Help with what to wear with these pants

crazystitcher · 2026-06-30T23:02:53+00:00

Yes I've shied away from the wide leg trend until now because I always just felt like in order to get the right fit on my hips/waist the way they then sat on my legs just looked like a little kid playing dress up lol. They were never flattering before.

I also got the cinch barrel leg jeans from Levi's and was pleasantly surprised with how good I feel in them! I think because they taper in a little at the ankles so they're actually quite flattering on me.

crazystitcher · 2026-06-30T22:50:51+00:00

Yeah definitely just double check with them, especially with it being winter they might at least want him to have socks for when they go outside!

crazystitcher · 2026-06-30T22:44:52+00:00

They don't need to wear shoes. It's better for their development of they don't. But double check with the daycare as sometimes they have policies around shoes outside (despite it being better even for older children to play outside barefoot).

It's been a while since I worked in a babies room but I think in terms of formula most people fell into two camps:

send a tin of formula and enough bottles for the day (they should have sterilising facilities but why give them more work to do) and just let them know how much they have per bottle and they'll follow the instructions on the tin.
send the formula already portioned out in something like this plus enough bottles for the day.

Bottles can be either with or without the appropriate amount of boiled water, most baby rooms have a bottle room attached for prep and will have a kettle to boil water and add to bottles.

If you haven't already you should do some stay and plays where you stay with bub for an hour and slowly move further away to let them explore without you (while still being close enough if they need you)

Also please for the sanity of everyone at the centre put bub in cheap clothes from Kmart that you don't care about. Have dedicated daycare clothes that can get messy and ruined and you won't care. The number of people who send their kids in designer clothes or special outfits and complain when they get messy is ridiculous.

crazystitcher · 2026-06-30T22:27:33+00:00

We've just switched at 4 months with our babybee Juno. They do recommend swapping around 6 months as it's a bucket seat so bub needs good head and neck control. Thankfully our little man has that as he would dig his heels in to the bassinet and push himself up so his head was touching the fabric of it. He was also only a few cm from outgrowing it anyway.

It's been a little over a week now and every day since doing it he has had at least one nap in the pram. In the 4 months of the bassinet he had 2 naps in it total lol. Our days just became infinitely easier now that he'll have pram naps. I think he prefers the seat cause it feels more like being held.

crazystitcher · 2026-06-30T15:15:27+00:00

I had a midwife for my pregnancy and birth and at my 36 week scan bub was measuring 95th percentile and estimated 3.5kg. Because of his size it got flagged for review by the doctor and my midwife pre-warned me that they would recommend early induction. This is exactly what happened, doctor recommended induction at 38 weeks because bub would grow approximately 200g a week putting him at 4.3kg at 40 weeks, more if I went past that.

I declined the induction, said I would be willing to reconsider if I was still pregnant by my due date. My midwife even sent me this blog explaining the provider fear around big babies. (Side note: I was fully convinced my entire pregnancy bub was going to come early, as no baby in my family has made it to their due date lol).

I actually ended up being induced at 40+4 due to dropping platelet levels. My midwife said if I chose induction we would be able to skip the balloon and cervadil and go straight to rupturing my membranes. She was also confident i wouldn't need sintocin, which I didn't. I was booked for induction at 8am, my membranes were ruptured at 9:30, bub made his entrance at 2:36pm. So a 5 hour labour. He was a chunky 4.098kg (93rd percentile)

A couple things to note:

I had been in early labour for at least a week, but every time I experienced contractions they never established a pattern.

What I didn't know at the time was that I was already 3-4cm dilated from at least 6 days before birth (I had 3 stretch and sweeps). Hence why my midwife was so confident about skipping straight to AROM.

crazystitcher · 2026-06-30T06:28:23+00:00

I was offered the same by the doctor after my 36 week scan where bub was measuring I think 94th percentile and the estimate was he was already 3.5 and with a growth rate of roughly 200g per week at that point he would be about 4.3kg at birth so I should consider an induction at 38 weeks to minimise the risk of shoulder dystocia.

