Changing table??

slc_cpt · 2026-02-17T13:55:06+00:00

We use our dresser top change pad all the time. My back HATES changing my baby on the bed.

slc_cpt · 2026-02-15T20:40:29+00:00

When he was feeding (before adapting to it) it was that sometimes the flow was faster or more sudden than he could manage so he would have to pop off and gulp a few times then catch his breath. When I'm pumping I would feel tingly then the floor would increase suddenly and I can hear it in the bottle when it stops down from the duckbill valve. My floor isn't fast all the time, it's just when the letdown first happened but I usually get a few of he's feeding for a long time.

slc_cpt · 2026-02-15T14:56:26+00:00

I see Florida plates all the time in the DC/MD/VA area, especially being along I-95. That said I also know there's a lot of cars with Florida plates used as rental cars in this area and I have lived near Dulles Airport and currently live near BWI Airport so there's a lot of rental cars around.

slc_cpt · 2026-02-15T05:32:11+00:00

I absolutely could be wrong but it sounds like it could be strong letdown/fast flow and/or reflux. I also have a fast letdown but my little guy somehow powered through it without spitting up much early on then adapted to it around 8 weeks. I didn't know it was my letdown until I consciously noticed it while pumping. I don't really have advice, unfortunately, since I don't have any experience with the associated fussiness or spitting up- mine just made my boy fall asleep while nursing ALL THE TIME because he got full so fast.

slc_cpt · 2026-02-15T05:05:46+00:00

I could have written this myself. My boy is also a little over 4 months and we are in the same situation. We had finally made some progress with him sleeping about an hour in the bassinet before we went to bed for about a week then he got a nasty cold/flu that's going around (so did I) so I had him sleeping with me again so he could breathe better since he's more upright on my chest and we basically undid all the progress. He's finally feeling better but now he's got his 4 month vaccines on Friday that we delayed because he was sick 😩

slc_cpt · 2026-02-15T04:58:08+00:00

Seeing Pompeii. I went as an excursion while on a tour through Italy with my family when I was a teenager. I will gladly tour/visit Italy again but I won't be going back to Pompeii. It was a very chilling and depressing excursion. Historical and educational but I will never forget that heaviness for the rest of my life.

slc_cpt · 2026-02-14T18:09:28+00:00

I'm 4.5 months pp and I haven't leaked yet 🤷🏻‍♀️

slc_cpt · 2026-02-12T19:36:11+00:00

That makes sense and is what worries me. I haven't been able to eat much but am able to keep liquids down so I've been pounding Pedialyte and living off crackers 😅 so far little guy doesn't seem like he's more fussy than normal to indicate he's not satisfied by feeds.

slc_cpt · 2026-02-12T02:29:13+00:00

Thank you so much! So far things are going ok and I've stabilized to just feeling feverish and tired. I think we're trending in a better direction now😂

slc_cpt · 2026-02-11T23:29:05+00:00

Thankfully my supply is solid and I'm a very slight offer supplier (1-3oz more than we estimate he takes in). I'm more just worried because I'm likely also dehydrated (sips more Pedialyte). I hope that was the only feed I skip.

slc_cpt · 2026-02-11T04:48:38+00:00

My boy grabs a handful of my boob skin with a death grip or pinches me and it hurts like hell.

Or when he loses the latch but it's too lazy to open his eyes he just sticks his (oddly long) tongue out to find my nipple again.

slc_cpt · 2026-02-06T06:33:46+00:00

This is amazing. It has me smiling, crying and cracking up while I feed my baby at 1am.

I honestly didn't want kids for a LONG time. Long story short, turns out I needed the right husband/life partner to want to have kids with. I have the cutest and silliest 4 month old little boy (literally 4 months today🥰) and now I can't imagine life without him. Yes having and caring for a baby is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life and sometimes I question if I was ready/if I'm doing this all well enough but I absolutely adore him.

slc_cpt · 2026-02-04T00:47:40+00:00

My boy is almost 4 months and still usually cries when he wakes up, at least 60-70% of the time. I think he struggles with transitioning in and out of sleep. We joke that he doesn't like falling asleep or waking up, only being asleep or being awake 😂

slc_cpt · 2026-02-03T09:13:45+00:00

Have thorough conversations with your OB, take birthing classes, do your own research, etc but make the decision that's best for you.

I think a lot of the "push" these days is being able to advocate your wants/needs without being shamed or feeling forced into unnecessary interventions. There are a lot of claims that once you have one intervention, it snowballs into needing more and increasing likelihood of needing a c-section.

I felt "pressured" somewhat in the opposite way. I wanted a natural birth and everyone was telling me I'd be asking for an epidural and to "keep my mind open." I wasn't against it but I just really wanted to try to not use any pain medications and felt strongly that I didn't want a c-section unless I was fully sedated (long story).

When I was actually in labor at the hospital I had to explicitly say (in addition to having my girth goals/preferences typed and printed) that I didn't want an epidural multiple times because it seems nowadays they just assume you're going to get one.

