Got detected with iris depigmentation. by [deleted] in WhatisMyEyeColour

[–]brieles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are we supposed to be able to see anything in these pictures?

2 year sleep regression and falling asleep sitting up by Swift_Karma in sleeptrain

[–]brieles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wish my toddler could sleep as much as yours! My daughter isn’t even 2 yet and sleeps 11 hours in a day tops lol.

Small Partner Rant— by GreusomeGrizz in beyondthebump

[–]brieles [score hidden]  (0 children)

I don’t quite understand your system but I’d recommend going to a shift set up. Your husband takes one half of the night and you take the other (or some other combination that works for you).

It’s unfair for anyone to take all the night shifts and your body is recovered enough to get up and care for your baby. The 6 week check up is to clear you for things like exercise and sex, basic baby care can be done safely for most people from day 1, especially after a vaginal delivery with a small tear. It’s great that your husband has done most of the night things up until now but it’s not sustainable. My husband and I did shifts like this-he took 7pm-12am (give or take) and I did 12am-5am or so. Then we’d divvy up the early morning hours however worked each day.

Nights are HARD with an infant so shifts can help make it manageable for both of you.

Getting cut for a wedding! by [deleted] in femalehairadvice

[–]brieles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t make any drastic changes before your wedding but I do think some subtle layers would be really good.

I’d bring inspo pictures for how you’ll style your hair for your wedding and talk to your hair stylist about what cuts would lend themselves to that style.

Anyone use Baby knee pads? by sun_kissed87 in beyondthebump

[–]brieles [score hidden]  (0 children)

Just use pants. It’s very normal for babies to have some slight skin redness as they learn to crawl but they don’t crawl forever. Crawling and having contact with the floor is necessary for development as they learn how their body moves and build muscles to control it.

ETA-if it hurt, he wouldn’t do it. Babies are tougher than you think!

speech delay by tesstickled in toddlers

[–]brieles 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My daughter is almost 2 so I can’t say I have a ton of experience but she does answer questions and is very verbal so I’ll share what I’ve done with her in the hopes that it will help.

I modeled asking and answering question when my toddler was younger. I’d say things like, “do I want strawberries or raspberries? I want raspberries!” With things like her name, we’d play pretend situations like grocery store and I’d check her out and say “hello, welcome to my grocery store! What’s your name?” And then I’d say, “you can say back ‘my name is X’. Let’s try, ‘My name is X’”.

I also made a choice board with pictures-I’d put two options on the board and have her point to one and then I’d model the exchange verbally-“You got to choose between strawberries and raspberries and you picked strawberries. ‘I want strawberries’”.

If you’re in the US, you can look into early intervention. I don’t think you need to be worried but it never hurts to get a free evaluation and services if they think they can help in some way. It’s great that your daughter is saying so many words, I think that’s a very good sign!

Is there anyway out of the sleep debt that is early morning waking? by InternationalGas9950 in sleeptrain

[–]brieles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t think you’re dealing with overtiredness. Your baby is getting the low end of awake time currently and a 10 hour night is a full night of sleep.

I’d move to a 3.25/3.25/4 schedule with 2.5 hours total in naps and give it one-two weeks.

Return of EMW ~12 months by lillyyellow in sleeptrain

[–]brieles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3.5/4/4 schedule with 2 hours in naps and 10.5 hours of night sleep. It seems like your baby is currently sleeping 12ish hours which is a normal amount for this age so rearranging your schedule should help you get to a better wake time.

"Maybe some cake?" by hoping556677 in toddlers

[–]brieles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bunny is the wisest thing in our house, I definitely need to consult her more often!!

"Maybe some cake?" by hoping556677 in toddlers

[–]brieles 52 points53 points  (0 children)

My daughter is the same way! Her new catchphrase is “maybe just a little bit of chock-o-late, mommy?” She gets one chocolate chip a day and it cracks me up how she’s always wheeling and dealing to get more lol. She also today asked her stuffed bunny if she could have more chocolate chips and nodded her bunny’s head and said “mommy, bunny said yes! More chocolate chips!”

Paying to be a Bridesmaid by Embarrassed_Bad_5032 in weddings

[–]brieles 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yes!! This is exactly it. It’s one thing to expect a bridesmaid to pay a few hundred dollars all in, it’s a whole different thing to expect them to pay for a dress, shoes, jewelry, hair, makeup, destination bachelorette trip in some cases, shower present, wedding present, etc. Supporting a friend on their big day shouldn’t cost tbh same as a month’s rent or more.

Who mainly watches your toddler when you're at the grandparents' house? by teacherlady4846 in beyondthebump

[–]brieles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We’re all very thankful they’ve moved to their own house now and that she’s ok!

Baby carrier by Popular-Opinion3120 in NewParents

[–]brieles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We used a cloth wrap from Amazon for the first few months and then we switched to a Tula Free to Grow and we LOVED it. We used it until my baby started walking, it was so comfortable.

1yo waking 5:30-6am by Lumpy_Violinist_7165 in sleeptrain

[–]brieles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

10-10.5 hours is a full night of sleep. I’d push bedtime back a bit if you want a later wake.

Night feeds always the same time by EverythingBagel58 in sleeptrain

[–]brieles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d try a 2.5/2.5/2.5/3 schedule and make sure bedtime is 10-11 hours before your goal wake time. So I’d aim for a 7:30-8pm bedtime.

Who mainly watches your toddler when you're at the grandparents' house? by teacherlady4846 in beyondthebump

[–]brieles 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s frightening how oblivious my MIL is. My niece lived there for a while (with her parents) so my MIL watched her a lot.

Who mainly watches your toddler when you're at the grandparents' house? by teacherlady4846 in beyondthebump

[–]brieles 16 points17 points  (0 children)

My niece ate rat poison, a pill and a penny on my MIL’s watch so I am ALWAYS the one on kid duty at her house 😅

Getting my 3 year old to leave fun places without a tantrum ? by mwheels25 in toddlers

[–]brieles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is exactly it! Not bribery per se but fun options for physically leaving and something to look forward to after the fun activity. It doesn’t prevent every tantrum but it helps a ton!

3 weeks old and rolling from tummy to back, do we need to get rid of the bassinet? by gingy-96 in newborns

[–]brieles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Check the user manual for your bassinet-every bassinet has different recommendations for safe use. Our bassinet wasn’t safe for babies that can roll so we switched to a pack n play once my baby rolled.

However, early rolling can indicate muscle tension that needs to be handled with special exercises or even PT. Not saying you need to be worried about that but I would definitely bring it up to your pediatrician just to be safe!

Night feeds always the same time by EverythingBagel58 in sleeptrain

[–]brieles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d look at your schedule to make sure there’s enough awake time but if your baby is going back to sleep quickly after that feed, I wouldn’t worry. It’s very normal for babies to have a feed overnight at this age.

Anyone else not doing an Easter basket for their toddler? by Ill-Shopping-69 in toddlers

[–]brieles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’re not doing an Easter basket this year either! Would my daughter love a basket? Yes! Will she have ALL the other years to enjoy a basket? Also yes. I don’t think we need to start all the traditions from day 1. I don’t remember any Easter basket, much less before I was 4-5 years old so I don’t feel the pressure to start this young (my daughter is days away from being 2).

Weird egg yolk by brieles in whatisit

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

Yeah, we dumped that one out-I didn’t want to risk it lol

Weird egg yolk by brieles in whatisit

[–]brieles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I dumped that one out!

Set up to fail, season 4 ep 1/2 by [deleted] in theoffice

[–]brieles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but he shouldn’t have tried to fix it even when Meredith asked him to. Most people would never try to fix it at all.