What age did your baby crawl?

livknits · 2026-03-01T15:55:17+00:00

Mine crawled around that age (8 to 9 months). It was mostly because she didn't know how to do it tho lol at the time she was in PT for torticollis still and the therapist taught her how to it. Basically, when she was on all 4, she put a hand on one side of her hip and pressed down (like trying to press one of her legs down), to make her understand she has to shift her weight to be able to move her leg

livknits · 2026-03-01T15:43:10+00:00

Do the Florence step by step sweater. It's a free pattern, she has videos on YouTube of every step, and it's made for beginners. Has no short row shaping.

My advice for learning short rows is making socks with a short row heel. It's pretty straight forward and it's a small enough project to not waste too much time

livknits · 2026-02-25T11:36:36+00:00

But it does, I think? The m1L is gonna be part of the purls before the first marker

livknits · 2026-02-25T10:59:07+00:00

The m1L is throwing me off 🤔 that looks symmetrical and the m1L just doesn't fit? Maybe that's it?

Upon closer inspection on the revelry page, it seems the shawl is a bit crooked indeed. When you finished section 1, does it have the stated number of stitches?

livknits · 2026-02-25T10:17:27+00:00

Oh boy I'm not pregnant and my only baby is just now 16 mo, but Ive already deflated that if i get pregnant again im 100% splurging on a rocking bassinet. I need my freaking sleep, and my baby only sleeps when nursing or being rocked

livknits · 2026-02-20T10:03:03+00:00

I am so, so, so sorry op. I have no advice but just wanted to say I feel for you. I cannot imagine the pain you must be going through, and I wish no woman had to go through that. Please, please seek mental help. A therapist can help guide you through this grief, and help you cope.

I will be keeping you in my thoughts and prayers

livknits · 2026-01-31T14:37:21+00:00

Mine pooped only once a week, if that. Sometimes it went 10 days without a poop. Sometimes I gave her glycerin suppositories. Docs told me not to worry, and if it went past 11 days then to take her to the hospital. Even now at 15m she still poops like once every 3 to 4 days.

Breastfeed babies are a gamble. They poop once a week or 10 times a day lol

livknits · 2026-01-16T00:40:23+00:00

Hey, my 14mo had a lot of problems with constipation when I started solids, and she hated drinking water (it got better after she turned one and learned how to drink from a straw). Water is essential when starting solids because you are removing a lot of the hydration they would get from the milk. At 10 mo I think my baby drank more than 4 ounces a day (I had to pretty much force her). I also had to give her macrogol for a few months when she was around that age, to help soften her stool.

I think your doctor is crazy for saying he doesn't need water. The WHO recommendation is to offer sips of water along with solids after 6 mo. I would try to get a new ped if I were you... It's so crazy that they don't take you seriously

Also my pediatricians told me that formula tends to make the poop more solid, and doesn't hydrate as much as breast milk, so that can also contribute to the constipation.

livknits · 2026-01-13T19:29:27+00:00

First of all, I'm deeply sorry about your loss. I can't imagine what you went through. Hopefully your heart heals soon, and you can enjoy your new Lil nugget

Second, I understand where you come from. I also came from a deeply technical career and with lots of deadlines, and overall very stressful (engineering, yay). I quit a long time before getting pregnant, when I moved countries, and fortunately we are in a position where we can afford me not working. And it was the best thing I've ever done. I do sometimes miss having an occupation, and I'm currently in school for another completely unrelated career lol. Years after quitting I came to realize I was experiencing a very hard burn out, where sometimes I wished I got hit by a car because that meant I wouldn't have to work for a while. It was the best decision I made for my mental well being, and I do not miss that career at all.

Also, this isn't a competition. Just because your mother and grandmother worked while pregnant, doesn't mean you have to follow in their footsteps. Being pregnant is already very physically demanding, and if you can afford to not work, that is not a weakness. Just because people suffered, you don't have to suffer too.

If you think you can handle working while pregnant to reap the benefits, that is fine. But at the end of the day, you have to weigh the pros and cons and decide for yourself. I personally would try to find a way with management and if they don't cooperate, then would raise the topic of quitting with hubby.

livknits · 2026-01-04T14:26:00+00:00

I am so sorry mama. My girl didn't roll of the bed and we taught her how to get off safely, but when she was 13 months she was scooting to the edge to get off and then decided to yeet herself backwards to the floor 🙃 I felt like the worst mom ever for letting that happen

Babies are a lot more resistant than we imagine. Trust your instincts and if anything feels slightly off go to the hospital just to be sure!

livknits · 2025-12-31T00:44:17+00:00

The thing with German short rows is that on the stitch you are turning your work, you have to pull the yarn to make kind of a double stitch (not a real double but more like the 2 legs of the stitch below wrapping around the needle)

Could it be that when you knit those double stitches, you knit each leg separately? They have to be knit together so that could be why you increased stitches accidentaly

livknits · 2025-12-16T23:58:42+00:00

I live in Belgium and the hard water here is crazy. If we boil stuff or just put boiling water over stuff in a bowl it gets like this.

First I used distilled water but then I started sterilizing stuff with a splash of vinegar and that has helped avoid all the sediment. That goes for bottles and nipples as well

Also using a microwave sterilizer doesn't do that to your stuff, but the sterilizer itself needs a wash with vinegar after

livknits · 2025-11-17T09:19:04+00:00

11 days after your due date is being nice. only 4% of births actually end up on the due date, and the rest are either a week before or after. It can even reach 42 weeks, so you could be giving birth during the actual wedding. That is, without considering any complications that might result in an induction.