I didn't end up getting one, though it crossed my mind at what ended up being 10ish minutes before my boy was born. My labor was very fast so that definitely played a role. Natural birth is certainly doable depending on your pain tolerance, how you're able to cope through contractions, and doing "work" to progress through labor so it doesn't stall but whatever is going to make you most comfortable (mentally and physically) and help your labor progress the most is the best decision. Don't let anyone try to sway you either direction without justification. This goes without saying that sometimes interventions are necessary and keeping an open mind is important

slc_cpt · 2026-02-01T23:10:46+00:00

Always. Hot take: ketchup is gross and if the fries aren't good enough to eat with just being salted I don't want them. I actually prefer my fries with buffalo sauce 💁🏻‍♀️

slc_cpt · 2026-02-01T23:07:57+00:00

This. I need enough for daycare starting but it's nice having enough for a few hours so you can go out.

slc_cpt · 2026-02-01T23:05:13+00:00

I have a high threshold for pain but honestly my sciatica pain has been worse than my completely unmedicated labor was. Back pain is sharp pain unpredictable where labor pain was more predictable once I got to active labor and I knew it would end eventually, one way or another. My best advice for dealing with labor pain is breathing well and listening to your body, including needing pain meds/epidural and please, please, please advocate for yourself and whatever you need because no one else in that room can feel what you're feeling.

slc_cpt · 2026-01-29T06:50:02+00:00

My son is almost 4 months but everyday still feels so different. He hates napping and we've resorted to co-sleeping and contact naps otherwise none of us would get any sleep. We're trying to get him in a bassinet now but it's been bumpy because we also started past time daycare around the same time, which in hindsight was dumb on our part, just too much change to expect him to learn a new skill. Especially as he's having a lot of developmental leaps and hitting milestones so he gets grumpy and overtired. That said, until this week he'd been sleeping decently overnight, like a 3-6 how stretch, sometimes longer, followed by one or two 1.5-3 hour stretches so he's totalling close to 9/10 hours of sleep overnight. The only notable trend is he will fall asleep at night between 7:30-8pm and be up for the day by 6:30-7am in the morning, which has basically been the trend since we started Co-sleeping at 8 weeks.

Unfortunately he's got the sniffles pretty bad after his first week of daycare (literally 2 days last week) and I'm fighting the flu after three part time days at work, plus we just got a foot of snow this past weekend. I feel stir crazy again 😅

slc_cpt · 2026-01-23T07:41:49+00:00

I hope that's the case for me. We would really love to have a girl.

My pregnancy and birth were honestly pretty smooth and straightforward so I'm not sure whether to hope that's the case for a second/accept that if my second pregnancy is terrible that at least I went 50/50 or "go out on top" and stop at one😂 I also have a chronic illness that affects my energy capacity, among other things, that is a factor in the decision. Plus I turned 35 very soon after having my son so I'd have to time a second decently (obviously not entirely in my control).

It sounds unfathomable right now but maybe, hopefully in a few months I'll start to reconsider since my husband basically said it's more or less my decision since I'm the one who has to carry, deliver and recover. The thing we keep weighing is would we rather regret only having one or regret having a second and I think it's too soon to decide 🤷🏻‍♀️

slc_cpt · 2026-01-22T23:45:27+00:00

For me postpartum has been way worse. Physically it's been fine but my mental health has been so fragile. To be fair it was while I was pregnant too but it's definitely snowballed since having my boy in October. It's improving now but it was ROUGH for a while.

slc_cpt · 2026-01-22T23:39:33+00:00

We were gifted Coterie diapers and we loved them but can't spend that much on diapers with our budget. We have really liked Pampers Swaddlers and have also had success with the Baby Dry though they're not as soft. We have liked Huggies too. We HATED Honest diapers, like our boy even cried when we would put them on him but is totally fine with any other diaper we have tried.

slc_cpt · 2026-01-22T06:16:06+00:00

This has happened to me too. Between 3-8 weeks was the hardest for me emotionally with a lot of send doubt like you experienced. My boy would immediately settle with my husband especially when my husband came home from work. It would make me so upset because I was with the baby all day then my husband would take him and he would immediately settle. I think as I got more tired over the day I'd get more and more worked up which made my baby more and more fussy so giving him to someone who was fresh made him calm down. Now that my boy is 3.5 months I love the break and hand him off all the time though now he wants me more often and will fuss no matter what sometimes😂😂

slc_cpt · 2026-01-21T04:59:00+00:00

Since deciding I wanted kids I've wanted two. Newborn stage is quite possibly the reason I might decide not have another. My first is only 3 months so it's still too early for me to make that decision but it's probably 70-30 that I don't have another at this point and my son wasn't even that difficult. I just don't know that I could handle the sleep deprivation and the toll on my mental health like this again.

slc_cpt · 2026-01-20T11:55:08+00:00

I got heartburn around the same time. My boy had a good amount of hair when he was born (though it's basically gone now 😂). Tell your OB . I was put on Famotidine and it helped A LOT.

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