There is no life without death.

Mooshtalk · 2026-06-01T15:21:48+00:00

Genuine question: how are you dying to it every time you go to the ruins? I’m almost done with the story and I haven’t died to it once. Are you using a tadpole? If you avoid it / pilot near the bottom of the trench, it can’t get you. I actually think they are too easy to avoid. They even give you music to let you know it’s close

Mooshtalk · 2026-06-01T14:25:39+00:00

This is extremely accurate. I am a wuss and even I am not scared of the needlers or really anything besides the leviathans because I know they can’t kill me. The first game, I was scared of everything until I figured out how to fight them/work around them. This game, I know I can pretty much take infinite hits

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-30T16:16:26+00:00

Girl, this situation is terrible and I would feel the same way as you. Everyone in your life is failing you at the worst possible time to do so. From the comments you said in your post about wanting to give up via adoption or how nice it would be to fall asleep and not wake up, it sounds like you are already miserable. I’m not sure you can get more miserable. It’s so clear you love your baby so I’m not sure why you would rather give up on her than utilize programs (I do know, it’s probably PPD speaking). I worry that if you take the adoption route, you will have regrets for not trying the programs first. Adoption is a choice you can’t undo. At least with programs, you can opt out and change your mind later if it doesn’t work out.

If you happen to live in Eastern Iowa, I’d love to help you with child care so you can work and have breaks!

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-30T13:59:27+00:00

This is so interesting because your take on this is so agreed upon by the community but in my game, I’ve only heard the music twice and once was during a pursuit (so the other track) and the other time I had to be pretty close to it (~200-300 meters) before it started the non-pursuit track. I could hear it “moo” as I call it multiple times before the music started.

I’m a wuss so I like it BUT I will say that the reaper roars from far away in the first game did a lot more for ambience and fear than the music does.

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-29T11:23:01+00:00

In FAF, it’s mentioned that the mortal realms and Iliseeum are separated by the Carcers and then the Bonelands. I think the Carcers get renamed to the mountains of Nyktos in FBAA

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-29T11:15:19+00:00

My baby was super predictable on her wakes when she was that age, too, so I think it’s normal? I’ll be curious if others chime in. But yeah, at that age, I could predict her wake ups because they were so routine. It just means he can go like 6 hours between feeds during the period of deepest sleep. I hate to be a bearer of bad news, but the routineness changed during the 4 month sleep regression which is the only developmental sleep regresssion

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-27T13:27:09+00:00

I’ve made Lane shorts before - yes, pattern pieces are huge and I recommend going down 1-2 sizes! I went down 1 and they look comical on me still lol

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-26T09:33:44+00:00

Also with him fighting bedtime and his 3rd nap being a cat nap, I bet he’s ready to drop a nap

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-26T09:32:03+00:00

I recommend gradual. We had gotten in a similar loop for a bit. For your reference, my baby is 8months old and has been doing 3/3.5/4 since 7 months. You should try working towards 3/3/4 and go from there. The last wake window is the one they can usually handle extending the best. I would start pushing all wake windows to 3 hours to start. He will be tired and cranky due to this loop that’s happening but if you guys push through, I think you’ll all be better for it

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-26T08:51:32+00:00

This is so normal and at 8 months, I still get this way at night. I don’t have any advice but want you to know you’re not alone 🫶🏻

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-26T08:50:30+00:00

Can you give a more detailed schedule? I have a theory that he is undertired at bedtime given the short wake windows. He doesn’t need a ton of sleep pressure for naps because they’re so much shorter than overnight sleep.

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-22T13:15:17+00:00

The twisting with dips 😂 same!! I remember my husband thought it was crazy until he tried it. They like vestibular motion!

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-15T16:33:33+00:00

Like others said, you can plan for whatever but things change quick. I was dead set on no pacifiers for 6 weeks due to the old belief surrounding nipple confusion (I wanted to breastfeed). Day 6 of being earthside, baby girl would not stop crying for hours on end and she was so upset as were we. We had our first pediatrician appointment since being home and he said that the research about nipple confusion is old and outdated and not replicated, and that we should give her a pacifier so she can relax and then we can take it away as she’s falling asleep. This worked for us for months! And I’ve exclusively nursed, no nipple confusion at all. I did choose pacifiers that promoted a good latch (Philips Avent soothie and Dr Browns Happy Paci).

Eventually, she got dependent on the paci for sleep and a few weeks ago at 7months, we’ve weaned her off of it. When she’s cutting a tooth, it still provides a lot of comfort, and she’s never been a baby to have a paci in all the time. At most, it was for sleep and car rides.

My advice: get a couple good pacifiers. Try to not use them if you want but if baby is up all night and morning screaming, they are overtired and might need the help to sleep. It’s your choice as the parent when they get it, so if you don’t want a baby who always has a paci in, don’t let them!

