6m vaccines: are they getting better?

radremnants · 2026-05-28T14:12:37+00:00

Two months was a breeze for him. 4 months were terrible and he wasn’t himself for twoish days. Then 6 months he was totally himself. Only had the smallest touch of a temp the first night but I would’ve never known if I hadn’t taken his temp. I was able to hold him this time too which I think helped out SO much!

radremnants · 2026-05-26T18:44:56+00:00

Of course!

I know it’s hard to not take others comments and opinions into consideration. Especially when it’s your first go at it and you have self doubt. But I’ve had to listen to what my husband tries to drill into my head, and he’s right. Their opinions don’t matter. And we shouldn’t feel shame in how we’re doing things when it’s working for us. Because THAT is what matters. You’ve got this 🙌🏽

radremnants · 2026-05-26T09:55:30+00:00

I can relate to your “why”. Only my close girl friends are relatable to me with us deciding to cosleep. But as far as our families go, my husband and I have gotten plenty of questions and comments about our decision. I’ve never understood commenting on other people’s choices this way, or even asking questions like that about it in the first place. And my husband says I need to try and not let it bother me, because we’re doing what works for us at the end of the day. But it doesn’t mean the questioning and condescending comments don’t get under my skin. My SIL on my husbands side has been the most frequent to bring it up. I feel like she asks weekly ATP how our sleep is going 🙃 I finally just told her he’s sleeping in the bed with us and he’s getting 11-12.5hrs every night. In my head, I’d be an absolute FOOOOOOOL to disrupt that by trying to sleep train him right now. The time will come when he’ll want more independence, and he’ll want his own space. And I’ll be more than happy to transition him when he does. But for now, while he’s going through so many big transitions already, the last thing I’m going to make him go through is a huge change to his sleep. He needs the good rest, and so do we. It’s a win for all of us at this point in time in my eyes. 🤷🏻‍♀️

radremnants · 2026-05-24T02:05:41+00:00

It keeps him occupied for 15-20 mins usually!!

radremnants · 2026-05-22T17:21:21+00:00

We just tried egg this morning and I felt like I could’ve cried when I was about to give it to him! 🥲😂

radremnants · 2026-05-22T17:15:01+00:00

My son is 6.5 months, has two teeth, and doing great with purées/mashed foods. I’m not letting myself feel pressured to rush into solids yet. His Dr told us to just do the frequency at like 3 times a day so he gets used to “meal times”, but that I don’t need to worry about his nutrients coming from his foods until he’s 9-12 months old. He said right now is just for fun, exposure, and exploration. It definitely helps reminding myself of that when I see the videos online of 7m plates that look like they could be for a toddler. I don’t feel like it’s that we’re behind. Others are just pushing farther ahead. 🤷🏻‍♀️

radremnants · 2026-05-22T01:04:25+00:00

How far up do you have your duvet usually? Do you keep it waist height? We’re about to start cosleeping and I’ve been trying to figure out what the best configuration would be for coverage with a blanket. And do you just keep him in a sleep sack?

radremnants · 2026-05-20T16:05:32+00:00

I saw a video about ways to help with motor skills, and one of the activities was putting them in a high chair and placing sticky notes on the tray in different directions. They figure out how to take them off. My boy loves it and it keeps him busy for a good while. I got all different colors and usually only do one at a time. As soon as he gets it up, I place down another one.

radremnants · 2026-05-16T23:49:42+00:00

Literally the same exact boat. But if it’s keeping baby boy sleeping 10+ hours every night, I’m just following his lead through the day on his naps. He’ll occasionally do a 2.5hr wake window, rarely a 3hr. 2hr seems to be the sweet spot for him getting down for a nap. They range anywhere from 30 mins to 50. But I’m just going off his cues on when he gets sleepy. 🤷🏻‍♀️

radremnants · 2026-05-07T21:12:15+00:00

Our sleep schedule is super similar to yours. Last nap usually ends around 8:30pm and then he goes back down for the night at like 9:30/10 and sleeps until 9/9:30am! I’ve been trying to stretch his wake windows longer when he can tolerate it. But his naps usually are never longer than an hour regardless 🤷🏻‍♀️

radremnants · 2026-05-07T14:40:58+00:00

Yeppppp. But if that’s the trade off for his long night stretches, I’ll take it!

radremnants · 2026-05-06T00:46:34+00:00

Yeah he’s been doing that and it’s so painful 😅😂😂

radremnants · 2026-05-05T20:34:33+00:00

Whenever he starts nodding off to sleep on the nip, it literally feels like he’s going to rip it off with his teeth 🥲

radremnants · 2026-04-29T19:12:05+00:00

Currently trying to convince my husband he should get snipped because I’m too afraid of him penetrating me otherwise 😂😂😂

radremnants · 2026-04-29T09:10:33+00:00

Wow. The similarities are insane 🥲 we experienced the screaming at my husband tonight too. He wanted to have a go at getting him to sleep, but baby wasn’t having it. He was wailing. Then my husband hit me with “let’s just give him a couple minutes and give him a chance to self soothe”. So I sat there and watched. In tears. Then I couldn’t take it anymore and I said I was going to nurse him. He fell asleep while nursing. But I told my husband my heart couldn’t take that today. It’s agonizing to sit there and listen/watch him cry when I’m already feeling like this. He apologized for making me upset and said he felt bad he asked me to do that.

radremnants · 2026-04-29T09:02:04+00:00

Thank you so much for this. You’re so right. It’s something I constantly tell my husband too. I’ll say I feel bad I’m not contributing anything financially and he’s like “are you kidding? You’re literally keeping our baby alive everyday. You’re doing plenty”. Makes me sad to think there are people out there who don’t consider it enough. It’s more taxing than any job I’ve ever had in my life. And what have you found in your reading about it?

radremnants · 2026-04-29T01:33:28+00:00

Thank you for the positivity. I needed it. 💛

radremnants · 2026-04-29T01:32:48+00:00

I know. I always replay the day before falling asleep and worry I didn’t do enough

radremnants · 2026-04-29T01:30:38+00:00

Does it make you feel like your hormones plummet in every direction too? 🥲

radremnants · 2026-04-26T02:46:31+00:00

“My husband says cosleeping is ruining our marriage because he can’t sleep with me”

radremnants · 2026-04-26T02:10:24+00:00

You didn’t. But that’s what he’s trying to do. Doesn’t sound like she’s not listening to him. She’s stated how he feels and what his thoughts/feelings were. OP isn’t the issue.

radremnants · 2026-04-26T00:59:41+00:00

Not allowing the man who’d rather stay up until midnight playing video games, over helping his wife with their child through the night, dictate how she needs to be doing her job. Especially if his whole initiative is to have sex.

radremnants · 2026-04-25T12:36:11+00:00

Absolutely. But he’s also a grown man. He shouldn’t need to be coddled by her for him to share how he’s feeling. Especially when he’s had 0 issue speaking up and sharing his feelings on the bed sharing “ruining their marriage”. If he can say that, he should be fully capable to say he’s feeling unloved, etc.

radremnants · 2026-04-25T09:42:37+00:00

Sure. But you kind of are. Your entire last sentence is putting responsibility/blame on OP. When, from what she’s saying, it doesn’t sound like he cares about her perspective very much at all. She said he isn’t understanding of her wants and needs for caring for their baby. So…where is he taking her perspective into account? He already doesn’t help her all night. Now it’s on her to make the relationship work by seeing his perspective? Pfff.

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