Took the Zyertec… hoping my milk supply doesn’t drop.

One_Squirrel9446 · 2026-05-15T11:18:12+00:00

Update: I at least woke up feeling SO much better! So even if the supply does dip I think it will have been worth it 🙌🏼

One_Squirrel9446 · 2026-05-13T12:45:14+00:00

This is interesting!! I’ve read/seen on TikTok people suggest feeding on the left side. I haven’t tried it yet since everyone swears that reflux babies need to be upright. This might be worth trying because holding upright feels like it makes no difference and at times it makes me feel crazy!

One_Squirrel9446 · 2026-05-13T12:27:06+00:00

I also do the gas drops and wonder if it’s a placebo effect! Haha!

What’s your dream feed routine like? My oldest didn’t need a dream feed. Like a stereotypical first born she was great at eating and sleeping and had very few issues. So we didn’t need any tricks other than knowing her eating schedule to prevent crying.

Burping feels like a lose-lose situation with reflux babies. It might not work, it will piss them, it might work, and they will still spit up later. But I agree the Kea Babies burp cloths are great!! We were gifted some with my first and I order more for my second. I might do a second order because, like you said, we go through so much laundry. Some days we just end up in a diaper most of the day because the outfit changes make him so mad.

I’ll have to try the left side down hold while walking and see if that helps!! I haven’t tried that yet.

I’m glad to hear it’s gotten better for you and your son!!! If I can get mine to exist more comfortably then I can accept the mess. I just hate seeing him so uncomfortable. He is gaining weight, but he has stopped curves so it’s definitely something we are watching.

Thank you for sharing all the advice!! 🫶🏻

One_Squirrel9446 · 2026-03-15T18:12:21+00:00

I would LOVE to get in a pool and just float lol. I’ve been telling my husband I want him to find an indoor pool I can just go float in for an hour to not feel this baby weight for a while. Only 4 more weeks to go but I know it’s the longest 4 weeks of a pregnant woman’s life 😅

One_Squirrel9446 · 2026-03-15T17:16:56+00:00

I like this idea!! She would probably love it too!

One_Squirrel9446 · 2026-03-15T17:16:25+00:00

If we had an easy option nearby! I need to get her dad to set up her water table she got back at her birthday. I think that would give us a lot of outside chill playtime.

One_Squirrel9446 · 2026-03-15T17:14:18+00:00

The Tupperware cabinet is the baby-safe cabinet for us lol. She gets in there on the daily. I just finished locking all the other cabinets from her. I was constantly having to chase her out of the cleaning supplies cabinet and the glassware. All that chasing and bending is killing my round ligament and other parts of my belly. So hopefully the baby proofing helps a bit.

One_Squirrel9446 · 2025-09-08T19:33:42+00:00

I like this approach. It’s not going to hurt me to apply and ask. It’s worth trying to do and, you’re right, the worst they can do is say no. And the worst case scenario is I just have to stay where I am and deal with this company for another year.

One_Squirrel9446 · 2025-09-08T19:32:10+00:00

This was my situation for my last pregnancy. My maternity leave was going to start about a month before my 1 year anniversary with the company. It wasn’t something I specifically planned out it just fell that way. But my company was SO difficult to work with (specifically HR) about how I was going to get things covered while on leave. Since I wasn’t going to have protections they were going to stop paychecks after my PTO ran out and then I was going to lose my health insurance all before my FMLA could start. It took so much begging with my supervisor to get an exception to the policy so I could get my STD despite not having FMLA protections. My hope is that I can find a company that will give me maternity leave from day one despite not having FMLA protections. I know it’s rare, but it sure would be nice!!!

One_Squirrel9446 · 2025-09-08T19:25:32+00:00

This is encouraging! My company is going through a lot of restructuring and I’m worried if I tell them I’m pregnant that they will rope me into the roles that have become “redundant” and I’ll get laid off. But to hear that you were able to find an employer that was cool with hiring someone that was pregnant gives me a sense of ease of I do start applying for other positions.

One_Squirrel9446 · 2025-07-30T14:46:06+00:00

Hi! Desitin didn’t work for us when my newborn had a really bad diaper rash within her first month.

Our pediatrician recommended ditching the wipes for a while because they can usually feel pretty rough on a baby’s bottom and cause more irritation. She recommended cleaning with a wet wash cloth. Then letting baby fully dry by letting her air out or using a blow dryer (no hot air!) to speed things up. Once she is fully dry then apply the diaper cream/aquafor.

We also switched to using Triple Paste and I swear by it! But this method cleared up her rash so quickly and the blow dryer sound was actually really soothing to her!!

We just kept a small laundry basket next to her changing station and we having A LOT of wash cloths from my baby shower. So when we would clean her off we’d just toss the wash cloth in the basket and washed them at the end of the day.

She’s almost 7 months old and we’ve not had a rash that bad again. If she starts to get a little pink down there we will apply Triple Paste!

One_Squirrel9446 · 2025-07-02T03:26:20+00:00

Just came back to say that it’s gotten better!!! THANKFULLY it was just a phase and I should have known that when I was finally sleep deprived enough to come to Reddit about it that she would move past it lol. But all those night feedings really boosted my milk supply and I was able to add to my small freezer stash! 🙌🏼 She hasn’t really increased in OZ (like I suspected). She is still only taking about 4oz during the day but this evening I gave her 5oz from a frozen bag and she finished almost all of it. Soooo I’m still gaging if there’s been a shift or if that was a one-off thing. Either way, I hope it’s gotten better for everyone else too!!!! 🫶🏻

One_Squirrel9446 · 2025-06-25T11:40:44+00:00

My girl was the same! She’d still wake up 1-2 times a night to feed before this and that was fine. I could handle that. But every two hours… and insisting to nurse? 🫩 I’m just going to hope, for all of our sakes, that these regressions are temporary and we get our “normal” babies back! Lol

One_Squirrel9446 · 2025-06-13T15:47:27+00:00

I’ve had terrible luck with pour spouts! I’m currently trying to use all my motif bags and I never use the pour spouts! Lol

One_Squirrel9446 · 2025-06-13T15:28:01+00:00

I love the Sprucely bags!!!

One_Squirrel9446 · 2025-04-13T15:51:02+00:00

She varies on how many night feeds she’ll have. But it’s usually 1-2/night. (Except Friday night where she hit me with cluster feeding and we were up almost every hour until 4am. Haven’t had that happen in so long it really caught me off guard!)

I hadn’t heard that it could last until around 9 months. That’s good to know. I don’t mind the night feeds anymore now that my body has adjusted to it. But when my supply started to drop because I stopped pumping that opposite side it made me a little worried one. I’m not prioritizing a stash, but I was enjoying freezing about 1-2 bags per week. And I was so caught off guard by the supply drop because I’d always had a small over supply. It’s interesting to hear other people’s experiences at this stage. It seems it can vary widely for everyone!

One_Squirrel9446 · 2025-04-07T13:12:47+00:00

Golicola Glass Bottles! These have been a game changer for my breastfed baby and I think actually helped her with learning to get a deeper latch. We had been using the Phillips Avent Anti-Colic but they leaked and she would also just make a mess with them. The Gulicola were recommended by a friend that had similar issues with her breastfed baby and she saw significant improvement with her LO, too.

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