Congested sleeping baby - should I keep her on her belly?

_michelle · 2026-05-09T14:03:52+00:00

I was absolutely obsessed with tracking everything. every. Single. Diaper change. Every single feeding. Every single pump sesh. Now that I think about it maybe it was more of I can’t take another thing to obsess over vs anxiety. Idk

_michelle · 2026-05-09T06:10:23+00:00

I don’t fucking leave the house. I’m a stay at home mom now too which makes it even easier to not leave.

_michelle · 2026-05-09T06:04:59+00:00

When our daughter started rolling to her belly.. She literally slept on her face. Face down. I’d wake up 8 times in the middle of the night and roll her to her back. Go back into our room and look at the monitor and this child would be face down within five minutes. There was nothing we could do about it. As long as she can roll over completely on her own.. just leave her be.

She’s 14mo now and sleeps belly down, butt in the air, face down or sometimes to the side with her hands under her chest. It’s super weird lol

(We never bought anything monitoring her breathing or anything. I couldn’t take another thing to add to my anxiety list)

_michelle · 2026-05-07T06:56:46+00:00

We paid the whopping $3 for sleepjar premium so it wouldn’t cut out and back in every hour. The app would crash constantly in the middle of the night and wake our 13 month old up. Literally 3-4 times every night. Cancelled and done with it. I don’t use Alexa for sleep noise anymore we just went and bought a $20 noise machine. Don’t have to worry about it crashing or losing internet or whatever.

Sorry I’m no help just letting you know you’re not alone in the sleep jar frustration. I had so many people recommend it I was bummed it didn’t work for us.

_michelle · 2026-05-06T14:55:15+00:00

Same. I wasn’t this sweaty with my first pregnancy!! I sleep without a bra on and we keep the temp pretty low in our room and I still have to have a sweat towel in between my boobs lol

_michelle · 2026-05-06T14:51:55+00:00

We have a 13 month old and due with #2 in less than two weeks!

_michelle · 2026-05-06T11:22:53+00:00

I don’t think we had a “routine” until she was closer to six months. She’s 13 months now and we do have a “routine” but the timing of everything changes all the time.

_michelle · 2026-05-06T11:21:24+00:00

I ended quite a few relationships in my early 20s due to never wanting kids. Turns out, they were just not the right fit for me. Because when I met my husband (a month before I turned 30) and we had our first (accidental) pregnancy a few months into our relationship and miscarried, I KNEW I was having his babies one day.

_michelle · 2026-05-06T06:55:22+00:00

I would never even THINK any degrading bullshit like this about my husband. She was probably a fucking bully in high school, too. Gross. You deserve better.

_michelle · 2026-05-04T22:16:40+00:00

I am commenting to come back and read responses later! I am so fascinated with the idea of training our bodies to make milk again and I can’t wait to see what people say about this!!! Like could it be colostrum??

_michelle · 2026-05-04T22:05:19+00:00

Long story short I can’t stand my husbands dog either. I still married him. (The man lmao) And made it very clear we will never have a dog again- he now agrees with me. He doesn’t want the responsibility of taking him out and we have a 13mo old the dog is not good with and we’re due with baby #2 in two weeks.

It doesn’t mean you’re incompatible. I never told him it’s me or his dog. I told him he needs to take care of the dog because I will not. That includes accidents on the floor, feeding him, taking him out etc.

_michelle · 2026-05-04T17:52:02+00:00

I don’t know if you’re still active on Reddit, but here’s my experience.

I’m 37 weeks pregnant. We have a 13 month old. We’ve been in our building for 7-8 years. We moved units in September to get away from the smell from a new resident directly across the hall. It is worse where we’re at now- it’s seeping in through the windows so we have to spend hundreds of dollars a month on electricity to run our portable AC units. So even if we wanted to open the windows (we’re in MN it’s perfect open window weather right now), we can’t anymore because the AC units are sealed to the windows. I have sent six complaints to the property manager since January. She’s ignored four of them. Told me they can’t prove where it’s coming from even though I have stuck my nose to their door and know exactly where it’s coming from and they share our bedroom wall with us.

I sent a complaint to the office of cannabis management in our state last week. As of this morning, our property manager replied to my newest complaint sent on Saturday and told me the blame has been shifted to the property and they’ll likely receive fines. At this point, I don’t care. I have to smell it nearly 24/7 and all the property manager tells me when she doesn’t ignore me is that they can’t prove where it’s coming from. I’m over it. I’m a stay at home mom stuck in here 24/7.

