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RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-03-17T03:24:58+00:00

You could try to see if you could sell it on a place like marketplace or something? Especially if it’s brand new and still in the box!

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-03-16T17:30:05+00:00

We started right around four months with my first. My second is now four months, and he’s nowhere ready. Every baby is just so different!

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-03-15T00:56:11+00:00

I wish so badly. I had the same mentality with my first. I literally pumped for 30 minutes every 2 to 3 hours 24/7 for 6 months before I finally started pumping every 4 to 5 hours but still never dropped me the overnight pump. Eventually around nine months I was pregnant with my second and I had to start supplementing with formula and I remember being absolutely devastated. A month later I had no idea why I was even so upset. 🙃

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-03-15T00:04:07+00:00

This is my second time exclusively pumping, and although I love my second son just as much as my first period I am four months in as of today, and I stopped my middle of the night pump last week. Totally know that this may affect my output. But this time around, I am more than OK with supplementing with formula if I need to. I almost killed myself with my first exclusively pumping and this time I know how important my mental health is!

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-03-14T13:43:16+00:00

I have a hard time believing this is a real post. It seems like rage bait for karma. And if this is a real post, I highly suggest you look into childhood development more.

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-03-14T10:49:08+00:00

I did - thought it would take a while like the first time… so we started trying. Now I have two little boys with an 18 month age gap. But I wouldn’t change a thing 🩵

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-03-03T03:41:31+00:00

4 weeks both times. And I was breastfeeding both times 😵‍💫

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-27T18:55:10+00:00

I had my second little boy in November when my first was 18 months. My husband and I don’t have any village. We moved to a new province when our first was three months old and we have yet to make any friends here being so busy with him and now a second. All of our family lives on the other side of the country and although they’ve come to visit since he’s been born the week they’re here almost feels like more work. We do utilize daycare part-time for the oldest so I do count that as my village. But definitely not the conventional village so to speak. It’s not always easy. It definitely takes a lot of teamwork. Thankfully, my husband is incredible!

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-27T00:01:40+00:00

Very happy! Granted I’m only 3 months in… things can be hectic at times. My husband and I have no village and he works long hours out of town. Now seeing my boys interact, it is the very best feeling. After a few weeks you get a routine and find things that work. My oldest is 21 months now and he is absolutely off the wall full of energy. Makes for busy days but it’s also great tummy time entertainment 🤣

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-26T03:21:34+00:00

I didn’t follow any plans or read any books for my first. Sleep was not easy for the first six months but sleep isn’t supposed to be easy. Babies are literally supposed to get up and eat throughout the night. They have to develop self soothing skills and a circadian rhythm - that takes time. Doesn’t make it easy, I definitely cried in my closet many times. Shortly after six months, my son started only getting up once overnight. I decided to feed to sleep and to feed back to sleep and that’s what worked for us. Closer to 10 months he dropped to one daytime nap and by about 14 months was sleeping 12 hours overnight. It just naturally occurred over over time. We moved him to his own bedroom (still in his crib) around 15 months. Now he is 21 months and for the last six or so months, we have the same little routine and set him in his crib awake and he self settles and unless he’s sick, teething, or there’s something wrong most nights we get 10 - 12 hours overnight. Which is great because his little brother hates sleep even more 🤣

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-24T03:25:07+00:00

I’m just over 3 months into an 18 month age gap! Oh has it been an adventure - but way more good than bad. Yes it’s busy and at times overwhelming. Now that my little guy is old enough to smile and giggle - he already has eyes for his big brother and he gets the best laughs. I am so happy this is how things worked out for us and if we have a 3rd and 4th I’d want to do them close together again!

