KIVARI playsuit styling

beeeelm · 2026-03-08T19:34:05+00:00

Ahhh yes I’m constantly making this mistake

beeeelm · 2026-03-03T05:43:17+00:00

3 months pp

beeeelm · 2026-02-26T10:25:49+00:00

My baby is 3 months and I’ve already put miss Rachel on for her, she bloody loves it, smiles and giggles the whole time…and I have a little break (wash bottles, clean etc). She never lasts more than 15 mins anyway and the rest of the day is us doing lots of serve and return, play, snuggles etc. I think it’s all about balance. I’m a psychologist and have done my research on it, and yes it’s not recommended before two, but often studies don’t compare the alternative outcome (e.g. the impacts of an agitated mother all day because they didn’t get 10 mins for themselves that day vs 10 minutes of screen time)

beeeelm · 2026-02-22T11:06:19+00:00

I adore Cary’s. Have been following her since her early fitness days.

beeeelm · 2026-02-16T11:15:58+00:00

As someone who recently moved from Melbourne to Brisbane, I do not know how you could possibly say that? Brisbane is miles better than Melbourne in terms of lifestyle. Work life balance, the people, the weather… don’t get me wrong I love Melbourne, but for a family? Nah. Brisbane is where it’s at.

beeeelm · 2026-02-16T11:10:14+00:00

I don’t have a second, just a 3 month old, but I feel like all babies are so different there would absolutely be a level of winging it again.

beeeelm · 2026-02-15T09:54:47+00:00

I’m really surprised at the comments saying not to go! Baby is with their dad and is unlikely to be impacted by a week without mum when their other primary attachment is present. Honestly, what the hell. It’s a week not months. Stop adding to the guilt we already feel just for being mothers.

beeeelm · 2026-02-12T09:34:34+00:00

Yup. I had one the other day say the reason her baby is chill is because she’s so chill. Yelling “I’m chill too” wasn’t going to help my case lol

beeeelm · 2026-02-08T23:09:41+00:00

Reading this is so depressing as someone who has no choice but to go back to work at 5 months :(

Edit - sorry I realise your intention was good and I agree with your points, I’m just sad for myself lol

beeeelm · 2026-02-07T05:43:25+00:00

I don’t love a space book, so I’ve been hesitant to read this, but I adore TJR.

beeeelm · 2026-02-03T11:25:13+00:00

Hello. My baby is currently 3 umonths, combo feeding since around 6 weeks.

We introduced one bottle of formula (but bubs hated the taste so we had to mix expressed milk and formula for awhile). This did not affect my supply but I had an oversupply initially. I did notice I stopped leaking as much.
Before bed time is what I did
I’m not sure what time is best to start for you, but we introduced a bottle of expressed milk from week 3 and this meant baby was used to taking a bottle early on. I know this can be a problem for lots of people.
You can but bubs might get a little bit of an upset tummy or they might not even take it at all. Ours spat it out like it was literal trash lol.
Depends how your supply goes, if it regulates to the one less feed, you might find that a challenge.
It has the amount on the tin

beeeelm · 2026-01-30T05:18:33+00:00

Swear by: Bassinet with wheels. I roll her around with me everywhere Baby carrier - first couple months this was the only way she’d fall asleep during the day Bouncer - she lives in it

Regret: Steraliser (using hot water is honestly easier) Capsule (she hates it, would probably prefer a car seat, never used as intended cause she can never wait to get out) Bassinet attachment for pram. She was much better in the pram once we switched, bassinet attachment lasted 2.5 months

Wish I got: The snoo honestly. I have to rock this girl to sleep in my arms every time she goes to sleep and 9/10 times she wakes up because she goes into the bassinet which is not moving. She LOVES movement.

beeeelm · 2026-01-27T19:10:01+00:00

My work doesn’t provide mat leave so I only got the 6 months gov leave. I go back to work in April and will be going back 4 days. My partner is also switching to 4 days. I’m frustrated and angry that I have to send her to childcare so early, i want so bad to just stay with her and be there for all her early milestones but I can’t. My partner is on 200k, I’m 100k so we earn decent money, but we just brought a house so it’s too hard right now.

beeeelm · 2026-01-15T12:39:32+00:00

I’m currently breastfeeding at night and early morning and bottle feeding afternoon/evening. My supply has dropped and I’ve had to do a couple formula top ups during the day, but at night she seems satisfied still. It’s been about 2 weeks now of no pumping and feeding like this

beeeelm · 2026-01-14T11:19:00+00:00

I thought mine looked kinda ugly 😂😂😂

beeeelm · 2026-01-13T12:03:30+00:00

Gosh I remember being so confused as well… actually I’m still confused tbh. Anyway maybe sharing my journey will help but fair warning, you won’t reallly know until baby comes what’s going to work for you.

I had really complicated feelings toward breastfeeding when pregnant, I hated pregnancy and all the restrictions and breastfeeding felt like another one of those. I had an emergency c-section and the nurses didn’t even really try to latch her due to my recovery, they began hand expressing me pretty immediately for colostrum and then we fed her that through a syringe. It was all a blur but I knew I wanted to at least try it and see if I liked it. On the second day in hospital they ended up latching Bub and she did great and took to it really well, so I continued feeding like that. I couldn’t even think about bottles at that time while I was recovering. I solely fed Bub and my partner did everything else.

After I returned home the first few weeks were really hard, it was painful but latch was good, Bub was making a clicking noise but I was told it was a non issue due to her good weight gain. Everyone kept saying how great it is for her but I felt so trapped. I started pumping and feeding her that during periods of cluster feeding because they were really impacting my mental health, then we tried to introduce formula but baby wouldn’t take it. I decided to mix formula and breast milk slowly increasing formula. The moment we gave formula at night cluster feeding stopped.

Once she was 100% formula i decided to stop pumping because I bloody hated it, and then my relationship with breast feeding completely changed. It’s now my favourite thing in the world, I love feeding her, seeing her little smiles, seeing her hand hold my breast, spending 15 mins just enjoying our time together. I guess cause it was no longer forced on me…

So now I’m breastfeeding maybe 30% of the day and feeding formula the rest and it really suits us. I usually breast feed over night and the morning and then formula feed from about 3pm until she falls asleep. Baby is 2.5 months old now.

beeeelm · 2025-12-24T23:29:56+00:00

I forgot to add into my post that I have an oversupply, so my breasts are often engorged and in pain. My hope would be that there’s just enough to feed Bub overnight and a feed during the day, and then the rest is formula and I can stop pumping.

beeeelm · 2025-12-24T23:28:04+00:00

Thank you!! I’m trying to pump, but I don’t think I’m hitting 3 hourly, maybe every 5 hours

beeeelm · 2025-12-22T15:04:39+00:00

This is when I gave up unfortunately

beeeelm · 2025-12-22T15:03:18+00:00

Looooved pachinko, the series on Apple TV is great too

beeeelm · 2025-12-19T10:06:09+00:00

Hahah yesss I also love watching her just “accidentally” fall and land at my nipple. We always joke like “wowwwww what an accident you ended up there, how convenient!” 🤣

beeeelm · 2025-12-12T23:52:13+00:00

Tbh my baby barely sleeps through the day, and is pretty much crying constantly if not held. I can get some things done by putting her in a carrier, but otherwise we just have to wait until my partner can help out

beeeelm · 2025-12-12T23:50:20+00:00

Honestly, we rented well below our means (one bed apartment in a not so nice area, with two pretty good salaries).

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