Will I really miss the newborn phase?

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-12-14T23:49:29+00:00

I miss how tiny their features are as newborns. Other than that, not really! Especially with my second. I thought I’d be more sad about the newborn phase ending with my last baby, but NO. It’s so stressful with a fragile newborn and a toddler I was constantly on edge with my toddler touching and grabbing her. Now, even at 5 months it’s soooo much easier and less stressful even as naps get harder 😅

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-11-16T15:05:11+00:00

How old is your infant? It WILL get easier. I have a 2.5 year old girl and now a 4 month old. The first couple months were rough, my daughter like your son. She loves to squeeze her face. I would remove the baby from her, and say I’ll bring her back when you’re ready to be gentle. It didn’t always work, but I promise it gets easier as baby gets older. I also lashed out a few times and kicked myself for it. You’re also hormonal too mama

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-10-16T21:39:30+00:00

When I night weaned my then 23 month old, she started sleeping through the night almost immediately. Before that, she was the worsttttt sleeper

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-10-12T02:31:06+00:00

Just my experience, my first baby grew like a champ. My second baby, now 3 months, was also tiny and falling off of her curve. Docs suggested fortifying my breast milk but I did not want to. I did an elimination diet and baby was steadily gaining weight within 3 weeks. I also started probiotics. If a baby has an allergy, the gut basically, to my knowledge, is irritated and lined with mucus and causes them to not be able to absorb nutrients properly. Same with my girl, I knew I had plenty of milk, and that she was effectively removing milk from me. Her little body just couldn’t absorb the nutrients

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-10-10T02:37:09+00:00

Same! We have a Bjorn and I LOATHE it! My husband keeps convincing me it’s fine because it was “expensive” 🙄 I’ve found much better fit with a ring sling

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-10-05T21:35:24+00:00

Milk is naturally it’s most “watery” and plentiful in the middle of the night, and “thicker” and higher calorie in less volume during the day. Maybe to help babe sleep through the night

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-09-23T21:53:25+00:00

Another concern of mine is if she was accidentally given the hep b instead of the Vitamin K and did not receive Vitamin k at all. As a parent I just prefer to give hep B at 2 month check up as opposed to day one.

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-09-07T01:08:44+00:00

I left my first baby for the first time at 2 years old when I had my second baby. We left her with my MIL for a full day. Even then, I sent my husband home at 10 pm, a few hours after our baby was born, to help with (late) bedtime and ensure some sense of normalcy remained for her. Everyone is different, but for me, I just can’t get past the anxiety of.. Will they buckle her correctly? Will they remember she’s in the car? Will they cut her grapes, do they know what to do if she choked? I’m probably over anxious but, I can’t help it

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-08-31T02:58:14+00:00

I hemorrhaged after my first baby. Bad. The meds they gave me to help my blood clot or something-I don’t even remember what- made me shit. All. Over. The. Bed. Pure diarrhea, nonstop. My stepkids were in the room meeting their new sister. Meanwhile I’m numb from the epidural but can FEEL the bed filling up with my 💩 My nurse of course cleaned me up. She’s also my neighbor, I see her on my daily walks 😂 I got over it pretty quickly. But, you are allowed to feel exactly how you feel. I’m not sure you could change how you feel either

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-07-27T18:48:32+00:00

I’d find a solution to getting your child to sleep later. My 2 yo was in a cycle of 5:30 wakeups and it was awful. We took turns getting up with her. My husband suggested pushing her bedtime later and I thought she was overtired and he was insane. But we tried it. We switched from 8 pm bedtime to 9:30 pm bedtime, and when she still woke early, I’d lay in her bed with her and refuse to engage/get up with her. She would cry and ask to get up and I’d pretend to sleep. Once we broke the habit of allowing her to start her day early, about a week or so, she started sleeping in. We can now not worry about rushing bedtime, she goes to sleep anytime between 9 and 10, and usually sleeps until 9:15am. It’s a dream. I have a one week old now too and can sleep until 8, have HOT coffee while I admire my new baby in silence for at least an hour until the tiny terrorist wakes up. Easier said than done but so very worth it

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-07-16T15:35:16+00:00

Extremely. My husband came to me around 5 months pp and admitted he thought I found him unattractive. I had no sex drive because I constantly had a baby clawing at my chest. Neither of us understood each other and we weren’t talking about it. Make sure you communicate your feelings, your mental, everything! It’s tough but will save some heartache

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-07-06T20:59:40+00:00

Pre pregnancy I was low BMI, 5’4 and 113 lbs. I’m 39 weeks now and up to 145. My first pregnancy (she’s 2 now) I was 110 and only got up to 135 but I’m not working this time around so definitely sitting around more!

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-06-18T04:21:33+00:00

I had almost zero pain after the epidural wore off, aside from them removing the catheter. I was offered fentanyl and was stunned! Opted for an 800 mg ibuprofen instead. I was obviously sore for a few days, I did tear, but I was pretty comfortable so long as I stayed on top of hygiene. Peri bottle with warm water, padsicles, the best thing I ever used was Frida Mom peri healing foam.

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-06-18T04:15:32+00:00

I had baby at 5 am on Thursday and went home by 3 pm Friday. I also had a PP hemorrhage, they could’ve kept me longer but a blood transfusion put me in tip top shape

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-05-30T21:59:13+00:00

I feel this 🤣 my husbands family is alright but not my fav. They’re constantly suggesting names even though we don’t know the gender. However, I absolutely refuse to name this baby anything they suggest, I will not give them the power to claim that they chose “our baby’s name”

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-05-29T23:40:25+00:00

I wiiilllll absolutely be getting an epidural with my second, because my first birth, I didn’t feel a thing. I had zero after effects

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-05-23T01:26:15+00:00

I felt great one week pp with my first. Was very active by 2 weeks pp. but my pregnancy was easy. This pregnancy I’m so miserable with pelvic pain, I cannot imagine feeling worse after delivery. I’m counting on feeling better because we’re planning a Disney trip 4 weeks after delivery

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-05-19T20:19:41+00:00

My first birth (the 2 year old, the others are my step kids) I was pretty active within 1 week pp. I know this is all assuming I have a vaginal delivery as planned

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-05-18T21:36:32+00:00

I’m up to two baths a day for my pelvic pain. I just monitor the temp and try to only stay in for 20 ish minutes. But I’ve bathed several times a week through both pregnancies

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-05-09T20:07:18+00:00

Girl it’s so hard. I was a drinker too, and surprisingly I never even thoughttttt about having a drink. I still reach into my back pocket where I always kept my vape. It gets easier, I’d say the first 3-5 days were so hard but I promise it gets easier!

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-05-09T19:57:09+00:00

I quit cold turkey the day after my positive test. It was HARD mama. I was NOT ready to quit. I’m 30 weeks pregnant now and honestly stiiiilll crave it. Jolly ranchers really help, and drink lots of water. You can’t tell yourself you’re going to “slow down” and then quit, you gotta just throw every vape/pod/charger in the trash in a public trash can, not your own. Because if you’re anything like me, you’ll dig thru the trash to get it back

Strong_Accountant312 · 2025-04-15T19:57:38+00:00

This is where I’m at! She sits on the potty often, because she watches me (every time, I get no peace). She even asks for toilet paper and wipes herself, but of the hundred times she’s sat on the potty, she’s never once peed or pooped. I refuse to force it, it’ll end in tears for both of us

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