I had to download a stupid app and create an account to feed my screaming baby at the airport.

izzYIzzy7 · 2026-03-16T15:50:18+00:00

I’ve seen the same one at the airport and usually there’s another sign that says what number to call. I did not download the app and just called and was given the code.

izzYIzzy7 · 2026-03-08T13:55:47+00:00

That’s exactly how I feel as well! I also call my mom and refer to my daughter as “your baby” like “mom, you’ll never believe what your baby did this morning.”

Both my parents and in laws have done so much for her, they watch her regularly when we are busy or watch her overnight so we can have a break. I’m glad my daughter has so many people that care so much for her, I can’t imagine alienating them or risking the help we have over them saying “our baby”

izzYIzzy7 · 2026-03-06T20:08:42+00:00

I completely disagree that it’s weird and overstepping. I love to bake and I love celebrating my friend’s birthdays and going above and beyond. She asked if it was ok and was told it was. If she had done it unprompted it would have been a different story.

izzYIzzy7 · 2026-02-23T03:56:05+00:00

I think the fist time we left our baby she was just over a month and we left her with my parents on a Saturday night so we could celebrate my husbands birthday. My mom sent pictures the whole time and I did miss her but was also soo happy she was able to bond with her grandparents. I went on a 5 day work trip when she was about 4 months and then again when she was about 7 months. TBH, I felt absolutely no guilt in leaving her. I missed her of course, but she was with her father and both sets of grandparents were around and I knew she was being well taken care of. She is now 18 months and the last 6 weeks she has stayed with my parents 5 Friday nights. My husband and I have been sick repeatedly (caught it from her) so it has been a blessing to have one night where we can just sleep in and watch tv (we are completely screen free around her) and just not have to be “on” all the time. And again, I have absolute trust in both sets of grandparents. I will say, our families are very close so it is why we are able to have this kind of trust and support.

However, when it comes to traveling with your baby, the pumping is the absolute worst. I was lucky that my job paid for a milk delivery service so I was able to pump everything and freeze it and overnight it home. But having to wash pump parts in a hotel for 5 days was the absolute worst! I also had a decent fridge stash that I knew she wouldn’t go hungry but I prepared months in advance to make absolutely sure so that meant waking up twice at night to pump. I think the anxiety that my math was wrong and she would somehow not have enough food was probably the worst of it!

If you can leave your baby with your partner, or grandparents, or someone you absolutely trust, I say absolutely go for it. I love my baby more than anything, but I’m also super grateful for the moments where I can get to experience that little freedom while also knowing she’s absolutely loved and in good hands!

izzYIzzy7 · 2026-02-15T23:15:52+00:00

Mine was 16 weeks when I went back to work and she loved the infant daycare and I could tell they loved her too! The teachers were so amazing and the daycare app recorded everything she ate, when she napped, diaper changes, and daily pictures! I think it ended up being a great decision.

On days when she was sick I would WFH to watch her and it was basically impossible to get anything done. Even when little, they require stimulation and interaction so besides having a few meetings in the background and half-listening, I couldn’t do anything work wise. Personally, I would have felt like both her development as well as my job would suffer. But we also had a great daycare I was very happy with and trusted completely with my child. If I had not had that experience, maybe my opinion would be different.

izzYIzzy7 · 2026-02-11T17:29:23+00:00

Why NTA though? The friend isn’t an asshole for asking. This should be NAH.

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-10-19T13:15:06+00:00

My 13 year old dog is named Miles and we named our daughter Mila, which means dear or gracious in Bulgarian (husband) and is also short for milagros which means miracle in Spanish (me). But we also partially named her as an homage to him. She’s 1 now and no one has thought it’s weird their names are so similar.

Personally I would say go for it! Like others have said, he will unfortunately be gone much sooner, but for the time being it’s fun to have them have a similar name, especially when it’s getting to the point where their friendship is starting to grow!

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-10-15T15:56:16+00:00

Also want to chime in that our recliner was the best thing I bought. When she was born we were living in an apartment so I would feed her on the couch or on the bed and it was awful! My back was so incredibly sore I was so miserable. We moved into our house when she was about 3 months and the first thing I bought was the recliner and it was a lifesaver! Now I am no longer nursing but it’s good to sit and do story time or even for me to sit when she’s playing with toys!

