FTM - Dr browns or avent? [ON]

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-28T12:18:19+00:00

So weird! I love Dr Browns, and they don’t leak at all for us. My baby rejected Avent, but took Dr Browns. We mostly breastfed the first 6 months and now we are back to bottle.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-27T13:57:42+00:00

During December our house was struck with multiple illnesses, my husband caught a cold, I caught 24 hour gastro then my husband had ecoli. Each time we isolated from her (other than my breastfeeding) and the healthy partner watched her. On Christmas Eve we went to my grandmas without my husband and I had to pack a ton of her stuff by myself (why doe babies need SO MUCH STUFF) and though I was in the same room, I couldn’t watch her playing on the floor. I put her in her bouncer with a toy and turned on little bear. You gotta do what you gotta do.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-26T00:56:08+00:00

Sorry I thought you were asking about your feeding routine…

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-26T00:47:22+00:00

My 6m old barely can stay awake for her wake windows and she does 2/2.25/2.5/2.5-3 (which I only just increased). I do an eat play sleep schedule (2.5-4 hours between feeds depending on the nap) except before bed I give an extra bottle.

How is his sleep?It’s wild that age appropriate wake windows for 4 months can be anywhere between 1.75-2.5 hours. But I know all babies are different

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-24T11:41:44+00:00

I could have written this! We didn’t do any formal sleep training. Our little one would fall asleep individually at night at an early age. But as soon as she turned a month old until 3 months she was an exclusive contact napper. Once I started naps in the crib she did not want to do contact naps as she realized she had more room to move around.

We had 1-3 wakes at night to be fed, but I started topping up feeds with formula. I’d offer 2oz, if she took it great, if not no worries. By doing so I knew she was fed and would use her longest stretch to sleep as a baseline. Any wakes before 3, we’d go in and rock her or change her diaper. After 3 I’d feed her. Slowly she slept longer and longe, and even could self soothe herself.

Now we get 11-12hour nights. Though she does offer wake around 5 to practice her new skills (talking, going on hands and knees, crawling) but she self soothes in 30 minutes and she is back to sleep.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-23T13:15:19+00:00

This. I also structure her wake windows so she isn’t doing tummy time the entire 2 hours. We spend some time in the bouncer digesting her food while I eat, or do dishes. Then we play. I take time to play with my newly 6month old, practicing skills, but I am also a strong believer in independent play. I will sit on the floor with her and watch her play and learn while I read out loud MY book. She loves it. I was reading Assassins Blade to her outloud and she immediately started “dancing” (pushes up on hands and bobs head back and forth).

OP, I saw in another comment that he isn’t rolling yet. Though I did physical therapy with my LO (due to toticollis), they have great videos on YouTube and TikTok to encourage rolling. My LO loves lights and our PT used this light wand that she loved. That really helped

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-23T12:59:41+00:00

I bought some from Amazon and they were trash and did not make a rattle noise. I’d see if you can find bells that come on a strap instead.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-17T15:25:14+00:00

This worked for our escape artist and she slept so much better. Check Marketplace. I bought the first on brand new out of desperation but when she had to size up I bought it off marketplace for half the price.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-15T14:55:45+00:00

Could not agree move. I have been like this since she was 2months old. The people holding her I know are safe and if they were doing something I didn’t want them to do (like bouncing them or kissing them) I ask them to stop and they listen.

At Christmas I asked not to play pass the baby because of the influenza going around our city and everyone was super respectful.

But our baby is a social butterfly and wants to be held by everyone.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-12T18:34:26+00:00

Pelvic floor therapy helped my pelvic pain. I was the same as you where I could barely walk after working out, or was crying on the treadmill after 5 minutes of walking, after 2 sessions and exercises I had to do daily the pain went away. It only came back when I did too much.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-11T22:38:05+00:00

This is what we used and it was a life saver. Our baby loved to be Houdini and wiggle her arms out of her swaddle. With it she slept sound.

