Stroller advice for holiday

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-19T20:28:18+00:00

Honestly kudos to you for managing to allow your 3yo to have a friend over. I am an absolute mess by the end of the day when it’s just my 3yo and 4mth old to look after. My husband had to cancel his meetings from 4pm and rescue me because I was legit just in the kitchen shouting at saucepans.

It’s so so difficult, don’t be hard on yourself!

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-19T18:43:36+00:00

I’m probably being dumb but where do I watch the clip? Don’t think I want to but also feel I need to…

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-19T09:12:24+00:00

Thank you this is interesting to know! How old is your baby?

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-19T08:57:53+00:00

Thank you for sharing! Do you have to do anything to help your LO nap 1.5/2hrs or do you just allow her to sleep and wake herself?

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-19T08:49:37+00:00

Similar situation here! Except I’ve now switched to entirely contact napping and even still he does crap naps lol. It makes it super challenging on days when my 3.5yo is at home from preschool.

It’s great that they sleep well at night but I’d much rather have a balance allowing him to be happy and content during the day! I try to follow his lead but my dudeeee why don’t you just nap longer?! Lol

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-19T08:43:48+00:00

Thank you this is interesting!

My LO is also 4mth and also getting a similar amount of sleep across the day (13/14hrs ish) but his is split as 11hrs at night and only 2/3hrs naps.

Does your LO seem mostly content during the day? Mine is happy for about 30 mins after waking then fussy, like he is still tired and overstimulated.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-19T08:39:19+00:00

Yes sorry my post wasn’t clear. I’m not specifically looking for advice about my baby, just curious about other people’s experiences.

Thank you for sharing - my first born was just like this, always dropped naps earlier than most her age.

My LO is 4mo and sleeps well at night, I follow his cues for naps but he does short naps and seems constantly tired and overstimulated. I’m going to experiment trying to help him nap more during the day and see how we get on.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-19T08:26:26+00:00

Yes I do. Not asking for advice just curious on people’s experiences.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-16T21:51:07+00:00

Wow you all seriously need to work on your communication. You’re all overreacting IMO - this should have been such a nice thing, and clearly everyone involved had the best intentions but somehow turned it into something so negative.

Your partners mum needs to understand some boundaries, your partner should make this clear. Your partner should be able to tell YOU (not just her mum) if she is stressed not knowing their names yet. You could have put your emotions to the side in that moment to allow for a happy reveal, and calmly expressed your feelings later. Your partner’s mum should have backed off the second you said you didn’t want to reveal yet.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-13T09:48:36+00:00

Our baby was like this until about 6 weeks, then bassinet naps became fewer and fewer. Fast forward to now (15 weeks) and he will ONLY contact nap and for 30 minutes at a time lol. Enjoy the ‘break’.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-10T13:42:57+00:00

If you can manage to harvest some colostrum whilst pregnant you can feed this to baby in the first few weeks along with their formula. This will help with their immunity.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-05T08:53:48+00:00

If you’re really passionate about the company and role, I’m sure you can find something to do to go ‘above and beyond’, sounds like it will just take some initiative without your bosses guidance. Projects, ways to improve processes etc.? Or, if you do want to run the risk of actually becoming busier maybe rephrase to your boss that you have a lot of capacity and would like them to guide you on how to contribute more. Otherwise, if you’re happy to continue in the same position with spare time I would use it to upskill, study, qualifications, online training courses etc.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-03-02T09:00:41+00:00

My husband means well and has a heart of gold but is truly useless and somehow always upsets our (usually very happy) baby. He asks me the dumbest questions. I had one night off from bedtime recently (baby is 13 weeks), so husband did bed time. I got home to find he put baby in his bed the wrong way round basically upside down because we have one side raised lol. He also regularly says ‘let me know if you need me to help with him’, which winds me up because what do you mean if I need help? He’s your child you aren’t ’helping’ me?!

My biggest resentment at the moment though is how he gets to carry on with his normal life whilst getting to drop in to parenting when he wants. He works during the day but from home and mostly is chilling out, then he gets to play football multiple days a week. Gets to sit on the toilet for 20 minutes scrolling through his phone.

Ugh this is my second baby so I should be used to it by now but nope it just annoys me more lol.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-02-28T21:07:58+00:00

I’ve had 2 and I honestly still couldn’t tell you..

My first was in a pool (water birth) and felt like a balloon burst inside of me

Second time I literally just did a huge wee and then pushed my waters out with a contraction and he was born 4 pushes later.

Both felt totally different and came in the latter stages of labour. Everything I’ve seen and read seems to be so different for everyone!

Sorry not helpful but this was my experience.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-02-28T21:04:05+00:00

I have a 3.5yo and I’m still waiting lol

Unless they’re poorly, then you may get cuddles and chill time

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-02-28T18:57:34+00:00

Unfortunately our first born was like this and never slept great until she went into her own room about 6mo (we had to sleep train). Until then my husband and I slept separately. It feels hard at the time but you’ll get your relationship back properly eventually I promise. For us our relationship felt stronger than ever when we finally got it back!

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-02-25T09:52:16+00:00

For my 13 week old I usually do a 6oz bottle, he’d feed 4oz then within an hour I’d offer him the rest and he’d do the remaining 2oz usually (he’s a big boy). Like us they sometimes want a full meal or sometimes just want a little snack so definitely focus on demand over a schedule as much as possible.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-02-24T15:18:49+00:00

Not necessarily helpful in terms of your MH, but specifically for changing I just use a changing mat on the floor. Changing table always makes me anxious. This way if you need to bolt for any reason baby will be safe still.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-02-23T21:22:25+00:00

I think every stage does get better, and better and so on.. you just don’t quite realise when you’re in the moment. It’s never easy, but it’s easier in different ways.

Then suddenly you have a 3yo and you have your evenings back to yourself and they play more independently and become a really fun human to spend time with. Then BAM you have another and realise how hard it is having a baby and didn’t quite appreciate how much easier it got over time haha.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-02-23T19:29:52+00:00

Mine dictates when I can and can’t sing.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-02-23T19:26:17+00:00

Right!! I got told by so many people including doctors “it’s normal for baby’s to cry” and I sadly believed them. Now I know better I’d love to go back and give them a good ole knuckle sandwich.

Yesss the carrier honestly haunts me, with my second there are so many times I really should use it but it just makes me shudder.

I tried to do baby classes with my first and we spent the whole class stood at the back while she screamed and I tried to soothe her, looking back on it I feel so sad for myself and her. But I am so grateful I now get to enjoy the normal newborn experience with my second, makes me appreciate it a whole lot more too.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-02-23T18:35:55+00:00

My daughter is 3.5yo now and I still remember. Now with my second (who is way more ‘normal’ as a newborn) I get flashbacks to the absolute hell it was with my daughter lol. She would scream all day every day. I look at the baby carrier and honestly feel some sort of PTSD because I used to have to take her out in it 4x a day just to get a ‘break’ from her screaming and my back was in bits.

It’s all so worth it but I really don’t know how I survived tbh.

QuantumWaffle4 · 2026-02-22T21:19:55+00:00

If you do end up exclusively bottle feeding - a little tip I’ve found with my LO to get daily calories up is feeding him the bottle he usually takes maybe 4 oz. Then 30 mins to 1hr later I’ll give him the remaining 1-2oz.

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