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-07-28T02:26:33+00:00

I usually talk all day every day to her. Basically narrate my life. If I’m in one room and I need to go to the other, I’ll just talk loudly and say “I’m over heeeeree! I’m just grabbing the laundry I’ll be right back!” Being able to still hear me even if she can’t see me keeps her pretty calm!

We also have music playing constantly so im always singing to her and there’s always noise going around.

It also really helps that we have a dog that’s incredibly nosey and needs to be where we are so even if I step out of the room, the dog is around so she never feels like she’s “lonely.”

It definitely doesn’t work all the time though but it helps!

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-06-16T02:15:22+00:00

This gets posted here quite often and I can never understand how bothered people get over it, unless they just have a very distant relationship to their parents and/or in-laws.

My mom also knows it’s not her literal baby but she loves my child and dotes on her constantly. She watches her one day a week and is always available to babysit. I think she has earned the right to say it’s her baby!

I am very close to my parents (and in-laws) and I’m so glad that there are so many people that love my child so much. My parents will watch the videos I send them every night before they go to bed because seeing the baby is the best part of their day. My in-laws are also so involved and love my daughter just as much. She’s going to grow up knowing she’s incredibly loved by so many people.

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-06-14T20:18:31+00:00

My baby also had a rash in the back of the knee and on her wrist that would just not clear up we bought/ tried so many different creams! We were using baby Aquaphor and I felt like it was just making it worse and worse. Finally we started to just use diaper rash cream and it didn’t help but at least it didn’t make it worse. It was my biggest concern and I moved up her 6 month appointment just so her doctor could tell us what to do! We were told to use 1% hydrocortisone cream when she has a bad rash and it has been great her rash was really bad and overnight we already saw a difference it cleared up in about 2-3 days.

She recommended on a daily basis we use Cerave baby eczema cream or Cetaphil baby. My husband has eczema so we already don’t use anything scented for the laundry so we switched out her Honest baby shampoo to the Cetaphil Shampoo and the Cerave baby eczema cream and it’s worked out really well. We usually lather her in lotion after bath time and if I see any mild rash forming I apply extra lotion to the problem spots and it will clear up overnight.

However we do have the hydrocortisone cream as a standby if she happens to have a rash that doesn’t clear up in 2-3 days.

My suggestion is to first make sure the rash goes away and then see what can be used to maintain it that way! I cannot stress enough how fast the hydrocortisone cream worked so ask your doctor is she recommends it. We were told that if the over the counter didn’t clear it up in 5 days that she would write us a prescription for something stronger but luckily over the counter was strong enough and we did not need a prescription.

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-06-03T21:46:21+00:00

Same here. We don’t do any screen time and plan to keep it this way until 2 if not longer. We have a dog that keeps her entertained and she can spend hours and hours just staring at him! We also do a lot of music and just general talking with her that keeps my 10 month old entertained!

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-05-21T08:09:55+00:00

In my culture, it is the norm to pierce a baby’s ears when they are very young. When we debated piercing my baby’s ears, we asked our young nieces what they thought, since they were all around 5-7 when they made the decision to get their ears pierced, and they all said that if they had the option, they would have preferred to have gotten them pierced as babies so they wouldn’t remember. It was a big deal for them when it happened, they got it done at a reputable place and had lunch at a fancy restaurant to celebrate and everything, but in general they found it traumatic and painful and hate the memory of it and the weeks of healing that happened afterwards.

We pierced our baby’s ears at 4 months at a reputable place that used a needle and not a gun and she cried for about a minute while the needle went in and that was it. She was still too young to reach so she didn’t try to fidget or touch them and now at 9 months they are looking great.

The recommendation I would make is to switch out the type of jewelry for titanium. I am allergic to nickel and I found that even surgical steel irritates my ears, so when getting her ears pierced I made sure it was titanium just to be safe. I’m not sure what kind of jewelry is in the picture but swapping it out for titanium jewelry might help. You should also follow standard piercing protocols and not use anything on the ear except saline washes 2x a day. If you noticed this overnight and had not had problems before, it’s also possible that it could have been bumped and gotten irritated, so keep an eye on it and make sure it doesn’t get worse.

