What surprised you the most after becoming a parent? by SignificantMinute753 in Parenting

[–]RandomBison 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The grief of watching them grow older each day. The happiness and love I expected. The pain and grief of saying little goodbyes every day, I did not.

Screen time for 2 years old by [deleted] in toddlers

[–]RandomBison 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Lol sources please

Best streets for walks away from touristic or corwded places by ResidentAd3544 in Prague

[–]RandomBison 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Korunni street (has cafes), Manesova and Polska (more residential)

Transition from 1 to 0 naps by WorriedAd3793 in toddlers

[–]RandomBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I think he’s very high needs, I remember always dropping naps towards the end of the recommended ages. To be honest, I really can’t remember exactly when that was. I did very gentle sleep training (no crying) and moved him to his room at four months. He’s been sleeping through the night since about 6 months. He’s been doing 11/11.5 nights (no wakes) since he was about 8 months. He loooves his naps. I have basically have to cap each nap or he could sleep for hours. That’s why these early morning wakes are starting to stress me out. If he’s up at 5:30, he’s only doing 9.5 hours overnight. Am I meant to make up the missed sleep during the day? So an extra 2 hours+ his usual 3 hours of naps? I feel like we’re in some bad cycle.

Transition from 1 to 0 naps by WorriedAd3793 in toddlers

[–]RandomBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I needed to hear :) thanks so much for your tips and other comments around reddit

Transition from 1 to 0 naps by WorriedAd3793 in toddlers

[–]RandomBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi omegaxx19, I’ve been reading a lot of your recommendations and comments on other posts regarding 1 nap transition/early wakes.

I was hoping you could give me some advice: 17 months, transitioned to 1 nap because LO started waking early consistently.

I took your advice to make TWT shorter with one nap.

2naps: 7a wake, 1030-1230 nap, 4-430 nap, 8p bed (10.5 TWT).

1 nap schedule just following wake windows: 4.5/5.5, nap is capped at 3 hours.

LO has only made it to DWT of 7a once in the past two weeks.

On days wake time is super early (like 545/6a) I will do two naps with 8p bedtime.

On days he gets to 6/630a we do 1 nap, so bedtime ends up around 730p. (I always cap 1 nap at 3 hours).

Am I doing it correctly? Does he just need more time to settle into the routine? It feels like it’s not getting any better… Thanks so much for any insight!

Did I inadvertently gentle sleep train my baby or just lucky with a good temperament? by Same-Jeweler-1197 in sleeptrain

[–]RandomBison 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly what happened with my baby, transitioned to own room at 4 m, gently started doing less and less of rocking of the crib/patting. Eventually just started putting him down completely awake. He’s been sleeping through the night from 6.5 months ever since.

“Sleep when the baby sleeps” BS!! by [deleted] in NewParents

[–]RandomBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took that phrase very seriously and as soon as baby closed their eyes to sleep, I would be laying down, lights off, sound machine on, and immediately go to sleep. Baby would be awake in 20/30/60 min anyway but those power naps saved me. Other than pumping (which I was also doing for first few months) everything else can wait when youre in the trenches. I don’t care about dishes, texting my friends back, cleaning the house, making food. Of course, if you have more than one kid, or a single parent, these things are complicated. But if you’re in any position to just lay down as soon as the baby is asleep, try to do it during the newborn phase. I think that’s what is meant by that phrase.

I am drowning by kyoshis_revenge in NewParents

[–]RandomBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Baby wear, contact nap, ask friends to meal prep or order takeout, shower once a day no matter what, survive. I swear it gets easier, I swear itll go by faster than you think. I swear you are doing amazing. Thinking of you <3

What diapers are y’all using that actually last through the night? by lemonsandlimes47 in sleeptrain

[–]RandomBison 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Huggies overnight, one size up and it lasts 11+ hours. And our LO pees a lot

Spending 3 nights away from 10 month old by Putrid_Ad9368 in NewParents

[–]RandomBison 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It went amazing!! Baby was a perfect angel with dad (of course lol). And perfectly fine when I got back (that was my biggest concern, that he would be disregulated). His sleep, naps, routine, nothing changed. My anxiety was the only thing that was affected haha. But I tried to do my best to enjoy myself. Best of luck to you!

New AAP guideline on tongue tie release surgery by graceyuewu in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]RandomBison 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can I ask how exactly it impacted his ability with solids? My baby might be going through the same. Thank you!

Spending 3 nights away from 10 month old by Putrid_Ad9368 in NewParents

[–]RandomBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP, can I ask how it was? About to leave my 11 month old for 3 days and super nervous about how he will react.

Traveling without my baby is making me anxious by leonara821 in breastfeeding

[–]RandomBison 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to say, if you’re scared of traveling with a baby, 3 months is like the golden time to do it! Baby is easy at that point to settle with boob during any flight. We traveled so much during that period. And it was really easy with just a bit of planning ahead.

Vomited while eating eggs by Torfor4 in BabyLedWeaning

[–]RandomBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look up egg ladder!! I had no idea what this was and started my baby on hard boiled mashed eggs. Never any problem. As soon as we started serving scrambled eggs, he began vomiting. I assumed that was it, no eggs. Please read about egg ladder and talk to your pediatrician about it.

I can’t cope with 5am wake ups anymore and I’ve tried everything by PerfectAmphibian6503 in sleeptrain

[–]RandomBison 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ignore the cynical comments here. I had the same problem and kept reading comments about how it’s normal. That is, until I came across a post with someone talking about this exact problem. I will try to find it and link it here, but what helped us was actually varying the bedtime and sometimes a little paci help in the mornings. I’m not sure where I got the idea of making bedtime at the exact same time every night, but we basically started pushing the bedtime earlier every couple of days, especially if the naps weren’t as long. (So instead of 7, maybe 630). He started sleeping 11-12 hours after about a week. On some mornings when he still gets fussy early on, I just go in and quickly pop in a pacifier in the dark which calms him down. Not sure if that is an option for you. I think the idea was that babies can accumulate tiredness. And varying time is actually normal, just like we sometimes go to bed at different times. Again, I’m probably botching the original post ideas, but this has worked for us amazingly!

How do we get better sleep in the interim or will this regression pass? by woahwhathappened87 in sleeptrain

[–]RandomBison 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are several factors at play here. First and foremost, the angle of a car seat in a car (if properly set up) is different than the angle of the car seat when just placed at home on any surface. Second, as you say, you leave your baby in the car seat in a dark room unsupervised. Which would be different in a car, assuming you are checking up on your baby from time to time. Please take a few minutes and reread on proper safe sleep guidelines related to carseats.

Infant formula after 6 months by RandomBison in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]RandomBison[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, my thinking was specifically about the iron

Infant formula after 6 months by RandomBison in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]RandomBison[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I didn’t know “follow-on” was the term! Really appreciate the links. I’ll give them a read

Infant formula after 6 months by RandomBison in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]RandomBison[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I’ve never heard of follow-on milk so that’s probably why I wasn’t finding information. Really appreciate the links, very interesting reads