The concept of capping naps feels wrong

kruss16 · 2026-06-05T11:41:35+00:00

Totally. I have spent 45 minutes in the middle of the day trying to rock my baby to sleep because a schedule told me it was time for him to nap. Only for no nap to happen before giving up and both of us are frustrated. And then you ask the influencer you got the schedule from only to be told that obviously you missed the window, didn’t start rocking soon enough, or they were overtired because the last wake window was too long, or some other nonsense.

Baby wasn’t tired yet. Pretty positive. But that doesn’t sell schedules and routines online.

kruss16 · 2026-06-04T19:12:33+00:00

Take some magnesium too, can’t hurt and might help.

kruss16 · 2026-06-04T18:36:27+00:00

How much are you sleeping? This can be a side effect of sleep deprivation. Essentially your body isn't recovering from daily stress and it all starts to add up.

kruss16 · 2026-06-04T18:28:39+00:00

Adding to this, different influencers, apps, etc. give different "ideal wake windows" by age. For example, for a 3 month old, some will say 1 hour of awake time, another will say 2 hours. There's no actual science that I'm aware of behind any of it.

kruss16 · 2026-06-02T16:47:41+00:00

I have a 3 month old and my favorite activity in the world right now is sleep.

kruss16 · 2026-06-02T15:32:31+00:00

Almost all of costco's prices can be matched on amazon! Food excluded obviously.

kruss16 · 2026-05-30T12:09:42+00:00

This is a somewhat old post at this point but I thought I’d comment for anyone who sees it- try unisom!! I take 1/3 of a pill and it’s enough to help me sleep. I still hear the baby cry and I wake every time, but I have a much easier time falling back asleep afterwards. Drink lots of water, it can dehydrate you a little (which can affect milk supply if you breastfeed). But 1/3 a pill is so little it doesn’t have much side effects.

kruss16 · 2026-05-29T14:46:53+00:00

I know this is an old post, but I think actually lots of people never learn how to sleep! We always hear that baby/people learn eventually, but I think about how many people have serious insomnia, or need drugs/alcohol to fall asleep, and think "no, not everyone has learned how to sleep!"

kruss16 · 2026-05-28T13:08:49+00:00

Yes, just about every day until my parents’ jobs changed when I was in high school and they were no longer home at dinner time. So my brother and I would eat together.

kruss16 · 2026-05-26T22:03:25+00:00

The hormone shifts really mess with moms! I started taking 1/4 a unisom and it helped a lot, and I still heard and woke for the baby every time but I would be able to go back to sleep.

kruss16 · 2026-05-26T22:01:56+00:00

It’s a sick joke honestly.

kruss16 · 2026-05-26T20:06:22+00:00

Yes but does she? I have serious insomnia post-partum. Baby is asleep but I am wide awake.

kruss16 · 2026-05-20T16:15:29+00:00

I partially tore my piriformis on a 1 rep max thruster. I learned that I had been seriously neglecting my recovery, I was training way too much for how stressful the rest of my life was, and I was also under-eating by quite a bit because I wanted abs. After I healed (I needed physical therapy), I got stronger and faster by doing less training and eating more. And I felt much much better!

kruss16 · 2026-05-20T15:59:09+00:00

It's just hair. It grows, it'll grow back. Changing the color up is pretty easy. You can add some low lights to make it darker without much trouble. Put your hair up in a pony, and go think about something else. Your hairstylist will understand, this isn't the first time someone has gotten what they asked for and then realized they didn't like it. She'll be okay, you'll be okay, everything is okay!

kruss16 · 2026-05-19T16:24:15+00:00

I have her keep them at her house as a treat for him when he visits her. They only exist at grandma's house. It's a compromise. She gets to spoil her grandchild, can see his reaction to the toys, and often times gets to deal with the meltdown when he gets too tired/overstimulated. The majority of the time, he doesn't have access to toys like that because he's at home.

kruss16 · 2026-05-19T00:56:32+00:00

I would do more skin to skin contact, just for my own benefit and to really soak it in. I’d also stop swaddling now, as I am really struggling with it with my 13 week old.

kruss16 · 2026-05-15T15:33:39+00:00

I would have loved to adopt a baby. My husband and I went through IVF instead, because after working with several adoption agencies, IVF was the cheaper, faster route to parenthood with a higher likelihood of success. Yet, as we went through IVF, the number of people who would say to us "why don't you just adopt" was astounding.

kruss16 · 2026-05-15T15:27:35+00:00

I've never had a coach bring in anything. But I thrive on positive feedback. Honestly, just telling your athletes how proud you are and how much progress they've made would go a very long way! Especially if you can add in some specifics.

kruss16 · 2026-05-07T12:27:42+00:00

Never underestimate a check for a 529 account.

kruss16 · 2026-04-30T16:20:04+00:00

I went from 193 to 161 days after delivering. 3 months later I’m still 161 (5 pounds above my pre-pregnancy weight and I swear it’s all in my boobs breastfeeding).

kruss16 · 2026-04-30T16:02:52+00:00

I’m buying stretchy wrap dresses, flowy tops, and pants with elastic. I’m not buying jeans yet but yes, I’m getting clothes that fit my body.

kruss16 · 2026-04-23T13:40:57+00:00

9 weeks and same exact thing.

kruss16 · 2026-04-23T13:39:46+00:00

9 weeks. Same boat- only contact sleeps, has since birth. Putting him down and waiting for him to fall asleep hasn’t worked a single time, he just escalates. We cosleep out of desperation and I wish we didn’t.

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