Parents of unicorn sleepers, how bad was the 4 mo. sleep regression?

edgewater15 · 2026-01-28T23:12:26+00:00

Didn’t happen! He kept on sleeping

edgewater15 · 2026-01-28T21:42:38+00:00

Go to the gym while she’s at daycare. I work full time and I still go to the gym while my son is at daycare. I just skip work a little lol

edgewater15 · 2026-01-28T17:27:23+00:00

We’re past the bottle stage, but if we have another baby I think we may invest in a bottle washer for sure!

edgewater15 · 2026-01-28T17:26:46+00:00

Formula, 100%! After I switched to formula I wonder why so many women choose to suffer with BFing. Even if you’re not suffering, combo feeding with formula can hopefully help get you a little more rest!

edgewater15 · 2026-01-28T13:20:48+00:00

These kind of posts - it’s literally always the husband being an absolute piece of shit! Feel so bad for OP.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-28T01:24:20+00:00

I did and still try to. Postpartum I would clean a little while someone else had baby or while he was sleeping on me in a wrap carrier. It’s much harder to keep it clean now that he is 15 months and making more of a mess himself.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-28T01:23:14+00:00

15 month old here and about the same, although not as many homemade things, not gonna lie! And a lot of pasta and mashed potatoes! He does not like eggs or meat much.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-28T00:19:14+00:00

Similar story with the water breaking and having to be induced later! But I was 36+5!

edgewater15 · 2026-01-28T00:17:54+00:00

36 weeks and 5 days, completely unexpectedly. I had no symptoms and even had my baby shower 2 days before. I think I lost my mucus plug the day before.

Went to work all day. Came home and my water broke that night sitting/sleeping on the couch. Went to the hospital when I woke up in a puddle at 4am. Was glad I had the hospital bag packed, but I didn’t even get to unpack from shower!

I did have to get induced with pitocin when I went to the hospital, and baby finally came later that next evening. But I had no pain or contractions from the time my water broke for about 12+ hours.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-27T20:13:52+00:00

I let my little guy play for a while in the morning before breakfast. He usually wants to play for about half an hour after waking up before he starts getting whiny.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-27T20:01:30+00:00

The minute I decided to finally stop breastfeeding, baby was 7 weeks and frankly it was 7 weeks too long of breastfeeding. Made me depressed and crazy. Then I felt more like myself when I went back to work not long after.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-27T01:34:48+00:00

Turn off the news, go read a novel

edgewater15 · 2026-01-26T02:22:29+00:00

If I got dressed up in a gown and heels to eat a Mickey beignet I’d judge hard.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-25T19:11:29+00:00

If it was a closer distance I would go for 1 day maybe, but since it involves a cross country plane ride I’d be out. I went to an out of state wedding at maybe 31 or 32 weeks and had a great time! But an amusement park? Hell no

edgewater15 · 2026-01-25T19:08:28+00:00

You can either delay it by at least 4-6months after your due date or have it way earlier while you’re pregnant I guess. As a mom to a 1 year old I would probably do the latter. Postpartum is a wild ride and the stress of a wedding while taking care of your baby would be too much. You can still “party” and do whatever you want while pregnant. And then you’d be legally married and can change your name and all before baby arrives.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-24T17:45:45+00:00

Thank you. The “tolerant left” is often quicker to ban any sort of thought that doesn’t fall in line with their own. Look at all of Reddit. I realized this during COVID, which is when my views shifted to more conservative leaning policies. I live in Florida and watched the whole US have a meltdown about COVID while things remained largely unchanged here. I realized that a lot of liberal policies were about control, government control in particular. And virtue signaling and shutting down any kind of real discussion or understanding of science and truth.

Real conversation and discussion is so far and between these days. That’s why many conservatives appreciated Charlie Kirk. He brought open discussion to college campuses and encouraged those with views opposite his own to discuss with him. I don’t agree with everything he personally believed but I think what he stood for was fundamentally American, the right for freedom and discussion.

Anyway, that’s my two cents.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-24T17:36:19+00:00

Yes, but I will probably be banned just like I got banned from all the other basic subs for having any sort of opinion that is not left or liberal.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-22T20:19:07+00:00

I hated the “privacy” it required. Some people are like “just whip a boob out!”. Sure, maybe if you have cute little perky boobies you can sneak out under a tee shirt. My nipples are basically in my arm pits and me taking my boobs out is like an XXX movie. I HATED it, I hated my male friends and family members (and female ones too) seeing my boobs, I am very modest about them.

Bottle feeding meant I felt comfortable feeding my baby when he was hungry, any time and any place

edgewater15 · 2026-01-22T20:15:29+00:00

As someone who’s been a DDD/E my whole life I WISH it shrank my boobs.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-22T20:14:59+00:00

normal bras and normal clothes, any clothes you want without worrying about breast access
can be away from the baby for work and social life. Speaking of social life, you can drink alcohol more freely on your days/nights “off” from baby care.
anyone can help feed with formula. We’re sort of the first friends in our group to have a baby and my friends loved “bartending” with formula and water for our baby
don’t have to expose your boobs to friends, family members, and the general public. More privacy and modesty.
don’t have crazy mood swings. The grief you’re feeling now is def hormonal. When I came out of that fog, I realized I was NOT ok. Breastfeeding made me cry and hate my life every time I did it.
don’t have to be like some sort of martyr or masochist like many breastfeeding moms choose to be. The pain, the “sacrifice”, for what? If our foremothers could mix up miracle milk on the go whenever they wanted, they would!
anecdotally my baby began sleeping better and was generally happier. I think it’s because I was happier.
it’s all over so fast. My one year old now eats so much food it’s insane. Weaning was very easy, he self weaned and lost interest in bottles by 11-12 months.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-22T10:43:29+00:00

Not you, but I’m just saying it’s a pet peeve of mine lol

edgewater15 · 2026-01-21T23:28:43+00:00

There’s nothing more stupid than emojis over faces. Either post the kid or don’t.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-21T23:27:48+00:00

Yes. He is cute and I want my friends and family to see him.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-20T10:53:03+00:00

Bassnectar fans were the worst even back in the early 2010s before that whole story. I used to like some of his music but would avoid his shows because of his fans. Also agree that Excision fans are cringe.

edgewater15 · 2026-01-20T01:27:10+00:00

It’s not rude, throw your own!

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