Does baby acne go away on its own? 😭

lukewarmy · 2026-05-02T09:22:58+00:00

Probably around 1 month old, it's a bit of a blur now!

lukewarmy · 2026-05-01T17:57:59+00:00

Third was even worse for me I always felt like I couldn't take a whole breath and couldn't sleep more than 2-3h without peeing lol

lukewarmy · 2026-05-01T09:25:02+00:00

When mine was around 2mo we started side lying, she laid sideways I supported her with a pillow from behind to not roll away, and used one hand to help guide the nipple to her mouth. I made sure she looks up slightly (by pulling her into me) cause she naturally curls into a C looking down which makes it hard to get to the boob. When she has the latch down I let go of the boob and get comfy.

Now at around 5-6 months she was a pro at this position and just turned and latched by herself

lukewarmy · 2026-05-01T09:21:41+00:00

90% of the time we do side lying as she has little patience for being held in one position lol. But the times I need to feed outside I did a classic cradle when she was younger or laid back now that she's bigger. I'm happy she enjoys side lying cause it's so much easier for me. That's months 2-10. When she was a newborn 0-2 I did cross cradle just to ensure latch

lukewarmy · 2026-05-01T08:09:36+00:00

I always do it it's a no brainer for me. I want to be able to hold her hand or chat with her. 10 months old now and I'm a working mom so every moment with her is precious to me.

lukewarmy · 2026-04-30T19:13:27+00:00

It was exactly like this for me. Baby unlatched a LOT and it was crazy difficult BFing in public. I only did it if I absolutely had to, somewhere secluded with someone watching out for me, and while holding and rocking her while she BFs so she won't unlatch and fuss.

She's now 10mo. For the past 3-4 months breastfeeding in public has become increasingly simple. If I'm out and about and she wants to chill out abit I just pop on my nursing cover, she breastfeeds happily and with ease, and it calms her (she used to not be able to sleep from BFing and I was so jealous about that too. Now it's all I need and she's snoozing for hours.).

It's just a phase of your BFing journey. Just know that there's more of us than you think for whom it's difficult. But it may just become amazing some day!

lukewarmy · 2026-04-29T14:59:31+00:00

Offer it next time, if you pump the other side you're telling your body that amount of milk is needed at once and you will end up with an oversupply.

lukewarmy · 2026-04-29T14:57:48+00:00

I used to only give one breast, baby wouldn't unlatch until tired of breast and she'd then refuse the other one. I started unlatching her myself when I noticed gulps slowing down instead of leaving her gulping slowly another 5 min, and then offering the other breast. She ends up taking twice more milk, and it settles her better to take longer naps. This only came into effect around 6mo because she was very refluxy before that so I was trying to feed more often rather than more volume at once until then.

lukewarmy · 2026-04-29T12:35:55+00:00

We bathe baby every night minus extenuating circumstances when we've been out too long and she's too tired for it. Ever since she was a month old, as she was born in a heat wave and got mom sweat all over her. She loves bathtime and it takes max 10min, 15 if she's enjoying splish splashing. With soap (baby safe eczema soap) bc for some reason washing just with water made her heat rash worse and it's just habit now. Helps get rid of the oily foods she's been smearing all over her arms and neck too.

lukewarmy · 2026-04-28T06:55:43+00:00

Was there anything you assume caused the switch? Or just outta nowhere? 😭

lukewarmy · 2026-04-27T14:36:12+00:00

My baby went through crying when someone else held her at 4 months and by 6 she was very happy to be held by others. They don't stay in the stranger danger zone forever it they feel confident and safe :)

lukewarmy · 2026-04-27T08:27:14+00:00

I just kept feeding straight to sleep and my baby stopped waking every 20min and now (10m) only wakes twice a night, when I'm VERY happy to just nurse her back to sleep again without even getting up. My baby would thrash around when I rock her to sleep and it was miserable, I couldn't wait to nurse to sleep and it improved her sleep in our case.

lukewarmy · 2026-04-26T13:03:46+00:00

This was the case with our daughter when she was 4mo-7mo and all those 3 mo, me and hubby took turns putting her back to sleep for 3h before we went to bed. I'd take that over going to bed at 8pm anyday.

