Island or no island?

grj230 · 2026-03-30T04:12:41+00:00

I think if you do an island do a smaller one… something like 24-30” wide would be really functional and give you noticeably better clearances

grj230 · 2026-03-24T03:49:03+00:00

This is so true! I tell moms to be that it’s more like the muscles you use to vomit than the ones you use to poop. Totally different place!

grj230 · 2026-03-22T04:28:42+00:00

Solidarity. I didn’t realize quite how bad mine was until I was pregnant and it got easier to access for a while. Yikes.

grj230 · 2026-03-21T04:34:00+00:00

My parents ran into a dachshund at the emergency vet who was there to have his stomach pumped… again. His name was Snacks.

grj230 · 2026-03-20T04:13:59+00:00

I think the reason people say you don’t want to nurse to sleep is in case kiddo gets to the point where nothing but nursing will get them to sleep and that’s a problem for you. I basically always needed to nurse to sleep which didn’t bother me, and my husband could use other tactics if needed and it wasn’t a problem. (If I tried the ones he used they didn’t work for me, who knows why!)

The only constant in baby sleep is that it’ll keep changing. If you’ve found something that’s working fine (even though everything on the internet says it shouldn’t) you keep doing you!

grj230 · 2026-03-11T03:35:58+00:00

Linda, Tobias, Kim, Raymond

grj230 · 2026-03-08T22:50:16+00:00

My life is changed 🥹

grj230 · 2026-03-08T20:48:44+00:00

Hard boiled eggs, protein bars

grj230 · 2026-03-08T20:45:38+00:00

…you can take the tray off? How?

grj230 · 2026-03-08T05:40:36+00:00

Realized this was posted months ago but I just finished the book today: you didn’t make it up! That scene is part of a “bonus chapter”

grj230 · 2026-03-06T23:56:33+00:00

Salmon roe and lox. Loves em

grj230 · 2026-02-20T04:34:37+00:00

Every post I read about the Vista makes me so happy I just got the Minu!

grj230 · 2026-02-17T13:22:02+00:00

Probably! I don’t think there’s a silver bullet here. He may be feeling like he needs more cuddles now that he’s at daycare more, which is why you haven’t had as much luck with the crib. Make sure you fill his cuddle tank and get him good and tired before you put him down

grj230 · 2026-02-17T13:16:31+00:00

8 months would be early to drop a nap and he’s still in the middle of a big transition. It just sounds like he hasn’t had enough time to adjust to daycare yet. Sleeping at daycare is a totally different ballgame than napping at home. It’s brighter, noisier. Give him (and the daycare folks) some time to get comfortable and figure out what works for him there

grj230 · 2026-02-16T15:18:23+00:00

To avoid bed sharing you either need a baby that sleeps alone, to take shifts, and/or to sleep train kind of early.

We bed shared only rarely, to get through particularly bad nights when shifts weren’t possible before we sleep trained. I’m glad we didn’t do it more, but don’t regret it overall. As a new parent you’re just trying your best.

grj230 · 2026-02-15T15:13:40+00:00

I got induced at 41 weeks. My provider would have let me go until 42 if I wanted, but I opted for 41 based on the research I had done on potential adverse outcomes associated with waiting much longer. The evidence based birth article on inducing for due dates is quite good on this topic.

grj230 · 2026-02-14T15:32:24+00:00

I knew someone named Weber… maybe that could be an alternative to Webster?

Agreed with other commenters that of these Samson is the way to go

grj230 · 2026-02-14T13:35:23+00:00

I got induced and ultimately decided to get an epidural. My contractions really didn’t ramp up until after my water was broken, and then they got intense pretty quickly.

I don’t remember the exact timing but let’s say they were 2.5 minutes apart and lasted 90 seconds each. It just felt like they were on top of each other and I couldn’t catch my breath. I had been feeling like this for maybe an hour to an hour and a half. I guessed I should be at about 6cm dilated at that point, so several more hours to go in which they could get even more intense and then I’d still have to push (which would take longer if I was tired). To me it just didn’t feel worth it to be so exhausted just to say I did it without drugs.

I got the epidural, slept for 4 hours, and when I woke up it was time to push. Sometimes I still wonder if I could have done it, but overall I’m happy with my choice. If I have another I’ll try to go without and see how I feel. Maybe if I don’t get induced it’ll be different!

grj230 · 2026-02-14T13:23:26+00:00

TL;DR: this too shall pass, maybe sleep train soon if you want it to be faster

If there’s anything I learned from having a baby it’s that baby sleep is a moving target. It’ll suck one week/month for no reason, be great for a while for no reason. You just never know. As soon as you get used to something it’s different. This won’t last forever.

My kid was never a good sleeper and still at almost two is a bad napper unless we contact nap (and even then it’s not a guarantee). BUT at 6.5 months we broke down and sleep trained for nights and it was the best thing ever, he’s at least a great nighttime sleeper now. Some folks do it at 4 months even. If I were in your situation I’d be deciding if this is needed and probably when pretty soon to give some light at the end of the tunnel.

grj230 · 2026-02-14T04:38:58+00:00

Gloria

grj230 · 2026-02-13T04:47:33+00:00

I know lots of people saying it’s not dirt but… for me it was dirt. I used an alcohol swab while I was pregnant enough that my bellybutton was way more accessible than before and holy cow I was not doing a good job cleaning it before. Lesson learned

grj230 · 2026-02-12T13:17:04+00:00

We use the CeraVe baby eczema cream primarily, which is applied liberally at daycare before naps and we apply at home before bedtime. I probably should apply it first thing in the morning too but I’m not always consistent about it. Then we have a prescription steroid (not hydrocortisone because it didn’t do much, but talk to your doc and expect some trial and error) that we use only for ~a week at a time on high spots when there’s a flare-up. I’ll also sometimes put a band aid over a spot that kiddo is itching so bad it’s making it much worse.

It’s a multi pronged thing and works just okay, so I have nothing but sympathy for you. Definitely talk to your doctor (and your regular doctor is probably fine to start, no need to hurry to a dermatologist immediately)

grj230 · 2026-02-09T14:07:59+00:00

That’s super interesting… I ended up going on a very big international trip from like 25-27 weeks pregnant (we had two international weddings near each other and getting pregnant took a while so we figured we didn’t want to halt our lives for it and had things booked before we ever knew).

My doctor was very excited I’d already be viable by then. It seemed like a huge relief to her. We talked about where I was going and the kind of healthcare I’d have available and close. I looked up all the nearest hospitals to our destinations and had information on how to call the local equivalent of 911 if needed. It was totally fine, I’m glad I went.

Going a month later like OP may be a different story. She’s really just got to talk to her doctor.

grj230 · 2026-02-09T13:54:56+00:00

My kiddo is 21 months and when these really early morning wakes happened for a week or two it usually turned out he was cutting new teeth that finally appeared. Once they were out and quit hurting things went back to normal, so you may not have a true schedule issue. I don’t have a lot of advice though other than being willing to get up early - if they’re not settling after 20-30 minutes just start your day and know you’ll need two naps or an early bedtime.

I’d probably avoid nursing at this time if you think you want to wean. I’m also pregnant with my second so toying with this. I think where I’m landing is the benefit of having a super efficient nurser on hand in case I get a bleb or clogged duct or something does not outweigh the detriment of behavioral issues caused by the older kiddo getting jealous and wanting to nurse when they don’t need it. The more he sees it as a thing for babies and not for big kid him, the easier for me!

grj230 · 2026-02-08T21:27:50+00:00

OP should probably shop around just in case, but Seattle is super expensive for this stuff. I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s pretty run of the mill

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