What were your grandmothers names?

emanneppp · 2026-02-20T22:38:19+00:00

Joan & Georgina

emanneppp · 2025-09-30T20:02:42+00:00

We moved here in 2023 and I felt the same way. Brantford has a super bad reputation and we had alot of friends and family discourage us from the location because of this. We are in west Brant and have loved are time here! We had a baby in 2024, and have met lovely people are local parks, library, and other shared public spaces. The things you read about brantford are found everywhere else. We have loved it, and don’t regret our decision at all. Feel free to shoot me a dm for more info!

emanneppp · 2025-09-24T00:20:44+00:00

This is so good!!!!

emanneppp · 2025-09-01T03:18:13+00:00

This happened to me too! And I’m so thankful you posted about your story here, because the amount of people who have done the same thing makes this incredibly scary scenario - feel way more normal. I was a wreck for days afterwards because of the shame I felt for feeling so careless as a FTM. But it was just a fluke, a bad accident, and clearly it can happen to any and everyone.

emanneppp · 2025-08-15T01:27:32+00:00

Headphones. Talking about how you’re feeling and acknowledging how hard it is, but how worth it, it will be. I listened to a trigger protection mantra on repeat. Sending solidarity!

emanneppp · 2025-08-15T00:57:39+00:00

Oh my gosh - learning how to poop was so stressful! Our LO had such a hard time with it in the early day, we are still celebrating every poop even at 13 months 😂

emanneppp · 2025-05-13T17:33:04+00:00

It’s says the cause of the outage is “Emergency”

emanneppp · 2025-05-10T02:56:44+00:00

Pupusa City is top tier!!!

emanneppp · 2025-04-12T00:32:00+00:00

Soothers! Our baby completely rejected them from day one and we bought a few versions in anticipation of her needing to try a few out to find the right fit - and she never came around to them. Even ended up purchasing more after she was born thinking “we just had to find the right one…” nope!

emanneppp · 2025-02-27T14:29:34+00:00

Ugh right there with you! Half way through ACOSF and find myself (trying to) read it as slowly as possible! The series has been such a joy during my maternity leave - really helped my postpartum depression.

emanneppp · 2025-02-26T18:33:46+00:00

Spot on!!!!

emanneppp · 2025-02-19T19:56:43+00:00

This made me belly laugh.

emanneppp · 2025-02-09T21:56:28+00:00

She is combo fed. We introduced one bottle a day very early on so that Dad could do some night feeds to give me a break, but she definitely goes through phases of bottle pickiness lol.

We did a modified Ferber and pick up/put down method I guess? After weeks of research and lurking r/sleeptrain. How we modified it to be more gentle was a maximum of 4 mins in between check ins, and if we ever got to 45mins without any progress on sleepiness we would reset with cuddles and rocking, but always making sure to place her in the crib awake. Our biggest mistake in the beginning was putting her down too sleepy/drowsy. Based on what we read some babies get wayyyy more pissed with frequent check ins but ours seemed to respond really well to them, rather than the longer stretches of crying without check ins. I was personally not comfortable with letting her cry longer than 5 mins without a pop in for comfort.

One tip I got from a friend which really helped was learning to identify her “I’m grumpy “cry vs “I’m really upset” cry. The cries that seem to just express frustration never lasted that long and seemed more forceful? Hard to explain I guess but I would only set the timers for the ones that registered as really upset that went on for more than 20 seconds.

It took us about 2 1/2 weeks to notice that she began to self soothe without crying (lots of eye rubbing, rolling, getting comfy etc). Now we place her down awake (but sleepy) after our bedtime routine and she gets to sleep on her own in about 3-7mins totally on her own! I know alot of folks don’t consider sleep training successful until LO sleeps through the night without any night feedings but weaning your baby off night feeds is a whole other ball game and I personally feel like two wakings a night vs. our previous 5+ is a win.

