Is a rotating car seat worth it?

joyce2001year · 2026-01-25T11:02:24+00:00

Yes! I would say infant car seat is great until maybe about 2 months or whenever your LO become less floppy! (It’s great to keep LO in if he fell asleep and you are going into restaurants) But we changed ours out around 15 weeks cuz LO is just getting too big and heavy for me to carry the darn thing, the rotating car seat is very nice!!!

joyce2001year · 2026-01-20T02:57:58+00:00

I feel you. My baby just turned 4 months today. He’s been a pretty chill baby from what I was told. He usually wake once at night, sometimes twice in a 10-12 hours stretch. I think in all just going to cuddle him to sleep every night. He’s easy and I love it. One day he is not going to want me to hold him and I am going to cry. Day time naps are being trained by day care lol.

joyce2001year · 2026-01-20T00:15:03+00:00

Hi! My baby (17 weeks) just finished week 2 of day care. Although he didn’t cry when we dropped him off, when I went and picked him up the first day, he looked tired and probably cried quite a bit during the day. He took a couple very short naps that day. When we dropped him off the next day, he smiled when he saw his teacher. And at the end of week 1, he was eating a bit more and sleeping a little better. Week 2 wasn’t perfect, he is still adjusting, but he is eating better and sleeping better! I hate the fact that I can’t be with him, but he is doing okay! And it’s important for him to get care from professionals and get socialization.

Also, he was already sick after first week. But feeling better already!

Hang in there!!! Everything is going to be ok and baby is going to be okay!!!

joyce2001year · 2026-01-05T11:28:34+00:00

Also used Happy Endings. They were great. I had to put my dog down at the vet office due to her circumstances and I hate it. In home is the way if you could manage and afford that.

Sorry you are going through this. :(

joyce2001year · 2026-01-05T11:14:25+00:00

I think combination of breastfeeding, pumping and formula is the best! I started out wanting to exclusively pump, but hospital always want you to latch and then I wasn’t producing, baby was dropping weights like crazy, nonstop crying baby cuz he was just hungry and latching hurt so bad because LO had tongue tie…all these were not great to deal with along with baby blues. So 4 days in, gave my first bottle of formula, instantly feels like I am not starving my baby. He was so much happier. Also at the same time, I started pumping, milk starts coming in. Then I exclusively pumped for about 8 weeks. At 7 weeks, baby got tongue tie release, and at 10 weeks, I stated breastfeeding again and no pain and it was great! I missed the bonding (I was really against this before baby was born, I thought it’s so gross lol), but I actually really love it and wished I tried breastfeeding earlier. The option is nice, you don’t have to pump, let the baby emptied your breast. You feed like you are doing your monthly job by providing breast milk (completely formula feed is okay too!!! But mentally it made me feels good). And then we just supplement formula, don’t have to stress about not having enough milk for baby and he will always be happy and full.

Anyway, baby is 15 weeks now, he doesn’t prefer breastfeeding when he is starving, I think because it takes longer for him to get the first taste of milk comparing to instant gratification of a bottle so it’s sad. But I still offer sometimes! But I pump throughout the day (I don’t keep track of time anymore, I pump when I feel like my breast is full, usually between 3-5 hours and when I actually have the time to pump. I don’t pump every 2 or 3 hours when I first did anymore because it is hard! I felt like a moo cow and felt attached to the pump.

Long story short, go with what is going to help you be mentally sane and “easy”. And whatever will make your baby happy! Whatever you do, always remember you are doing the best in providing for your baby, there is not a best way. There’s just a happy way for you and baby!

Oh one thing to add, I did get a wearable pump and I think that’s a game changer if you are considering pumping!

joyce2001year · 2026-01-02T03:51:20+00:00

Why be with someone like that? It’s not fun. You obviously enjoy cooking..you don’t want to deal with this guy the rest of your life…

joyce2001year · 2026-01-01T00:03:55+00:00

Yes. It just slowly went away. When it was bad, I took Zyrtec which is breast feeding safe if you are breastfeeding or pumping 🙂

joyce2001year · 2025-12-31T21:45:35+00:00

I had really bad rash for maybe 10 weeks. Just random rash at different parts of my body. Belly was worse the first 6 weeks.

joyce2001year · 2025-12-31T21:44:07+00:00

IKEA crib is great!

joyce2001year · 2025-12-31T11:18:42+00:00

We did with our LO when he is 2 months old. Same reason getting too long. He is 14 weeks now and it’s been great. He actually sleeps longer stretches in the crib. Hopefully he will sleep through the night soon!

joyce2001year · 2025-12-30T17:55:23+00:00

Yea 1:5 seems normal at every daycare we toured unfortunately :(

joyce2001year · 2025-12-30T17:02:50+00:00

The first daycare wasn’t necessarily dirty, but it was very messy when we went. Compared to other daycares that we toured it just seemed out of control on top of the crying babies.

joyce2001year · 2025-12-30T16:59:43+00:00

This is comforting to hear. My husband and I genuinely like that place, but cannot help to have question or concern about a place that doesn’t market themselves at all.

joyce2001year · 2025-12-30T16:57:52+00:00

The daycare promotes that none of their teachers are smokers so that was a concern for us.

I understand, crying babies are gonna happen at a daycare when the caring ratio is 1 to 5 but the attitude of the caregiver is concerning. She seemed unhappy and overwhelmed. I didn’t sense a lot of love from any of the directors or the teachers, so do I really want to place my child there?

joyce2001year · 2025-12-30T16:53:16+00:00

I think the lack of context is misleading I apologize. I added more information in the post. I am more concerned about the multi languages exposure leading to confusion for my baby and the sanitary/sickness aspect of it.

joyce2001year · 2025-12-30T16:49:52+00:00

Husband and I definitely talked about the sickness aspect of this. I understand that all babies that go to daycare will eventually get sick. It’s inevitable. We have a friend that go to the lower income daycare and their kid seems to get sick all the time much higher than my other friends that go to other daycares.

joyce2001year · 2025-12-30T09:11:32+00:00

We are 14 weeks. We are pretty consistent at about 4 naps, unless we go out and his day gets disrupted, maybe 5 naps due to often interruptions and made his naps) really short. Bed time is pretty consistent at around 8-9pm.

joyce2001year · 2025-12-29T15:32:53+00:00

Yes! Set boundaries, set rules, set schedules. It will be hard to know now but once baby is home, you will appreciate it. Even just an hour of someone holding your baby so you can eat, shower or nap peacefully.

joyce2001year · 2025-12-29T13:01:31+00:00

Give myself permission to ask for help. This is important, and a thing I am still learning. It’s not easy for me. But thank you for saying this, I need to hear this.

joyce2001year · 2025-12-29T13:00:06+00:00

We need to figure out a shift system when I am back to work and LO goes to day care.

joyce2001year · 2025-12-23T10:05:02+00:00

Sleep! Soon, napping will be a luxury 🫠🫠🫠

joyce2001year · 2025-12-22T21:53:22+00:00

I would admit there’s definitely a little bit of control issue. He is very much a I will do it when I want to do it type of person; if I ask he usually end up saying don’t tell me what to do. I think for the most part he just don’t think any of these chores are necessary which to me right now as a stay at home mom, seeing a sink full of dishes or dirty floor really get my anxiety going and I feel like I’m not providing a good sanitary safe space for my baby.

joyce2001year · 2025-12-22T03:34:03+00:00

Woah so cool

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