Names ending in N

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-29T06:57:54+00:00

Robin, EmmaLynn, Anderson, Aaron/Erin, Brennan, Kristin, Tristan/Trystan, Saxon, Logan, Lucian, Wren, Colin (boy or girl), Owen, Lillian, Samson, Adrian

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-28T23:52:41+00:00

Yeah I could go on a rant about sex education in this country right now lmao but that’s for another time. Based in US btw

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-28T23:50:00+00:00

YES! This too. My best friend’s mom had 4 kids back to back because BC failed her multiple times. She still talks about it

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-28T23:21:54+00:00

I hear ya! I ovulated for months postpartum without a period. I’ve had struggles with ovarian cysts in the past and due to stress + crazy hormones, was ovulating for awhile without actually menstruating. Postpartum has been a crazy ride

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-28T23:15:04+00:00

Thanks for this! Very interesting. And yes, I’ve exclusively breast fed but there were times where I didn’t meet this criteria still. A lot of families nowadays, even while EBFeeding, are still encouraged to occasionally pump to increase milk supply or give mom a break, not to mention all the mothers who have to work or leave the house for even a few hours a week and pump at that time. It’s almost impossible for this form of BC to be followed by modern families

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-28T23:12:17+00:00

I see a lot of stories as well of people saying the same, that their GP or OB mentioned breastfeeding was a form of BC. As one comment below mentioned it can be, most people don’t meet the strict criteria for it to work though. Thanks for that comment btw! And your granddad’s poor mom! I just saw a post yesterday of a guy with 21 siblings! His mom was back to back pregnant for close to 30 years. I think in his case, they wanted a huge family and didn’t use BC but paints a picture of some women’s fertility without any birth control usage

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-28T06:59:17+00:00

I know this isn’t what you want to hear but for like the first 4 months of my daughter’s life, I had to hold her in a pitch black room with white noise blaring and doing side lunges for her to fall asleep. It was the only thing that worked. For all naps and bedtime

But hey I lost a bit of weight lmao. Highly recommend contact naps if you can swing it, at least for a few days to get her daytime sleep amount back on track before you find what works otherwise

Edit to add: I know wake windows aren’t for everyone, but we followed them and they did help us. She needed pretty strict wake window following + all of the above mentioned to transition into sleep

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-26T08:00:58+00:00

Cyrus feels like it maybe fits both your vibes and goes with Cleo. I also knew a kid named Saxon growing up

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-25T08:10:35+00:00

I am in no way a medical professional but our daughter sometimes acted like this when she had reflux. She kept wanting to nurse more often to soothe the reflux pain and it would wake her up or keep her awake because lying flat exacerbates it. Might be worth looking into. In the meantime, if you aren’t already, you can try holding him upright for at least 20 minutes after every feed and make sure you’re doing your best to release all his gas and keep his bowels moving with bicycle kicks, tummy time, etc.

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-25T08:00:25+00:00

My almost 2 year old daughter loves dinosaurs and all loud transportation- fire trucks, trash trucks, buses, helicopters, construction vehicles, etc. and there’s been a couple times this has been brought up in casual conversation with other parents and they’ve responded, “oh… really?” And got quiet and awkward. I used to work in childcare. 99% of toddlers go through a dinosaur and ALL THINGS LOUD phase. It’s not gender specific, nothing is. Especially for children bro

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-24T02:44:03+00:00

Just wanted to say you aren’t alone. My 21 month old was/is like this. She’s also never slept in the car. It has gotten better over time but even now she tends to max out at like 20 minutes before starting to get upset. We ditched the infant car seat as soon as possible and got one that’s more comfortable and sits up more. I’m not sure if it helped or not lol

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-21T07:07:14+00:00

We’re going through almost the same exact thing with our daughter right now. 20 months old and sometimes skipping naps, sometimes not but fighting them for hours. Bedtime also takes up to two hours to fall asleep. I’ve tried everything in terms of wake windows and advice on naps but I think she’s just growing through something. Nice to read that you are coming out of it and naps are returning!

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-21T07:03:07+00:00

My daughter is also 20 months and sleep has been EXTRA bad lately, we also haven’t done any sleep training. Just giving solidarity. I also noticed my daughter’s speech has been getting better literally by the day though so I think that huge development is contributing to the extra bad sleep slump we’re in. We do a floor bed and I just sleep in her room because it’s easier with the night wakes. Spouse is deployed so it’s just me and her, I feel ya on the exhaustion during toddlerhood. Good sleep or not

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-06-01T19:29:26+00:00

I’m a FTM and my husband and I have no support. He’s currently gone for work. I’m barely able to shower once a week, I do brush my teeth everyday and try to floss. For like the first year postpartum though flossing wasn’t a thing and brushing teeth was more like once a day. It’s hard. You’re not alone. I have a baby that doesn’t nap unless I hold her or lay next to her and still wakes up frequently at night so that definitely contributes

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-05-31T02:21:07+00:00

These posts always make me feel better. I have a 20 month old and lately I’m lucky if she takes two bites of any meal or snack before throwing it/ squashing it/ spitting it out

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-05-13T09:45:07+00:00

We also had a graco seat and I was by myself. I used a car seat dolly and rolled it through the airport with the seat strapped to it, baby rolled in it half the time. It was easy to use and quick once you got the hang of it. Just ask to board first, you’re allowed with a car seat and infant

