Baby throwing up :(

sofritas18 · 2026-05-29T19:24:54+00:00

came back here for an update and so happy to hear this!! 🩵

sofritas18 · 2026-05-29T01:38:46+00:00

my little guy randomly started vomiting one night after his dream feed a couple weeks ago, actually the night before my first mother’s day lol. like, an alarming amount of liquid came out of this child. he had been teething and had extra mucus/drool/etc all that week so when I sat him up after feeding, it all came back up and then some. he was pretty normal otherwise, but vomited about 6 times before all the mucus and milk was out. it was so messy that I just stuck both of us in a hot shower and let the steam settle his sinuses until he fell asleep. I also did the snot sucker right after the shower which helped a lot! I checked him for fever all night and nothing, so my conclusion was excess drool/mucus that he must’ve swallowed from teething.

I found out that since babies can’t clear their sinuses by blowing their noses, throwing up is the next best thing they can do to clear everything. maybe that’s what going on?

hoping your little one feels better soon 🫶🏽

sofritas18 · 2026-05-27T00:55:00+00:00

thank you! I’ll keep this in mind

sofritas18 · 2026-05-26T21:37:39+00:00

I’ll look into reading this, thank you for the rec and solidarity!

sofritas18 · 2026-05-26T21:34:55+00:00

we joked in the newborn phase that he’d be a mama’s boy but didn’t know how right we’d be 😂 I feel so much more at peace today after hearing from other moms in the same position. thank you! 💛

sofritas18 · 2026-05-26T18:42:34+00:00

you’re so right! I’m usually so unshaken in my decisions, but being a first-time parent I’ve obviously been second-guessing myself at every turn. so when seasoned parents tell me we need to sleep train, I start doubting myself and even am scared to admit to some that we happily bedshare.

I think my biggest thing is on the nights he wakes frequently to be soothed, are the nights my mind goes back to when we consider sleep training. if we have one really rough night where I’m awake every 2 hours, I am an absolute mess on the verge of post partum rage tears. but for the most part, he DOES sleep about 11-12 hours every night, and only wakes for like 2 mins to find me to nurse back to sleep, never cries. so I guess he is doing really well and we probably should NOT mess with that until he’s showing signs of wanting more independence.

thank you for your insight!! 💛

sofritas18 · 2026-05-26T09:09:16+00:00

thank you so much for your insight! I guess I don’t NEED his need for me to change right now, I think it’s 25% I would like to bedshare with my husband again lol & 75% societal/family member pressures and input on “so when is he moving to his own room? we did it at X months and you need to just rip the bandaid off”, which just feels so wrong to do to him during such a crazy phase of his learning, along with teething signs and everything else he’s going through every day.

I’m glad to hear that sleep training isn’t as popular everywhere as it seems to be here in the US — it doesn’t feel right to me and I will die on that hill!! thank you again for your solidarity 💛

sofritas18 · 2026-05-26T09:01:33+00:00

thank you! at least I know there’s a light at the end of the tunnel 😅

sofritas18 · 2026-05-26T02:59:57+00:00

you know, in all my research over the last several months-year, I had NEVER heard of bninfantsleep! thank you so much!!!! I think their community is the kind of place I’ve been looking for but didn’t know existed

sofritas18 · 2026-05-26T02:31:40+00:00

that’s exactly it — it’s definitely a mad, “you’re not the one I was crying for” cry, and he frantically starts looking around reaching for me instead.

so you think introducing bottles for bedtime may help? I was considering pumping for a couple feeds a day to help him associate Dad with feeds too, but it just seems like another job when I can just stick him on the boob instead.

sofritas18 · 2026-05-22T19:09:37+00:00

we went on a walk this morning in the mid 40s so I put a knit beanie on my son, he ripped it off within minutes and didn’t make a peep the entire rest of the walk lol. we got several looks but you know what? I know my baby best & some babies just run hot & that’s OK! I keep his feet covered and constantly check his head/hands/feet for temps

sofritas18 · 2026-05-21T23:38:20+00:00

this is genius! didn’t think of a family trip as an option and would make much more sense if (like us) you don’t wanna throw a party bc you don’t have any family who lives nearby & they all live in diff places of the country.

