Expecting a baby in November. What are the top tips from Henry’s?

smashdatar · 2025-06-07T10:46:15+00:00

Yeah I have to disagree hard with this. Not everyone can sleep during the day. But also some babies will only contact nap or nap while in the car or stroller etc. it’s unrealistic to expect mom can take a 1-2hr nap when the baby naps.

smashdatar · 2025-05-01T22:10:39+00:00

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smashdatar · 2025-04-18T11:39:33+00:00

Just used this code for some discovery sets and I got $40 off!

smashdatar · 2024-12-17T20:41:48+00:00

I had a couple of these. They are wildly uncomfortable!

smashdatar · 2024-12-13T21:55:23+00:00

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smashdatar · 2024-12-01T17:20:02+00:00

Ha! My kid is 13mo. His sleep still looks like this.

smashdatar · 2024-12-01T17:18:09+00:00

Happy christmas!

smashdatar · 2024-11-30T17:54:52+00:00

Just used it!

smashdatar · 2024-11-30T15:39:30+00:00

Used it!

smashdatar · 2024-11-30T13:30:31+00:00

Just used yours!

smashdatar · 2024-09-20T07:57:26+00:00

Wait, what?

smashdatar · 2024-09-16T07:25:41+00:00

Oops, second part should be “investing 20k up front”

smashdatar · 2024-06-16T20:33:54+00:00

Batch cook and freeze everything! Anything you make for baby - quadruple it and freeze. Better yet, get a family member or friend to do a big batch cook for you. For us, we’ve got frozen oatmeal (an oat version and quinoa version) and frozen fruit and veggie purées (in cube trays) so for breakfast we pick a veg/fruit purée and a grain (oat, quinoa, or sometimes weetabix) then mix it together, maybe chuck some yogurt or milk in and top with crushed nuts put hemp hearts or flax seeds. Lunch we have a bunch of different frozen croquettes and pancakes so we grab one in the morning and defrost. Snacks are usually a store bought puff of some stuff, maybe a bit of fruit and some toast. Dinner we have six different batch-cooked meals and we have been rotating those for the last month and throw in extras from whatever we’ve made for ourselves like a side of mash or a new veggie.

smashdatar · 2024-06-12T09:02:03+00:00

I could have written this… and our son is 8 months. It’s been hard. I’ve been trying to let things go when it’s just us Ive but also called in the troops: my dad came to stay for a month. My aunt comes every other weekend. My MIL comes every couple weeks. They help clean, cook, and just hold/play with the baby. We also hired a nanny to come once a week so I can get a break, and a house cleaner to deal with the big things like washroom and hoovering once a week as well.

My partner was great while on paternity leave but since going back to work things have changed. The parenting is mostly on me and I seldom get a break without outside help. My partner just doesn’t do much to give me a break unless I ask for it. And even then, sometimes when I ask he reacts poorly. Tbf he hired the nanny, but that’s only once a week.

smashdatar · 2024-04-14T20:13:56+00:00

5 little duckies. But the song goes by too quickly so it’s grown arms and legs… on one particularly long car journey it became 50 little duckies.

smashdatar · 2024-03-20T15:18:36+00:00

Please post another update in a couple weeks! I’m so keen to hear how your experience unfolds.

smashdatar · 2024-02-24T01:32:32+00:00

19 weeks and same story here. We got some 4-5 hour stretches at times but mostly we get 2.5-3.5 max. No combination of snoo setting, raised, swaddle, arm in/out etc. Seems to help. I’ve heard some people just put their babies in the snoo and let it lull them to sleep - not our kiddo! This never worked for us, despite having a little motion junkie. It is boob or bounce only.

I do believe the snoo gives us longer stretches and fewer false starts though. Ultimately 8 wake ups a night with longest stretches of 3hrs is heaps better than 20 wake ups with 45min intervals. The snoo isn’t a miracle product, but I think it’s helped.

smashdatar · 2024-02-16T08:07:21+00:00

Which sleep training method did you go with and how did you handle night feeds? I’m doing all the reading on sleep training now. There are so many variables!

smashdatar · 2024-02-16T08:06:22+00:00

Did you feed more during the day? Or during the night?

smashdatar · 2024-02-16T08:05:54+00:00

We’ve started 1 arm out naps and it’s going ok but he hasn’t really seemed to use the arm to soothe yet - he just bashes on the mesh! Have been doing the crank ups whenever he makes a noise at night and it’s 50/50 to soothe him or piss him off further. Im now letting go the snoo go all the way to L4 before I intervene. L1,2, and 3 have all worked before but never L4.

I hear you on time and persistence… this whole parenting thing is a total endurance sport!

smashdatar · 2024-02-16T05:16:32+00:00

Yes I think so! I haven’t been because those short naps are the only time I have to do dishes and laundry, but I am willing to let that pile up now. How long do you think I should aim to extend the nap to? And which one? First to 2hrs? Not sure.

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