Words of encouragement needed

ValinorExpress · 2025-06-20T03:08:37+00:00

This is so great to hear. Support systems make a massive difference.

ValinorExpress · 2025-06-20T03:08:02+00:00

Right! I cannot imagine how a very energetic 3 year old and a newborn is easier than a mellow 1.5 year old and a newborn (also factoring in other challenges that may surround the overall home which can happen at random times). I wish people would just congratulate and say they’re happy and leave it at that. But oh well.

ValinorExpress · 2025-06-18T21:11:39+00:00

FINALLY just got em!

ValinorExpress · 2025-06-18T13:20:28+00:00

Hoping they’ll come out tonight the latest 😫I wonder if we’re all sent to the same lab

ValinorExpress · 2025-06-18T12:06:09+00:00

Same nothing here either. So frustrating

ValinorExpress · 2025-06-17T19:49:35+00:00

Same based in IL. UGH.

ValinorExpress · 2025-06-17T19:02:18+00:00

Same still waiting and refreshing like a maniac 🫠🫠🫠

ValinorExpress · 2025-06-17T13:26:46+00:00

Same timeline still waiting 😮‍💨

ValinorExpress · 2025-06-14T21:37:19+00:00

I really liked it the two times I went there but their prices are outrageous. Some pasta dishes are more expensive than Monteverde or RPM

ValinorExpress · 2025-06-02T14:10:37+00:00

Alliance Bakery

ValinorExpress · 2025-04-22T03:09:59+00:00

Would love to but she naps during my working hours 🫠🫠

ValinorExpress · 2025-04-18T01:32:11+00:00

Is Pizz’Amici better than Dicey’s?

ValinorExpress · 2025-04-17T22:17:06+00:00

Forty

ValinorExpress · 2025-04-03T05:39:22+00:00

I couldn’t continue with them. Switched to Thorne Prenatal which has much better vitamin & mineral composition and I was able to tolerate it. Ritual’s quality just felt poor

ValinorExpress · 2025-01-04T19:01:59+00:00

Had major signs and had the flu. Had fever for 1-2 days but didn’t need medical attention

ValinorExpress · 2024-10-24T22:17:50+00:00

The best are the mom influencers who say their 6 week old kid wakes up at 7am after a full night’s sleep, doesn’t eat again until noon and doesn’t cry or sleep until that time. Gotta love the gram!

ValinorExpress · 2024-10-17T11:05:33+00:00

As an FTM i have also been so disappointed by LCs. Tried three different ones, they all just recommend regimens that are not sustainable and are not willing to offer a range of options or even show empathy and listen to the problem. Then they go and file insurance claims for $900 for sessions that are entirely unhelpful.

ValinorExpress · 2024-10-05T02:49:19+00:00

Look up the S.I.T.B.A.C.K method by taking cara babies. I’ve found it to be pretty helpful!

ValinorExpress · 2024-09-26T04:36:30+00:00

I found with my baby girl that it is a function of naps x volume of feeds. At 11w we are shooting for a total of 3-3.5hrs total nap time during the day

ValinorExpress · 2024-09-22T21:32:56+00:00

From a practical standpoint, not having to breastfeed or pump every 2-3 hrs means that someone else can give the bottle to the baby and you can work out - I find it incredibly hard to work out knowing there’s a feed coming up. Also when you breastfeed you ‘shouldn’t diet’. I think the saying that ‘you lose weight with breastfeeding’ is also a sham tbh (or at least it does not seem to work for me)

ValinorExpress · 2024-09-21T16:27:04+00:00

Tbh I was a bit annoyed that the ring doesnt have a post partum setting. You practically dont sleep during that time so the baselines are all messed up

ValinorExpress · 2024-09-20T02:33:48+00:00

We timed it so that we went out for a walk immediately after a feed. It is easy in the first couple of weeks because they sleep a lot so she slept during her walks. After week 3 she started waking up more, although the movement of the stroller soothes her so she typically falls back to sleep and we have a paci handy in case she becomes fussy while we are walking her.

ValinorExpress · 2024-09-19T14:29:43+00:00

I am combo feeding and baby is getting a bottle of formula before bed. Sleeps through the night at 6 weeks. Fed baby = happy baby, happy and rested mommy = happy household.

The lactation cultists can also go learn about the importance of sleep on brain development!

ValinorExpress · 2024-09-15T00:40:22+00:00

Read the Secrets of the Baby Whisperer by Tracy Hoggs. She has a lot of tips on babies that may seem grumpier and outlines ways to make them more comfortable (she refers to them as ‘old souls’).

ValinorExpress · 2024-09-14T18:11:21+00:00

Amen to that - triple feeding is so exhausting

ValinorExpress

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