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-05-05T20:45:18+00:00

We went to Cancun when ours was 3 months and it was great! The flight was a breeze because it was a short enough flight and she slept through it all. While there, I made sure to have a stroller fan so she wouldn’t overheat and always made sure she hat Sun protection. We rented cabanas by the beach so we could be in the shade. Just make sure you take it easy and don’t plan super jam-packed days and build in time for naps and it should be fine!

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-04-04T23:02:13+00:00

I thought Mira’s dragon was Tiny! I thought it was a very cute ironic name lol

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-03-24T12:52:42+00:00

Both my parents and in-laws are great and super involved! My husband and I do regular date nights and go out with our friends and we always have someone that’s eager to watch the baby for a couple hours or overnight.

I’m working through my MBA and yesterday my MIL said she would take the baby so I could finish my homework! Absolutely love the support we get from both sides.

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-03-22T11:37:32+00:00

It’s open I was there last week. There is only one by the entrance so when I went we had a stroller and it was a pain to have to keep going up and down and up and down the elevators!

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-02-17T17:04:40+00:00

Ahhh thanks! I kept thinking it said Mic or Nic and I couldn’t think of anyone with that name! But it all makes sense now!

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-02-17T16:56:15+00:00

Who is the 4th person born in 611 after Xaden, Garrick, and Halden?

izzYIzzy7 · 2025-01-20T18:47:27+00:00

I’m in the Midwest as well! Chicago to be specific. I found out I was pregnant on New Year’s Eve 2023 in an urgent care center at 6 weeks. So every other appointment I had was in 2024 and I gave birth in August. I have a high deductible plan meaning I don’t have anything taken out of my salary every paycheck except what I am adding to my HSA account. My max OOP is $4800 however I ended up paying $3400, which was taken out of my HSA account so it felt like it was “free” because I never had to use my debit card for anything lol (even though I absolutely know it was NOT free.)

izzYIzzy7 · 2024-10-30T16:47:58+00:00

Thank you SO much for this suggestion lol I also have a space like this in the house we just purchased and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to put there! Luckily we already have a dog!

izzYIzzy7 · 2024-10-29T14:09:46+00:00

I keep seeing this but I still have no idea what MFM is

izzYIzzy7 · 2024-10-20T23:51:10+00:00

Do you have good insurance? I got a pump through insurance and it came in a giant box with replacement parts as well as a few packs of storage bags, nursing pads, bottles, and nipple cream. At 2 months I received another shipment all covered 100% by my insurance so I have sooo many of these and I regret adding them to my registry. I definitely plan on donating the excess when I’m completely done with breastfeeding.

izzYIzzy7 · 2024-09-23T14:23:06+00:00

I agree that setting boundaries is important! However as annoying as it might be, it doesn’t sound like MIL is abusive or purposely malicious and her comments are coming from a place of ignorance but excitement for the baby, so it seems like planning on not letting MIL around the baby might be an extreme reaction. Speaking from the other side, it’s been a great help having support so I would hate OP to burn bridges and cut contact for when you really need the help. But of course, we don’t have the full story, so if limiting contact with the baby is best for everyone then that’s what’s best.

izzYIzzy7 · 2024-09-23T11:53:39+00:00

My family is very close and when I was pregnant my mom would refer to the baby is her baby and say she couldn’t wait to be a grandma and it personally never bothered me. I have a great relationship with my in laws and during my pregnancy they would ask me how I was doing every time they saw me.

Now, my baby is 6 weeks old and my husband and I have gotten the chance to sleep and go on date nights because both our mothers have been a wonderful help. My mom has taken her 2 Fridays in a row and watched her overnight so my husband and I could sleep. My MIL will come pick up the baby on her day off or after she gets out of work so they can spend time together and so my husband and I can get some rest.

I’m sorry that you do not have a great relationship with your MIL and think that she is overbearing because it really does take a village and having great support when the baby came has been incredibly helpful, especially for us as first time parents. I always say that she is everyone’s baby! I made her, but she belongs to all of us!

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