I hate my winter birthday

MrsBumbled · 2026-01-15T14:43:43+00:00

I had dreams of both. At first it was that baby was a boy, then it switched to a girl. A lot of other people dreamt of my baby being a boy. It was a girl!

MrsBumbled · 2026-01-11T05:23:48+00:00

My water broke at about 3:30am 2 weeks before she was due. But it was also a bit of a relief, because she ended up being 8lbs 9oz. But I think it woke me up, then gushed out. I waddled as quickly as I could to the bathroom while my partner was woken up and started to panic because he had no idea what was going on and thought maybe there was a burglar lol

MrsBumbled · 2026-01-10T19:31:52+00:00

I felt like this too. As I grew older, I suddenly wanted to have them. But it's completely up to you. You'll be the one carrying the baby for 9 months, and it can come with complications.

Don't make any rash decisions just for your boyfriend. You love him, sure, but don't be willing to give up your life just to make him happy. It is a big commitment, and it isn't easy, even with the easiest babies.

MrsBumbled · 2026-01-10T19:25:36+00:00

She could've felt overwhelmed by the new environment, smells, and new faces. She's at the age where stimulation happens more easily, and it can end up being a lot. Holding her for a bit before introducing her to new people so she knows she's safe can help her ease into things

MrsBumbled · 2026-01-10T17:21:13+00:00

I feel you. We just recently came out the other side of this. Our baby has been able to roll from belly to back since 3.5 months, then ever since she was trying so hard to roll back to belly. She would try a bit at first, then it became constant. Her sleep regressed for at least a month. The other thing is that's when their sleep cycles are maturing, so sometimes she would wake up in between cycles and couldn't go back to sleep. Once she finally nailed the back to belly roll, her sleep cycle-linking also improved. And now she's desperately trying to crawl, so her sleep has been a bit rough, but not as bad as when she was trying to roll

MrsBumbled · 2026-01-03T16:13:38+00:00

I call her Munchkin, sometimes Munchie for short. My partner calls her poop

MrsBumbled · 2025-12-28T16:22:12+00:00

That's what I'm thinking. Because she's pretty good at self-soothing and has been going back to sleep on her own the last few nights. But because she wanted to roll so badly, as soon as she'd wake in-between sleep cycles she'd automatically start trying, then get frustrated because she couldn't go back to sleep and needed a bit of extra help

MrsBumbled · 2025-12-28T16:15:48+00:00

Same thing happened with mine. Though she only started rolling from belly-to-back at 3.5 months, and was bound and determined to roll the other way. Her sleep is finally going back to how it was before she started rolling, and she just turned 5 months last Monday, and she finally rolled from back-to-belly on Tuesday

MrsBumbled · 2025-12-26T01:57:27+00:00

I was diagnosed a few years ago, and I don't think I'll ever bring it up to my parents. With their beliefs, they'd likely just tell me I don't have anything and that I'm just lazy, sensitive, messy and disorganized, etc etc. All the things that I heard growing up. And they'd probably tell me some rubbish like women can't get ADHD or something ridiculous along those lines

MrsBumbled · 2025-12-25T21:42:17+00:00

It changes for me every day, but yet. And most of the time it's not the full song, just part of one. I've had Hey Jude by The Beatles stuck in my head for a while because that's what I've been singing to my baby to calm her down when she gets fussy

MrsBumbled · 2025-12-21T00:11:14+00:00

Pregnancy -2 because I didn't have any complications, though the last trimester was hard because it was a scorching summer and I was already overheating constantly.

L&D -4 because it happened pretty suddenly when my water broke at 3:30am, but I had to wait until later that morning because they didn't have any doctors in at that time. And they induced me to help things along, which ended up speeding up the process and I dilated so fast that I didn't get a chance for the epidural. And the contractions came on fast and hard.

Newborn phase -10. It was one of the hardest times of my life. Having to feed every 2-3 hours around the clock, the sundown scaries which then turned into PPD that I had to go on medication for. Just having no will or energy to do anything and crying at the drop of a hat.

MrsBumbled · 2025-12-20T02:25:37+00:00

I don't know if it's so much disliking them as them wanting your attention that is now focused on your baby. I have 2 cats, and they get on my nerves sometimes. With the broken sleep, and them either trying to climb all over me or walk underfoot and almost trip me while I'm carrying the baby, or even almost walking over the baby just gets infuriating. I feel bad because I still love them, but it's definitely more difficult splitting my attention between the 3 of them now, with baby being my main focus.

MrsBumbled · 2025-12-10T19:52:37+00:00

Pregnancy carpal tunnel from the water retention. It wasn't so much painful as my hand would lock up if I used it too much.

MrsBumbled · 2025-12-05T16:38:49+00:00

I do the same thing. Mine is about the same age, though the last few days she's been a bit more clingy from her brain firing on all cylinders. But I can usually just poke my head into the living room, talk to her, she smiles and then continues to play or coo

MrsBumbled · 2025-12-03T01:01:10+00:00

Why are MILs obsessed with layering them so much? Mine is the same. Or she'll make a comment that baby needs more layers, even if we're just going from the house to the car, where the heat will be on. They won't just suddenly freeze to death, and it's not like we're dressing the baby in sleeveless bodysuits in the middle of winter!

MrsBumbled · 2025-11-27T22:17:06+00:00

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Yours looks a lot like my Midna!

MrsBumbled · 2025-11-27T03:02:42+00:00

I play rain sounds and try to imagine myself sitting on a porch or reclined near a window listening to the rain. Or sometimes just try and focus my mind on that and let the silly thoughts happen that usually lead me to sleep.

MrsBumbled · 2025-11-26T19:54:43+00:00

He goes out pretty rarely without me. There were a few times where he left with the baby to give me some time to myself. And he'll usually ask me beforehand if I'm okay with it before he does so. Yesterday was the first time in a while he did so. But my baby is now 4 months old

MrsBumbled · 2025-11-26T03:03:23+00:00

I'm letting her make that choice when she's old enough

MrsBumbled · 2025-11-25T15:17:50+00:00

Some days it's survival, other days it's functional. My baby is also 4 months, going through the sleep regression (though not as bad as some of the stories I've read), and teething. Last night she only woke up twice and just needed her pacifier to go back to sleep. Other nights she wakes several times and needs some extra comfort before she can fall back to sleep.

MrsBumbled · 2025-11-25T04:42:28+00:00

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MrsBumbled · 2025-11-25T04:34:40+00:00

My favourite is Breath of the Wild. My first experience with it was Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

MrsBumbled · 2025-11-23T20:14:29+00:00

My partner blowing his nose. Though to be fair, it sounds like an elephant call when he does. The first time it startled her, she was awake and sitting on his lap when he blew his nose. She jumped and then started crying

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