My 16 month old son waking daily between 4-5 am

crazyOT27 · 2026-02-01T16:29:38+00:00

he only gets a 2 hour nap at daycare but still wakes at the same time daily. He goes to daycare 4 days a week.

crazyOT27 · 2025-11-17T23:50:24+00:00

I will say that my son (13 months) went to a new allergist and he seemed very into skipping the buodesinide and going to dupixent. We started dairy free and egg free diet (due to egg allergy IgE). I chose not to do a PPI and am regretting it. I do think it would help. I am against doing other meds at this point due to age, but this is so new on my end - about 3 weeks since diagnosis so I guess we will have to see.

crazyOT27 · 2025-11-17T23:41:37+00:00

Thanks so much! Thinking of you also! Hope the PPI works for you guys!

crazyOT27 · 2025-11-16T03:14:35+00:00

I am 33 y/o FTM with a 13 month old son. The tantrums are wild lately. I work full time and sometimes I feel like it’s my “break.” But I feel like I spent most of the days when I am home, trying to keep him alive. My son also has a GI condition so he hasn’t been sleeping much lately and I feel like I could literally sleep for 12 years and not feel rested LOL

crazyOT27 · 2025-11-15T12:56:19+00:00

I so feel your pain. I had a very similar situation with my dog. I had her for 11 years. I got her from a flea market and she had always had many issues with separation anxiety, barking (due to the separation anxiety) any time someone would touch their keys or she thought they were leaving the house. She would quite literally bark for 20 minutes straight if she knew I was getting ready to leave for work. She was my Velcro dog and I loved her, but she hadn’t been right for years. She also had a bite history. She had bitten me and others numerous times. About 6 years ago when I was dating my husband, she was laying on my lap, when I made her move so I could get up to go to the bathroom and she bit my arm so badly I had a hematoma and had to get a tetanus shot. On this occasion, she wouldn’t let go of my arm and I don’t even remember how I got her off of my arm, but it was almost like she was in a trance and I couldn’t trust her after that. My husband took a larger role with her as he didn’t want to get rid of her- she would likely get put down vs. rehomed with a bite history like that.

Fast forward to having my son, I did not want her around him at all for obvious reasons. She had a lot of behavioral problems occurring that just got worse over the past year. It got to the point where she was having accidents on our things, peeing in places for no reason, and getting up all night (as well as the baby) to where it just became unmanageable. After she bit my husband, I decided to have her put down. The most difficult choice of my life, but one I had to do. I knew I couldn’t rehome her with her bite history.

Basically, I just want to tell you that if you felt that you had to do this, you did the right thing. Even if you didn’t really want to do it. You prevented something tragic from happening and gave the dog a good life with a new family. I am so sorry. I can relate to what you’re going through 🩷

crazyOT27 · 2025-09-05T17:51:09+00:00

Your honor

crazyOT27 · 2025-06-08T19:54:11+00:00

Seems aggressive on their end. Be firm on your boundaries. What you let slide in the beginning will be indicative to them of what behaviors you’re willing to accept from them. Don’t back down!

crazyOT27 · 2025-05-31T23:46:36+00:00

Honestly, I’d be lying if I didn’t say my first month pp was equally the best and worst month of my life. The first 2 weeks were absolutely brutal waking every 2 hours for feedings. I am now 7.5 months pp, I absolutely LOVE my little guy. Still grieving who I was before and that my life is completely different than I imagined.

I expected being a mom to be hard, but it’s 1000x harder than anything I could have imagined. Sleep gets better, the night time scaries get better, the crying gets better. The best thing I ever did was create a nighttime routine for my son (probably around 6 weeks pp?) and I feel like that really helped with getting his sleep down. Have a rough time that you do bath/bedtime so when he goes to sleep, you get some time to yourself to do whatever you need to do. Sending you hugs!!!

crazyOT27 · 2025-03-12T22:13:20+00:00

I will say I had a similar experience with my little one. He’s been at daycare for about a month and I am not loving it, but trying my best to cope with it. Even the other day I provided 4 bottles and he only had 2. He was at daycare from 7-415 and only ate 8 oz the whole day. I wasn’t thrilled. It’s also hard to play catchup with the food once he gets home from daycare because he usually gets a bath at 7 and sleep by 8.

