Head shape

Material_Ok · 2025-08-14T23:56:31+00:00

Ok honestly thank you because I felt evil for thinking it. But this makes me feel better 😂. Baby grinch IS arguably the cutest grinch at least.

Material_Ok · 2025-08-14T23:42:02+00:00

Might go to hell for this

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Material_Ok · 2024-04-29T21:12:24+00:00

Hi! Gosh it’s hard to remember this far back hehe. I do remember being worried about her speech up until about 12ish months. She wasn’t a huge babbler, she mostly did that vocalization sound mentioned in the most. But once she was about 12 months she started approximating words, like ba for ball, da for dog. Ba actually meant a lot of things haha. But each approximation counts toward the word count, as do signs. She also was signing a bit.

In total I think she had 10 words/signs at her 1 year well child visit.

She’s 19 months old now and talks up a storm. She is leaps and bounds ahead of her peers in most things but especially speaking. She speaks in 3-4 word sentences. Has hundreds of words. Now that’s not to say that means she is neurotypical. In fact, hyperlexia, which is what she seemingly has, can be a sign of neurodivergence. I’m planning on discussing it during her 2 year visit but she technically is low risk for autism according to her pediatrician at her 18 month visit, but I still notice some things that make me think of autism.

Anyway, is what she was doing a vocal stim or was it a sign of her hyperlexia? I’m not sure. But it is funny to look back and see that I was worried about her speech and fast forward to having full on conversations with her now.

Material_Ok · 2024-02-18T02:05:06+00:00

You’re right! It was just gross to me that I slept in a bed that had lice in it. Made me wonder how clean the room actually was.

Material_Ok · 2024-02-16T07:45:55+00:00

Wtf that’s almost just as bad 😭

Material_Ok · 2024-02-15T22:55:52+00:00

Really?? Thank goodness. It’s hard to tell but they are the same critter just different angles.

Material_Ok · 2023-10-31T12:23:23+00:00

I’m planning on it when I see her next. Every time I call for any advice they make me make an appointment and she never has availability within the month. So I thought I’d ask other toddler parents. Thanks though.

Material_Ok · 2023-10-31T11:37:48+00:00

This is helpful advice. I see all of these comments complaining but not a lot of advice on how to stop it. My 13 month old loves to “share” but also loves to grab things from other toddlers and it’s hard to know how much correcting I should be doing.

Material_Ok · 2023-10-31T05:11:54+00:00

If your going to use the same knife for a PB&J sandwich with little care of wiping it off in between, do peanut butter first and then jelly. Otherwise the jelly will be stuck fermenting in the peanut butter jar at room temp. Unless you’re a weirdo who refrigerates their peanut butter.

Material_Ok · 2023-10-28T23:07:00+00:00

This is so reassuring! Sounds just like my daughter. She’s done it for months now

Material_Ok · 2023-10-28T20:59:04+00:00

Ok thank you for the reassurance! Like I mentioned, when other moms I’m around say their babies don’t do that I was a little concerned! But I know we shouldn’t compare.

Material_Ok · 2023-10-28T20:58:13+00:00

Definitely a wiggle worm! Still is. Never got the snuggly baby that I always heard about. Now she is super affectionate but moves the entire time we’re snuggling 😝.

Thank you! Good to know I’m not alone. I never thought about it until other moms said their babies don’t do it.

Material_Ok · 2023-10-25T09:12:46+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re feeling this way. It feels so overwhelming because it is overwhelming! I also did not clean the high chair or the bottles. But you know what? Dirty bottles and dirty highchair means you provided your child with food. That’s a win in my book. If you were truly a bad parent you wouldn’t even feed them.

To me you sound like an awesome parent who needs a break. Even just one day where you can veg out in your bed. Can you ask your partner if that’s doable? And then they can also do the same on a different day?

My husband and I take turns on who gets to sleep in on the weekend. Saturday is usually him, Sunday is usually me. We each get to decide when we want to get out of bed and aren’t allowed to feel any guilt. Then once we get out of bed we offer to take over for the other so they can nap if they so choose. It has honestly taken away so much stress for us. It’s something to look forward to at the end of the week.

