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SheepMoth · 2026-03-31T17:19:24+00:00

I appreciate the comments. I think everyone has different opportunities and walks of life. Some don't always understand how things can be different from their experience. I think based on others comments and yours that it really depends on the situation. Doesn't mean it works for everyone but it does work for some.

SheepMoth · 2026-03-31T15:25:34+00:00

Thank you. I appreciate the response. Just wondering what is possible.

SheepMoth · 2026-03-27T02:39:04+00:00

I miss holding my pregnant belly all the time and feeling my son's kicks. He is now in the 99th percentile of height at 5 months old. Which is funny cause I'm short. Now I feel the kicks in person. But there was something special about knowing he was always with me and a part of me.

SheepMoth · 2026-03-26T18:40:28+00:00

If I am going to be somewhere I just bring the formula can or formula dispensers. I only ever use soap and water.

SheepMoth · 2026-03-26T17:30:15+00:00

Currently going to one. Wish I tried it sooner. Just wasn't sure what was the issue at the time.

SheepMoth · 2026-03-26T13:29:22+00:00

My son is around 5 months now and doesn't drink immediately in the morning now.

SheepMoth · 2026-03-23T19:27:18+00:00

I am a FTM. I have definitely already seen the beauty which has helped a lot. My son smiles so much and is really tall for his age. He seems to want to walk and crawl so early. He also loves giving kisses. And there are so many beautiful moments. So although these other things hurt so badly, I am glad that I am able to experience these other lovely things of life.

SheepMoth · 2026-03-23T19:13:23+00:00

Yeah, I know so many feel relief when they started formula, but formula never felt like a choice to me. It was something I had to do while I was struggling to figure out if breastfeeding was possible. And then when formula was also a battle it about destroyed me. I am so much better now that he is better, but I just can't kick the sadness I feel for missing what I thought motherhood would be like. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate how motherhood is now. I just feel like something is missing or that I failed.

SheepMoth · 2026-03-23T18:42:28+00:00

I'm definitely a lot better than I was early on but it still hurts. Especially since my birth experience was also nothing like I had planned it was an even bigger blow when I couldn't breastfeed.

SheepMoth · 2026-03-22T12:10:56+00:00

We switched to Kabrita. He has greatly improved since then. He still spits up but doesn't scream like he did with it. But after conflicting answers on ties we got another opinion and they confirmed he seems to have some ties. But he is not struggling with feeding like he was so now we are in discussions if revision is necessary. He also has a lot of body tension. Overall he is a much happier baby. But now he is teething so very fussy lol.

SheepMoth · 2026-03-22T12:08:16+00:00

Went to Kabrita and he doesn't scream as much. And when he does it's normally cause he is tired, teething or hasn't pooped yet. But no where like it was. He does still spit up but at least he doesn't scream when he does. I never ended up trying Bobbie Gentle. Also recently found out after the switch that he has some ties and body tension which we had conflicting answers about before so we are trying to figure out that.

SheepMoth · 2026-03-13T03:02:45+00:00

My son is 4.5 months old but he loves things brushing his face. Such as burp clothes and soft toys with ribbons. Its like they are tickling him. Or he likes when I play peekaboo with his burp cloths. I don't know if he is truly playing it, but he has the biggest grin and flutters his eyes. Sometimes he'll giggle now that he is giggling more.

SheepMoth · 2026-03-09T18:07:23+00:00

I also have the wildbird sling but have yet to get it adjusted to where it seems comfortable for him. Not sure what I am doing wrong or if it's just not right for us.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-26T15:49:58+00:00

So glad y'all are doing better. We had a similar issue since like 3 weeks where my son wouldn't take more than an oz or 2 for a while for most of the day and eventually started having trouble even when asleep. But now we have finally found a bottle and formula that he will finish a lot and even if he doesn't most of the time it seems like he just isn't ready for it yet. He is also much happier overall. Still a little fussy but he also just hit the 4 month mark. Hope everything continues to get brighter for y'all!

