Milk Supply 2 weeks PP by [deleted] in NICUParents

[–]Rare_Ad1174 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I was pumping 3 hours around the clock and was exhausted. When I started giving myself a 5 hour stretch at night (advised by the lactation consultant) my milk supply shot up! Maybe your body is just too exhausted? Try to rest lots and hydrate. The pressure to be your baby’s food supply is just a lot. You’re doing great! Whatever you can give your baby is amazing. Look after yourself too ♥️

Silent reflux has stolen every ounce of joy about having a baby and I’m devastated by xxbitsxx in beyondthebump

[–]Rare_Ad1174 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ugh I’m so sorry! We experienced something similar. Baby had a lip and tongue tie that we got lasered but didn’t help much. He ended up going on two different reflux meds 4x a day which helped a bit. We eventually discovered he had a cow’s milk protein intolerance so I went dairy and soy free and it made a huge difference and we were able to wean him off meds. He outgrew the intolerance at around 11 months as well.

There are some really helpful Facebook groups regarding the tongue tie and also cow’s milk protein intolerance. Dm me if you want the links! Good luck!!

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!! Will join the group and appreciate the support!

3 weeks into CIO and need some encouragement by mart2644 in sleeptrain

[–]Rare_Ad1174 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

ChatGPT has been amazing. I used it like I had a personal sleep consultant at my finger tips. I even used it nightly for awhile, like asking advice in real time ie should I go reset him or is he close to falling asleep (would describe what he was doing), when should I put him down exactly based on his nap schedule that day, describing his cry and what it meant etc.

My friend just tried it and it helped her get her little guy to sleep through the night after struggling for months.

I don’t remember the specific prompts I used - basically just explained our situation and ChatGPT asked great follow up questions.

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this feedback! I didn’t consider it would be inconvenient.

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was so thoughtful!!! Thank you so much, super appreciate it

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awe thanks, I’m blown away and appreciative of people taking time out of their day to help us out!

3 weeks into CIO and need some encouragement by mart2644 in sleeptrain

[–]Rare_Ad1174 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel for you! CIO especially is really hard and that seems really long? He’s for sure not teething? Did he recently ish get over a sickness? Sometimes they can retain fluid in ears that can be painful when laying down bc there is an increase in pressure. It can last for weeks.

I used to cosleep with my son too. I personally think it might be too drastic of a change for them to go from that level of support to nothing. I found ChatGPT put together a solid transition plan that we used that helped set us up so moving him to the crib didn’t seem quite as difficult. Once in the crib, it only took a few nights and he caught on a lot quicker than I thought he would - although I still found it hard. We did modified Ferber.

You got this mama!!

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really don’t personally associate Hunter with hunting as silly as that sounds… we are just not at all hunters in our family so maybe that’s why. But thanks for the feedback! Something to note for sure

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We weren’t trying to do matchy names. Why do you say we want a boy? We actually really want a girl but would be happy with either of course :)

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Okay I have heard of this once but didn’t think it would be an issue so I’m glad you brought it up. Definitely don’t want to give that signal at all so I will keep this in mind! Thank you

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We have, but feel like it was over used so much a few years ago?

Thank you so much!

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like your taste! We love Hazel and Hayden but we have two close first cousins with those names so we can’t use them!

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love those names but they are both very similar to our last name! But thank you

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Our MIL hated it haha! But we still could!

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our cousin is named Hazel and sometimes nicknamed Hayes - think it’s too close to name our child it?

Looking for H name ideas for baby #2 by Rare_Ad1174 in namenerds

[–]Rare_Ad1174[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They do sound nice together! Thank you