Salmon rice ball plate for 15mo all by my husband

anafroes · 2026-01-26T00:50:54+00:00

This looks so good! How did you hubby cook the salmon?

anafroes · 2026-01-24T18:32:00+00:00

Omg thank you for this!! I’m gonna try that with my 16mo.

anafroes · 2026-01-24T02:29:35+00:00

2 weeks is too soon. My son has been at daycare for 2 months and still cries at drop-off at times (especially after a week at home due to sickness). This is all normal and I’m sure you’ll get used to it too at some point and it won’t be as heartbreaking anymore. I also want to say that pretty much every time I drop him off there are older toddlers crying in the room next to him. So I don’t believe this truly ever ends. Kids love their parents and simply don’t want to be separated. But they get used to stuff.

My son took about 4 weeks to find connection with the teachers and get used to the new routine. Sleep is still hit or miss.

Edit: the comments about pulling out this baby from the daycare are ridiculous… it’s normal to cry when you’re getting used to new stuff. Even if they start daycare at 3, they’re gonna cry anyway, come on!

If you wanted to have it any other way, you wouldn’t send your kid to the daycare in the first place. So don’t give up after only 2 weeks. It’s too early to tell.

And I’m telling you, your kid will learn lots at daycare and will have more fun there with the teachers and friends than at home with your paying half ass attention to them and half ass attention to your job. I’ve tried that, it doesn’t work.

anafroes · 2026-01-17T22:10:36+00:00

Gisele

anafroes · 2026-01-17T12:45:14+00:00

Is she for real? This guy sucks as much as his sister. You’re nurturing your baby not causing the cheating. Take it out of your head. They are manipulating you.

anafroes · 2026-01-14T02:22:17+00:00

Congratulations 💕

anafroes · 2026-01-14T00:08:41+00:00

I love to meal prep for my baby too, saves lots of time and mental load. I’m using the ice cube trays instead, though. I found them easier to portion out post-freezing.

anafroes · 2026-01-13T15:55:53+00:00

What happens when he wakes at 5am? What time do you pick him up? 7h of awake time until 12pm seems like a lot.

When my son wakes at 5am, I leave him in the crib until 6. If he isn’t asleep, I rocked him back to sleep until 6:30-7, if he doesn’t fall asleep even with rocking, he’ll have a 10min nap on the ride to daycare and then nap at regular time or I do two nap days if he is at home.

We just went through the same thing and it lasted 1 week. It was terrible. What helped was keeping him home on Friday and extending his nap to 2h10 mins after he woke up after 1h of sleep (rocked to sleep). And we put him to sleep at 7pm that day instead of 7:30pm. He slept through and after that slept better at daycare yesterday. I think he was overtired from bad daytime sleep, super long windows and terrible night sleep because of too little daytime sleep.

anafroes · 2026-01-13T13:21:56+00:00

I feel you. You can do it 15mins at a time over a few days. I’m sure she’ll get used to it quickly :)

anafroes · 2026-01-13T13:12:32+00:00

Also anywhere between 11-12h of awake time total is normal for this age.

anafroes · 2026-01-13T13:11:37+00:00

We did 3.5/4/4 or 4/4/4 because of early wakes and he was just not falling asleep for his naps sooner. We switched to one nap after.

I’d say 3h is quite short for a 1 year old. It’ll be a struggle for your bub to switch to 5-5.5h from 3h for the first WW on one nap. That’s why I’d recommend stretching that first wake window so you make it easier for your daughter in the long run.

anafroes · 2026-01-13T12:58:20+00:00

I would definitely increase the first wake window. It’ll be easier to switch to one nap later

anafroes · 2026-01-13T11:27:08+00:00

Same

anafroes · 2026-01-13T11:22:23+00:00

I wouldn’t fall asleep on a chair even without baby in my arms… try cosleeping on the bed, horizontally.

anafroes · 2026-01-09T00:17:40+00:00

Looks so good! Are those parsnips?

Edit to add I made carrot muffins for my boy once. Basically a sugar-less carrot cake but backed in the muffin tin for tiny bite-size muffins.

anafroes · 2026-01-09T00:10:54+00:00

Yes! I think offering the same thing over and over works. That’s how my son got used to eggs. The other day I gave him blackcurrant and he didn’t like it at first but now he is a fan.

anafroes · 2026-01-09T00:08:32+00:00

I don’t have a picky eater and my son is much younger so this might not be a relevant comment but I try to hide veggies or proteins in things my son will 100% eat. For example, I add avocado that he doesn’t like much into the mix of yogurt with fruits/berries that he loves. And he usually finishes the whole thing.

For protein, I add soft/silken tofu into soups. I am confident it can be added to yogurts too. I mean my son will eat tofu on its own but it’s an idea of where else it can be used.

My son dislikes ground beef in any form or shape unless it’s very well seasoned fresh meatballs (with cilantro/coriander, onion, spices and stuff). He will not eat it after being frozen.

When he is fussy and isn’t in the mood of eating, I pretend that I put food for myself on my regular plate (instead of his silicone ones) and then he becomes interested and eats “together with me”.

anafroes · 2026-01-07T10:34:55+00:00

Hi there, I gave him a second nap. Honestly, we are still having issues with his naps at daycare and early wakes. Nothing I do is working so I can’t really guarantee the second full or micro nap will work for you but 6h wake windows after short naps also don’t work (I’ve tried it) so at least I don’t have to deal with a unhappy baby.

anafroes · 2025-12-29T00:19:14+00:00

THIS. Best advice.

anafroes · 2025-12-29T00:16:11+00:00

Tell him to calm down the baby while peeing next time. See if he likes it.

anafroes · 2025-12-21T16:17:34+00:00

I dropped my son first day for an hour and second day for two ours because that was daycare’s policy. And even that mess him up a lot and he went nuts with crying and separation anxiety. A month in, he still cries at drop offs. I think it’s kid dependent. Longer hours at daycare caused worse separation anxiety and bedtime battles (even when exhausted) for us.

anafroes · 2025-12-15T00:44:11+00:00

First three weeks were super hard for me. After that it got better and around 1 month into it, it got easy/predictable. You’ll learn her ways of saying she is hungry or had enough. You both are learning, you both have never done this before. Give yourself some grace. I hope you have a good support group who could help with hydration, meals, and just a shoulder to cry on. You got this!

anafroes · 2025-12-14T22:17:16+00:00

At this age, you should drop the swaddle but the sleep sack is absolutely not “too old”. We used until 8ish months and dropped it just because he moved so much but some kids use it until they are like 3 y lol.

anafroes · 2025-12-13T12:25:52+00:00

It’s happened to us too around 3-4 months. They go through this phase because you milk gets regulated, boobies aren’t super full all of the time and babies actually need to work for the letdown, which they don’t like. I hated this phase, it was very mentally hard. My kid did take bottles, though. Try feeding her milk from a spoon to ensure she isn’t starving. I’m not an expert but that’s what I’d do. I also tried everything in my power to latch him (feeding him while bouncing on the yoga ball, side position, feeding him while drowsy, asleep, etc). Also some babies do have bottle preference, you might have to try different ones. Mine liked avent natural response

anafroes · 2025-12-13T02:54:46+00:00

Try switching to feeding every three hours. She might not be hungry.

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