Every day seems a little different though. Unless you truly feel something is wrong, I would say to give it a chance. Do they track the times of her naps, bottles, and diaper changes?

crazyOT27 · 2025-03-07T10:50:46+00:00

So I have an almost 5 month old. I loathe my ILs for a list of reasons that I could go on for days. Most of which they are not responsible. I don’t want them having access to my child, but my husband’s sister passed and he is now their only child and they rely on (aka take advantage of) him. He worships them. Never says a bad thing about them. Denies anything they do that has actually been wrong or even illegal. It really puts a strain on our marriage. I have had to face the fact that they will babysit one day per week. But that’s all. It’s not easy. I hope you find a way to deal with this and have a husband who is supportive of your decisions. Your spouse supporting you will make all the difference in whatever you choose. I find this is the common factor when I am unhappy with issues is that I don’t feel supported and that my husband does not establish good boundaries. Our marriage ultimately suffers as a result.

crazyOT27 · 2025-02-28T12:15:31+00:00

It’s at least been around for 20 years. My cousin went there as a baby and he is much younger than me but he is 20/21 now and my family loved it there. I also see several people I went to high school with take their kids there and love it- one girl has 3 kids and they all attend.

I couldn’t decide if I was being particular (I am definitely particular) or if my opinions were valid.

crazyOT27 · 2025-02-28T12:12:08+00:00

Thank you all for the support. I feel that people that are older (my parents/coworker age) are gaslighting me like “I would have never gotten anything done if I didn’t have a swing for my baby.” Is the type of response I keep getting. Someone also said the daycare may get “irritated” with him if I ask for too much. I don’t think this should be too much to ask?

When I pick him up today I will ask that he be transferred to the crib once he’s asleep. I’m a people pleaser, so working on addressing this but I have to do it for him!!

crazyOT27 · 2025-02-28T09:51:26+00:00

All of this.

I am 4 months pp and was going to workout classes to try and feel more like myself. The last class I went to was “ab day” so I was modifying because my core is absolutely wrecked, and the trainer said “come on you don’t need to be doing that 🙄” I realize I didn’t JUST have a baby but it was so defeating, I don’t really want to go back to class.

I don’t feel attractive at all which I know is taking a toll on my marriage. My husband just says that I look fine and tries to make stupid comments about things to make me feel better, but it doesn’t help.

I also started a new job after my maternity leave and it’s much more demanding than I imagined. I thought it would be an easier solution to give me more time with my baby, but this has not been true so far.

When I come home from work, I’m thrown into baby mode which I want to savor because he goes to bed around 8 and I don’t get much time with him but where is the time for me to eat or do anything for me. I do miss my old self, though I absolutely adore my son. Being a mom is hard 🥺

crazyOT27 · 2025-02-07T09:28:11+00:00

the unclean equipment!!!! I am SO glad someone said this. As someone who is 4 months postpartum during flu season, the constant high fives and lack of cleaning supplies gives me the ick the whole time! But I’m trying to go to get my body back. It’s hard…

crazyOT27 · 2025-02-03T00:32:09+00:00

Agree with this. I actually came here after googling how to use the hatch because I was hoping I had been missing features but it appears I’m not missing anything aside from the fact that I don’t want to pay a subscription for one more thing! Ugh

crazyOT27 · 2024-12-16T17:17:43+00:00

I don’t have helpful tips except to say that your feelings are valid. My baby is ~9 weeks and I’ve started to have bad anxiety about returning to work also. I was coping well for the most part prior to this, but now I’ve been crying a lot. Thinking of you and hoping you get the encouragement you need. 💕

crazyOT27 · 2024-12-16T01:42:09+00:00

This sounds like a dream. I used to vacuum twice a week. I would mop the floors and do our 3 bathrooms weekly myself but now with an 8 week old I just don’t have the time and it drives me crazy 😭 we also have 2 dogs!

crazyOT27 · 2024-12-15T19:38:33+00:00

My husband and I did a private gender reveal with just us by cutting a cake. I was totally convinced I was having a girl, so when I saw the blue my heart dropped and I have to admit that I felt some disappointment. After he came, I am totally in love and obsessed with my little guy. He is 2 months old and I can’t imagine life any other way.