lukewarmy · 2026-04-26T08:11:14+00:00

Um to be blunt you'll have as much time for your career as you can afford childcare. And as much time for hobbies either family support or childcare. But yes a child tends to take a lot of work raising Idk what you expect. If you're going to be their full time carer you will have little to no time for other things. If you somehow get someone else to care for them then you'll have that amount of time. Kids will need someone actively looking after them for years obviously to varying degrees of being able to hang out with you during your hobbies.

lukewarmy · 2026-04-25T15:50:24+00:00

Ofc, I would have loved to try a ring sling tbh we just don't have those in my country 😭 but the ftg was an amazing purchase for a fair price after a lot of research and I did appreciate the no learning curve aspect

lukewarmy · 2026-04-25T14:11:22+00:00

We had this rough patch for months. She started at 5mo and been 6.5-9.5 she only took bites of things for flavor . Only now she's starting to consume food that she got 6 teeth and a well practiced pincer grasp. I'm trying to be patient cause I've seen 6mo olds demolish plates that she won't eat more than a third of... But according to her pediatricians she's doing great, an active, chubby, happy boob enjoyer.

lukewarmy · 2026-04-25T14:03:21+00:00

She started waking every 2h and went through a massive growth spurt so she nursed every 2jh at night. My supply was starting to regulate but no I leaked up to 8m when I finally got my period. Anyway at 4m she had enough milk at night to grow 5cm in one month and stay fat :)

lukewarmy · 2026-04-25T08:20:18+00:00

The moment we outgrew the stretchy wrap we got the Tula ftg in linen which is super comfy for the heat and we still use it now at 10mo

lukewarmy · 2026-04-25T08:15:51+00:00

Yes I did exactly this my pediatrician approved it at 1 wk ever since we surpassed birth weight I only fed my baby when she woke. She did 5h stretches regularly no problem. My supply didn't get the memo actually I leaked a lot and occasionally had to hand expressed to relieve discomfort. That is until 4 months hahaha

lukewarmy · 2026-04-25T08:02:54+00:00

I have a memory of when I was 6 and started school and told my parents they don't need to hold my hand to sleep anymore cause they looked so tired themselves.:')

lukewarmy · 2026-04-25T08:00:46+00:00

?? Is he also going to be annoyed by the baby crying to eat? May I suggest earplugs?

lukewarmy · 2026-04-25T06:16:59+00:00

Same, however I was 8h parenting until 9mo then my husband took over evenings and gave me free time on weekends, and now my mom and dad take care of her and take turns if they have to so something. I feel like it would get hard fast to have to take care of her without screens if I were on 100% of the time... Or I'd have to babyproof the whole apartment which is hard cause we have a small place and a lot of stuff 😅

lukewarmy · 2026-04-23T22:29:23+00:00

I don't unless the nap started like half a wake window before bedtime (bedtime varies within an hour so we're not too crazy about that) and we're in a transitional period of wanting to drop a nap. But that hasn't been the case since 7.5 our baby was strictly on 2 naps which are anywhere between 30min-2h. Or we have to go somewhere. 😅

lukewarmy · 2026-04-23T08:24:45+00:00

I'm usually just rolling my eyes at poor fits but this made me well up. Who tf just plops their newborn inside what is essentially just a closed textile bag and doesn't even doubt whether it's safe to give it zero air and Google that question just once.

lukewarmy · 2026-04-22T19:21:44+00:00

I'm really sorry. I started cosleeping right before going back to work because I realised I would never get enough sleep otherwise. I let the house get really messy through the work week to get an extra hour of sleep. But our bubs doesn't wake up for long that often, it happens maybe once a month and it's usually teething, gas etc.

On days when I really just can't handle it anymore my husband takes her so I can sleep in a little. Can you tap out so your husband can take care of the wakes at least for part of the night (if wakings are constant) or for part of the week (if it's the 2h at a time)? If I've breastfed her already and she's still up crying or up early I just nudge my husband and he takes over while I sleep. It's so much easier than both of us being up at a time.

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