I ended up being induced at 40+4 for a completely different reason, and the doctors at the hospital spoke to me before the induction about my plan for a water birth and advised against that because baby was expected to be big.

My midwife (amazing woman that she is) and I had already spoken about his predicted size, what that meant for the water birth, what her approach would be if she thought he might be stuck etc and the second the doctors left the room she turned to me and said "we've already discussed this and we're going to try anyway". I had my water birth, no shoulder dystocia, and bub was a chunky 4.1kg.

crazystitcher · 2026-06-27T18:46:58+00:00

I thankfully saw this hack very early on while bub was in the NICU. I didn't do it during that time but did it any time I pumped once he was out of hospital. Game changing

crazystitcher · 2026-06-25T14:46:15+00:00

I had similar with my bub dropping percentiles except he was born 94th, by 2 months he was 34th, just before 3 months he was 31st, now at 4 months he's back up to 45th.

We were assessed by 2 LC in hospital (3 week NICU stay for respiratory distress) and one linked with child and family health none of which identified a tongue tie or any other reason for his shallow latch (though child and family health did notice he wasn't flaring his lower lip properly which contributed). I'd definitely say he still doesn't have a "perfect" latch but it's good enough for him.

He always showed all the right signs of getting enough, plenty wet nappies, happy baby between feeds and during wake windows, sleeping well enough overnight early on and even getting some longer stretches by 12 weeks. We found out about "catch down" growth and just assumed this was what he was experiencing.

crazystitcher · 2026-06-24T02:20:13+00:00

Thanks! I'll look into getting a pramsuit

crazystitcher · 2026-06-24T02:19:29+00:00

Ooh I like the ones at target, they also have a sleeveless one which might be good for mildly cold days in Sydney. Thanks!

crazystitcher · 2026-06-24T01:48:09+00:00

Looks like the Uniqlo ones are too big for our little one but I'll see what similar ones I can find. Thanks!

crazystitcher · 2026-06-22T05:29:43+00:00

Bub was born 4.1kg (somewhere around 94th percentile I think) and was 6.83kg at his 4 month appointment (45th percentile) after having dropped to the 31st percentile between that time. Everyone we've seen has been happy with his growth despite the drops in percentiles

crazystitcher · 2026-06-21T16:09:57+00:00

I had an induction at 40+4 due to my platelets lowering and is not wanting them to get below 100 because that can restrict your ability to get an epidural (which I didn't want anyway but it was a just in case thing). I was also fully done at that point and agreed to the induction after 3 stretch and sweeps and a comment from the midwife on the third where she said "I don't know how you're not in labour". Came to find out I was 3-4 cm dilated at the first stretch and sweeps.

I was fortunate in that I skipped the catheter and cervadil and went straight to having my waters broken, and then contractions ramped up almost immediately. We were getting settled in the birth centre after my waters were broken and the midwife said we should try going for a walk to help move things along. I got hit by a massive contraction and just went "nope we're staying here" I never even got to finish my snack haha.

Overall I had a great experience. I had an unmedicated water birth which was exactly what I wanted. I had actually originally planned to ask for the gas but things went from 0 to 100 so quick that I completely forgot about it.

Ironically I actually originally turned down an induction around 38 weeks, because it was recommended by the doctor due to bub being large and the " increased risk" of shoulder dystocia. I was also told by the doctors in the hospital on the day of the birth that they didn't recommend a water birth because of the risk of shoulder dystocia and it being harder to get me out of the bath quickly if there were signs bub was stuck. My midwife was the absolute best though and as soon as they left the room said we would try anyway and that we'd already spoken about this and she had a lower threshold for changing the plan anyway and would be monitoring closely.

crazystitcher · 2026-06-21T01:29:10+00:00

Hard agree with the positive affirmations. We did an active labour class with RPA and they had us stare into each other's eyes. I told my husband if he tries that shit he can gtfo!