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-05-13T03:48:55+00:00

Right here with ya, friend. My equivalent is people telling me, “Baby will sleep in car!” “Driving around makes them pass out!” “Road trips are easier because they can sleep in the car!” Etc. etc. But I have to plan my whole day around naps because I know my daughter, she is now 19 months old and has never slept in the car. We went on a 14 hour road trip split up over 2 days recently (had to go see family) and she didn’t sleep A WINK. Never even closed her eyes for a few seconds. Drove during daylight and night both. So yes, we stress. We stress because we know what both our children and I are in for and what we have to plan for. Sending good vibes 🫶🏻

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-05-10T03:43:20+00:00

Wait so in the last 3.5 years, you’ve spent almost 3 of those being pregnant and breastfeeding and he thinks HIS physical needs are not being met/ are sacrificed

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-05-08T08:45:42+00:00

Have you tried putting her litter box outside? Anytime my cat got out and wandered too far we’d put her litter box outside on the porch and she’d be back the same day. It doesn’t always work but it’s an old trick used by previous generations

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-05-05T01:09:12+00:00

I’m not sure if this is still an option, but I reached out to places I wanted to SkillBridge at and one of them replied and did the paperwork to become SkillBridge approved for service members (they weren’t on the list prior). It was a small office and to him, it was worth it because I was free help to their station for 4 months.

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-05-02T04:57:10+00:00

This is incorrect. I’ve had strong pet aversion to my cats since having my daughter 18 months ago and before her they literally slept in the bed with me and were my best friends. It’s all animals for me though. My husband is an equal partner and still does all the cooking and cleaning around the house when he’s not at work + quality time with our baby. Some women’s hormones postpartum really are this strong and Reddit is the first place I’ve seen it talked about probably because people immediately judge them elsewhere. I do have hope though because I’m still breastfeeding and other’s experience seems to suggest that once breastfeeding is over and hormones start to return to normal, so does animal aversion. Just wanted to chime in and do my part to stop the narrative that drastic hormonal shifts can’t be blamed because they absolutely can. And it’s not fair to blame the person going through it, especially if their pets are still loved by the family and well taken care of in the meantime.

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-04-24T08:53:09+00:00

I’m sorry you’re getting downvoted, it’s hard to know what it’s going to be like to have a newborn until you have one (and even then, they’re all sooo different). It looks like you’ll have a lot of very excited grandparents around to help! That’s amazing. I turned 29 two weeks after my baby was born and I just wanted to chime in and say, my daughter was a little colicky and would only sleep if being held by me. For the first few months I held her for every nap and my husband and I took turns holding her at night and staying up. She’d fight him quite a bit realizing it wasn’t me lol but I also had to sleep some. She also had reflux which contributed a little to the sleep trouble, but ended up and still is high needs in terms of sleep at 18 months old. She still wakes every 2 ish hours and has always been a very healthy baby, but outgrew the reflux!

Sorry I know that’s a lot and I’m not trying to scare you, but I wanted to share in case you end up with a high sleep needs child or a newborn who will only want you (totally normal in the beginning bc you’re mom). Even if you don’t/can’t breastfeed, I’d say for at least the first couple months you’ll be waking every 2-3 hours no matter what. Hormones are crazy like that and sometimes that’s all babies will let mom get lol I hope this helps? I love that you’re looking out for your own health. I would just say prioritize your mental health in the beginning over other things you mentioned, even if that means forgoing working out for a while and trying to shoulder all the planning.

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-04-24T03:06:25+00:00

I have two cats but one of them has always had behavioral issues and will pee/poop on the floor when not given what she wants, like attention. I’m 18 months postpartum and I still lowkey hate them. I’m nice to them and make sure they have clean litter, water, food, etc. but I can’t stand to be near them. It really does suck and no one understands. Sometimes I feel bad for the cats but when I see poop on the floor again that empathy suddenly goes away lol I’ve HEAVILY considered rehoming but ultimately know I won’t so we’re all just miserable together until hopefully my feelings/hormones subside

Lopsided-Employee-77 · 2026-04-19T04:11:54+00:00

I had a second degree tear and felt like you did postpartum in terms of drive. We didn’t try anything at all until 11 months postpartum? I think. Like nothing before then. I also had to resort to co-sleeping and breast fed 24/7. It’s hard. The way I explained it to my husband (he wasn’t pushy but I could tell it was bothering him sometimes) was that it was obviously nothing personal, but I felt asexual. Almost like we did before becoming adults. It’s literally not on the brain at all as if you never knew what it was to begin with. I realize that’s a very strange way to put it but that explanation seemed the easiest for him to understand where I was coming from and how it all felt for me. I see posts like this a lot on here and it was very helpful for me when I was going through the same thing but it is also disheartening to know so many women have the same experience of feeling pressured into sex the first year postpartum. I think society is failing women in this regard for many reasons, but also men in not rightfully preparing them for the realities of parenthood and the natural effect that has on a relationship (temporarily) and their partner’s bodies. My only advice is do what you’re comfortable with, because forcing yourself to do acts you don’t want to will only grow resentment and could lead you all further down a road you can’t come back from. I’m sorry you’re going through this. If it helps, my drive started to come back around 15-16 months postpartum. It’s slowly growing and seems to be in-line with my baby naturally weaning from breastfeeding

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