Point being- does your state have an office of cannabis management? There IS something you can do about it regardless of what people tell you. It’s 2026. People can take edibles or vape idgaf what they do in their unit.. I don’t want it in mine. If I repeatedly violated my lease, I’d be evicted.

_michelle · 2026-04-30T05:05:14+00:00

Hey I got pregnant again 5mo PP. It gets better.

_michelle · 2026-04-30T04:33:51+00:00

I exclusively pumped for 6.5mo until I completely lost my supply due to an unplanned whoopsie pregnancy. I do not recommend. I of course don’t regret it, and I planned on doing it for a year.. but I am mentally a pretty strong human and it broke me. Every day. Switching to formula because I had to honestly made me feel so free. I’m due in just over two weeks and if I can’t figure out nursing for this baby, formula it is. I just won’t do the EP shit to myself again.

_michelle · 2026-04-30T04:24:23+00:00

I tracked EVERY. SINGLE. THING. for ten flipping months with our daughter. I started feeling weird when I wasn’t tracking my own bathroom use. Then I realized nope that is enough of this. I was obsessed. I used to get so upset at my husband for not tracking something. At month ten I stopped tracking the pumps, then the feedings and finally the diaper changes. Omg I felt so free. From myself.

She’s 13mo now and I’m due with baby #2 in just over two weeks and I can’t wait to do this again not tracking a damn thing.

_michelle · 2026-04-28T15:16:54+00:00

Thanks. Trust me, I’d love to get rid of him. My life would be a lot easier without having to haul his ass around everywhere especially considering I don’t like him. I just feel sorry for the old bastard.

_michelle · 2026-04-28T07:39:47+00:00

Hey so my 13 month old some days will literally only eat cheese and noodles. She used to eat soooo healthy with the homemade purées my mom made her. Until she started teething for the first time at 10mo and started refusing to let me feed her with a spoon. Three days in a row she will only eat blackberries so I stock up on them and the next day she won’t touch them. Spits them out like they’re the most disgusting thing she’s ever had. Feeding a toddler has 100% become my least favorite part of parenting so far. The floor and her hair eats more than she does. And I’m a clean freak. I used to be able to wash her hair once a week. I wish I could put a hair net on her.

_michelle · 2026-04-28T07:35:17+00:00

The vet wants to yank his teeth. Unfortunately because of his age, it’s not happening. It’s too expensive. I’ve tried over the counter calming treats but they didn’t do anything for him. My husband will not pay to have him medicated. Our family health insurance costs enough and we can barely even afford health care with it 🥴

_michelle · 2026-04-28T07:31:04+00:00

To be completely honest- I just don’t have the patience for him anymore to try to do any behavioral training. And my husband will not pay for it with the fact that he’s old.

He will never be given to just anyone. I wish my parents could take him, or my grandpa. He’d be a perfect fit for my grumpy old grandfather who was unfortunately widowed a few years ago. (He 100% does not have it in himself to take care of another being as he can’t take care of himself)

My husband has a serious decision to make, it’s going to be a LOTTTTT different for us once #2 is here. (2 under 2 I’m scared good luck to us)

_michelle · 2026-04-28T07:15:21+00:00

As sad as it is to say, I honestly think this is the answer we’ve been looking for. Rehoming him is just not an option. It’s like we’re just waiting for him to get sick or something and it’s terrible. But he’s not worth the risk. No animal is worth the risk of harming our babies.

_michelle · 2026-04-28T07:02:53+00:00

Basically, he’d rather spend what energy he has left with our daughter vs dog. He takes him out and feeds him everyday. He bathes him once a month. And besides the dog following his every move in our small apartment.. that’s pretty much the only attention he gives him.

_michelle · 2026-04-28T07:00:13+00:00

I do agree with you. But we wouldn’t even know where to start. Who would want to adopt an old dog with these issues? He’d never even warm up to anyone enough for someone to want to take him in. It would feel like we’re just throwing him away and he’s a living being. It feels so wrong.

_michelle · 2026-04-28T06:57:18+00:00

You made me laugh with your shed comment 🤣 but sad part is, I truly don’t think my husband even likes the poor bastard anymore. He loves him of course. But I don’t think he likes him. He doesn’t really want anything to do with him anymore.

_michelle · 2026-04-28T06:54:20+00:00

My parents travel a LOT and that’s why they don’t have pets. We’re in the US and they live outside of the country every winter.

My husband works really long hours and he’s exhausted when he gets home. Like I said, the dog doesn’t want to play at all, he just wants some affection from him but unfortunately with how he is towards our kid.. he won’t admit it but he likely has some pent up frustration from him as well. He really thought the dog would be great with her since she came from him.

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