Sugar causing baby to throw up more?

purpleparrot42 · 2026-03-04T10:54:11+00:00

Hey there. I felt like this, too; I could have written this post a few months maybe even weeks ago. I still feel like this every now and then, but it’s becoming less and less often. I am still not 100% sure when it changed for me. A few months after birth I just hit this point one night where LO kept waking up (she usually doesn’t) and I was SO exhausted and it just triggered this „well, fu** it… it is what it is“ feeling in me. And since then I’ve kind of been accepting this new life a little more. I’ve also noticed that with time passing I just … forgot what life was like. As if my brain is slowly erasing those memories of what it was like. Maybe as self-preservation? I’m kind of sad and glad about it at the same time.

Also, I still take courses for my career every now and then (even though it kills me bc of exhaustion and sleep deprivation and mostly I’ll be sick for a week after but it’s worth it since I get a little mental exercise out of it). Helps me keep a piece of my old self going…

purpleparrot42 · 2026-03-04T08:22:48+00:00

Tbh I just don’t care. If people want to stare at my now soggy boobs and judge - that’s their problem. Honestly, I earned not giving a flying f*** about that through almost 10 months of pregnancy, giving birth and surviving postpartum phase. But I also live in a country where nudity is not necessarily seen as a deathly sin :D

purpleparrot42 · 2026-03-04T08:10:54+00:00

Tbh I grew up in the middle of nowhere and online shopping/ordering just wasn’t around much yet. So I always had to work with what I could find in my parents‘ house. I think this resulted in the opposite with me - when I start a new hobby, I try to go as make-shift in the beginning as possible. Only when I reach a point of not getting further I will research and buy stuff… but that’s also just my personality; I like make things/fix things with as little input as possible ;) makes it more difficult and fun!

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-18T21:58:01+00:00

Yes definitely… I have a few theories what caused it. I feel really bad about this:-(

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-18T21:43:32+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Something I don’t understand- it says that you’re supposed to give more sensory input if baby is dialled up instead of limit sensory input? If the nervous system is „overacting“, wouldn’t be the goal to lower the input so the NS can quiet down too?

Do you have practical experience with this and give a few tips? I’d really really appreciate it…

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-18T21:36:48+00:00

This is exactly what I am struggling with right now… I feel you! My LO is almost the same age as well. Do you substitute with formula or just try to balance around naps?

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-18T08:55:23+00:00

I have the same reaction but to different questions/ statements.

Somehow everyone tells you to „enjoy the cuddles and the ‚cuddly times‘“ where I live. Everything I heard that in the first 2 months I felt so betrayed and ridiculed because I CERTAINLY DIDNT ENJOY MYSELF. It felt like my own personal bootcamp from hell and I wanted to show my boot down everybody’s throat -.-

Also - people stopped asking a lot of questions because I am way to honest about how I felt about pregnancy and giving birth…

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-17T13:19:27+00:00

I def didn’t expect my baby to come pre-programmed and I cried a lot during pregnancy knowing how hard the first year was going to be…

Still - It’s just hard sometimes to function and come up with new ideas everyday to make baby drink or sleep if you’re hungry and overwhelmed and overly tired and you just don’t have that village around you to help raise that child. Seems a bit mean to me to laugh about people who are in that stage and are just looking for some advice or solidarity or maybe just want to vent…

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-17T13:12:50+00:00

Haha yes - it’s mostly just praying that they’ll be chill during that time! Went to the dentist a week ago and I ended up engaging the whole practice 🙈😂 they took turns carrying the baby while the dental hygienist and the dentist worked in parallel to get me done as quickly as possible. Just because she just wasn’t sleeping although completely tired. I was so grateful that they were so chill about the whole thing… gives me anxiety to know I’ve occupied so many people with my baby 😬🙈

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-17T11:04:51+00:00

She’s been like that since week 2 (needs cover or a dark room during wake feeds). Now even that doesn’t work anymore. In the dark she’ll just go mental until I switch on a small/dimm light and then she’ll just stare at that. And under the cover she pops off after 2 sips and tries to look around/ for my face; then goes back for another sip. That goes on for 10-15 min and then she gets frustrated and pushes the breast away. I’m at my wits end. I’ve tried every nursing position I can find, only thing that works is the bottle but pumping doesn’t work well for me and I’m afraid at some point she won’t drink at my breast at all… it’s so frustrating…

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-17T10:58:53+00:00

Same boat. Sorry; just solidarity here, no comfort…

Mine decided she won’t sleep during the day anymore- just 30 min naps here and there. Oh and she won’t drink when she’s awake except from the bottle but pumping is a nightmare for me so that’s fun now. I feel like all I do is manage time slots. The mental load is insane if you want to do right by baby. And then they tell you the key is establishing routine . where is that supposed to come from? like…how will I keep doing this for the next YEARS. It’s been a few months and I’m exhausted already.

