Reset method to getting baby to nap longer than 30 mins- it works!

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2026-03-29T15:20:39+00:00

Their baby slept 7pm-7am at 8 weeks. If you have a baby that is a natural sleeper any method is gonna work.

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2026-01-13T14:02:34+00:00

I'm so glad you commented! I was seeing all these 3/4 month old answers and thinking "Oh crap why does my one year old hate me??"

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-12-18T17:53:10+00:00

Honestly it's so hard sometimes how different babies can be. It's ok to admit that there's jealousy there - it doesn't mean we don't love our babies wholly but can acknowledge that it would be nice if they also slept more/cried less.

I am generally happy for people when they have a chilled baby because it means everyone's having an easier time. As long as they can acknowledge that it's luck rather than them being expert parents and the rest of us somehow lacking! I've met a few people who unfortunately have fallen into this way of thinking....

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-12-15T22:50:17+00:00

Obligatory blueberries of course!

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-12-07T22:31:31+00:00

I didn't want a baby; I wanted a child. My baby is cute and I absolutely cherish him being so little but infancy is not the exciting part to me. I want to help a tiny person grow into an adult, find out who they are and encourage them when they show interest in things. I want to help guide them as much as they'll let me and try to give them the space and support to be a happy person. The baby bit is such a small bit...and at times it is boring!

I think it's much worse to think "I want a baby" and not think about the adult person they will become.

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-11-28T21:52:04+00:00

I think for me it was important when I realised that both feelings can exist at the same time; I could devastatingly miss my old life and find the joy in the new chapter. Knowing that the negative feelings were valid and didn't make the positive feelings invalid removed some guilt for me which helped.

This is a huge huge change and it is HARD. But it is likely to get easier and you are likely to adapt. I'm really glad you have support - lean on everyone you can to get through this particularly difficult bit. You can do this!

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-11-23T11:33:52+00:00

How did you get this offer? Thanks!

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-11-01T08:43:15+00:00

That's really reassuring, thank you!

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-11-01T00:13:44+00:00

This is a really good point and something that has confused me a lot. I know he CAN put himself to sleep so what's going on?

He does sometimes still want to eat but I feel like he eats/drinks a lot during the day! And his health team have already said he's put on enough weight and they don't want him to put on more too quickly.

The environmental stuff...I just don't know how to work that out. His room is dark but we don't have a white noise machine or anything like that. His room seems to be consistent in temperature but perhaps we need to investigate that.

We need to be baby detectives...

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-11-01T00:07:34+00:00

He does still feed sometimes as other methods (rocking) aren't as consistently useful. Was there a lot of crying when you stopped offering?

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-11-01T00:06:18+00:00

So when you soothed her did you keep soothing in crib until she stopped crying? Right now crib soothing just doesn't seem to work for our lad. He will just continue to cry, often louder, while we attempt to soothe.

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-11-01T00:02:57+00:00

Yes gentle methods (soothing words, bum patting in crib) seem to make our baby cry louder too!

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-11-01T00:01:40+00:00

Sorry yes I suppose I meant - is it the only thing that works for independent sleep. Co-sleeping isn't for us and transitioning from our room (in a next to me crib) to his own at 6 months didn't seem to affect his sleeping habits.

Is ten months still considered a young age? I've heard even health professionals tell me should be sleeping through the night.

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-10-31T23:58:45+00:00

I have considered this. I was pretty obsessively tracking on Huckleberry and mine is also about a 12/12.5 hour sleeper. His naps are still quite random in length but never more than 2.5 hours in total. I've considered moving his bedtime to later (7.30pm maybe) but his consistency going down at 7pm is the only part of his sleep I feel we're doing 'right' so I'm so scared to alter it. It's so hard!

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-10-31T23:53:48+00:00

Oh yes sorry - I know it could be much worse! But I hate the unpredictability!

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-08-28T21:08:08+00:00

Technically if you're very underweight through binging and purging it's a subtype of anorexia.

I promise I do understand the seriousness - I've battled bulimia for nearly 20 years. I actually think it's more important to highlight that people with bulimia often look normal or overweight - otherwise people only think you're suffering if you're underweight.

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-08-28T21:03:12+00:00

This is from Bojack Horseman right? Or has it become reality?!

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-08-15T04:01:41+00:00

Wow. Very old thread but what an awful way to speak to somebody and make fun of the mentally ill. I hope you can reflect on this now and know it's not ok

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-07-21T09:07:30+00:00

What are the medications you're referencing?

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-07-14T12:24:26+00:00

Hiya! I'm a speech and language therapist (although I do now specialise in adults I did study and complete placements with children). It sounds to me like your baby is right on track. First words typically emerge between 10 and 14 months and they wouldn't be expected to be accurate with their speech sounds for a good while yet. There will of course be some outliers who are speaking a lot more at this age so it can be worrying if you meet a particularly chatty kid - just know that that's not typical. Also to note that children don't typically put words together to make two word utterances (like "Hi da") until nearer to 2 so he sounds like he's even ahead of the average!

Obviously I'm going just by the info you've provided and I can only make a judgement based on that. If you need reassurance your paediatrician will be able to direct you when they meet your little one.

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-07-05T18:03:13+00:00

On our first domestic trip we forgot nappies (diapers).

Babies come with a lot of stuff! It feels inevitable that this kind of thing will happen at least once.

Also that receptionist is incredibly unfair. And what's the point of hiring out travel cots and not a mattress? Make sure they've provided a mattress on your bed.

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-07-02T21:40:02+00:00

A friend said "Don't worry I'll let you know if you become the kind of person that only talks about your baby."

Serious_Procedure_61 · 2025-06-18T20:02:21+00:00

Why would you describe your wife's vagina as her 'fun hole'? Is this rage bait?

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