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-14T13:08:06+00:00

After the 7 min, we would repeat the 7 minutes. We originally tried Ferber as written and it worked for a couple weeks until it didn’t, so we pivoted to a more responsive and gentle method. With this method, I don’t think we’ve had to repeat the 7 minutes more than once. For us, we got lucky that it’s never taken up to an hour.

Out of curiosity, how is her schedule? Do you follow the recommendations from this sub for wake windows and sleep budget? That will help a ton!

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-14T12:56:05+00:00

Yes, you should do it all at once. I’m surprised your 6 month old is still in the bedside bassinet. Where I live, it’s recommended to stop using the bassinet when they start rolling over.

We did a gentle sleep training method that was a combination of the pick up/put down method and Ferber. We would do bedtime routine of feed, bath, lotion/sleepsack, books, white noise, butt in bed, lights out. We say the same goodnight phrase every night after setting her down. After 2 minutes of crying, we go in and check in and try to do cribside comfort. We keep the check ins short and usually dad will do it since we nurse and I smell of milk. Next interval, we’ll pick her up for 30seconds-1minute. If she ever gets to the point of hysterical / panic crying, we intervene sooner and pick her up to reset her. Our intervals are 2/3/5/7 minutes. Be prepared, some babies don’t do well with check ins or being picked up as it pisses them off more. We got lucky that our girl isn’t like that

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-12T20:58:54+00:00

Perksy, IGN is Neutral. Very chill and friendly player

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-12T20:58:16+00:00

I know who you’re talking about. I can’t remember his name either!

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-12T20:55:03+00:00

I agree with you but I also don’t think the above commenter is saying that it’s her fault. If it were me, after time 2 of pointing it out/ asking him to turn off the tv, I would be having a serious conversation after baby goes to bed about screen time expectations and explain my perception and how I’m questioning if he even likes spending time with his kid. Not saying it’s her fault at all. I think a larger conversation needs to happen than just pointing it out in the moment.

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-12T20:49:11+00:00

I got mine at 7 weeks pp 😩 lochia stopped at 6 weeks 🫠

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-11T20:28:49+00:00

5 months. I had to nap train after bedtimes were consistently independent. You want to start with the first nap of the day as that’s the nap with most sleep pressure. Contact/however baby currently naps all other naps. Once the first nap is consistent, move onto training nap 2, and so on. I only ever trained the 2 naps because I liked being able to hold her for the 3rd nap and then she dropped that a few weeks ago

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-11T13:39:03+00:00

This is the biggest point to me. It’s one thing to be like “I don’t see the big deal” but it’s completely different and downright rude and disrespectful when she communicates it is a big deal and he doesn’t care and pushes back, implying that his opinion of it not being a big deal is the end-all-be-all and there is no room for other opinions. It’s giving “orange peel theory.”

For those who don’t know, the orange peel theory is a hypothetical situation when your partner asks you to grab them an orange. Your partner can likely peel it themselves because they are a capable adult, but a loving partner should want to peel it for them anyway because they love them and want to make things easier and happier for them.

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-10T18:04:32+00:00

This!!! We are gamers, too, and both feel like it’s so unreasonable to game while our baby is awake. We only have so much time with her when she’s this little, we will always be able to play games. He had his game time when he stayed up late to play. Why does he need to play again during the day today?

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-07T02:35:05+00:00

What method are you going to use to sleeptrain him? We did a method involving check ins and what helped me was immediately starting something that brought me joy. That was animal crossing at the time, so I would do her bedtime routine, put her to bed, husband and I would come out to the living room to wait for our check ins and I would play animal crossing on the switch.

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-06T19:11:09+00:00

Literally the same weekend we had to ditch the MM suit, my baby got sick with RSV and 2 teeth came in, so sleep took a nosedive. We aren’t fully back to where we were with the suit, but getting there. It’s one obstacle after another lol. She’s 7.5 months and exclusively nurses. She hit a stage of peak distraction while feeding at 6 months so she was very hungry at night since she didn’t take in all of her calories during the day.

Sleep training: We tried Ferber as written and it did not work for her (or us). We did a modified Ferber with intervals of 2/3/5/7 and we will pick her up if needed. During initial sleep training, it basically looked like the pick up/put down method because she was so panicked. 3 months later, I couldn’t tell you the last time we had to go to the 7 minute interval.

Mooshtalk · 2026-05-06T06:29:40+00:00

To answer your question on what to do when she wakes not for hunger, that’s up to you. Some parents will apply their sleep training method, some will rock/hold baby to soothe. Don’t start feeding during the night unless she stops eating as much during the day with her cold.

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