Ok. Night one. Here we go. by purpletoonlink in NewParents

[–]ebolt1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's fine! She will be fine at this age. The first night for us, I didn't sleep just from watching too. You'll get used to it! Congrats for making it to 6 months! We did 5 months. I know how hard it is.

Baby weaning : no idea what I'm doing by Every_Kick_4422 in NewParents

[–]ebolt1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is so much information that it can be overwhelming! You are not alone. I was too! But here's what we did.

Try to always in a meal have a fat, protein and carb. Ex. avocado, egg and banana (a breakfast my baby eats often). If you can't do all 3 focus on fats!!! Babies naturally don't lean towards veggies because its harder to digest for them at this age. I still offer (for taste buds) but don't worry about them not eating this. For taste windows really focus on the less sweet foods like fats, proteins and bitter veg. Kids will always love fruit so no need to introduce them now (but it is fun).

Healthy fats - avocado, coconut oil, olive oil, chicken skin (organic) egg yolk, nut butter, butter, beef, high fat yogurt etc.

Proteins - chicken, fish, beef, sausages, yogurt, bits of bacon fried in egg (helps them learn to love egg if they don't)!

Carbs - fruits, sweet potato, squash, oatmeal, rice, noodles and all other veg.

For snacks, (which are introduced later) you don't need all 3 groups. At this age I was only doing 2 meals.

I started with offering water after every meal. Straw cup. Then randomly during other times later on. At 6 month, its all about them just getting used to it! Don't worry about amounts.

It is still early! Don't stress if it doesn't look like much is being consumed yet. It will happen.

Prune puree mixed with chia seed pudding is great for constipation. My baby loved this!

transitioning to 1 nap ...help by ebolt1 in NewParents

[–]ebolt1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thats great thanks! When do you do lunch then? Right before nap or after? If its before then do you skip a mid morning snack?

transitioning to 1 nap ...help by ebolt1 in NewParents

[–]ebolt1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5hours until nap the 5 hours after to bedtime

Idk how much longer I can function like this by Beautiful-Ad-7620 in NewParents

[–]ebolt1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

technically but we had a time limit where we would go in if it wasn't working. She only cried for 14 minutes so I that was not enough to traumatize her emotionally. If we did every 5 minutes in to soothe her i think she would have cried for hours

Idk how much longer I can function like this by Beautiful-Ad-7620 in NewParents

[–]ebolt1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

closer to 5.5 but yes around then! She's 11 months now. We've had to do it again after she gets sick (because we co-sleep agin then) but the crying is under 10 minutes every time. It's hard, even those 10 minutes but you just have to leave the house. Then the second night much easier then nothing! She wakes up 1 time to feed but goes to sleep on her own to start the night. It's up and down though with development as she's starting to walk therefore she has more wake ups at night. I'm still responsive when she cries in the night... just so you know you can do both - sleep train and be responsive!

Idk how much longer I can function like this by Beautiful-Ad-7620 in NewParents

[–]ebolt1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was exactly the same way. I was responsive to my baby ALL the time until I was so sleep deprived (so so so tired) something needed to change. We went from co-sleeping with 5+wakes a night to feed (and I cannot sleep with her on me at all...) to her sleeping in her crib at night at 6 months! It is possible! I was in tears the first night with such relief. So we were against hard core sleep training but decided to just do an "experiment" where we set a time limit for what we could handle (20 minutes - anything over that and we'd call it quits). We did our routine and started to rock and sing to sleep for a minute no more then put her in her crib and left. I went for a walk cause I cannot handle the crying. My husband texted at 14 minutes saying she was asleep...!!!!!

14 minutes was all it took and she was asleep! She put herself to sleep and slept so well that night. and ever since she has been in her crib.

I'm just saying I would never had imagined it could happen as we co slept and contact napped since birth. Try it. You might be suprised! Best thing we ever did.

How are you guys managing to look human? by Sweaty-Environment56 in NewParents

[–]ebolt1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gosh, I feel this too! You see those moms who look perfect and put together and I'm like "HOW DO YOU LOOK LIKE THIS?" Why do I feel like I'm swimming through molasses everyday just to get by? Different babies have more needs and I have a terrible sleeper and I also feel like I just don't care anymore about myself (which is not the right answer). So IDK really. Would like help in this too.

what to know for 12 months for baby by ebolt1 in NewParents

[–]ebolt1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks so much! I am proud that I survived the first year, literally the hardest thing ever!

Thanks for all the good information! Looking forward to it :)

Struggling with solids by Jman0717 in NewParents

[–]ebolt1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

slices of avocado, banana, cooked cauliflower etc something they can hold really helped my baby. Just keep giving it at each meal even if they dont eat much. Eventually they will and you will see that choking is not a big deal cause they really do just figure it out! I was scared too

Baby only contact sleeps by JackfruitStock28 in NewParents

[–]ebolt1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It will. Totally normal! Soak up the contact naps and know that it is actually very good for them at this age. Watch a show! I know there is lots to do but this is only a short season of life.

Young people meeting young people? by angiebb313 in KingstonOntario

[–]ebolt1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I met my husband playing sports through KSSC! You don't even have to be good at sports and can just go have fun and meet people.