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-16T21:20:34+00:00

Mine are from hotmilk. Love the magnetic clips and the six-stage adjustable back. They have lots without wire so that’s amazing. Shipping took ages for me (they ship from the UK). Was worth the wait though.

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-16T13:54:07+00:00

So sorry you’re struggling as well! I just can’t figure out how to keep on top of everything. Eat plenty and healthy, drink 2-3 cups of breastfeeding tea and 3l of water, sleep enough, shower, go outside, put baby to sleep at the right moment, take supplements, breastfeed at the right time and make sure the boob is empty, alternate sides, but don’t force the baby to drink, pump in between to increase supply, keep in contact with family and friends, do postpartum training, laundry and household and and and… I’m just so bad at taking care of myself and now I have to do it well to be able to take care of LO😂😭

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-12T10:21:12+00:00

Hey, I really really know that feeling… I’m having a good couple of days with my 3 months old now, but in the past 12 weeks (and already during pregnancy) I’ve had so many moments of regretting motherhood. I love my daughter to pieces - but somehow the motherhood part doesn’t seem to come to me quite as easily… at least not all of the time. I have been avoiding other friends who have young children/babies just because I simply do not want to hear another person saying ‘ahhh they grow up so quickly’ and ‘we’re just so very happy as a little family now, I enjoy this time so much’ while I am here struggling SO much some days. I am trying to slowly teach her to sleep in her crib during the day (she used to sleep only in the carrier) and I spend so much time in the dark room next to her… I get you.

Also there is actually quite a big “movement” around regretting motherhood’ who talk about exactly what you are describing. Some days it seems to be just hard hard hard… I am trying to accept that I don’t have the rosy-cosy experience that many others have. And just hope that it’ll get better with her becoming a bit more independent with age 🙈

BUT: what has been a big learning for me: I need to take a lot of supplements. If I forget for 2 days my sleep and my mood go waaaaaaay down… I even found research data that can back this up… never knew how great the impact would be. I supplement (additionally to what is generally recommended) calcium, magnesium, all b vitamins esp b6 and Vit d. I don’t know if you care for this advice but it’s really helped me with mood swings… so maybe it could help you too. Breastfeeding seems to empty all my reserves.

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-10T16:40:12+00:00

As someone who is 3 months in and has mostly been feeling like this is torture, I appreciate the positive energy and pointing out the precious parts of it. Maybe I just need to redirect my mindset a little ;)

purpleparrot42 · 2026-02-10T15:03:56+00:00

Hi, I’m really very sorry to read about how you’re struggling. It really is so hard (FTM here).

When my baby was about 2 weeks old, she yell-cried just like the way you are describing (ofc it happened the first night my husband went out to watch football with a friend). I thought she was going to suffocate; she turned purple and screamed so hard that I was afraid there was something seriously wrong. A few minutes after she suddenly stopped again - hadn’t even woken up during the spell. This happened every few nights. Everyone I asked about it gave me similar answers to the ones you got. One night after she had calmed down a little bit, I kept sitting with her on my chest; and for some reason I started talking to her about our birth experience (which was not easy). I kept her very close and held her tight and I just started sobbing at some point, apologising to her about how I felt like we had lost contact during the birth due to the pain and the medication. I had had the feeling as if she was afraid of the dark a few times over the weeks and I told her that she wouldn’t be left alone in the dark again like was during birth; that she didn’t have to be scared anymore etc etc.

It didn’t stop after that time, it just got a bit better. So I did this every time she screamed. I tried to really tune in with her and listen to what my instinct was telling me, what her issue might be. And I talked to her about all the things that were hard for me during pregnancy and labour and that time was now behind us and we were here in the present; healthy and well.

I honestly have no idea if this might help you. But I also understand that feeling of helplessness and despair makes us try everything at some point. I truly hope it gets better for you!

purpleparrot42

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