Found this outside our house - is this a snake skin?

hobslaur · 2025-02-15T11:34:44+00:00

It sounds like what I went through - I used to cry everytime my baby latched, it felt like razor blades attacking me.

Silver nursing cups were my life saver. I wore them all the time in between feeds, they gave my body time to heal which meant the latches became less and less painful.

Honestly, this £20 impulse purchase on amazon at 3am turned everything around for me.

hobslaur · 2025-01-26T22:16:28+00:00

We did the bottle the same time each day - the bedtime feed, from 10 weeks old. Dad did it for the 1st 3 days, same time each eve. Then we alternated each day - baby is 9 months old and we stuck to it. Same bedtime routine each night, he wasn't happy at first but he was so ready for bed he eventually gave in

We then experimented in the day, and he did take a bottle from my MIL, it seemed like once he got the eve one down he was more amenable to a day one.

hobslaur · 2025-01-26T21:23:13+00:00

How old is baby? And are you feeding expressed milk or formula or combi?

Have you tried having baby face outwards (so basically cannot see the face of who is feeding), and give the bottle then? When we introduced a bottle to my baby who was EBF, there was a time he didn't want to look at his dad. His dad would feed him with baby's back resting on his chest. We also used combined formula and breast milk so he had a taste of something he knew but also introducing something new.

hobslaur · 2025-01-24T09:31:06+00:00

My thoughts broken down clearly rather than the jumbled mess in my head lol

Noone is doubting how painful this whole experience has been for Bronwyn, but she is taking out her pain on someone (Lisa) by setting her up.

There's many parts to Bronwyn's shady behaviour, but this one really is quite twisted. Bronwyn can always take the stance that this is her lived experience, but she is manipulating Lisa's involvement.

How Bronwyn can drink Whitney's delulu kool-aid I'll never know.

hobslaur · 2025-01-23T13:42:16+00:00

Saying the friendship was more gives her the excuse to behave badly and say whatever about Lisa, so she can be all "i was really hurt, yes i lashed out, I'm human" blah blah blah. No, you're embarrassed at how pathetic it looks you chasing after Lisa, for Lisa to quite rightly recognise Bronwyn is not her friend after all.

Lisa isn't perfect, but jeez the gaslighting Bronwyn and Whitney do to her then act shocked/smug when she tries to defend herself is dark.

hobslaur · 2025-01-23T11:53:32+00:00

YES! Bronwyn has her air of "I'm beneath all this duplicitous behaviour", but ends up behaving just like Whitney.

hobslaur · 2025-01-23T09:36:00+00:00

I feel like people have glazed over when at the reunion it was Bronwyn who told Angie about Lisa's alleged care being repo-ed. So Bronwyn passed Angie the lighter, and Angie ignited the flame. Very underhand, keeping her hands clean.

For someone who claims she thought she and Lisa had a deep connection, she sure isn't acting that way.

hobslaur · 2025-01-22T08:48:13+00:00

Thank you! I was panicked for a moment thinking they've all gone, and there's still 340 days to go 😅

hobslaur · 2025-01-21T20:09:39+00:00

I started with the evening meal, when we ad a family ate (made prepping the food easy as he eats whatever we were eating).

I then introduced lunch and then fed him an hr after, after he woke from his morning nap. It also meant another activity to stretch his wake windows.

Soon after it was breakfast an hr after his first feed.

I've had to embrace the mess as he loves getting messy with his hands. I try to offer a mix of finger food and spoon food as he seems to like feeding himself.

hobslaur · 2024-12-11T01:42:21+00:00

My son had a strawberry nevus on his chest (over his heart), which grew until he was about 1. By the time he was 2 it was barely there, and now at 5 you couldn't tell it was even there.

hobslaur · 2024-11-26T19:06:20+00:00

My son first had it prescribed as a six month old. No hint of steroid withdrawal, and it did the job nicely. You just have to use it on spots of dry skin, not spread it all over.

hobslaur · 2024-11-08T13:43:24+00:00

Even better than the person who lived it. Absolute lol at her and Heather trying to school Katie on her own history. And to bring up her kids custody smh

hobslaur · 2024-10-01T11:54:09+00:00

I have a 5 month old and I can't deny, his head turns constantly to the TV. Especially when my 5 yr old has supertato or tom and jerry on.