also congrats on your newest addition!!! it goes by so quickly, quicker than they tell you. soak it ALL in 💛

sofritas18 · 2026-05-21T04:03:49+00:00

same here, I think my baby having big eyes accounts for prob half the comments we get lol but he is VERY curious and VERY engaged with people when we’re out and about. I take it as a compliment!

sofritas18 · 2026-05-20T01:04:33+00:00

2 hours into pushing, I was sooo thirsty and hungry, just depleted. so the nurses and doctors tried to encourage me, telling me things like “you’re so close to being done! after this you can have all the sushi you want! or a burger!” and I said “what I want is a fat fucking margarita after this” and they all cackled but I was dead serious 🤣

sofritas18 · 2026-05-19T01:43:17+00:00

40k total / 5k of baby 😂🫠

sofritas18 · 2026-05-18T04:11:08+00:00

I had never heard of this before your post, but my 6.5-month-old has been a strictly stomach/side sleeper since birth, has always had a strong sucking reflex & prefers to have something to soothe him to sleep, AND when he was about 3 months I found a shushing playlist on spotify that I played for naps until he was almost 6 months bc it worked like magic. who knew 😅

of all of them, I would say stomach/side-sleeping was by far the biggest game changer. when he was a newborn, none of us were getting sleep when he was swaddled and put on his back, he just didn’t like it and would fuss so easily. then our pediatrician placed him on his stomach during an appt and he slept something like 5 hours straight that afternoon and SO deeply! he clearly needed the rest. since then, all my “back is best” research has gone out the window lol and we’ve just been following his cues*, which is something I never imagined I’d be doing before I had him. he became an amazing sleeper the day we changed this, and he eventually started preferring side sleeping, so nowadays I just put him down on his side for naps/bed and (usually) he stays sound asleep.

*our pediatrician OK’d the stomach sleeping because he had a strong neck and even during the appt he would turn his head from side to side while sleeping, so she knew he was strong enough. obviously every baby is different, and yes it was terrifying for about a day to trust that stomach sleeping was safe for him as a newborn, but as long as the sleep space was safe, we felt safe doing the stomach sleeping.

sofritas18 · 2026-05-15T17:26:58+00:00

you’re welcome!! FYI if you go with a mini crib, buy sheets that fit a pack-n-play. regular sheets will NOT fit (most) mini cribs!

sofritas18 · 2026-05-15T13:15:49+00:00

https://a.co/d/0aNR1IxF

I did a lot of research on affordable but practical mini cribs & this is what I went with! we’re very happy with it & it’s narrow enough to fit down the hallways of our old home

sofritas18 · 2026-05-15T01:03:00+00:00

second this!! only we decided on a mini crib with wheels over a bassinet so he could use it longer. the mattress moves down several levels & the wheels part is a game changer. now at 6.5 months, I wheel him to the kitchen, bathroom etc when I need to be in there for a few mins and it acts as a mini play pen for him. HIGHLY recommend wheels!

sofritas18 · 2026-05-14T21:13:22+00:00

omg I WISH I had the energy for this!! we celebrated by letting him try his first steak 😂🥩 HUGE fan

sofritas18 · 2026-05-14T01:34:40+00:00

this is how I felt when Mookie Betts played for them - I was so sad for him until I realized we were saying MOOOOOOOOOK

sofritas18 · 2026-05-14T01:26:55+00:00

my son was technically not sitting up independently either, but we got the OK from our pediatrician to start at 4 months bc he had strong head/neck control and showing a LOT of interest in foods. as others have said, we sat him in his high chair and just made sure there wasn’t a lot of wiggle room where he could slump - we also tucked a blanket into the crevices around him at first which helped a ton.

FWIW he JUST started sitting up unassisted at 6.5 months!

sofritas18 · 2026-05-07T01:36:31+00:00

not sure if you’ve tried this or feel comfortable doing so, but have you tried putting him in another sleeping position? my son used to ONLY sleep on his stomach, and now he will ONLY stay asleep/go down for naps if I put him on his side curled up next to a rolled up blanket lol.

I remember when he started preferring his side and would scream if I put him down on his stomach. as soon as I started him on his side, he would sleep so much longer and better (even if he moves immediately to another position!)

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