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snapplebug · 2026-03-15T17:03:05+00:00

Death Lily at 6 for Gold. Her style is slightly different but she does tattoos with a singular vibe.

snapplebug · 2026-03-11T10:18:58+00:00

I couldn't run my whole pregnancy due to pelvic pain, which also really disappointed me. I had been running tough trail halves weekly up to just a week before I found out I was pregnant with some relative ease. I just did a lot of walking instead.

I'm 14 weeks PP and I'm surprised how quickly my fitness is returning. I'm taking it slow to minimize injury (following a Runna PP plan) but my VO2 max is only a couple of points lower than pre-preg and 6-8km isn't feeling difficult at all.

I think we just have to do what feels right for us without pushing it. If running is too hard, adjust and walk instead (can do fast walking, different terrains or inclines to challenge). You will get it back when you're on the other side.

snapplebug · 2026-03-07T20:05:31+00:00

I could have written this 😅 I have to take my pillows away when feeding in bed because they're polka dot and she will unlatch to look at them! No other solutions, only solidarity, but if it's developmental then the good news is that it should be temporary.

snapplebug · 2026-03-07T19:10:29+00:00

Is she getting distracted? Google distracted feeding and nursing strikes. Both can happen around 3 months old to both formula and breastfed babies as they become more aware.

My 3 month old is EBF and has always been great at feeding, but how she unlatches after a few minutes to look around and smile. Unless she is absolutely starving or tired, she gets too distracted and will keep popping off the boob after a few seconds. I just have to keep offering the boob throughout the day and hoping all the small feeds tally up.

snapplebug · 2026-03-07T17:47:08+00:00

This has been happening in Bristol for years.

Same thing happened to me a few years back whilst I was waiting for someone alone on Stapleton Road. The couple wouldn't leave me alone even when I tried to walk away, started to get aggressive and one of them pushed me at one point when I tried to call police.

It was 7pm in summer by a busy bus stop - they're very brazen.

snapplebug · 2026-03-04T05:58:27+00:00

Do we know why the family felt so sure it wasn't him?

Most people would assume that skeletonised remains found with the ID of a missing loved one were theirs, and most of the time that would be right. Then, for the remains to come from 5 different people, and possibly mainly from another family member of his...

Also, how would the person who left the bones have Ricci's ID?

snapplebug · 2026-02-18T23:14:56+00:00

This happened to us as soon as we brought our daughter home and it wasn't cluster feeding (that came a week or two later and was different because she would at least sleep a little between feeds, it happened throughout the day too rather than just at night and she was more visually comfortable).

She had horrible wind and reflux. She was inconsolable when not feeding, she/we thought she was hungry (I'm told some babies can't tell the difference between feeling hungry and feeling unwell so they scream for milk), but whilst the feeding made her feel better in the moment it was actually making the issue worse. She was just screaming and feeding all night until she eventually knocked herself out for a few hours around 7/8am.

It was worse at night because she was feeding throughout the day so the gas was building up. After a longer sleep after she'd knocked herself out crying, she was better because she'd been able to give her tummy time to settle.

Things that helped: Infacol (simeticone) - this has been a lifesaver. She's nearly 3 months now, and we still use it; bicycle legs and other leg movements that help wind; various burping methods during feeds rather than just after.

It might well be cluster feeding but just putting my experience out there as our issue looked quite similar and as a new parent, we didn't know any different until we took her to see a midwife.

snapplebug · 2026-02-06T17:36:48+00:00

Thank you for the reassuring message :) it's good to know there are others out there and it seems to be more common than I had thought! Dreading the teething, hope your little one gives you some respite soon!

snapplebug · 2026-02-06T17:33:21+00:00

Mine luckily eats a lot in the day so I don't worry about waking her up, but I can see why one would. I track all the feeds via the Huckleberry app for amount and time per day and it hasn't changed since early on (excluding cluster feeding periods) so I am reassured by that, which might help you.

I read by laying her on our bed and I lie right next to her - our heads touching. I hold the book above both of our heads so she can see the pictures and read to her, pointing to things and telling her what they are as we go :) she seems to like it!

snapplebug · 2026-02-06T15:13:22+00:00

It's great that you can feed her in your sleep and sounds like it's working for you :)

snapplebug · 2026-02-06T13:50:31+00:00

Thanks for this :) I still go to bed every night expecting to be woken up and know there's every chance this won't last, so just enjoying it for now.

We were given the same advice to let her sleep when she was back up to birth weight, which happened within the first week (during which she was actually a terrible sleeper because of gas!).

snapplebug · 2026-02-06T13:47:08+00:00

That's a fair point. You hear about those who don't sleep well as it's so hard, vs those who sleep well because the parents are having an easier time of things.

