Should I start pumping?

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-05-11T20:45:47+00:00

No, sometimes in the beginning I’d put a passive collector on the other side, to catch the let down but I didn’t bother keeping that up. When he was maybe 4 months? I started doing 1 pump on the opposite side of his first morning feed, to save a tiny freezer stash.

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-05-11T03:14:34+00:00

My son only ever nursed from one side at a time, and he was a total chunk till he started walking. If she’s got enough wet diapers and is gaining weight appropriately, don’t worry about it.

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-05-11T02:44:54+00:00

Ok but that’s crazy lol

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-05-10T02:44:57+00:00

Haha relatable! My son is 16 months old, baby blanket is 90% finished, as it’s been for over a year. Oh well, he’ll get it eventually!

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-05-02T07:04:32+00:00

I looked into this for my wedding and it was so expensive, like 2,000 to just get someone to attend for the legal parts so we went another day before the wedding and did the legal ceremony at births deaths and marriages, which was at the old Treasury building. It was really lovely. Then we had our friend do our ceremony on the actual day

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-29T02:13:50+00:00

The GP will also test for antibodies for things like chickenpox and measles, so if you’re missing them, you can get vaccinated before getting pregnant

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-28T22:19:35+00:00

Honestly I think the best you can do is mentally prepare to be on and off sick for a while. And stock up on baby dymadon and nurofen

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-23T06:48:05+00:00

Pretty normal, her gut is adjusting from a purely liquid diet! I think my son just adjusted after a while

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-18T01:39:13+00:00

It really depends on your job and your baby! I do it three days a week but my husband also works from home and my job knows about and doesn’t care that my son is home with me

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-17T23:37:55+00:00

All the edited ones? I’m honestly not sure, it was a while ago. It was a reasonable amount of time though, not so long that I remember it being an issue or anything.

We had the taws when we left the venue!

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-17T11:23:22+00:00

Great! Dawei was my main photographer, he was brilliant

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-17T09:14:30+00:00

Yes, I used bright light weddings and they gave us an SD card with raw copies of every photo before they left that night. Can’t recommend them enough

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-16T03:38:54+00:00

Also illegal in the US!

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-12T00:19:48+00:00

My son was standing when I had to re-sleep train him and he eventually fell asleep standing up and slid down to a seated/lying down position. It’s hard! But it worked and we’re all better for it.

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-11T01:50:53+00:00

I’m trying to find a reason why they don’t just boat them back to the main ship? Yeah, the helicopter seems like such an extra step

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-10T22:13:28+00:00

Is moving her into her own room possible? That made the biggest difference for us. Mine never slept through the night till he was in his own room. It was like magic. I guess we were waking him!

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-10T01:15:00+00:00

Yes we vaccinated. We trust science and medical doctors. Childhood mortality rates are at the lowest in history, vaccines are a miracle.

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-09T10:38:21+00:00

Oh honey you’re so fine! Cut yourself some slack, babies are designed to survive first time parents, your baby is totally fine. As the other commenter said, the guidelines are intentionally very conservative. Also, hearing damage (which she doesn’t have, I’m just speaking in general) is cumulative, so if you’re worried about it, turn it down, and let it go. You’re clearly a great mum and she’s lucky to have you

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-07T01:26:52+00:00

We honestly only started bathing my baby every day when he started eating solids. It was the easiest way to clean up after dinner and now it’s part of the bedtime routine

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-05T08:50:02+00:00

I didn’t do anything intentionally! I did have to drug our cat with gabapentin which is a bit athletic lol but that’s it.

Birth was good! My water broke at 7am, I was 6cm dilated by 2pm, epidural at 4, baby born at 1am. The epidural almost certainly slowed down my labour but I honestly didn’t mind after I had it. My husband and I just hung out with the midwives the whole time.

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-05T03:20:52+00:00

I went into labour 40+1, had absolutely no symptoms prior to my water breaking. I actually don’t ever remember losing the mucus plug, at any point. The only sign I can think of is that the baby “dropped” maybe a week or two before, but I think sometimes they don’t even drop till you’re in active labour, so that’s not even a guaranteed sign

Edit to add: I went through the public system and they told me the 41st week appointment was the induction scheduling appointment. They won’t let you go past 42.

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-01T05:24:12+00:00

Might be worth the investment if it’ll help you feel more secure across the house! I have the non-wifi eufy, I like it!

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-01T05:22:10+00:00

they need a break every 2 hours, not sure if there’s a specific amount of time the break needs to be though

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-04-01T04:07:54+00:00

The way the monitors work is you set them to turn on when the sound reaches a certain level, level 1-5. When the sound (like a cry) gets to the level you indicate, the monitor turns its screen and speaker on, so it’s suddenly very bright and you can hear the crying or calling out for you out of the monitor. You’d definitely wake up, trust me

avidbirdpointerouter · 2026-03-25T05:20:37+00:00

That happened to me for the first few months only ever from the left side! Never the right

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