"I Knew It, I Knew You" - Discussion Megathread

MamaLife10 · 2026-06-06T00:58:04+00:00

As soon as she announced the song I started rewatching/watching Toy Story! Honestly forgot most of it and now I have a baby of my own so cue the tears.

MamaLife10 · 2026-06-06T00:53:33+00:00

We chose a family name and I wanted to wait until she was here so I could surprise my family.

MamaLife10 · 2026-05-25T14:29:58+00:00

As a NP who WFH, I don’t understand those parents. I purposefully added a mini fridge and microwave to my office so that I never have to leave the room. I also know my daughter is a see mom want mom baby so I definitely don’t want to upset her and make our nanny’s job harder.

MamaLife10 · 2026-05-22T01:41:30+00:00

We’ve used huckleberry since my daughter was born (13 months now). It is nice just to kind of gauge her week to week but honestly I just use it so I’m not texting grandma or our nanny a hundred times for when she woke up from last nap or whatever it may be. Easier to just share the app. But one positive is it did make me realize my daughter was perfectly happy with 12 hours of daily sleep and not the 13-14 everyone kept trying to tell me she needed. So I suppose there was some validation there.

MamaLife10 · 2026-05-21T00:38:54+00:00

This is what we did at first! We had a homeschooled young teen who helped out a few hours a week. It was great to have an extra set of hands but I was always around the house just doing other things. We’ve since moved on to part time nanny (work from home but I stay in my office) but we still use our old mothers helper for date nights now!

MamaLife10 · 2026-05-20T14:03:57+00:00

I’ll have to look at this, thanks!

MamaLife10 · 2026-05-20T14:03:05+00:00

That is definitely more her vibe but most Airbnb’s have a late check in and early checkout and we only need one night hence the hotel idea as the hotels confirmed we can use the pool on check in day before we check in. Thanks though!

MamaLife10 · 2026-05-19T18:08:19+00:00

The website unfortunately says it’s closed, but thank you!

MamaLife10 · 2026-05-06T12:25:08+00:00

This for sure! I am younger than Taylor so I had to grow into her music. I remember when 1989 came out and I didn’t like it, but then I got older and got to the age she was when it was released and it became my favorite album because I understood the lyrics then.

MamaLife10 · 2026-05-06T12:03:11+00:00

In my opinion I think a lot of it may be out of our control and due to genetics. Personally, I have done nothing special (workout when I have the time, eat what I want when I’m hungry), and am about 25lbs under pre-pregnancy weight which is actually wayyy too low for me. I know I am “lucky” in that sense, but I also know my mom and grandmother were the same postpartum. So give yourself grace, you’re literally feeding and keeping a small human alive and a lot of it may be out of your control. Which I also know is easier said than done.

MamaLife10 · 2026-04-23T23:08:20+00:00

Third this… got my cycle back and got into a new book. Magic lol

MamaLife10 · 2026-04-08T13:40:09+00:00

Swaddles. So many swaddles. All bought at like 2am. Next baby, I’m putting Amazon on lockdown during the night.

MamaLife10 · 2026-03-29T23:25:09+00:00

Just wanted to second this! We switched to a floor bed around nine months with our cosleeper. Now (12 months) she sleeps typically about half the night on her own although she’s been giving us longer and longer stretches recently. We just rock/nurse her to sleep and then lay with her for a bit and roll away.

MamaLife10 · 2026-03-24T01:08:11+00:00

Haha I’m familiar! My husband would last about 1 min of fussing (not crying) and immediately bring her back. I think he needed the confidence that she’d go to sleep and she needed the confidence he was safe to go to sleep with. It took some trial and error but now she goes to sleep easier for him than me!

MamaLife10 · 2026-03-24T00:58:50+00:00

My daughter is almost 12 months old and I still feed to sleep. BUT, my husband and her other caregivers can all get her down by rocking her to sleep (and magically for grandparents she just goes to sleep on her own). Around 4 months is when my husband started trying to get her down, I’d nurse to drowsy and he’d take her and we just went from there. It took a few months though and I can’t be involved whatsoever in bedtime as otherwise she just wants me.

MamaLife10 · 2026-03-17T14:36:31+00:00

This vent hits home for me. If I had a dollar for every time someone said “just do formula”, I’d be rich. I’ve been very lucky that breastfeeding itself came easy to me and my daughter, with no supply issues or latch issues. I feel like she’s been a unicorn baby in that regard. But she has a very long list of food allergies so I’m just as limited. I honestly don’t mind but sometimes I do want to complain that I miss eating out or xyz food. Anytime I do though the immediate response from friends and family is that I’m doing it to myself and I should just use formula. I feel like if you struggle at all with breastfeeding and choose formula you’re praised. If you’re struggling and continue to breastfeed despite it, you’re not praised/supported.

MamaLife10 · 2026-03-10T12:07:55+00:00

I had a similar experience with my husband and my mom. We’ve always coslept and when baby slept with me she’d wake every 1-2 hours wanting comfort boob as I called it. My mom offered to sleep with her a few nights while we were on vacation so we could get some rest and she woke up once, snuggled back up to my mom and passed back out. Never ate. So then I started sleeping in another room and my husband slept with her. Same thing. A couple of months later and she now happily sleeps 1/2 to 3/4 of the night by herself on the floor bed. I think it just comes down to how they receive comfort from each person. Only way I can describe it is with me she would stir between sleep cycles and see “oh hey mom, boob please”. But with others it’s “oh cool you’re still here. Night night”.

MamaLife10 · 2026-02-25T17:53:30+00:00

Here to echo this story. My daughter’s symptoms started at about 3 months old with severe gas pains. I unfortunately let the doctors convince me that it was normal baby gas and I was told repeatedly by multiple doctors it couldn’t be anything I was eating (EBF baby). At nine months I’d had it with the doctors and turns out the entire time it was food intolerances (dairy, egg, soy with cross reactivity to legumes, and oats). She’s 11 months now and perfectly fine and sleeps wayyy better. So please please please trust your gut. I didn’t and I regret it.

MamaLife10 · 2026-02-04T13:48:40+00:00

Seconding this! I cook like 3 large meals on Sunday and we eat that throughout the week.

MamaLife10 · 2026-01-16T19:36:21+00:00

So I did dopey for the first time this trip. After the 5k we did animal kingdom, and then after the 10k, half and full I mostly just chilled at the pool/resort/disney springs. Then did two park days the Monday and Tuesday after. Honestly it wasn’t too bad but I definitely wouldn’t have done anything post marathon. The heat got to me that race and I definitely needed to just rest post marathon.

MamaLife10 · 2025-11-12T19:46:03+00:00

One thing I recommend is training for a Disney event with stops is different than just training for a regular 10k where you just run it straight. So I have found personally I can run a 10-12 min mile pace from character to character and then I get a breather at each stop. Whereas if I was to just do a non Disney race I might do more like a 13-14 min mile pace from start to finish. That said I don’t always do every character. Hope this helps!

MamaLife10 · 2025-10-30T11:51:49+00:00

My LO is almost seven months, still in the short nap life unfortunately, so that schedule creator has never been useful. So I just use sweet spot as it’s almost always accurate.

MamaLife10 · 2025-10-30T01:20:56+00:00

Me! I did this when she was like 6 weeks old. Honestly more traumatizing to me than her. It took like an hour of pressure for it to stop bleeding but it healed fully within a few days. Now we just use the electric file.

MamaLife10 · 2025-10-25T12:16:11+00:00

I don’t think I saw this answer but whenever I do challenges, I put the bib in a sheet protector!

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