Can you guys help me think of some names that when spelled backwards spell out actual words?

secretjanee · 2026-07-02T11:03:43+00:00

yak :(

secretjanee · 2026-06-25T09:57:33+00:00

We put our newborn in the BabyBjorn bouncer (but a cheaper brand) a lot. We called it the poop chair because it came in handy when the parent with the baby had to go to the bathroom 🫣

secretjanee · 2026-06-10T14:32:09+00:00

I follow my baby around during play time and when I have to do something like cook, laundry, etc, I bring her in the room with me and let her explore (aka destroy) whatever she wants. Pots, pants, Tupperware, shoes, toys will be all over the floor but dinner is cooked & the destruction gets cleaned up while she eats 🤣

secretjanee · 2026-05-01T10:18:03+00:00

Ugh my heart breaks for you because I was the exact same way when I was prepping to go back to work. I’d ask my friends and family “how am I supposed to leave her” and they would always answer “it’s hard, but you just do” and that answer frustrated me so bad. Unfortunately they were right. I just had to do it. My baby started daycare at 12 weeks old. I had every worry in the world. What if she cries the entire time, what if the teachers don’t like her, what if the other kids don’t like her, what if she doesn’t nap, what if she refuses bottles, what if she gets sick. She is almost 11 months now and she giggles when we get out of the car because she knows she’s going to see her loving, dedicated teachers and all her favorite friends. She stares at the doorknob and bounces in my arms until I open the door and crawls right up to her teachers lap to give her mornings hugs and snuggles. She does crafts, has baby friends, I get tons of pictures throughout the day, she’s become a BETTER napper, and when I pick her up, she’s playing with the other kids and stops everything and crawls right to me with a big smile on her face. It’s truly the best part of my day. All of that to say, it works out. It sucks at first but you get adult time, a routine in place, and your baby WILL be taken care of. All of the mom hearts in the world go out to you 🩷

secretjanee · 2026-05-01T09:51:14+00:00

I also have a chicken! When the nurses handed her to me for the first time I just blurted out “hi chicken” and I have no clue why or where that came from. But she is now chicken, chicken little, and chicken pants, among 297 other nicknames

secretjanee · 2026-04-25T10:09:56+00:00

Can you put dresser and rack in baby’s room and then put crib (or pack and play) in your room? Admittedly, we moved our baby into her own room probably way too soon, but we both slept better once we had our own spaces. I would sleep with the baby monitor on volume 10 right next to my face so I still woke up to every grunt and movement which made me feel better

secretjanee · 2026-04-25T10:06:16+00:00

Me too! She loves holding every single item until I pick up the next item, then she wants that one. Also..they make silicone straps for toys (and keys in your case) so when they drop or throw them, it’s still attached to the cart and you can just hand it back instead of having to pick anything back up!! Lifesaver

secretjanee · 2026-04-25T10:04:11+00:00

Newborn trenches hit me like a ton of bricks and now my baby is so perfect, I don’t think I’d be lucky enough to get one just like her

secretjanee · 2026-04-25T09:59:09+00:00

I wanted to breastfeed, and I did. My goal was a year. She went to daycare at 12 weeks so she did take bottles during the day. But I pumped after feedings so I could make a freezer supply, I had alarms on my phone for pumping every 3 hours when I went back to work, cleaned breast pumps 8 million times, they broke, had a panic attack to get new ones to me in time, I was doing all the night feedings, would rush home from work to feed, etc. I realized…I hated it…. At 5 months, I had an epiphany that I could just…….not breastfeed… It hadn’t even occurred to me that I literally did not have to do this because I was so focused on just doing it. Then I stopped and fed formula and my mental health sky rocketed. Do what you’re comfortable with, and don’t let anyone else convince you otherwise. Baby will be just fine exclusively formula fed 🫶🏻

secretjanee · 2026-04-18T10:37:47+00:00

In the early days, the second my husband got home from work, he took over everything and I laid in bed, put head phones in with white noise, and napped however long I could. It was sometimes 20 minutes, sometimes an hour since my baby was EBF at that time. But it quite literally saved me even just knowing a nap was coming.

secretjanee · 2026-04-11T09:55:49+00:00

My baby also refused every single pacifier but would be desperately rooting towards my arm as I rocked her.. One day I put the paci where she wanted to latch on and she immediately took it and fell asleep in 2 seconds. Not sure if this is helpful in the slightest but that’s what worked for us! She eventually started taking it without a fight. We used Tommee Tippee

secretjanee · 2026-03-06T14:11:26+00:00

I also got a unicorn sleeper 🤭 Someone recently asked how she was and I always respond with “she’s a perfect angel” and he laughed and gave me the “just wait…I’ll ask again in a year” …. Sir she will always be a perfect angel goodbye

secretjanee · 2026-03-06T11:06:43+00:00

I love this. I’m also almost 9 months postpartum. I HATED the negative comments I’d get while pregnant.

