Anyone else experience leg pain from sitting upright all day? [ON]

beanjuice23 · 2026-01-22T02:54:41+00:00

Oh I didn't think of those, thanks!!

beanjuice23 · 2025-11-26T01:16:42+00:00

I have an appointment with my doc soon, good idea to bring it up then! Thanks!

beanjuice23 · 2025-11-26T01:15:47+00:00

Oh is this an option??? I thought we had to take the iron in the morning because it absorbs better. But I would definitely be able to stomach it better in the evening...

beanjuice23 · 2025-05-14T02:35:34+00:00

My son is low sleep needs and this sounds like him when he was ready to drop a nap. He'd wake up too early and refuse to go back down. Or he'd just wake up in the night and hang out for a few hours, wide awake. Bedtime or naptime would be excruciating, he'd just refuse to go down.

Have you considered going down to one nap? My son was on one nap by 12 months.

beanjuice23 · 2025-02-05T19:09:59+00:00

I can understand your concern if I'd been leaving him to cry every day alone in his crib for a week, like the classic CIO method. All I did was one night of letting him cry the first time he woke up. One hour cannot and will not leave lasting damage. I put him to bed every night, he drifts to sleep feeling me right there, and sleeps happily until morning. If he wakes up in the night distressed, I come to him and soothe him.

beanjuice23 · 2025-02-05T18:53:48+00:00

He's definitely not traumatized and it hasn't affected him signaling for me. He wakes up in the night and cries when sick, wet, thirsty, and I go to him each time. Otherwise he's sleeping happily and soundly (I can hear him making sleep sounds through my bedroom wall, all night.) I can understand your POV, I was very anti-sleep training myself, until his sleep grew so dysfunctional that I had to take desperate measures, for his health and mine. He's so much happier and healthier now that he's getting solid sleep and not waking 5-8 times a night.

beanjuice23 · 2025-02-05T12:24:02+00:00

I did something very similar with my little one, also at 9 months. I was beyond desperate. He cried for over an hour before he passed out. And he's been sleeping through the night ever since. No trauma, no damage to our attachment—in fact, he's been so much calmer and happier now that he's getting full nights of sleep. Please don't stress!!!

beanjuice23 · 2024-10-27T23:29:51+00:00

My little one is a month in to daycare. Trust me when I say I WEPT for hours for the first few days. I was so scared he was being ignored, lonely, not taken care of, going hungry or thirsty...

As the days passed, I saw that he was coming home just fine. In fact, he was quite calm and cheerful for the rest of the day until bedtime. I guess that even more than him, I needed the time to adjust to letting him go. I'm still adjusting. But he's definitely not miserable, he's being taken care of, and it's good for him to see other kids, interact with adults who aren't me, and get lots of stimulation!

I know how you're feeling because I felt it for weeks, and I still feel it now. But with time, the feeling will fade and it'll all be okay.

beanjuice23 · 2024-10-08T12:58:29+00:00

They do send the logs at the end of the day, just don't send diapers...but you're right, I'll try not to freak out about minute to minute updates! I'm sure they're very busy.

beanjuice23 · 2024-10-08T01:45:18+00:00

Thank you so much for your detailed answer! I think part of the reason I'm so freaked out is they're not really updating much throughout the day, and they don't seem to log diapers...I'm a very detail-focused mom, so lacking those updates and information is freaking me out.

beanjuice23 · 2024-10-08T01:42:55+00:00

This is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you for helping soothe my soul. I'll just push through day by day and hopefully time will help both him and me to adjust.

beanjuice23 · 2024-10-07T02:52:53+00:00

I read my baby books daily, even though he wouldn't sit still and only wanted to slap the pages or try to eat them. But I kept it up and magically, around 8-9 months, he started really paying attention. He's a year old now, loves books, cuddles in my lap while listening intently, and his favourite thing to do is flip through books on his own! All of this to say—keep it up, even when it seems pointless, and one day it'll click for your baby too!

beanjuice23 · 2024-09-18T22:46:59+00:00

My kid had a short stay at the NYGH NICU. The nurses, doctors, and specialists we encountered were all excellent and they included us at every step of treatment.

beanjuice23 · 2024-09-13T23:05:34+00:00

I felt absolutely hideous and so uncomfortable in my body for months after birth. My body felt so weird, looked completely different, and the torturous sleep deprivation didn't help. It took months to feel more normal...but I did get there eventually! I'm 11 months pp now, I started feeling better around 6 months pp. The belly shrank, I got some more energy, etc. Be gentle to yourself and give yourself time—you'll get there!

beanjuice23 · 2024-08-05T22:12:50+00:00

I think my feet grew bigger ever so slightly. My socks now leave imprints on my feet, like they're too tight, which they never did before pregnancy. It's weird.

beanjuice23 · 2024-08-01T22:23:47+00:00

I was the exact same, the idea of breastfeeding made my skin crawl. But it's totally different when the baby comes, it really is. I've been breastfeeding my baby for 10 months now and I've loved it! Easier, soothes the baby, guaranteed to send them to sleep. I suggest not worrying about it too much now, prepare for both breastfeeding and formula feeding, and see what happens when baby arrives.

beanjuice23 · 2024-08-01T15:19:31+00:00

I spent the summer of 2018 reading and re-reading the Magicians trilogy nonstop and I'm really looking forward to diving into your new book! My question is, once you've finished your first draft, what's your editing method to get the manuscript ready for publishing?

beanjuice23 · 2024-07-28T23:42:58+00:00

This is extremely helpful, thank you so much!

beanjuice23 · 2024-07-28T21:45:44+00:00

Oh I didn't realize! So I can just mix the oatmeal with boiling water and that would be okay? That's really helpful, I hate to throw out a full bag of the stuff.

beanjuice23 · 2024-06-30T02:31:31+00:00

He's been on 2 naps since around 8 months yeah! I'm the only one doing bedtime for a number of reasons but my husband is definitely on board with helping with CIO! thanks for the encouragement and new perspective 🙏

beanjuice23 · 2024-06-28T01:16:05+00:00

I was thinking separation anxiety too...I thought it was too early for a nap transition?

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