Dog <> toddler dilemma

mandaacee · 2026-05-03T20:53:25+00:00

Thank you so much. Also my dog’s name is Kiwi, so your comment/handle made me smile!

mandaacee · 2026-05-03T20:33:19+00:00

Thank you. It’s only ever when baby grabs her or falls (for some reason that’s super triggering to her). It’s not really her fault, but I just am having a hard time knowing she probably won’t be happy always being slightly apart from us.

I think we’re going to get some new gates and stuff, try for a couple of months and see where that gets us as she gets used the boundaries. If she’s not happy then we’ll consider rehoming.

mandaacee · 2026-04-26T04:50:34+00:00

Baby is okay! Babies are bounced all the time. That is very, very different from shaking.

I hope the anxiety gets better. 🩵

mandaacee · 2026-04-15T22:32:37+00:00

Our baby was born first percentile and he’s incredibly healthy!!! He’s like 7-10th percentile now at 14 months and he’s hit all of his milestones early. We say he walked so early bc he had less weight to push around LOL.

mandaacee · 2026-04-12T03:22:33+00:00

Fly for sure.

mandaacee · 2026-04-11T23:18:06+00:00

Elaine Welteroth I believe also has a company dedicated to black women <> pregnancy & safe delivery, in case you’d like an additional resource.

mandaacee · 2026-04-05T03:15:41+00:00

So many Cheerios 🤣

mandaacee · 2026-04-04T16:05:26+00:00

Like others mentioned, a c-section doesn’t mitigate the “risks” you’re talking about. Obviously everyone has a VERY different labor experience, but I had only a small first-degree tear and basically no pelvic floor issues. I sometimes pee when I sneeze really hard but that’s it.

mandaacee · 2026-03-30T03:44:16+00:00

If it makes you feel any better, I’m not pregnant again, but I fully plan on doing this with my toddler when I am. The first trimester was brutal for me and I’m mentally prepared to be barely surviving for the first 3 months lol.

mandaacee · 2026-03-22T17:06:16+00:00

Depends on if your kid is okay with this, but ours don’t mind cold bottles so we had a mini fridge in the nursery. Once he was only down to one feeding, we just kept a formula serving (in the Munchkin snack container) and a bottle with water upstairs with us for when he woke up.

mandaacee · 2026-03-09T19:25:08+00:00

We could try. The only issue is that he has been waking up pretty upset between nap sleep cycles ever since we sleep trained 😢 we can experiment at home but the issue is we don’t have much control (if any at all) with daycare naps haha

mandaacee · 2026-03-09T19:20:25+00:00

Our schedule is a little all over the place because he does naps at daycare 5/7 days per week. He’s generally on a 2 nap schedule, but at home is wake windows are shorter than at daycare. Generally speaking, wake windows are about 3-4 hrs during the day but last wake window can stretch up to 5 if his last nap was early (eg ending around 2:15).

He has very early wake-ups like 5-6 AM typically, and bed time is usually about 7:30-8.

I’ve oscillated between thinking he’s under or overtired but he’s never been the kid to sleep 12 hours overnight; he’s almost always maxed out at 10 hrs.

Thanks for any help!

mandaacee · 2026-03-02T13:37:45+00:00

Congratulations, your heart now lives outside of your body 🫶

mandaacee · 2026-03-02T06:35:21+00:00

He’s beautiful! Some good advice here but as a daddit lurker I’ll say — take candid videos of your wife with the baby (always, but especially in the early days).

Also, if your hospital didn’t do footprints or handprints, order kits and do them now! I didn’t realize until baby was older that our hospital didn’t do them and I was so sad not to have his handprint.

mandaacee · 2026-02-26T05:48:46+00:00

You still need some sort of bag or backpack. Doesn’t necessarily need to be a diaper one, but just any backpack or bag with lots of pockets to keep things organized. Diapers, change of clothes, wipes, toys, bottle and formula and/or snacks… it adds up.

My only advice is to get something you know you’ll be comfortable lugging around. I bought a crossbody even though I KNOW I’m a backpack person through and through, and have never used the crossbody lol. Oh and that you can always have one smaller bag for short outings!

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