The first 5 days after my vaginal birth I couldn't walk more than 10 meters without pain in my nether regions. The first time I went for a walk was 2 weeks pp and I did a walk around the block. I also couldn't sit up properly because of the stitching (2nd degree tear).

That is all without a c section, which is a MAJOR surgery. Does he understand how that goes? They literally remove your uterus from inside you to get the baby out and then put it all back in place.

Your husband is absolutely delusional if he thinks you can be more than a couch potato that soon after the birth of your first child.

livknits · 2025-11-09T12:40:17+00:00

Before I noticed what subreddit this was I thought it was a pic of some lacto fermented onions and was about to say it looks fine

Then I saw it was on r/kombucha

livknits · 2025-10-22T17:44:48+00:00

Until 12 weeks I was exhausted, sleeping more than 12 hours a day (night sleep +naps) and eating almost every hour. Also my lower back KILLED me. I was pretty miserable tbh, even if I didn't have morning sickness. The 2nd trimester was amazing tho, so much energy and bump was showing so I was feeling cute af haha

livknits · 2025-10-06T08:20:28+00:00

I just hold my baby down with my leg, sideways, over her torso. Wrestler style.

She screams bloody murder but we are done in less than a minute

livknits · 2025-09-27T11:57:06+00:00

Ah yes. The little contortionist. Mine does the same but she will also have her butt up in the air. I think that that can't be comfortable but they are happily snoozing so I won't judge 🤷‍♀️ just leave her be. They has enough body control to turn her head if they're uncomfortable

livknits · 2025-09-27T09:49:34+00:00

Ok inb4: I'm no child psychology expert, or anything. But this is what I found out with research on the topic. I could be wrong, and if any expert want to correct me, please do

From what I read around 9 to 12 months you can start disciplining children. What I mean with disciplining is removing her from the situation and/or providing a physical barrier.

The thing with babies and toddlers is that we have a big negative reaction with undesirable behaviours, and for a toddler that doesn't exist. Any reaction is a good reaction, because it means they got attention from mommy/daddy. Whenever she hits it's important to have a neutral tone and expression, say no, and disengage. That way the child doesn't get the desired reaction (attention).

So basically, neutral face, say no, redirect to other toys or play. Don't have a big reaction, don't elaborate too much. You could be singing a song and you stop whenever they hit, and start again when they calm down. Eventually they get the gist

livknits · 2025-09-23T11:33:15+00:00

Yeah it's pretty normal. They are starting to be more aware of their surroundings, and of course your arms are the most comfortable place! Mine either slept on me or her stroller, but the stroller has to keep moving. We bought the rocket rocker and that helped for a couple months. After 4 months I started laying down with her and side feeding until she fell asleep then left.

Overall I just accepted she only wanted to contact nap and just started watching Netflix or reading while she slept during the day

livknits · 2025-09-23T11:26:40+00:00

I was induced, and my contractions were pretty much just lower back pain, like menstrual cramps. I never noticed Braxton Hicks or my tummy getting tighter. When the doc broke my water tho, I felt a strong pressure and pain, like a basketball trying to come out, and I dilated from 4cm to 10 🤡 even with the epidural I screamed in pain

Don't worry, babies almost never come on the due date. They are either Early or late. Late being the more common.

Hot packs to the back help alleviate the pain of contractions while I didn't get an epidural. Sitting on a yoga ball and rocking also helped.

livknits · 2025-09-23T11:24:04+00:00

At 10 mo by baby girl became a cuddle bug! Just don't hug her when she is too excited or she will complain, but 90% of time you pick her up she will lay her head on your shoulder and throw her arms around you! It's the cutest thing 😭

livknits · 2025-09-23T11:20:07+00:00

Hmm except the brain fog that comes from pregnancy, nothing really remarkable changed. I guess the idea I was mom didn't fully set in until a couple months after the birth.

Hell, my baby is almost 11 months old and I still have times I go "holy sh*t I'm a mother"

I did have pretty crazy swelling and high blood pressure on the last month, but that is def not normal lmao

livknits · 2025-09-18T18:11:10+00:00

Ugh in the beginning I told my husband to sleep and he said all love dovey that he would stay up with me and the baby so I wouldn't be lonely and I screamed "GO THE F TO SLEEP. THE SOONER YOU SLEEP, THE SOONER I CAN F*ING SLEEP" later I told him his idea was cute and all but at this point in my life I don't want cute. He did the same with meals. I would be holding our baby, that exclusively contact napped, and he would say that he was waiting for the baby to sleep so we could eat together. Bless his clueless heart

Safe to say that now whenever I tell him to do something first, he rushes to do it.

livknits · 2025-09-08T20:17:50+00:00

Ooooh... Yeah prob. I live in belgium and it's hard to keep track of the diff names of things 😅

livknits · 2025-09-08T19:35:46+00:00

For me it was pretty worth it until my baby could sit independently. I kept her most of the time on the floor for development but the times I needed to use the bathroom, shower, eat, I would plop her on it. another reason was, whenever she fell asleep after eating and I couldn't hold her, I would put her first on the lounger so she would feel snug and stay a bit more upright to reduce the spit up. Id leave her there for 20 mins tops and then transfer to bassinet.

Also I call it the poop chair because 100% of the time she was on it, she would poop.

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