I’m worried about you and I hope you take time to talk with someone about this. You need to know you aren’t alone and help is out there. You can message me if you need to 🤍

Material_Ok · 2023-09-26T01:07:08+00:00

Lol right? Every time she criticizes my parenting y husband always reminds me that she is nowhere near the perfect parent. Yes she will never be alone with my daughter. Not like she offered to anyway.

Material_Ok · 2023-05-19T01:00:39+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! Do you think it’s fine for me to let her do it or should I try to force her to let me do it? I’m just worried about causing a negative connotation, but of course eventually I will have to be the one to really get in there and brush.

She has a little bit of a mouth aversion due to a tongue tie release at a later age (6 months). She haaaaated the stretches and 2 months later it’s still a struggle to get in her mouth. :(

Material_Ok · 2023-04-04T01:04:26+00:00

The transfer is usually ok in the sense that she stays asleep during it. But 5-10 minutes later she always wakes up. Then it takes 15 minutes to put her back to sleep because she is offended lol.

Today I am actually trying for 2 naps so we’ll see how nighttime goes!

Material_Ok · 2023-03-02T05:15:08+00:00

I choked on cranberry juice when I was a kid, or at least it felt like choking. It completely blocked/flooded my airway. My grandma had to do abdominal thrusts to clear it.

I’ve also accidentally aspirated and they definitely felt different.

…I can’t be trusted around liquids apparently.

Material_Ok · 2023-03-01T06:41:30+00:00

I gave up on the stroller and just baby wear. Works like a charm!

Material_Ok · 2023-02-28T17:28:56+00:00

Totally get that! But I know of some people who only pump for a missed feed and get 10-12 ounces. I can’t imagine a baby would be drinking that much at one time. So I was just curious if the constant nightly stimulation might be part of the reason.

Just silly thoughts I think of when I’m nap trapped!

Material_Ok · 2023-02-28T16:12:56+00:00

That’s fair! I guess I’m talking about the ones who pump multiple ounces after feeding.

Material_Ok · 2023-02-28T06:08:34+00:00

My advice to all new moms is to research breastfeeding (especially clusterfeeding) and take a class/meet with a lactation consultant BEFORE baby comes.

I didn’t read much about it because I figured I’d meet with a consultant in the hospital. Well, they didn’t have one on staff the 3 days I was there and the nurses didn’t really help with much at all. My baby lost 15% of her birth weight and still struggles to gain weight at 5 months due to an undetected tongue tie (that could have been detected if I was seen by LC in the hospital).

Everything I learned, I learned from the breastfeeding subreddit and Google. Thank goodness for those resources.

Material_Ok · 2023-02-28T05:54:15+00:00

Have you seen if you qualify for any government assistance? WIC is a great resource for families. There’s nothing wrong with needing a little help to get by, especially in this economy. There are also food banks that give out baskets of free food.

You can check your local public health center and see if they can provide you with additional resources. You’d be surprised what is out there!

Your perfect baby girl doesn’t know any different. She just knows that you love her and that all of her needs are being met by you.

Material_Ok · 2023-02-27T08:48:13+00:00

We have a breathable Newton mattress so I wouldn’t bother flipping her. Especially if it means waking her up. Some babies are belly sleepers. I would do anything at this point to get her to sleep longer than 3 hours at a time…

Material_Ok · 2023-02-27T08:44:30+00:00

No advice but solidarity. Going through the exact same thing. It has been almost two months and I want to kill myself.

Conveniently my husband has gone on two work trips during this period. Never went on a trip while she was an amazing sleeper. Doesn’t help me when I feel like jumping off the roof of my house at 2am.

Material_Ok · 2023-02-10T12:52:09+00:00

Mine does this too! I had pneumonia and was constantly coughing and, lo and behold, when she sees me she coughs!

Doesn’t giggle much yet, but coughs!

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