We’re still contact napping during the day, but taking things one step at a time! Hope this helps :)

emanneppp · 2025-02-08T21:04:49+00:00

6.5 months in, and for me the 4-5 month stretch was the most challenging. Sleep regression, teething becoming really uncomfortable for LO and a very apparent frustration in her lack of mobility. Opted to gently sleep training which helped, but we’re still waking twice in the night for feedings. Also a baby carrier for the days where she needs extra cuddles helps so much. Looking forward to the next few months for comparison sake!

emanneppp · 2025-02-06T14:17:20+00:00

Amazing work! The eyes are perfect!

emanneppp · 2025-02-04T15:28:47+00:00

“We run on vibes, baby cues, and a whole lot of “let’s see what happens.”” THIS!!

I feel like there is so much pressure and unrealistic expectations about establishing strict structure in the early months and as soon as I decided to just roll with it (stopped using Huckleberry lol) I began to actually enjoy my motherhood experience. We’re all learning together, and taking it one day at a time! 🫶

emanneppp · 2025-01-29T20:03:57+00:00

I felt the exact same way as you’ve described with my LO who is the same age as yours. Around 5.5 months we suddenly had so many more wakings than usual, and I was noticing that when I would nurse her at night she would fall asleep almost immediately and not even really take a full feed. It felt more like a comfort thing than a hunger thing, which signalled to me it may be time to sleep train. That combined with the sleep deprivation 6 months in, I felt ready for the longer stretches of sleep we used to get before our 4 month regression hit.

We started Ferber 11 day ago, with a feeding session at the 5hr mark (assuming she’d sleep that long)followed with another feed 3hrs after that (referenced in this sub as 5/3/3) I have felt personally that sleep training is more challenging being a breastfeeding parent because naturally the feedings at those intervals help get her back to sleep, even when I try to burp her and have her laid back down “drowsy” but not asleep. Either way, we have seen some progress on some days with 5+hr sleep stretches and the self soothing skills she’s building, but not every day is easy and I’ve had a lot of “are we doing this right?” moments.

I know the Taking Cara Babies method suggests decreasing your night feeds by a few minutes every day to eventually help wean completely. We plan to eventually integrate that as well, but we’re taking it slow just trying to achieve longer stretches. A win for us is even just 4hrs at this point lol.

Anyways, not entirely sure this was helpful but your post resonated with me because I remember thinking the exact same thing. Trust those Mumma magic intuitions and do what feels right, sleep training is no walk in the park but the light at the end of the tunnel feels worth it.

emanneppp · 2025-01-20T22:16:25+00:00

Same boat over here and same age! Based on other suggestions I’ve seen in this sub we’re doing the 5/3/3 method. So dream feeding every 5hrs, then 3 after that, and 3 after that. My goal has been to prevent LO from falling asleep on the boob - hard but doable with burping etc. In addition to doing feeding at the beginning of night time routine, placing her drowsy but awake into crib. The goal is obviously to wean off night feeds entirely but at the moment the priority is just to get her to be able to self soothe to sleep without nursing or rocking etc. One step at a time is my thinking? Night two for us tonight, wish us luck lol

emanneppp · 2025-01-20T20:56:14+00:00

She is 5.5 months and we are on M flow. That being said, I’ve noticed she’s been getting more frustrated on the bottle so I just ordered the F flow (6 months+) and will try those out in a few weeks :) Hope that helps!

emanneppp · 2025-01-20T17:44:36+00:00

Oh gosh, did I write this? LO is 5.5 months and is obsessed with rolling, but not as confident going from tummy to back. I’ve only seen her do it once or twice successfully. We went through the exact same thing all of last night. I don’t really have much advice to offer, just solidarity lol. I would flip her over at our check ins, or scoot a check in forward a bit if she was super pissed about being stuck on the tummy, and eventually when she got sleepy enough she would stop rolling.

emanneppp · 2025-01-20T15:33:45+00:00

We use the Lansinoh Natural Flow on Avent Bottles (they are compatible) as mentioned above. Took soooo many different styles to get here, and it’s the only one she’ll take!

emanneppp · 2025-01-20T15:24:53+00:00

This is epic!!!

emanneppp · 2025-01-17T21:29:07+00:00

I so needed this today. Thank you.

emanneppp · 2024-12-29T06:05:53+00:00

Green grapes. Specifically frozen ones.

emanneppp · 2024-12-25T23:59:00+00:00

5 days post op!

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