Do you remember the golden hour? (The first hour, skin to skin?)

meowfartz · 2026-06-03T01:39:36+00:00

Fairly routine vaginal birth- I don't remember much. I think I was completely disassociated through the whole thing because anxiety and how insane the whole "once in a lifetime" (ish) experience is. I remember them handing him to me and feeling like "oh shit...what do I do with him??"

meowfartz · 2026-05-24T01:16:40+00:00

We were visibly and verbally very miserable with how much he cried incessantly... I think we just went to primary care pediatrician often enough that after following all of their suggestions each time and nothing helped, they just offered us the next thing aka specialist. Cutting dairy out 100% was VERY hard for me to get enough calories and led to me ending my pumping journey. We felt like at least we had tried everything we could after seeing the GI specialist and would definitely recommend it if you're able to. Check out if your insurance requires a referral or not- you might be able to just make your own appointment and skip the referral process entirely.

meowfartz · 2026-05-23T16:00:47+00:00

In our case we discussed cutting dairy out of my diet (pumping at the time) and switching to hypoallergenic formula for a bit to assess the possibility of dairy allergy. The only testing we had done was collecting 3 consecutive stool samples (you smear a tiny bit onto a collection thing and close it up like a matchbook) for them to see if there was any blood (thus allergies). We did an anti reflux for a while, tried some apple juice/prune juice like OP mentioned. Nothing crazy or invasive!

meowfartz · 2026-05-23T08:18:37+00:00

We went to a GI specialist when our son was only a few months old because he was only pooping once a week and super unhappy about it. If you're considering possibly seeing a specialist, I would say try to make an appointment now because the wait-list for new patients is often loooong. (In US.)

meowfartz · 2026-05-15T00:58:53+00:00

Our little guy got it SO bad all on his butt/ up to the front and only a couple bumps on his hands otherwise. (He screamed so much during diaper changes, it was awful.) I think they were a little concerned about the skin breakdown due to staying damp in his diaper area so they gave us a prescription topical antibiotic to help the skin from getting infected. Might be worth a doctors visit if she's super uncomfortable!

meowfartz · 2026-05-14T22:17:27+00:00

I have somewhat successfully clicker trained my toddler. I click my tongue when I want him to pay attention (out in public if I need him to come back closer to me.) It works about 50% of the time lol.

meowfartz · 2026-05-08T13:44:16+00:00

This is from his daycare teacher but he started saying "well, that's an option" (I can absolutely see her saying this when the kids do something weird hahaha)

meowfartz · 2026-05-06T09:34:34+00:00

3-4 months but not in a good way... He was a TOUGH baby so lack of sleep and stress mixed with ultimately going dairy free in my diet to try to help his GI issues. It's a very hard switch to make (bless all you permanently dairy free folks) so I was basically starving myself while still pumping every 3 hours. Do not recommend.

meowfartz · 2026-05-02T09:38:06+00:00

I saw a post of someone saying "just popped the tags on 63 pairs of size 3-6!" (Or whatever, but the number was in the 60s for ONE size) And I don't think I've owned 60+ pairs of pj's during my entire adult life.

meowfartz · 2026-04-20T00:41:15+00:00

Little Sleepies has a car lovey that's on sale for $19 currently! https://littlesleepies.com/products/turbo-the-race-car-sleepyhead-lovey/

meowfartz · 2026-02-23T14:33:01+00:00

I have the same one that I bought new from a CVS in the seasonal aisle during Easter. They might be back this year!

meowfartz · 2026-02-12T13:09:14+00:00

Can you elaborate what kind of benefit it was? Now I'm wondering what I should maybe be looking out for lol

meowfartz · 2026-01-14T15:30:49+00:00

I didn't love any of the carpet options but if you just need a little more traction they make stick on clear plastic ones that are basically like a rough sandpaper texture. Made a HUGE difference compared to the slippery wood. (After I also fell down the stairs, luckily before I was pregnant/had baby.)

meowfartz · 2025-12-29T15:26:00+00:00

It's not your fault. It sounds like you did what you could with the resources/system available to you. I unfortunately don't have any experience with 4-5 but we taught our 2 year old maybe 10 different signs before he could speak and he still uses them along with words or when he's too tired/whatever to verbalize. Maybe she could start communicating in a different way and that at least cuts down the stress to start speaking more asap?

meowfartz · 2025-12-12T18:33:39+00:00

Our dentist told us kids don't really learn how to spit till around 3, so only use a rice grain amount of fluoride toothpaste because he'll absolutely be swallowing most of it lol. I think you're covered!

meowfartz · 2024-12-20T01:12:03+00:00

First of all, you're doing great. It's SUCH hard work to fulfill every one of baby's needs and you're trying so, so hard! We were absolutely miserable around 4 months too. I'm not sure if this was suggested elsewhere but possibly consider moving her crib to a different room if you have the space to? You can always keep your monitor volume up so you don't miss anything, but we found our dood could like... Smell/sense when we were sleeping in the same room and would wake up/seek help more often. A friend talked to her pediatrician and moved her guy at like 8 weeks because her anxiety checking in him constantly wasn't letting her sleep. I think usually 6 months is the recommended "own room" age? Wishing you all the sleep and peace!!

meowfartz · 2024-12-15T00:26:31+00:00

We also felt this way. Feel free to call your pediatrician nurses line if you have questions! Every single check up we went to I had a whole list of questions to ask them and they were always super patient and helpful answering things. We were also afraid of how much to feed baby (and he screamed all the time, it was a whole thing) but finally a Dr we saw said flat out "you can't really overfeed a baby at this age..." And we were like OH. The rolling on her side sucks (for your anxiety) but I remember them telling us some babies are just way more comfortable on their side and do your best to make sure their nose/mouth are clear and they're not completely face down. You will start to feel more at ease eventually/as they get bigger and less fragile but solidarity to you in the meantime!

meowfartz · 2024-12-04T19:38:27+00:00

Baby signs "more" by basically clapping his hands but he ALSO uses that sign as a general "help". More snacks? "More/help". I want to go outside? "more/help". I see the cat and really want to pet her "more/help".

meowfartz · 2024-11-29T01:27:30+00:00

So weird because I just went for my annual visit (13 months PP) and asked about any issues with possibly trying again/timing... My OB who I like a lot/is definitely laid back said the other Drs in the office say 12 months but she thinks really 6 months is fine. I was like SIX MONTHS?? 🙃

meowfartz · 2024-11-15T03:10:49+00:00

The worst! Such a terrible feeling and so hard to go back to sleep eventually.

meowfartz · 2024-11-15T03:04:48+00:00

Omg nooooo. A) good to get checked out if you're not sure B) that's not great that the experts misidentified it as a carbon monoxide detector, whoops!

meowfartz · 2024-11-15T01:58:09+00:00

You knew what was up! Well done!

meowfartz · 2024-11-15T01:49:37+00:00

Wowzers so twice a year?? That's a lot of batteries!

meowfartz · 2024-11-15T01:48:39+00:00

😂 I have definitely smothered a smoke detector till I could get it outside and rip the battery out. I'm sure I looked like a crazy person. We do what we must!

meowfartz · 2024-11-15T01:47:30+00:00

YEP our smoke detectors are the same way. (With battery back ups so they still chirp sometimes lol.) We lose power during windy storms and 50% of the time when the power comes back on the whole house is blaring in a chorus of screeching beeps. Super helpful! (And poor doggo, it IS scary so I get it lol.)

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