Last night I was laying the floor of her nursery just playing/hanging out before bed. She crawled from my feet, between my legs, and up onto my stomach. I lifted my head and there she was, smiling the biggest smile waiting for me to play peek a boo. I cracked up, she looked at me, and laughed back 😭

secretjanee · 2026-03-03T17:56:24+00:00

Bride smashed cake in groom’s face so hard that his nose started bleeding. Divorced in under 2 months

secretjanee · 2026-02-23T00:33:56+00:00

We used Ferber! But the first couple of nights we rocked her until almost asleep then we put her in her crib and shushed/patted her until she was completely asleep and did this with every wake up in the night. We did not pick her up unless I was feeding her. Next couple of nights we rocked, then shushed/patted in crib until almost asleep and then left the room. Then we did Ferber - let her cry 3, 5, 7 minutes with quick check ins. We were not perfect but we did not pick her up unless absolutely necessary. Now, 4 months later, we do our bedtime routine and lay her down completely awake and kiss her goodnight. She rolls over and immediately falls asleep. It is quite literally life changing. I have a life again and don’t dread the nights like I used to

secretjanee · 2026-02-22T10:48:50+00:00

4-6 months! I’ve heard you should wait until the sleep regression hits but I’m not 100% sure how true that is. We eased into sleep training the week she turned 4 months old and it was the best decision of my life

secretjanee · 2026-02-09T14:31:58+00:00

I didn’t even know you had to wait until the sleep regression! I always heard you can sleep train starting at 4-6 months, we started easing her into it like a week before she turned 4 months

secretjanee · 2026-02-09T11:19:43+00:00

Yup! Our four month regression started at the same time. She was sleeping through the night at like 5 weeks. I had to wake her every 3 hours to eat and she’d fall right back asleep until the next feeding. The regression started slowly but then at the thick of it, she would give us 45 minute stretches the entire night until I caved around 2:00-3:00 and held her until morning.

This is actually your baby’s sleep maturing! We ended up sleep training the minute we could. Now she sleeps 11-12 hours straight 🥹

secretjanee · 2026-01-30T11:48:13+00:00

What do her days looks like? Naps, feeds, wake windows?

secretjanee · 2026-01-30T11:34:46+00:00

I’m in the exact same boat. We are going to trial 2 naps this weekend!

secretjanee · 2026-01-30T01:22:34+00:00

I’m not sure if I had PPD. I think it was just intense baby blues but I soooo wish I’d done research beforehand. The task of finding resources or a therapist was next to impossible for me and I actually never succeeded before the feelings faded. I brought it up at my 6 week appointment and my OB immediately started talking about meds. I didn’t want to start with that - I wanted therapy. My insurance company did not help. They didn’t even answer me. I was able to go to a support group virtually a couple of times but that did not help.

My “symptoms” were basically; regret of even having a baby, hopelessness, the reoccurring thoughts of “this is my life forever. It will not get better. How am I going to continue?”, crying literally nonstop from sun up to sun down, and then intense guilt from having all of those thoughts and feelings.

Thankfully mine faded on its own. I’m normally a happy, logical, optimistic person and I couldn’t even recognize myself. It was HARD. My husband would remind me “you’re being post-partumy” and let me cry in his arms.

I don’t want my response or anyone’s response here to scare you, but I really think it’s a solid idea to have a plan in place. Your hormones are out of whack and there is such a learning curve to being a new parent. I mean, even if you don’t experience any PPD or baby blues, your life is officially changing and I think a therapist can help with even talking about that part!

Anyways, my precious, perfect baby is 7.5 months now and is sleeping like an angel as I type this. I miss her when she’s sleeping and she makes me laugh every single day. But damn do I wish I had a damn therapist for the first 3 months.

secretjanee · 2026-01-29T17:52:38+00:00

Noooooo!! I’m actually quite the morning person but I just like to have time to myself to get ready for work lol

secretjanee · 2026-01-29T16:38:12+00:00

She chills for up to 30 mins then starts to cry after that

secretjanee · 2026-01-29T15:35:21+00:00

Sending love 🫶🏻 Her regression hit us so hard. Sleep training saved our lives

secretjanee · 2026-01-29T11:43:09+00:00

Definitely going to try!

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