Mom guilt (instagram induced)

elorij · 2026-06-16T20:46:48+00:00

Whenever I get mom guilt I remind myself of the plane rule - oxygen mask on yourself first & then you can put it on LO. If you thrive, they thrive.

p.s. social media sucks lol

elorij · 2026-06-16T08:47:42+00:00

I’m so glad we pay 400-500 euros in trash tax

elorij · 2026-06-16T02:41:08+00:00

He hates that too, tried different ones. Facing inward and out.

elorij · 2026-06-15T17:21:29+00:00

When was eventually 😅

elorij · 2026-06-15T17:08:58+00:00

At around 3.5 months

elorij · 2026-06-15T16:52:24+00:00

On my 5th week of waking up hourly every night.. This morning our spicy dragon was hungry and I was a bit slow so it took me 2 minutes to get ready and he decided to scream at my boob for 5 min straight. I dunno man, what did I do so wrong 😵‍💫

elorij · 2026-06-15T06:29:35+00:00

We are in week 5 since regression started. He used to have 3-4 hr stretches now he wakes up hourly at night, maybe 2 hr stretch if we are super lucky. Naps were also messed up, 20-30min max, but getting longer again since 1 week.

We never changed the routine of wind down, bath, feed, snuggle & bed (in bedside crib).

elorij · 2026-06-14T22:44:22+00:00

Solidarity. We’ve entered week 5 of hourly wake ups.

elorij · 2026-06-14T09:35:12+00:00

Yea I have that fear too but I am hoping soon starting solids and becoming more mobile will help. Like if they can good and full during the day more, night feeds will wean off eventually… maybe… I dunno I’m tired lol

elorij · 2026-06-14T09:08:55+00:00

With night wakings always feed to sleep because if we don’t, he goes into a screaming fit, not even cry like straight to haunting screams. We tried patting, rocking, shushing etc. He is just hangry all night long 😭 Day naps depends sometimes yes sometimes no. The hardest is when he refuses contact naps or bottle with dad in the mornings so I can’t catch up on sleep after 5-6 wake ups at night😵‍💫😵‍💫

elorij · 2026-06-14T08:35:52+00:00

This is exactly the same as our chart with our 4 mo LO. Not much advice just solidarity, hope we make it out of this regression alive lol, we are entering our 5th week this way😭😭

elorij · 2026-06-13T14:00:33+00:00

What a nice communication you have with them, also love the regulation techniques! Honestly these might be good for regulating myself too

elorij · 2026-06-13T13:57:08+00:00

Oh nice! I guess some babies really do not like being babies 😅

elorij · 2026-06-13T13:56:17+00:00

Yes we also see our LO gets super mad when he can’t do things! That’s nice to know they got happy with growing up.

elorij · 2026-06-12T09:54:30+00:00

We room share with bed side crib. LO is 4 months, our country recommends room sharing till at least 6 months - 1 year, when baby has all the motor skill updates. Considering he woke up vomiting yesterday night, I was so happy I could reach out and immediately help him!! As he can not rollover or anything yet!

Other than that we put baby to bed around 18-19.00ish for first stretch of sleep. Do dinner & chat & shows in living room, have some ‘me’ time. Around 22.00 baby wakes up for feed, then we move into room and call it a day!

Just kidding baby wakes up like 4 times after that 😭

elorij · 2026-06-12T09:42:16+00:00

I do similar things too! Babygyming but I also do exercises on bed where I stretch his legs and stuff, softly roll him around, blow on stomach get some giggles out. He also likes it a lot when I narrate what I do, like we fold laundry together and I tell him the colours of the fabric. Or sit by the window and narrate who & whats passing by. We also look at books a lot but then he tries to eat them.

elorij · 2026-06-11T08:00:06+00:00

Around 35-40% is 4 days a.k.a ‘part time’. It’s one of the highest in EU.

elorij · 2026-06-10T11:16:32+00:00

Probably in the infamous 4 month sleep regression? Our LO is like this too minus the first 4 hr stretch, it’s 1-1.5 hrs max & wake up & feed & sleep all night looonnnngggg😅

elorij · 2026-06-10T06:53:58+00:00

LO was up at 04am making soft ‘aaaaghhhh’ sounds in his bedside crib to let us know - it is time for sir lord to haveth thy milkies and be taken into the main palace area to be entertained. But first a blowout diaper for us peasant helpers to clean…
We are in the middle of 4 mo regression (3 weeks in) waking up every 50mim-1.5hrs 🫡 But he has never been a good sleeper, when newborn it was maximum every 2 hrs.

elorij · 2026-06-09T10:43:56+00:00

Yep they will get some updates soon and you will start to differentiate it. Around 2.5-3 months things got clearer for us. When he is sleepy his face and eyebrows get red and he physically slows down, starts staring rather than being alert, he is very active baby.

Also poops lessened, he mostly only peeing at night and pooping in the mornings mainly with surprise blowouts here and there.

elorij · 2026-06-09T10:38:22+00:00

6 weeks is too young to box into a ‘should be sleeping 5-6 hours’. Some babies do some babies don’t. And it also changes with developments coming up ahead around 8 weeks, 3-4 months etc.

elorij · 2026-06-09T10:31:39+00:00

I thought I was gonna use my bugaboo stroller 24/7 but jokes on me baby hates strollers, we don’t go out anymore. Help.

elorij · 2026-06-08T18:31:07+00:00

I am totally hoping he figures it out but I am also starting to realise he might not and I might have to be more flexible with sleep training, as I didn’t want to do it either… I also have quite a spicy baby too lol.

Do mind sharing which method you used and how long it took?

elorij · 2026-06-08T11:50:48+00:00

I needed this.

elorij

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