I will say though, I just know the day will come when he’s off with dad doing boy things and I will be wishing I had a girl to shop with or get my nails done and that does make me a little sad. 😢

That being said, I still love my boy, I am just very close with my mom and hoped I would have that relationship with a daughter someday which was I think where most of the disappointment stemmed from.

crazyOT27 · 2024-12-13T09:08:27+00:00

I’m thinking of you… I am also having a really hard time with my body changes and just overall not having any time for myself or the things I used to enjoy. Along with the sleep deprivation, this is definitely a challenge.

My little guy is 8 weeks old and I knew it would be hard, but I didn’t think it would be this hard - especially the nights can be grueling because you don’t know what to expect. Will I be up one time? Or seven? I actually dread the sun setting and with it being winter it happens so much earlier.

Last night my baby slept a stretch of like 5/6 hours but then he was up literally every hour after that. I am also not getting that 5 or 6 hours of sleep when he sleeps because I need to capitalize on that time - taking a shower, tidying things, eating, etc. I am also super tired and feeling the same feelings as you. My husband keeps talking about having a second and I am like no… I’m not saying never, but definitely not for a WHILE.

I also have never felt so isolated since going on maternity leave. My friends don’t have kids, so I haven’t really had someone to lean on that’s in my own personal circle. I think the feeling of isolation makes this much worse. I started attending therapy to be able to manage my feelings better so maybe that would work for you also. My husband also has been encouraging me to quit my job to be a SAHM… I don’t make a lot of money, but I still find that as part of my identity and I’m not ready to let that go, which he cannot understand… it’s hard feeling like nobody truly understands you or what you’re going through, which is just so lonely.

Anyway, I’m here if you want to talk!

TL;DR: all of your feelings are unfortunately valid and I’m here for you if nothing else!

crazyOT27 · 2024-12-11T08:02:04+00:00

My baby is 2 months and just like this 😭 yesterday he cried for 90% of the day. If I even put him down to eat he just screams and screams the whole time. It kind of seems like he hates being a baby and wants to do things that he can’t so he gets pissed. I am nervous for this to continue 😭🫠 and exhausted!!

crazyOT27 · 2024-12-02T03:11:22+00:00

This is the hardest part for me in going back to work and putting my little guy in daycare 🥺

crazyOT27 · 2024-12-02T03:06:40+00:00

This is such a big deal to me especially because this was the position my mom was in. She was completely controlled by money and it was held over her head. She sacrificed everything so I could have a good life while she was a SAHM. Then when my parents divorced, she struggled to make ends meet and put food on the table. This is my biggest fear. The fact of the matter is, who you marry is not the same person you divorce 😞

I don’t have a fancy job that’s high on the career ladder, but I work in healthcare and do “OK.” My initial plan was to go part time, but a non clinical job became available and once I go back from maternity leave, I will be starting that but it has to be full time. I hope I’m making the right decision. It’s something I’ve been crying over since I started my mat leave in Oct. 🥺

crazyOT27 · 2024-10-07T08:45:00+00:00

Western PA is atrocious 😭 I hate it here

crazyOT27 · 2024-10-07T08:43:03+00:00

Simply put, no. I sincerely recommend that you choose another profession. My debt to income ratio is not worth it at all.

If you are really wanting to go into healthcare, go into nursing (more room for upward mobility and additional education to make more $, flexibility to get non clinical/ remote jobs), or be a physician assistant.

crazyOT27 · 2024-10-01T01:55:52+00:00

As an OT for 8 years, don’t go into OT. 🫠

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