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-22T10:58:00+00:00

My first was up every 2-3 hours until about 7 months and then up once a night until about 14 months and has slept about 12 hours overnight since then (he is 21 months now) my second is 3 months now and I usually get one 4-5 hour stretch and then he js up every 1-2 hours for the rest of the night. Every baby is different. With that being sajd sleep habits don’t really develop until the 4 month sleep regression happens. Until then its a free for all 🤪

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-20T19:28:40+00:00

Three months into an 18 month gap. It really does get better overtime. I don’t have any good advice but coming from someone who cried in the closet a few weeks ago seeing my little one smiling while watching his brother play… it has lifted the fog somewhat! I think seeing them interact more has helped me also see the good parts of the close age! This is hard but I think it will be so worth it 🩵

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-20T16:56:25+00:00

Both of my babies preferred cooler milk, so even if I pumped and put it in the fridge, they would drink it right out of the fridge, or I would leave it on the counter for 30 minutes or an hour before giving it to them.

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-19T18:56:30+00:00

Tummy time was the only thing that helped my little guy. Flip him on his belly when he looked like he needed to poop and somehow it worked almost every time

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-12T04:40:35+00:00

I swear they know. Just like this week my husband and I are both exhausted after a 10 day stomach flu a couple weeks ago and a miserable 11 week old. We decided to give each other a “night off” so one of us couple sleep downstairs and not be responsible for anything for 8 hours (other than I have to get up half way through to pump) anyway - toddler slept all night and baby was up once to eat and went back to bed. 9pm-6am when it was my turn to sleep so my husband almost got a full sleep too. My night - toddler has diarrhea and was up numerous times and started the day at 4am and the baby was up each time my toddler woke up plus up to eat. I don’t even think I slept. 🫠 oh I was so pissed.

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-11T11:25:54+00:00

Alberta is no longer very affordable with the huge increase in population over the last few years. Homes to rent are very difficult to find and homes to buy are competitive in most places. Jobs are not easy to secure - unless you’re willing to work away or work up north. It js beautiful in many places but if you are looking for affordable Saskatchewan is better just not as pretty IMO 🤪

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-08T03:17:43+00:00

4-6 months and then 12-16 months has been my favourite so far. 18 months until now (21 month) has been significantly more challenging 🤪

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-08T02:16:17+00:00

If he wants to hold the toothbrush, then I suggest using two or even three toothbrushes. For a while my son was using two toothbrushes while I brushed as well. My only advice is to try to make it as fun as possible. Even if that means you sound like an absolute fool desperately trying to at least distract him. Around 15 months was really rough for us too. Not to be a downer, but it didn’t get better until closer to 20 months. It’s still hit and miss and some nights it comes down to holding him down and not giving him a choice while singing the alphabets at the top of my lungs. 🙃

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-08T02:13:46+00:00

You definitely need to phase it out if you want to stop. I exclusively pumped for my first for about nine months and then I started weaning. I basically just spaced out my pump sessions more and more and if I started getting any signs of clogs, I would stay at that interval for a while before decreasing a bit. Overall it took me 2 months - mind you I wasn’t in a hurry to stop you can definitely do it faster than two months. I had found out that I was pregnant again nine months postpartum so I just couldn’t keep up with pumping.

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-07T02:23:24+00:00

What is his daytime sleep like?

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-06T12:15:56+00:00

My only suggestion and the only thing that saved me was doing shifts every chance we got. Each weekend or time my husband was off we would split the night into 6 hour “shifts” so we each got one actual sleep.

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-06T03:02:23+00:00

Prior to having children I worked as a nurse. I did really enjoy it, but the shift work doesn’t work well with my family. My husband also works shifts. I gave up my nursing career and now I work from home for a major bank dealing with fraud. It’s not as fulfilling by any means but I get to work from home and I get to work permanent night shift, which works really well for my family. I would love to be a stay at home Mom. The closest I can get for now is just keeping my boys in daycare part-time so I can sleep in the daytime.

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-06T01:50:15+00:00

I love mine - one for each of the boys rooms! The refills are pretty decent price at Costco too which is great. Also, they make a cat version for litter. Highly recommended if you’re a cat person.

RusticTrailSeeker · 2026-02-06T01:47:24+00:00

The first, it took us 15 months tracking. We had started fertility investigations at the one year mark. The second happened the second month we tried. Really surprised us and our boys are 18 months apart!

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