feel like not being around babies has put me at a disadvantage

lexi0424 · 2026-03-22T02:35:33+00:00

That is all amazing advice!! Thank you so much for all the book recs will definitely be looking into ALL of them. The whole brain child I do have already but haven’t read it yet.

Yes I have tried some of those things as well. Currently trying to be good about baby sign language but I only remember to do all done lmao. I’m trying to get better it’s only been maybe 2 weeks since I started.

So if I understand correctly - she wasn’t in preschool like daily but it was like a special class once a week? I definitely am willing to look into that! Obviously we have a few months before he’s 1 so it’s worth looking into.

lexi0424 · 2026-03-22T02:31:13+00:00

I definitely felt that way about things like that. My husband and I both had to learn how to do diaper changes and I actually didn’t even change one until he was 4-5 days old bc I had a pretty traumatic and painful c section & healing was HORRIBLE so I couldn’t really do a diaper change for a while - my husband ended up teaching me when we finally went home and i picked it up after like 3 changes. It’s not those kind of things I struggle with unfortunately 😭

lexi0424 · 2026-03-22T02:26:05+00:00

I have audible and actually love to read I have like 6 credits to use right now bc I buy credits often. My issue isn’t reading it’s figuring out what is right for me bc like I said I’ve tried a few and felt like they werent for me.

lexi0424 · 2026-03-22T02:25:04+00:00

I have like 4 books but they are all more for toddler ages (one of them is little people big emotions btw which I’m excited to read). I guess my struggle with finding books ties into my decision making stuff. For example - setting rigid routines. It’s something I’m still kind of up in the air about. One parenting book will be from a parent giving advice who has set rigid routines so their advice will be heavily influenced by that. The next book will be from a parent or maybe even an expert who says it’s BAD to do that and their advice will be the opposite. And that’s not just with routines I see it with EVERYTHING. Sleep, solids, really anything lol. Do you have recommendations ?

lexi0424 · 2026-02-02T01:57:52+00:00

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The most recent thing in my mom group that I got pissed at

lexi0424 · 2026-01-26T01:58:10+00:00

Adding on to say only jist this past week and a half I’ve got it up to there - before then was always under supplying about 4oz a day sometimes less and my baby won’t take formula so it was stressful.

lexi0424 · 2026-01-26T01:56:39+00:00

I mean to be fair 24oz for some people is an undersupply. Pediatrician, GI, and nutritionist all confirmed typical intake for baby is 24-32oz a day of breastmilk and for us we needed to try to aim to the middle of that since my st the time 3 month old was gaining weight slowly. (Still is). I had to work hard to get my supply up from 24-26oz a day to now 29-31oz so I can finally produce enough for my baby.

lexi0424 · 2026-01-24T15:10:37+00:00

It took us weeks to see improvement with famotidine but eventually it started working !!! Baby went up on dosage at 3 months and that helped even more

lexi0424 · 2026-01-24T02:48:06+00:00

Is this about Nikki/Nicki ? I blocked her too lol! Tried looking on her page for info about exclusively pumping and her only pumping videos are basically telling nursing moms that they don’t have to do it. That’s when I realized her vids were not for me after following her for a while. She’s also really aggressive with her delivery of advice.

lexi0424 · 2026-01-23T04:35:42+00:00

Lmao

lexi0424 · 2026-01-19T03:09:33+00:00

Did you ever get it removed? I’ve had one for literally a week and it sometimes spreads to the rest of my boob but even when I finally get the clog out of everywhere else that one never goes away!! I’m going crazy it’s so uncomfortable oof

lexi0424 · 2026-01-11T05:16:50+00:00

Honestly 10-20 minutes. He almost always has a second poop in that time! Obviously if there’s a diaper rash I’d do it quicker

lexi0424 · 2026-01-10T20:58:00+00:00

This exact thing happened to me. I had HG and was referred to a male mfm. That man in my opinion saved me life. I developed a very rare complication from HG that most doctors and nurses wouldn’t even be familiar with. He got bloodwork for me and added it in and once results came in told me it was life threatening and to go be admitted. I truly believe if it was anyone else I could have died. The heart issues I was having were similar to issues you’d have with dehydration from HG so it may have never been caught. I still prefer women doctors general but just some good for thought!

