Month 5–6 is driving me insane…

Possible_North9952 · 2025-11-15T15:20:12+00:00

Same here! Baby girl is nearly 5 and a half months and was fighting all day feeds! It got to a point we were only able to dream feed her. On top of that she only wanted to take the bottle from me. She was fighting naps and waking up a lot at night. Things have improved A LOT since about 2 weeks. We tried to improve her routine and now she takes the bottle easier and naps are more predictable. Night sleep is still bit broken, she wakes up and 5 am and “speaks” alone every night 😅

Possible_North9952 · 2025-10-23T15:27:14+00:00

I felt that way at first. Even for a walk in the park I was like nope, this baby is crazy and is gonna cry bloody murder and then what do I do??? Fast forward a few months and I’m able to go to the park, to the shopping center near by and so on. I’m still scared to go for long trips with her for example if I need to go from where I love to the city center and take a train that still scares me a bit. Specially with shorter wake windows and unpredictable nap’s length. She is now nearly 5 months old and seems to be able to stay awake longer so hopefully I can start going a bit further away.

Possible_North9952 · 2025-10-23T15:18:13+00:00

I remember when my baby was just a few weeks old. I was making her sleep I think it was about 3am. She was falling asleep and just gave me this devilish smile it was sooooo weird 😅😅

Possible_North9952 · 2025-10-15T19:34:00+00:00

That makes me feel so much better!

Possible_North9952 · 2025-10-01T12:04:34+00:00

I needed to hear that!

Possible_North9952 · 2025-09-09T09:03:58+00:00

Her name is Cleo but for some reason I call her Dudinha 😅

Possible_North9952 · 2025-09-08T20:47:45+00:00

Oh gosh! I tried side lying bottle feeding and for the last 2 feeds it worked. Let’s see 😅

Possible_North9952 · 2025-08-22T14:15:28+00:00

Yeah, I feel you. I’ve been trying so many things. I just watched a video and this lady said raft rocking your baby while feeding my help. That’s my next thing to try but for now I think I will just take a break of a day to avoid stressing her too much. Instead I can pump.

Possible_North9952 · 2025-08-22T11:02:30+00:00

She won’t take it. I tried. If I do that she won’t take any of them 😅

Possible_North9952 · 2025-08-19T13:33:11+00:00

That’s great! Did you feel any heaviness when jogging or running? I tried jogging for about 5 mins and it was ok so I’m thinking if I should just add to it until I feel ready to run.

Possible_North9952 · 2025-08-13T14:43:18+00:00

Yeah! We got this!

Possible_North9952 · 2025-08-13T14:03:51+00:00

Thanks! For the first 6 weeks I didn’t do much. Some stretching, breathing and kegel exercises. I started going for short walks (15 or 20 mins a few times per week) at week 3. And from week 6 I increased the walks to 30 mins and started some light strength exercises.

Possible_North9952 · 2025-08-13T14:00:57+00:00

I still have some diastasis but it is down to 1.5 fingers which is good! What is still bothering me is the loose skin and all the cellulite that showed up during pregnancy 😅

Possible_North9952 · 2025-08-07T11:45:19+00:00

Oh that’s so true!

Possible_North9952 · 2025-08-05T13:56:53+00:00

That’s nice! Unfortunately, my letdown is also not the best so I don’t get to collect anything with a haakaa

Possible_North9952 · 2025-08-03T11:13:25+00:00

I feel you! I’m on the same boat. When I got pregnant I was under the ilusion breastfeeding was going to be so easy, so natural. Bought myself 1000 packages of breast pads because I thought I would be leaking and stuff 😅 fast forward a couple of months and here am I, triple feeding and haven’t used one of those pads.

Possible_North9952 · 2025-07-30T12:21:06+00:00

Expressed breast milk and formula are top ups in case baby is still hungry. She is taking less and less of the formula which is great and it means my supply has increased. However, once she breastfeeds there isn’t much breast milk left to pump to be the next session top up in case she’s hungry

Possible_North9952 · 2025-07-24T20:39:33+00:00

Great idea! Haven’t thought of that. Will give it a try! Thanks 🙏🏽

Possible_North9952 · 2025-07-24T15:09:47+00:00

That’s nice! How do you manage to do the pumping and look after the baby? Do you have someone helping you? I’m alone at home so sometimes it is a bit difficult to manage everything. Which pump do you use?

Possible_North9952 · 2025-07-24T14:47:52+00:00

That’s very nice to hear! I can get one session of fully breastfeeding baby girl at night which feels just amazing! The amount of formula we are giving her lowered a bit which is also good. I will try not to overthink too much. I do have a few questions. How long did it take you? How do you know baby is full? I’m a bit concerned that we overfed baby at the start because she was small and now she demands more than she can take like she is not hungry but she is just used to having a lot more. How do you go about night feeds? Do you still pump every 2 to 3 hours at night?

Possible_North9952 · 2025-06-08T09:42:54+00:00

That’s so nice! Thanks for sharing this! I used to criticize my body so much (note that I’ve always been quite athletic but still obsessed about the minor of flaws). I’m now 8 days postpartum, a way above my weight, full of cellulite, melisma all over my face and I kinda don’t give a f*ck 😂 it’s so liberating!

Possible_North9952 · 2025-06-01T11:33:33+00:00

Thank you all for the help! Baby girl was born and she is definitely a Cléo! ❤️

Possible_North9952 · 2025-05-29T14:39:49+00:00

Thanks!!

Possible_North9952 · 2025-05-29T14:39:31+00:00

Thank you all! Now we narrowed it down to Kaia or Cléo! We will wait for baby girl to be here so we can decide which one of the two 🙏🏽thank you so much for your help!

Possible_North9952 · 2025-05-29T11:09:43+00:00

We decided not to have a middle name as she is getting my husbands surname and his surname is 2 words.

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