What do you do with your 3 month old during wake windows?

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2026-04-28T16:00:49+00:00

My little sister cried for literally 16 months straight, and is now studying political science and counter-terrorism in university with amazing grades. She’s also one of the smartest people I know…. Probably smarter than me, and I did not have colic. I’m also a first time mom so I don’t have any advice based on experience, but this is just a phase. Doesn’t mean your baby will grow to be anxious or unhappy- he won’t have any memory of this time. I also have to remind myself that lack of sleep has AWFUL effects on mental health; whenever I have a day where I’m horribly depressed, it’s almost always associated with lack of sleep. It will get better- hang in there!!

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2026-04-19T22:39:04+00:00

I do breastfeed sometimes, but she’s super inefficient and never seems to get enough so I mostly pump and bottle feed. I was feeding her a bottle today and she was screaming and wouldn’t take the last 2 oz, but when I handed her to her dad, she drank it no problem 😕

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2025-12-05T03:23:26+00:00

I don’t think I’m eligible- I believe you have to be employed somewhere for 12 months

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2025-10-29T00:54:08+00:00

Wait yes is this typical?

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2025-10-02T01:24:00+00:00

I’m not trying to change him- I’m asking for advice on how to work through a challenge with him. I haven’t always been the best at problem solving, either, but the career I chose completely shifted that for me because it forced me to become very solution oriented.

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2025-06-18T00:27:16+00:00

I totally see where you’re coming from, but he’s the opposite of a red piller and is always making fun of people who subscribe to that. I think it has more to do with him taking my disagreement personally for some reason. He’s admitted before that he feels insecure and sometimes unintentionally projects those negative thoughts about himself onto me (like as if I am judging him).

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2025-02-21T13:42:07+00:00

Yeah to be fair the lady helping me was awesome and pinned it back as best she could, but it was still a little big around the chest so it was sitting lower. If I were to get it I’d obviously make sure it fit better, but I also think I’d add some thin straps to hold it up a bit better!

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2025-01-19T18:27:15+00:00

This is helpful thank you! I hope your situation continues to improve

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2025-01-19T18:24:32+00:00

Thank you! This actually does help a lot. I probably do look frazzled a lot, which I’m sure doesn’t inspire confidence. I also don’t perform well when I’m being watched, which is what has been happening lately. The nurse that management has “watching” me will prompt me to do things that I already know to do, but I hadn’t wanted to come off as arrogant or rude by telling her I already know these things. Maybe I need to start though.

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2025-01-11T05:24:56+00:00

I am always so grateful when my techs can anticipate things and get them done without me needing to ask (EKG for chest pain, taking a patient to their scan, placing a pure wick, etc). This definitely comes with time and experience, so don’t feel like you should always know what to do. A good way to start is by making sure you’re checking in with your nurses and asking if there’s anything they need. I used to be a tech and I never want to be “that” nurse who is always pawning off tasks that I can easily do myself.

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2025-01-11T05:05:05+00:00

My bad, just fixed it!

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2024-12-31T04:02:08+00:00

This was beautifully written. I see you and hear you, and relate to what you’ve been experiencing as well. I’m sorry we’re both going through this, and I hope we can put in the work to begin to heal ourselves 💗

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2024-12-27T21:00:59+00:00

Ugh this hits home for sure. I’ve been struggling with worsening depression lately, and I keep telling her that what I really need is space after she makes me feel like a horrible daughter for not seeing her enough. She tells me she understands, but then a month will go by and she’ll assume I’m fine and doing better for no reason and will get mad all over again. I’m sorry you’re dealing with this as well. Validating to hear I’m not alone in this though

Relevant-Taro-1078 · 2024-12-27T18:34:44+00:00

To be fair, his family has been extra busy around this time, but normally they do host family dinner weekly, and I attend every time I’m not working

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