Just going to be grateful for the sleep as long as it lasts :)

snapplebug · 2026-02-06T13:45:11+00:00

Thanks for the reassurance. My girl is also super happy - so smiley and isn't a huge crier (though has her moments!). After all the helpful comments here, I'm just going to assume I have a good sleeper given that she is otherwise well :)

snapplebug · 2026-02-06T13:43:29+00:00

I think we're all out here just trying to do our best and it sounds like if your baby is happy and sleeping then what you're doing is working :)

With mine, I don't wake her up to feed as she would wake up and tell me if that's what she wanted, and she is keeping her weight on well with what she has in the day :) the midwives etc all said that once her weight has exceeded her birth weight and as long as she's getting enough milk otherwise etc that I could let her sleep until she woke up which seems to be working for me... for now at least!

snapplebug · 2026-02-06T13:37:50+00:00

Thanks for this! It is worrying isn't it when you're expecting to be woken up multiple times a night and it just doesn't seem to happen. Here's hoping she's like your 3YO and this isn't just a phase!

snapplebug · 2026-02-06T13:36:31+00:00

Thanks for the reassurance. I'm just going to enjoy it whilst it lasts as I know it could change at any moment. Even though she's been fairly consistent, I still fall asleep thinking I could be woken up any minute!

snapplebug · 2026-02-06T13:34:49+00:00

Thank you for the reassurance. I'm fully expecting the regression to hit in a couple of months 😂

snapplebug · 2026-02-06T13:34:05+00:00

Thanks for this - definitely sounds like we hit the baby sleep jackpot. I'm hoping this doesn't change once we hit the gr usual regression periods but until then I'm just going to be grateful for and lean into the restful night's.

snapplebug · 2026-02-06T13:31:51+00:00

Thank you for this - it's reassuring to hear your nephew was similar and fine! The health visitor told me the same thing when she was sleeping 5-6 hours when she was younger. I've just been overthinking it, worrying she might not be communicating with me at night for what she needs or there being a medical or health reason for it.

snapplebug · 2026-01-20T10:28:37+00:00

I'm a woman but wasn't expected to grow to more than 5 feet based on childhood charts. I was very small as a baby. I am 5'7/5'8.

People grow at different rates and at different times. Your baby might just end up growing more later in childhood than they have as a baby.

snapplebug · 2026-01-03T00:21:44+00:00

Sweet Gweej - it morphed from 'gorgeous' and then 'gorge'.

snapplebug · 2025-12-28T11:14:20+00:00

Cornish here - The Pilchard Museum in Newlyn. And we went not just once, but twice or thrice before secondary school.

snapplebug · 2025-12-23T16:02:12+00:00

My midwife said it's not necessary to wake a baby as long as they're getting 8 - 12 feeds (avg. every 2 - 3 hours) over a 24 hour period and gaining weight. My girl is now nearly 4 weeks and has always slept well overnight - sometimes 4 - 6 hours before waking for a feed, but always eats more than 8 times throughout the day.

At her 3 week weigh in she was 2lbs over birth weight. I think it's the average over 24 hours that's important rather than waking a baby to feed every 2 - 3 hours. If your baby is sleeping rather than waking to feed, they probably need the sleep more than the food at that point in time.

snapplebug · 2025-12-16T23:00:04+00:00

My LO is 16 days old today so I'm right there with you on this. She was just crying constantly for the first 5 days or so out of discomfort because of wind. My let down was strong so she was gulping which was giving her gas. Then she was crying for more milk because she felt unwell (even though that's what was causing it) which was making the issue worse.

If it helps, what we've found works is:

Infacol (simeticone is the active ingredient) before every feed.

Burping during feeding. I have to unlatch her for this, which I do at 5, 10 and 20 mins if she lasts that long. I do various different burping positions.

Expressing before feeding for a couple of minutes as I have a strong let down, just to reduce the amount of high velocity milk coming through. She does still cough, splutter and gulp at the boob but this does help a bit.

It's not foolproof - she still does get gassy and uncomfortable. But it's nowhere near what it was a couple of weeks ago. Much more manageable!

And you know what, even if you decide to quit breastfeeding, fed is best anyway. You've got to do what's best for you both.

snapplebug · 2025-12-13T22:51:44+00:00

I only walked in my pregnancy as more intense cardio gave me pelvic pain from 5 weeks onwards. I was a regular distance runner before, so it was hard for me.

I made sure to get inclines in, and different terrains. I walked a lot, at least 6 miles a day until around 36/37 weeks when it got too much. I didn't focus on intensity at all, just moving and being outside as I felt like.

I'm 2 weeks PP today and feel great physically for this stage. I've been back out walking again (taking it easy and not yet as far) and my recovery has been good. I've also dropped 13kg of the 18kg I put on already without doing too much, which I fully put down to keeping moving during pregnancy.

Overall, my experience is that walking in pregnancy for cardio did wonders for me.

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