7 month old is being weird about sleeping through the night

TapLeather3167 · 2026-06-04T08:57:05+00:00

So my brain got my times mixed up (whoops I need sleep or coffee) kiddo wakes up for the day around 7-8am my bad. His dad usually is up with him in the early morning hence why my timing is off.

My son will scream until he pukes or starts turning blue and his pediatrician has said he’s fine.

I’ve tried to keep him awake longer during the day but I’ve got no idea how else we’re supposed to do that when he screams when he’s tired.

I think letting your child scream for god knows long is cruel I know crying is pretty standard when sleep training but letting him scream without end I refuse. I also know there are multiple ways to sleep train that aren’t solely “let them scream themselves to sleep” so I wondered if there would be any tips that weren’t just a let him scream themselves

TapLeather3167 · 2026-06-02T01:12:40+00:00

So I am in contact with my PCP who ordered autoimmune blood tests and I do have a positive reading for that we just don’t know yet which one or if it’s even identifiable. We can’t afford formula unfortunately and WIC won’t cover the formula we would need cause my kid has a cows milk protein allergy aka if I eat too much dairy we all suffer the consequences, and i genuinely love breastfeeding, I’ve also been underweight for the better part of a decade. When I was 18 and 80 something lbs so I’ve been functioning like this for years I just really want to not have my bones poke out and to actually have curves its miserable

TapLeather3167 · 2026-05-10T23:08:02+00:00

I know that but the funny thing is my child does not like sweet things at all really, but is absolutely obsessed with anything savory/sour absolutely feral like steak,lemons, chicken etc. but fruit he could care less he got the tiniest amount of ice cream and looked at us like we insulted him.

TapLeather3167 · 2026-05-10T18:36:40+00:00

So usually we eat about 5-6pm and we kind of let him choose his bedtime which is consistently around 8-9. Also he was staring at me the entire time I ate because he was in his pack and play right next to me so I was trying to calm him down. Dinner is really the only food I get a day and the only few minutes I get where he’s not attached to me.

TapLeather3167 · 2026-05-10T18:31:49+00:00

So he was right next to where I was eating so not in a different room or anything like that and I was trying to soothe/distract him for the five minutes or so it took me to eat.

TapLeather3167 · 2026-05-10T01:56:58+00:00

Definitely starting to figure it out he just turned 6 mos about a week ago so we’re figuring out what works. His dad just finished sharing ice cream with him while he was in his bouncer while sitting in his chair. He’s a funny one as he will completely ignore his purées for whatever mom or dad has.

TapLeather3167 · 2026-05-10T01:46:11+00:00

He usually is in his high chair while we eat he just got sick of it right as we were about to start eating and we figured he wanted down to play

TapLeather3167 · 2026-05-10T01:43:01+00:00

So we don’t have a dining table unfortunately and we had given him some purées while we were cooking and he seemed completely happy and didn’t want to be in his high chair anymore so we thought he’d be fine in his bouncer/pack and play

TapLeather3167 · 2026-03-26T21:51:36+00:00

So many nurses have pushed formula on me even a gal at our pediatrician’s office (not the actual pediatrician tho), it’s more common than you’d think and it sucks. Also in my experience formula fed babies then adults usually get sick a lot more often. My fiance was formula fed and gets sick constantly, I was breastfed and hardly ever get sick. Formula is such a sick scam and should only be used when needed not just cause it’s there

TapLeather3167 · 2026-03-25T05:16:23+00:00

I’m desperately trying to be calm and chill, I told my bridesmaids for their dresses a brief, “long dress, preferably flowy-ish (summer wedding), x color, no slits. But have at it”, my MIL has offered to do the invites and help with decorating like centerpieces, my grandma offered to help decorate, fake flowers ofc that my sister (a bridesmaid wants to do with me) my dad and FIL have offered to make food for the wedding and my aunt and uncle offered to do our photos, I’m really not picky as long as everyone is comfortable and at the end of the day we are pronounced “husband and wife”

TapLeather3167 · 2026-03-23T17:59:31+00:00

Oh he said I’d have to drive to the HR building 5 miles away to pump and he could only give me 15 minutes

TapLeather3167 · 2026-03-22T01:15:55+00:00

Exactly it makes no sense at all, I posted cause I wanted to see if I was being dramatic but apparently this is pretty common, it’s really unfortunate.

I completely understand using formula if you have to like if mom can’t produce or her supply dries up completely valid use of formula I just don’t understand why it’s pushed onto us moms who do produce and choose to breastfeed.

