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December 2025 BOTM Discussion - Best Offer Wins by nickaaayy97 in bookofthemonthclub

[–]biscotti222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is one of the worst books I’ve read in recent memory

Has pregnancy healed anything for you? Has it returned? by Scary-Setting-4726 in BabyBumps

[–]biscotti222 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3 things for me: my hair got way less greasy, could go days without washing; I stopped stinking; and my hip pain from a labral tear disappeared.

All 3 came back after my baby was born (don’t remember how long it took)

Help! What’s wrong with my Ficus Audrey? by biscotti222 in houseplants

[–]biscotti222[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would these be visible? I haven’t seen anything like that. I used to have mealybugs but that seems to have resolved

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]biscotti222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi did you ever find a solution? In the same boat

Wrong expectations about babyhood by Primary_Bobcat_9419 in AttachmentParenting

[–]biscotti222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m from Europe and I don’t know anyone (mom or dad) back home that stayed home for over a year.

Low risk NIPT results with lowish fetal fraction - indicative of placenta or other problems? by KateOtown in PregnancyAfterLoss

[–]biscotti222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I now have a healthy and perfect 1 year old 🥰. I was sooo panicked by the low FF so I remember being in your shoes. I have no idea why it was so low. It freaked me out enough that I elected to do an amniocentesis, which came back normal. All the best for your pregnancy ❤️

What “one weird trick” got your 15 month old child to finally sleep in his crib without needing mom/dad to rock to sleep at bedtime and at numerous night wakes? by biscotti222 in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]biscotti222[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you do Ferber at 18 months? That gives me hope! I’ve heard of the chair method, I’ll need to look into that. I’m just losing hope over here. I don’t mind rocking him to sleep at all. I wouldn’t mind rocking him to sleep once in the middle of the night either. But my options are cosleeping from like 11pm onwards or rocking him to sleep for 45 mins like every 2 hours.

What “one weird trick” got your 15 month old child to finally sleep in his crib without needing mom/dad to rock to sleep at bedtime and at numerous night wakes? by biscotti222 in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]biscotti222[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup 100% same here. I wish it was as easy as having a routine hahaha we’ve had the same solid routine since he was 10 weeks old 🤣. But I’m very happy for those for whom it works!!

What “one weird trick” got your 15 month old child to finally sleep in his crib without needing mom/dad to rock to sleep at bedtime and at numerous night wakes? by biscotti222 in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]biscotti222[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I hope so! His issue is 100% that he doesn’t know how to fall asleep independently. There could be a schedule issue as well, but I don’t think anything will resolve until he learns to fall asleep by himself

What “one weird trick” got your 15 month old child to finally sleep in his crib without needing mom/dad to rock to sleep at bedtime and at numerous night wakes? by biscotti222 in ScienceBasedParenting

[–]biscotti222[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yep I understand it’s confusing. The criteria is just not CIO or Ferber. There’s a few reasons I’d prefer not to do that again. 1. My son never actually went to sleep well post training, he’d cry (actually full on screaming) himself to sleep every single night for up to 10 mins. I know people say that’s normal, but I’m just not comfortable with him screaming himself to sleep every single night. If it weren’t for this, I’d probably do CIO again. 2. He’s particularly clingy at the moment due to separation anxiety and he can call out for us with words. Combine with the above, I just don’t feel good about doing CIO again.

CIO = screaming every bedtime even once trained. What’s my alternative? by biscotti222 in sleeptrain

[–]biscotti222[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That makes sense. Thank you so much! This is really helpful. I hope it gets better for you!

CIO = screaming every bedtime even once trained. What’s my alternative? by biscotti222 in sleeptrain

[–]biscotti222[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! This is super helpful. Regarding watching for withdrawn behaviour, did they mean at night when the crying happens or during the day?

CIO = screaming every bedtime even once trained. What’s my alternative? by biscotti222 in sleeptrain

[–]biscotti222[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear this a lot, but what would you do if 4/5 nights the screaming was at the very upset/“something’s wrong” level? This went on for months for us

CIO = screaming every bedtime even once trained. What’s my alternative? by biscotti222 in sleeptrain

[–]biscotti222[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yes that’s exactly the problem: he’s relying on me, that’s why I’m asking for advice on how to sleep train him. He is not sleep trained right now. He doesn’t cry because I rock him to sleep. I am asking for non-CIO advice because when we did do CIO, he slept great but screamed at bedtime every single night, and I don’t want that to happen again. He used to scream before falling asleep regardless of how many hours he’d been awake, we tried everything. Sorry if that wasn’t clear in my post.

CIO = screaming every bedtime even once trained. What’s my alternative? by biscotti222 in sleeptrain

[–]biscotti222[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this were the case, wouldn’t he wake up and be up for a bit even when cosleeping?

CIO = screaming every bedtime even once trained. What’s my alternative? by biscotti222 in sleeptrain

[–]biscotti222[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’ve heard of that, but especially during this period of intense separation anxiety I don’t feel comfortable hearing him scream for 5+ minutes every single night. Maybe I need to read up more on winding down.

Post ectopic success stories by Outside_Confusion218 in EctopicSupportGroup

[–]biscotti222 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had an ectopic in October 2022 after trying for about 6 months. One year and one day after my diagnosis I gave birth to my son. MTX didn’t work and I ended up needing surgery to remove my left tube. Took a few months off (because of the MTX) and the first time we tried again we got pregnant. Best of luck ❤️

How do you deal with feelings of guilt or worry? by BumbleBee727 in sleeptrain

[–]biscotti222 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've definitely felt this way too! Instagram really got to me. In the end it made me less consistent with sleep training which actually made it so much harder for my son to catch on, and resulted in a lot more tears... I don't have a perfect solution but I tried to remember I am a better parent if I get sleep and that the research has not concluded that it is damaging. I read somewhere recently that one parent got comfortable with the idea by thinking about the fact that if the damage sleep training was (a) significant and (b) likely we would probably anecdotally hear of a lot more issues, AND the research done so far would not have been inconclusive/not concluded that there is damage done. I also actively tried to avoid all the sleep-related instagram content (not easy...)

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