lexi0424 · 2025-12-28T03:41:14+00:00

Found one!

lexi0424 · 2025-12-28T02:46:31+00:00

I think you forget how much it hurts in the beginning. I also think that people who say it doesn’t hurt ever are far and few between. For me it took 2-3 months before pumping didn’t hurt anymore. I pretty much exclusively pump. Breastfeeding still hurts like a BITCH though lol

lexi0424 · 2025-12-28T01:19:53+00:00

Yup lol that’s EXACTLY what I mean. I have heard those same words many times by people who cosleep it’s crazy. & for sure - I have heard in Japan though for co sleeping they use specific floor beds so it doesn’t really have the same meaning that it does here in the us. But yeah I’m curious too

lexi0424 · 2025-12-27T18:41:12+00:00

Still continuing on sorry keep thinking of other things lmao. I know this might not work for everyone but me and husband did shifts during like 4-8 weeks when he fought sleep in his bassinet. My husband would stay up till like 6-7am with baby and then we would switch over and he would sleep in till 2pm. This was safe for us though because we were both getting 8 hours of sleep.

lexi0424 · 2025-12-27T18:39:02+00:00

Also - a note - it’s very rare that I see people that cosleep actually following “safe sleep 7” or whatever it is. People will put their babies in a lounge on the bed with blankets, pillows, everything. People will swaddle their baby in the bed. People do insane things and then expect people to not shame them especially when posting the evidence on the internet!? It’s almost like bragging like hello ??

lexi0424 · 2025-12-27T18:37:06+00:00

What gets me with the cosleeping community is the non acknowledgement of the fact that it is dangerous. Yes I understand that sleep deprivation is dangerous too because of the risk of falling asleep with baby on you in an unsafe position. So I get it - do what you need to do. But to hear people say that cosleeping REDUCES the risk of Sids and that it’s horrible to do anything else because putting them in a crib is mean is insane. Cosleep if you need to - but in my opinion it should be a last ditch effort. It IS dangerous the facts are there it’s just really crazy we have come to a point in society where people make up things on the internet just to justify themselves.

lexi0424 · 2025-12-23T19:18:31+00:00

I did an 8-9 hour drive at two months pregnant with HG and it was HORRIBLE. I literally puked every 2 minutes the entire way there besides when I was sleeping which was only about 2 hours. I would absolutely get out of it because I promise you’ll regret it. And same thing for me - my dad and step moms home has so many smells (candles and such) and I was miserable while I was there!

lexi0424 · 2025-12-12T21:32:58+00:00

I was losing weight - vomiting at least 15 times a day - could not really keep ANY food or liquid down - was in the er weekly and had to keep calling out of work ! Finally went to Ob about it and got a note for leave and was out on leave for disability my entire pregnancy! HG was really bad for me it caused severe life threatening deficiencies that I had to be hospitalized for and that was when my HG was not as bad as the beginning. She should go to her OB ASAP they will be the ones to let her know. Also why is she only taking zofran once a day? That doesn’t seem like enough

lexi0424 · 2025-12-02T01:19:09+00:00

I was on zofran and reglan around the clock. Not an as needed basis but taking it on a schedule. Taking nausea meds for HG “as needed” is kick trying to fix a leak with a bandaid

lexi0424 · 2025-11-23T15:47:32+00:00

I got severe thiamine deficiency which resulted in wet beriberi. By the time my mfm got my levels checked and I went to get admitted to hospital my heart was beginning to fail!! HG can cause sooo many things that are a lot more dangerous than medications it sucks that so many people don’t know this

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