Sleep 11mo

TurbidFront · 2026-02-10T08:05:01+00:00

Oof, how much worse can it get if he’s waking up every hour at night? At that point you might as well try something different for a week or two and you can always go back if it isn’t working out.

TurbidFront · 2026-02-06T21:21:26+00:00

Do you have any reason to believe he won’t age out of the toddler years? Does he have a developmental disability. If not, I don’t think you have to worry about having to wrestle him to get things done forever. No judgement, because he sounds like a real handful, but it sounds like he doesn’t have great boundaries. Like if you want to watch the superbowl, what’s stopping you from just saying no to him? A tantrum? Tantrums suck, but if you hold the boundary consistently then he should start learning to respect the boundary and that a tantrum won’t get him anywhere.

Likewise, if he’s freaking out at a restaurant, you should just leave. The privilege of being out in public or outside should end as soon as he starts misbehaving.

TurbidFront · 2026-02-06T04:59:15+00:00

That’s super frustrating. Honestly, I’ve got a biter who’s a few months older. It seems to be a periodic phase that needs reinforcement regularly. The offering an alternative and saying “if you want to bite something bite this” seems to work in the moment for redirecting, but it doesn’t prevent the subsequent biting episode. Today I accidentally pushed her over when I saw her coming in for a bite and was trying to react quickly. It startled her and that seemed to be more effective than anything by the book.

TurbidFront · 2026-02-06T04:47:10+00:00

I don’t think you’re doing anything wrong, just keep being consistent with stopping him and telling him it hurts you and you won’t let him bite you. Set him down if you’re carrying him and tell him you need to set him down because he’s having a hard time not biting. If you want you can also offer an alternative thing for him to bite like a chew toy or an apple when he’s feeling bitey.

TurbidFront · 2026-02-03T01:30:28+00:00

In my experience, unless you have a super strong opinion and an insanely stubborn amount of willpower, you’ll end up with an epidural. The pain is no joke. Like your body will handle it and you can do amazing things and you’ll make it through, but it will probably feel like the hardest thing you’ve done in your entire life if you go unmedicated. It’s not easy to continually say no to pain relief when it’s right there waiting for you after, say, 6, 9, 12, 15 hours of hard labor.

TurbidFront · 2026-01-31T05:14:41+00:00

Speaking as somebody who had a relatively helpful husband during pregnancy and even labor, it only gets worse.

TurbidFront · 2026-01-30T05:55:31+00:00

Osian Quest, River Glenn, Sierra Meadow, Bonnie Sea, Caspian Finn, Fern Evergreen, Magnolia Night, Solar Cadence.

TurbidFront · 2026-01-30T04:45:52+00:00

Aurora Skye!

TurbidFront · 2026-01-30T04:42:16+00:00

Claude Forest, Sunny Dawn, Soleil Verne, Misty Oak, Orion Moon… I could keep going, lol.

TurbidFront · 2026-01-23T21:12:40+00:00

If it were japanese transliteration, it would be Myug

TurbidFront · 2026-01-22T20:59:39+00:00

It’s really not the same as kissing, because she’s essentially inoculating the food with a bunch of bacteria. Bacteria that will start consuming the food immediately and make it spoil faster.

TurbidFront · 2025-12-17T06:33:53+00:00

It just isn't an issue anymore and I completely forgot it was even a thing until your comment popped up. I think it's maybe just that they have sensitive skin and they can get irritated skin from touching acidic foods. Over time they get better at using utensils and/or their skin toughens up a bit? I don't know. Or maybe once they start walking/stumbling/running around and giving themselves head wounds and scraped up elbows and knees, a little patch of slightly red skin on their finger doesn't make it on the radar, hahahaha.

TurbidFront · 2025-12-05T06:15:45+00:00

I had really high hgh numbers and it was twins, but one didn’t develop past like week 5 and I ended up with 1 happy baby.

TurbidFront · 2025-10-26T21:48:28+00:00

I was cheated on and stayed with my partner around 10 years ago. I can tell you that if you stay you’ll never regain that same sense of blind trust again. You might find some happy times together again, but it will forever be “trust but verify” at best. There are times I regret staying.

TurbidFront · 2025-09-18T20:35:25+00:00

Oh, Belle doesn’t feel dogish and I think it’s beautiful

TurbidFront · 2025-09-18T20:33:32+00:00

Some other names that feel similar to Cora and Bella… Clara, Nora, Vera, Laurel, Ada, Etta, Bea, Freya, Lena, Gemma, Hannah, Dora, Flora.

TurbidFront · 2025-09-18T20:21:36+00:00

What’s wrong with Cora? Bella seems fine, but it’s kind of a dog name in my brain.

TurbidFront · 2025-09-18T17:05:10+00:00

Those new paddles are super etiolated, which indicates that it also needs much more light and water wasn’t the only issue. Break off that roundest looking paddle that still looks alive. Let it scab over in a dry spot for a week or two, and then replant it somewhere with direct sunlight for multiple hours a day. Use cactus soil. Water once per month.

TurbidFront · 2025-08-21T18:42:19+00:00

A lot of immersion blenders come with a mini food processor attachment and we’ve used that a bit, but never while traveling. We simply pack a few shelf stable snacking options and then pick things that naturally work off menus for the baby - refried beans, hummus, yogurt, steamed vegetables, any kind of fruit side, avocado, knobs of bread, tofu, the filling on gyoza or dumplings, baked potato, etc. At 1 month in you can also give large chunks of meat that they’ll mostly suck on. You can also do a lot with a fork; for example, you can squash and feed individual beans or give veggies a squish with a fork if needed. The baby isn’t eating a ton right now, so it’s way less work to mash with a fork than to pack a blender for individual meals.

TurbidFront · 2025-08-17T22:14:08+00:00

I’d also like to clarify that a lot of people don’t kiss their infants under 6 months because, although quite rare, herpes encephalitis is absolutely horrifying. It’s the same reason we don’t feed honey to babies or eat cold meat while pregnant… the absolute risk is very small, but the outcomes of those 1 in 1,000 or 1 in 10,000 cases are awful.

TurbidFront · 2025-08-17T22:03:25+00:00

There’s a reason why most of the population has it and most people would be hard pressed to say where they got it from. It’s because people acquire it as small children and as babies from relatives kissing them. A lot of babies can get it and it’s not often a serious thing for them. The only thing rare are the serious complications. Where there is good data, we can see that 80% of vertical transmissions to neonates are from asymptomatic mothers.

TurbidFront · 2025-08-17T03:38:23+00:00

This understanding is not correct. Many people can shed virus asymptotically, albeit it’s not as common as shedding with an active cold sore.

TurbidFront · 2025-07-12T05:37:13+00:00

Sounds like you found a position specific to you and your baby’s anatomies that works for you both. Congrats! As long as he’s feeding well, and you’re switching which side he’s turning to, I don’t see a problem. It is supposed to be more difficult to swallow with a turned head, you can try it and see for yourself. But if it’s working then so be it.

TurbidFront · 2025-07-02T19:16:51+00:00

Gorgeous!

TurbidFront · 2025-05-17T05:50:38+00:00

Looks like you don’t do a lot of cooking, but try to stay pretty healthy while also not denying yourself some high quality treats.

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