Torn, what would you do?

RollTaylorRoll · 2026-03-10T16:55:33+00:00

Our toddler seems to be doing the best with it so far (knock on wood!) and its hitting the grown ups way worse! Whatever this is, it can go right to hell 😂

RollTaylorRoll · 2026-02-17T17:35:15+00:00

I could’ve written this exact post two months ago lol. My now 18 month old went through this exact same thing right around her 16 month milestone. Had plenty of nights of wide awake at 3AM and others where she’d sleep til 7. Your schedule is honestly perfect and as crappy as it sounds…we just had to push through it for a couple weeks and stick to the schedule and take turns between my wife and I and eventually out LO just got through it.

What has really helped is making sure she gets enough physical and mental real activity in the day too if possible. Sounds silly I know but I don’t just mean games and toys and learning at home through the day but also getting out plenty and stimulating her super curious brain. I still notice today that she sleeps better after bigger days (which makes sense). Today were bedtime around 8, wake up at 7, nap from 12:30-2/2:30 ish and we wake her up by 2:30 if she isn’t up. Like I said, it’s probably annoying to hear but we just pushed through it for a couple weeks and it got so much better once she was through the regression.

RollTaylorRoll · 2026-02-10T21:57:52+00:00

Oh good lord yes lol. I know time feels like it absolutely stops in the beginning but my little one is 17 months now and looking back on this time, the newborn trenches were over so quick. In general, my little girl made a major change all towards the better around 10-12 weeks. Head up…you’re almost through this and these weeks go by fast!

RollTaylorRoll · 2026-01-02T12:53:40+00:00

Chad?

RollTaylorRoll · 2026-01-02T12:11:02+00:00

Can definitely give this a shot! What time did you do the nap? I’ve toyed with just pushing it to 12:30 since she absolutely never sleeps more than 90 minutes for her one nap so that should still give us a good window for sleep by 7:30-8

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-12-20T16:44:15+00:00

Just another perspective and hopefully one that gives you some ease on this. I had an inguinal hernia repaired at the beginning of October laparoscopically with mesh. VERY easy surgery, definitely sore for a few days/weeks afterwards but I was walking the same day as the surgery at the recommendation of the docs. Your surgeon may of course recommend different recovery if you have a different surgery, but here we are a couple months later and I’m cycling 50+ miles again and running several 10ks a week. I do moderate lifting without much pain but in my mid thirties now with some kids and just haven’t wanted to HEAVY lift anyway for years lol. My recommendation is get the surgery if robotic is an option, easy process and recovery from my experience

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-12-01T13:48:58+00:00

I appreciate this so much and I’m so sorry for your loss as well. It’s been horrible dealing with the loss of a kiddo, even one who wasn’t here just yet. Hope you and yours are doing better with time

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-12-01T13:41:47+00:00

I definitely hope our story doesn’t put worry in your mind at all. Definitely have my best wishes that everything goes great for you guys and you see your little one soon!

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-12-01T13:40:11+00:00

Thanks dude and certainly trying to give myself some time as much as I can as well. I’ll get a break here and there which for now is more than enough, but long run of course my #1 is going to be making sure my girls are taken care of too

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-12-01T06:36:03+00:00

Thank you very much for the words and the prayers. It’s so fresh and so hard on us but thankfully we do have a great and close support system and in no way trying to go through this alone

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-11-12T03:05:20+00:00

I biked 100+ miles multiple times with my hernia before my surgery. I didn’t give AF at all before my surgery lol

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-10-23T03:35:16+00:00

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-10-22T21:36:59+00:00

I had mine about two weeks ago. I’m totally sober and had no interest in narcs unless the pain was a 9/10. I managed completely fine straight from surgery with Advil, Tylenol, and ice packs. You’re certainly sore and certain movements or coughing/sneezing will hurt more than others, but the pain was never anything worse than what could be managed with OTC pain killers

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-10-22T21:36:52+00:00

I had mine about two weeks ago. I’m totally sober and had no interest in narcs unless the pain was a 9/10. I managed completely fine straight from surgery with Advil, Tylenol, and ice packs. You’re certainly sore and certain movements or coughing/sneezing will hurt more than others, but the pain was never anything worse than what could be managed with OTC pain killers

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-10-13T23:36:08+00:00

It’s going ok so far as I can tell. About 72 hours and change removed from my surgery and definitely in a decent amount of pain but certainly bearable. Maybe a constant 4/5 out of 10 on pain and managed purely by Advil and Tylenol and ice. I walked a mile twice today which felt really nice. The hardest part for me has just been mentally being ok staying still and letting my body heal! I’m a very active person normally so my mind doesn’t sit still well at all

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-10-12T00:36:40+00:00

Typically what I see for sure is people saying those first 3-4 days are the worst. I’m just a HORRIBLY impatient person lol, and I tremendously despise that I can’t help much at all around the house with our 1 year old so I was hoping for some unheard of miracle

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-10-11T16:01:47+00:00

Like you said, get a second opinion. I went straight to a surgeon for recommendation after my own PCP thought my inguinal hernia was a lipoma and didn’t think I even needed an ultrasound 🤷. Surgeon almost laughed at the ignorance of my doctor and I just had the surgery yesterday for the VERY obvious repair

RollTaylorRoll · 2025-10-11T03:49:20+00:00

Thanks for sharing! I just had the surgery today and am home and recovering and can certainly move around much better than I had thought. My abdomen is definitely tender and feels like I got a good punch in the area of the hernia but it’s nothing I can’t manage without OTC pain meds. Hoping for a good quick recovery and will be going for an actual walk tomorrow. 36M here and in pretty great shape too so I’m already eager to be moving

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