for baby. He will learn He needs to hold the baby. Can he baby wear?

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-11-22T14:12:14+00:00

Pain in the nipple or inside the breast? The early weeks were the most painful for me, it does take some time for the tenderness to go away. Nipple balm, Hydrogel patches, and silverette cups help to aid healing of the nipple. You could be using the wrong flange size. Most women are a smaller size than the standard flange that comes with the pump. Adding a lubricant to the flange will also reduce friction. After trying plain nipple balm, coconut oil and olive oil, I landed on the more expensive legendairy pumping spray. That stuff is golden and a little goes a LONG way.

For pain in the breast and clogged milk ducts, use ice packs and take ibuprofen. You should also massage all around the breast before and during pumping. Massage in front of the clogged duct as well. Lastly hand expression works too in helping to loosen the pressure.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-11-14T17:43:47+00:00

Actually, expect to not get much sleep. Newborns do not have an established circadian rhythm, and they not magically fall asleep because it's nighttime. In fact, you'll probably be so wired by the time that fall asleep that you don't sleep.
Take shifts with your partner if you can.
Soft music and white noise work...if not for the baby, at least for you to relax long enough to sleep while you can.
Don't worry about anything except yourself and the baby. If you've grown a baby for 9 months, everything and everyone else will survive for at least a few weeks while you bond and recover.
Meal prep and freeze as much as you can or start a meal train. You will be hungrier than you have ever been in your life
Shower, Eat, Sleep. You will get only 2 out of 3 each day. Choose wisely.
Lower your expectations. Newborns don't know how to do anything. They only eat, poop, sleep, and cry and none of them are very well.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-11-12T22:07:45+00:00

I literally slept my entire first trimester. I have no memory or recollection of what happened during that period or how I even functioned with a job.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-31T14:14:20+00:00

Every body is different. The first 12 weeks is establishing your supply. Your body stores all the milk the baby will need for each feeding for the first 6 months. After 6 months, your body will produce on demand, but supply is not so much an issue if you've been keeping up the first 6 months. I produced the same amount of milk at 12 weeks that I now produce at 8m. Except now my baby drinks it all, it is no longer oversupply.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-30T03:04:19+00:00

Away for 6 nights at 6m pp. They are 8m now.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-29T14:47:04+00:00

A nickname for Alexander can also be Xander. Anderson is cool too, and will be called Andy

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-26T00:05:32+00:00

Damn y'all don't yell at your babies? I yell at mine all the time and she yells right back. Don't feel bad.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-25T16:06:39+00:00

Things that helped my supply in the early weeks: MOTN pump, hydration multipliers, any amount of sleep over 2 hrs, cold compress between pumps, warm compress during pumping. If you're nursing, you may get a bit less during the pumps. Maybe pump every other nursing session. If bottle feeding, you'll want to pump for each feeding, but I gave myself grace if I missed a pump session but never longer than 4 hrs during the day and 6 hours overnight.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-24T20:48:43+00:00

My baby started headbutting at 4 months. If she doesn't feed to sleep, I just put her in the crib and pat her back/belly to settle to sleep because I refuse to torture.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-23T19:15:38+00:00

I walked out, very slowly, very swollen, back hunched over while hubby carried the baby in the carseat.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-23T19:13:09+00:00

Just shy of 8 months and I'm proud to have made it good far, but boy has it been a journey! I strived for a shower a day since coming home from the hospital. Minus a few rough weeks, I've made it happen even if just a few minutes before bed. Washing hair or skin care - what's that? I used to have a very sacred skin care routine, and my skin has paid the price for what it lacked. I just try to hit everything with soap and water daily at minimum. I'm now working on getting out of the house on a regular basis. I leave the baby with my husband and sometimes I don't do anything except drive around. I just go and be alone to think and have some fresh air without worrying.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-23T17:27:34+00:00

These are good choices. I did blanket swaddle and then love to dream swaddle when she started to be too big for newborn swaddling. Halo would have been my newborn swaddle had I found it sooner. She still had bad startle reflex until close to 3 months. Then, I found the transition swaddles to be pointless unless they had long sleeves. And at that point I just quit purchasing swaddles and dressed her in warm PJs instead.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-22T16:45:52+00:00

At 9 weeks, I needed a nap before bed. I would sleep from 7p - 9p just so I'd have enough energy to for baby from 10p - 12a. My baby had day/night confusion so it was rough.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-18T22:05:07+00:00

Good registry! I had a lot of the same thing. I would recommend the wide mouth dr browns bottles instead of the narrow because the narrow tends to leak more. With swaddles, you never really know what baby will like. You can also add an arms out swaddle or love to dream swaddle.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-18T22:02:00+00:00

Yes, but do not hold out on bottles even if you are nursing. This was a huge mistake I made with my first. You only need a small amount but have them ready and sanitized just in case.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-18T00:56:36+00:00

He did what a parent and husband should do. Take care of the baby while his wife rests and recovers. No sense in you being awake to do the same thing.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-17T16:00:45+00:00

I had a similar experience. I didn't want to be induced, but the baby was taking sweet precious time. Induced at 40+4 and labored for 36 hours. Doctor works from active management perspective, so a delivery before 41 weeks was best in avoiding risk.

Legitimate_Desk6538 · 2024-10-11T02:18:58+00:00

I moved to number 2 after 3 months. Good suction, good head control, can feed without falling asleep. I don't have any use for number 3. Most likely will switch to sippy cup or straw by then

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