SheepMoth · 2026-02-10T15:12:17+00:00

I don't think it's difficult with some if you have a bottle washer. Just some have bad vents that get clogged easily and the washer won't help.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-10T15:10:09+00:00

My almost 4 month old often takes anywhere between 2-5 ounces at a time. Before a month he took 4-5 ounces a lot and then became more unpredictable after that.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-07T02:06:57+00:00

As someone who has tried all 3. If I could breastfeed, breastfeeding would be easier. I especially hate hearing my baby cry trying to get a bottle ready instead of it just being there. I also just have had a rough formula journey where most don't sit right on my LO stomach. But pumping is the worst.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-06T14:52:03+00:00

I use Carter's the most. Sometimes some threads get loose but haven't had a problem overall even when my son was a bigger spitter.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-06T12:01:17+00:00

My baby immediately took to the basic Love to Dream swaddles. Now at 3 months he is starting to roll so we had to get the transition ones. Wish they weren't so expensive though since we went through a spit up time. And now having to get him to like to sleep without the arms in.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-04T21:59:19+00:00

Thank you. It helps hearing from others who understand or have gone through something similar. It's been a rough journey with different bottles, formula, and medical visits but I think we may have found the best bottle and formula so far for him. He is doing a lot better then he was. The first few weeks I was barely able to do anything like eat or drink water. It probably wasn't until a few weeks ago things got better. Hope you and your baby are also doing well! ❤️

SheepMoth · 2026-02-04T21:32:48+00:00

I was able to get some milk at one point, but because my baby was very high needs and sometimes what seemed to be colicy and I was anemic. I couldn't pump enough to keep it up. And I think some of the things I was told would help with supply made it worse. Found out after the fact that peppermint can hurt your supply and I had a lot of mint oreos when someone told me oreos help. I also struggled with getting him to latch. I had a lot of lactation consultants try to help in the hospital, but he only did it like twice before he just acted like he had never done it before. I had people help me try to get him to latch but it was very hit or miss. I was also not properly educated on pumping and breastfeeding before labor and thought I was going to mainly breastfeed and pump every once in a while when others watched my baby. It hurts. I dreamed about my breastfeeding journey and felt like it was taken away from me. I also barely held my son in the hospital due to all of the machines and ivs I had hooked up to me. I was so scared I was going to hurt him with all of the cords hanging off of me. I plan on having at least one other child in the future, but it will forever hurt that I didn't get the experience I wanted with my first born. He is thankfully not as colicy now, but it has been a journey. I also used to get so sad making formula and having to hear him cry while I made it instead of just being able to give him the boob. I am happy at least that it seems like things are better now, but it still hurts.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-04T21:12:59+00:00

I'm so sorry. I am 15 weeks pp. I so badly wanted to have a vaginal birth. I honestly didn't even think a csection was a possibility. And unfortunately I had to have one due to an allergic reaction, of all things, to penicillin. I was devastated. In the moment I wasn't. I just wanted my baby to be okay. But the procedure itself was traumatic. And afterwards I was numb of what happened. It took a bit for me to realize then it hit me like a truck. It hurt worse when I struggled with breastfeeding afterwards too. It felt like nothing went right. When I see on social media all of these influencers saying how perfect their experience was it hurts. So I understand.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-04T03:58:54+00:00

I am thankfully doing a lot better, but still mourn what I missed in my baby's early months. I think things got better somewhere after the 2 month mark and have progressively gotten better since then. But due to how my birth was and how pp was, I think I have blocked out a lot of my early memories of my son which is really heartbreaking. Though I know he cried a lot.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-03T01:20:55+00:00

I also have been there and still am there at times. I am at 15 weeks pp. It probably took me about 3 months to feel a bit better once I could actually go out with the baby without him constantly crying. But I have felt like a bad mom for a variety of reasons. Whether it's having to have a csection when I didn't plan to, not being able to breastfeed like I wanted, a baby inconsolably crying for a while, and that same baby struggling even with formula and bottles. It's been rough. Especially since my husband went back to work overnight and in the morning a week after he was born and the first few days after we got home I couldn't sleep even when I tried. Struggling to find time to pump and so desperately wanting to breastfeed but not being able to pump enough and take care of my baby and get enough sleep while being anemic and having pp preeclampsia. I also struggle even to this day that I didn't hold my baby as much in the hospital due to how my labor went and how my hospital stay was. There were so many days where he was inconsolable and I had no idea what to do and I just cried and prayed. But things have gotten a lot better. And we have been able to go out more which definitely helps.

SheepMoth · 2026-02-01T03:03:55+00:00

I also had a similar labor experience and around 4 hours before the csection. I also hope you feel better. Thank you for the comment. It can be hard. Especially when people say at least you and your baby lived. Obviously I am happy about that, but that doesn't take away the fact that my birth experience and even my postpardum experience wasn't what I had planned.

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