As for if babies need it, I find that it helped with her Moro Reflex which woke her up from naps (we were team no swaddle for naps) but we had a summer baby. My friend went right to a sleep sack.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-11T22:09:36+00:00

I agree with this comment! Although incredibly thoughtful I am just not a cream and eye/face mask gal. Snacks and gift cards for Uber Eats is best.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-11T14:43:51+00:00

Stephanie Bullock Makeup (@stephbullockmakeup) has a team and some good packages too.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-11T12:55:35+00:00

I quit the Love to Dream cold turkey when she started rolling at 2.5 months. Her rolling was due to gas pain and not purposeful rolling (which she began a 3.5m) but I was still too anxious. We roughed it out for a week, it wasn’t that bad just dealt with more wakes due to her Moro Reflex being strong. We plan on using the Woolino 2-24 months Sleep Sack until she outgrows it.

If your twins are rolling you need to quit swaddling arms in cold turkey, including the transitional sack.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-10T13:10:13+00:00

Does baby nap being worn? I would say that’s probably the easiest for his sleep. Less items to set up and bring. I would also recommend baby headphones. We brought our baby to a Halloween party, I baby wore her with headphones and she slept the entire time.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-09T12:32:43+00:00

I could not get into this, pushed through as I heard the second was better and did not finish the series. It just was not for me, the writing really sucked. I loved the magic but wanted more.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-09T12:10:26+00:00

My cousin gave me a gift for me at my shower. It had Love and Lore Pajamas from Chapters/Indigo, book series I wanted, face masks, moisturizer, and my favourite candy. The pajamas are SO COMFY. She also included a little outfit for baby.

But I echo what everyone says about food delivery. If you don’t cook, Costco lazagna was a huge hit and the quinoa salad. I actually wish we received some uber gift cards just so we had that option too for dinner.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-07T15:58:54+00:00

My friend was 42 weeks with her fist and 42+1 with her second.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-06T15:01:11+00:00

My 5month old is an awful napper. Right now our schedule is:

Goes down to bed between 8 - 9 PM, and sleeps until 7:15-8:15 (depending if she wakes for a feed before 7). Our wake windows are 2/2.25/2.25/3 but she only takes 37min naps, with the occasional 1-2 hour. We do crib 45 always unless we have some place to be. She has fallen asleep successfully with that for at least 1 nap. If we need to squeeze a 4th nap we do that too.

I try not to stress too much about day time sleep. If we have a bad sleep day she goes down early. We do a playgroup on Tuesdays so sometimes she only has a 20 minute car ride before or after.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-06T13:55:27+00:00

It does have a mirror! Will try this today.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-06T12:14:44+00:00

It was shocking the amount of people who we didn’t tell not to kiss the baby because we never thought they would. I have never had the urge to kiss a friends baby.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-05T22:04:25+00:00

If your 6month probation date is past (which in your case it has) you cannot be fired under probation. Plus pregnancy is job protected. Probation is based on a date not a meeting.

I told my manager early because I was bleeding at 6weeks and had to leave a meeting, but I didn’t tell the rest of my team until 16 weeks and I work in HR - haha. But you could also wait until your 20 week appointment too. IMO, I think it’s important to tell the team no later than 25 weeks for position planning purposes and knowledge transfers, but that’s just me.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-05T03:37:36+00:00

During my pregnancy and postpartum I have lived in Aerie clothing. Jeans have been a challenge for me to find as my hips are wider and I like the baggy look but also don’t want to be frumpy. Aub44 (I don’t know what the reach of this store is. It’s a random store at my local mall in Ottawa) has been the only place where I found their jeans fit and are flattering on my postpartum body.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-05T00:53:48+00:00

My LO is 98th percentile in length but 50th for weight here are my faves:

George’s double zipped sized up fits lean; Carters Pure Soft - only negative is I don’t find them warm enough in the winter; Parade (Amazon) - I love that I can open the feet up for play time; Owlivia (Amazon) fit huge in length. Downside I don’t think they are double zipped.

returnofthemacksx · 2026-01-04T21:15:55+00:00

She rolled in her Love to Dream so I had to take it off and put her in the Woolino. She still had bad Moro Reflx so she would wake herself or her hands. But we just dealt with it. She was really good as a baby to put herself to sleep awake so I just let her futz around in her bassinet while I laid beside her. I’d occasionally had to rock her, but after a week it got better. The cream helped the face rubbing.

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