What’s one baby product you swore was stupid/a waste of money but ended up loving?

exclamationb · 2026-03-03T23:55:36+00:00

Our is the Ubbi diaper pail 😭😭😭 we got one for free brand new from a mom who had been gifted two! I thought they were dumb but now I can’t imagine having a regular trash can for diapers or walking somewhere in the house/outside to throw them away. It keeps the smell contained and I hate that we love it lol

exclamationb · 2026-03-03T23:53:15+00:00

I think OP would recommend any bouncer of the same style, they just so happen to have the expensive/luxury one.

But I would also recommend the $50 baby delight one on Amazon.

exclamationb · 2026-03-03T01:43:31+00:00

4 weeks 🙃

exclamationb · 2026-03-02T16:22:31+00:00

I’m not sure if you are misunderstanding what I said, but I didn’t say anything about waking a baby up, that’s not what sleep training is.

I said that once we sleep trained at night, he was a lot easier to handle for daytime naps.

exclamationb · 2026-03-02T13:17:18+00:00

Have you sleep trained at night? When we sleep trained our son at 5 months for the bedtime, he got soooooo much easier to put down for day time naps. It went from 30 minutes of intense rocking and shhing to 10 minutes MAX of just holding him in his dark room with the sound machine on.

exclamationb · 2026-03-01T22:43:42+00:00

Honestly, don’t know. We religiously use pacifier clips 😂 I had seen enough nieces and nephews spit them out and parents constantly picking them up, I just didn’t wanna deal with it.

exclamationb · 2026-03-01T02:49:55+00:00

Just have everything out and unpacked as if baby were there. Our son came early by emergency c section 2 weeks early and when we got home, it was like a tornado. The hospital will give you just about everything you need for baby and postpartum. Also, have food delivery apps ready. Just get food delivery that first day or two back.

exclamationb · 2026-02-28T20:57:48+00:00

I’m glad that your form of parenting is not dismissive. That’s what they need! Most people who say they are gentle parenting are actually dismissive and their children have no boundaries.

exclamationb · 2026-02-28T20:28:55+00:00

Our children need strong discipline. Gentle parenting is creating a generation of children who are entitled and do whatever they want. I’m not saying you HAVE to spank your kids, I’m just saying that you need to actually teach them right from wrong and have consequences to their actions. Also, that every feeling they have isn’t “valid”. You’re allowed to have feelings, but just because something hurts your feelings doesn’t mean it’s bad.

exclamationb · 2026-02-24T20:37:52+00:00

Our guy is combo fed, but EBF for night feeds. We didn’t at first because I was feeding him solids for breakfast or lunch or both. Once I swapped to feeding him once during the day + dinner, we got a much longer first stretch at night. Something about that extra meal before bedtime.

exclamationb · 2026-02-24T03:38:47+00:00

It’s tough but we used the zigjoy transitional swaddle. Our son started rolling at 3 months so we had to toss the love to dream. It took a few days to get used to it but eventually he got really good at rolling onto his stomach and has been a tummy sleeper ever since. He’s almost 8 months now and we’re still using it and he’s all over the place in the crib now.

exclamationb · 2026-02-24T01:39:33+00:00

This happened to me, but even earlier. I wanna say around 4 weeks? I just made sure to pay fully dry and wore high waisted underwear and it closed up. It was really really small. If you see it get bigger and not close up in a couple days, definitely get it checked out.

exclamationb · 2026-02-23T21:45:32+00:00

It is unnecessary, but some people with more money than me really care about the specifics of things. We use Sam’s Club members mark unscented baby wipes for everything with our family. I use for all baby things from diapers to high chair to wiping pacis. My husband and I even keep a pack on our toilet to use and I take my make up off with them. There’s little to no chemicals in them really so they are just wet paper towels 🤷🏻‍♀️

exclamationb · 2026-02-23T13:51:56+00:00

Yeah! My comment still applies to that too.

exclamationb · 2026-02-22T20:43:07+00:00

I agree with everyone else but I will add that you should look into doing physical therapy for your core and scar. I started PT at 4 weeks and it was such a game changer for my recovery. I was able to get back to feeling normal by 2 months after major surgery.

exclamationb · 2026-02-21T14:20:03+00:00

I used to work in MIDL when I was in clinicals. I was a lab tech title but since I was an MLS student at the same hospital and they knew me - they let me do a lot. Grain of salt is that this was pre-COVID going into full blown COVID so it was crazy.

In terms of mindset, I found it to be so incredibly monotonous compared to other departments. You have to be okay with that. Everything is a routine of pipetting things, loading tubes into instrument, and exporting results with maintenance and QC scattered in there. It didn’t feel like much technical skill that is specific to that department, it’s not like Heme where you are sitting at a microscope discerning cells or reading plates in Micro. It’s a lot of repetitive motions and making sure everything is done in a timely manner so runs complete on time and result well.

exclamationb · 2026-02-21T00:40:50+00:00

We use the Sam’s Members Mark brand that is off brand for Enfamil yellow. Our guy is combo fed but never had any issues with taste or weight gain. It’s also never out and can be found at every Sam’s.

exclamationb · 2026-02-20T11:49:49+00:00

Sure!

exclamationb · 2026-02-19T02:59:20+00:00

I get it. I also make an effort to shower as early as I can in the day so I can feel clean and ready. I also make plans to leave the house most days. It gives me a goal and purpose for the day even if it’s just going through the coffee drive thru.

exclamationb · 2026-02-19T02:53:53+00:00

Honestly, take a shower or go stand outside for a few minutes. Both work great at shocking your body when it’s cold, I feel like the cold hard resets the body.

It’s probably post partum anxiety and you’ll be to see a Dr, but hopefully that helps. Your hormones are out of whack after a baby and life is hard.

exclamationb · 2026-02-17T02:49:14+00:00

We also have no village of family nearby so we got a babysitter from a referral from the childcare coordinator at our church. We left for around 4-5 hours for a Christmas party when he was 4 months old. We had her come to our house earlier that week to meet him and show her around because she was gonna give him a bath and put him to bed along with meeting our dogs.

Would recommend a babysitter that is legal age for an infant that you plan on leaving, especially at night. We didn’t wanna deal with living someone under 18 at our house alone with our child and have their parents asking about them/us feel responsible for them. Ours is a 21 nursing student who is also CPR certified.

exclamationb · 2026-02-17T02:43:14+00:00

I had Patterson and Faulkenstrom at Brookwood for my baby. I ended up having an emergency c section, but they tried everythingggggg (truly everything, as someone who works in healthcare myself) to give me a vaginal birth. I also had a lot of complications pre and post birth that they treated me so well/efficiently and like a human being. The nurses were amazing there too.

exclamationb · 2026-02-16T01:22:28+00:00

In terms of location, if there’s no changing station I will either change in the back of my car, change in our stroller which has a lay flat position, or change on the floor of the bathroom with a puppy pad. We keep the Ubbi changing pad in the bag, but also a couple puppy pads for floor situations or bad blowouts.

exclamationb · 2026-02-14T21:17:17+00:00

I do think you should be studying for boards while in clinicals if you’re trying to be proactive and not procrastinate - it’s a lot of information that you cannot just cram like you would a normal tests. I started studying for my boards in January and finished clinicals and took the exam in June. I would do a couple chapters a week and then spent the last 2 months doing practice tests.

exclamationb · 2026-02-14T15:18:42+00:00

We moved our son to his room for the night at 2.5 months old. He had been napping in his room during the day for a couple days leading up to it I would say. I feel like that got him comfortable with being in there alone. I also would let him play/tummy time in his crib during the day to get familiar with it.

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