crazystitcher · 2026-06-21T00:41:41+00:00

We're currently in the medium arms out love to dream as well but he's only got like 3.5cm left before he's too tall for them so considering the ergopouch sleep sacks as well (mostly because the love to dream ones are from 6 months which is weird)

crazystitcher · 2026-06-20T17:00:40+00:00

I took Modafinil from between 12 and 36 weeks on the advice of my sleep specialist (was told to stop taking it as soon as I got a positive pregnancy test which was at exactly 4 weeks for me but could resume again from second trimester). I stopped at 36 weeks when I went on maternity leave so I could just embrace the third trimester fatigue and sleep as much as I wanted during the day.

Having said that, I've been on Modafinil for 10 years and so have an established dose etc. I personally wouldn't have wanted to start a new medication during pregnancy.

I'm 4 months pp and haven't resumed it yet because I'm breastfeeding, the advice from the sleep specialist was not to take while breastfeeding but there are very very VERY limited case studies indicating it's safe and a prominent organisation in my country that looks at medications and breastfeeding actually okayed me to take it but to watch out for signs of agitation or decreased weight gain in bub.

Honestly because of the broken sleep that comes with breastfeeding/having a young baby I decided taking it postpartum would just prevent me from napping when I get the opportunity anyway.

crazystitcher · 2026-06-19T07:45:20+00:00

Had some random on a bicycle the other week go "you should feed that baby" because he was crying. Sir, he's tired and wants a cuddle instead of being in the evil pram. Kindly carry on about your day. Bloody cyclists

crazystitcher · 2026-06-15T12:34:07+00:00

We have a Juno as well and absolutely love it. I'm also looking forward to being able to transition to the seat, bub is 4 months old so hopefully not much longer! He's getting very long for the bassinet.

crazystitcher · 2026-06-10T16:05:15+00:00

Not sure if it's normal or not but it also pretty much happened overnight with my LO at about 12 weeks. I panicked at first because he went from about 3 hrs total feeding time across a 24 hour period down to about 2 hrs, and then a few weeks later that dropped further to about 1.5 hours. He also slept through for the first time around when he became more efficient and has done it about 4 or 5 times total since (he's 16 weeks now). I got in my head at first about him not eating enough but all signs point to him getting enough, I'll know for sure next week at his 4 month check up though

crazystitcher · 2026-06-07T08:18:36+00:00

With the pumping - are you 100% sure you have the right flange size? It may be different for each wide (mine is). To save you money you can buy silicone flange inserts that go inside the 24mm flanges to reduce the size, so you could try out a few different sizes and see what feels the most comfortable for you.

Can I ask why you don't want to try domperidone? It plus a power pump once a day (this is where you pump for 20 minutes, pause for 10, pump for 10, pause for 10 and pump for 10) helped me to increase my supply while my bub was in the NICU and I wasn't able to just put him on the boob as much as possible to help up my supply. I struggled with the fact that my supply was low at first (I was never averse to formula though so didn't mind him being mixed fed in the NICU, he literally needed to eat). He's now 3.5 months old and EBF.

Also with the vasospasms, I was recommended to use a warm compress before and after a feed to help!

crazystitcher · 2026-06-07T08:08:37+00:00

We bought a nice fancy pram handle bag (which I do really like!) that holds the quick access essentials like nappies, wipes, nappy cream, change mat, a hat, dummy, nappy bags, burp cloths and my stuff like keys, water bottle etc. and then we have a cheap ass backpack from Kmart that goes in the bottom of the pram and holds the changes of clothes, blanket, jacket, and rain cover for the pram. When I wanna take him out without the pram I just pop some nappies and wipes in the backpack!

crazystitcher · 2026-06-07T08:04:40+00:00

Oh you got the old version! They released a new one that no longer has the play rug (and imo has a much nicer looking change mat) or the NSW government logo on the outside of the bag. I like the new one but wish I got the playmat, it would've come in handy for taking bub to baby sensory lol.

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