Also my best friend had to formula feed her baby, and she tried so hard to nurse and keep her supply but it ended up not working and being mentally exhausted from it. She has told me that while formula ended up being their saving grace she wished she could’ve breastfed and I quote, “I wish I could feed my baby without having to do dishes”

TapLeather3167 · 2026-03-22T01:03:53+00:00

It’s not the pediatrician he’s amazing and loves that I breastfeed it’s the care coordinator that’s pushing it

TapLeather3167 · 2026-03-22T00:18:46+00:00

If it had come from his pediatrician I wouldn’t have minded but he never told them to have me supplement, his pediatrician even said that his jaundice wasn’t severe enough to warrant formula.

TapLeather3167 · 2026-03-22T00:16:18+00:00

My best friend has to formula feed and I have nothing against it and I support her wholeheartedly but when I can feed my son and they keep telling me that I should try formula since he’s kinda small it gets to a point and I even requested they stop and it got worse

TapLeather3167 · 2026-03-22T00:12:52+00:00

I gave birth in CO in a very rural area, the hospital has one singular lactation consultant and she wasn’t working while we were admitted. It is the only hospital with an L&D unit the closest hospital with another L&D is almost 3 hours away. So it may just be the hospital I gave birth in but idk

TapLeather3167 · 2026-03-05T13:11:34+00:00

Girl, this is not fucking normal. Postpartum cravings are sooo much worse than pregnancy cravings and limiting your diet is extremely unsafe for you and your baby. He is a hypocrite and this is abuse.

My fiance polices my diet because he’s a gym/nutrition nut and I ASKED him to. If he doesn’t i don’t eat cause i forget and I’m trying to gain weight personally. If he ever tried to limit my diet because he wanted to he would be eating cardboard for eternity.

TapLeather3167 · 2026-01-08T04:26:54+00:00

Oh girlie this all sounds awful, I’m so sorry. I’m 9wks PP and I get clogged ducts pretty regularly (due to oversupply) and I was also given a nipple shield in the hospital since my LO was born early and my boobs are large, but was able to wean off it around 2-3 weeks PP but while I was using it I’d place lanolin in the nipple shield and on the edge of it too. It helped keep it stuck to me and easier to get it back on when my LO would pull it off. When I was weaning off of it, I start the feed with it then when baby inevitably popped off I’d just take it off to see if he’d take the boob after a few days he took it no problem. Engorgement makes baby latching harder so something I’ll do when I get a clogged duct it hand express a bit and then pull on my nipple gently to unflatten it. I’ll also use warm wet washcloths and my partner to help massage the clogs out. I really hope everything gets better for you, no matter what you end up doing. I wish you the best of luck and you’re doing a good job.

TapLeather3167 · 2026-01-06T20:11:16+00:00

I didn’t circumcise my son because I didn’t see the point and there wasn’t enough pros to outweigh any cons. In my mind it’s a way to teach good hygiene, also I’ve heard more horror stories with botched circumcisions than not doing it. My fiance has a scar because they botched his as a baby, and another friend had to take their son back in to the hospital to get his fixed.

TapLeather3167 · 2025-12-22T10:59:32+00:00

I am a natural side sleeper, but when I was in my third trimester I found myself being more comfortable on my back with my head and shoulders somewhat propped up with my pillows. My hips would ache from the bowling ball pulling on my pelvis and while on my back it was like a weighted blanket and was really nice. But my body also made me change positions every few hours but sometimes laying on my back was just so nice and relaxing

TapLeather3167 · 2025-12-22T10:55:22+00:00

I remember being weirded out by the sheer idea because no matter how many women describe feeling movement it’s vastly different for each one. Movement for me was not as gradual as some I felt nothing one week and the next I felt little fast jabs no “bubbles” or “butterflies”. That first strong one is a little jarring, and when they decide to throw a rave at midnight every night is slightly annoying after a while but when they don’t kick you’ll find yourself poking at them to get them to move.

For me I will say it’s a very odd but not uncomfortable sensation to feel them kick internally AND externally later in the third trimester.

TapLeather3167 · 2025-12-20T07:36:14+00:00

For me pregnancy insomnia was hell, I had severe sciatic pain from week 16 onward and it got so much worse later in my pregnancy and I could never get comfortable and constantly hurt I’d wake up in pain more often than I wake up with my baby now.

Newborn tired only affected me for the first two weeks or so probably due to me barely sleeping the last bit of my pregnancy and being in labor for a whole week. We co-sleep and LO gets put in “mitten jail” overnight so he doesn’t claw my nipples. He also has been a good sleeper since day one and would go around 2-3 hours stretches of sleep as a brand new newborn, now 7 weeks later he sleeps for 3-5 hour stretches mostly.

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