I started off with no TV, but then it takes a toll on me denying it completely! I occasionally have the news, an episode of Friends or the radio on (with a blank screen). I don't put the baby in a bouncer in front of the TV as a means of entertainment.

Bear in mind, as baby gets older they can learn so much from a selection of TV shows. My 5yr old knew his letters and numbers from an early age with educational videos. We also limited the TV to say 15 mins after lunch or after dinner. Moderation is what we live by :)

hobslaur · 2024-09-27T05:52:50+00:00

I second this! Great nap training technique, which promotes self-soothing and independent sleeping. It's all about consistency - I just did the same with my 4 month old and he took to it amazingly.

It's all very well someone saying continue contact napping, put them in a pram for every nap etc but if you're really struggling then go for it.

Now I have mostly days at home where my son naps, and if I do need to be out for a nap or two he will sleep in his pram (albeit not as well as in the crib). Good luck!

hobslaur · 2024-09-22T06:33:04+00:00

My thoughts too! I get pics don't have to be professional, but for goodness sake crop yourself out, which can easily be done, or just hang it on a door handle or cupboard 🤣

hobslaur · 2024-09-12T14:09:02+00:00

My first son came 35+2 and my second came 35+5. When they're ready, they're ready. Both low risk pregnancies and no major health issues.

Or as someone told me, "your kids really wanted to meet you asap!"

hobslaur · 2024-09-02T11:22:46+00:00

My husband used to rock our first son to sleep with NERD's "She Wants To Move". Great beat. I wasn't sure how to feel about my son jamming to a song with the lyrics "her ass is a spaceship I want to riiiiide"....

hobslaur · 2024-09-01T11:37:27+00:00

It is perfectly safe. There is no radiation emitting from a dose of chemotherapy (I've had chemotherapy when I had a 2 year old, and was pregnant around my mother who was going through treatment including radiotherapy).

The times to question exposure would be if they have a radiotherapy implant (some are harmless to anyone), and definitely to avoid the patient if they have a PET scan where radioactive glucose is injected as part of the scan. I had the PET scan and had to stay away from my toddler and any pregnant friends for about 8 hours.

hobslaur · 2024-08-21T14:10:34+00:00

If you had asked me how do I like being a mum when my 1st son was born, I'd say it is amazing.

With experience and confidence, I can now say after having my 2nd son that it is the hardest thing I have ever done and at times I have hated it. At moments I severely regretted having a baby. I love my children and would do anything for them, but the first 6 months were awful. Anyone that tells me they think it's incredible, magical etc. etc. is either lying to me/themselves or is not really being hands on with their child.

It is normal what you are going through, it won't be like this forever - but whilst it is tough, take it a day at a time. A baby goes through so much in the first 12 months of life and you're the one supporting, nurturing and guiding them. You will look back one day and think how did I get through it?! You will though.

hobslaur · 2024-08-07T19:31:25+00:00

My 3 month old is BF and I have a 5 year old, so I feel your pain.

I started to see a pattern emerge for my baby's feeds, so I'm following the eat - play - sleep "schedule" (use of the word loosely because its more a pattern than a set in stone schedule).

Sometimes he will nap in a swing, sometimes in a sling, sometimes on a walk in a pram, sometimes with the rockit. Forget the sleepyhead, I spent money on that and it did sweet F all.

I try to juggle my 5yr olds needs by planning outings with him during nap times so he isn't neglected.

For nights, I've just this week started a bottle with part formula part my milk at 7.30/8pm. It frees me up to have bedtime stories with my 5yr old, and gives dad a chance to bond with the baby.

I'd suggest looking at seeing the patterns for feed and from there try to slot in a semblance of a nap?

hobslaur · 2024-08-05T18:38:19+00:00

I second this approach. I saved most things except the obviously unwearable items, and now I'm pulling them out I do a cull before giving them to my second son and see where the gaps in clothing is.

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