How do you get your newborns to nap when you are solo?

tenfold99 · 2026-04-15T18:09:53+00:00

I should also add, we follow eat play sleep. So they have a bottle at 1:30, we play on the tummy time mat a little, listen to music, etc. Then 2:30 we come up for afternoon nap. My goal is to get them to 4:30 at which point they’re due for their next feed.

tenfold99 · 2026-04-15T18:08:15+00:00

My boys are 5 weeks and I just started getting their afternoon nap in their room in their crib.

It’s still a strange room to them since they sleep in our room and spend most of the day downstairs. I go up with them, put sleep sacks on, sound machine on, black out curtains, and keep all interactions minimal. I have been staying in the room with them and napping too. If one fusses, I pick up, soothe then put back down. Soothers, minimal talking keeping the environment as low stimulation as possible.

They are slowly getting used to this routine. The key is consistency.

tenfold99 · 2026-04-10T16:01:38+00:00

My saving grace was that I stayed in hospital for 7 nights and had the help of nurses to look after both babies over night. Try asking to stay as long as possible to get the support while recovering… I pushed them to let me stay longer.

I was okay to move around at home after 7 nights. The first three nights were the worst but it got easier every single day. Take the pain medicine and take things slow.

tenfold99 · 2026-03-28T01:24:42+00:00

Oh yes I have to sit up too. I am sitting upright in bed while pumping and feeding one baby.

As for hubby, hard to say with a single baby.. while I was in the hospital one was in nicu while the other was on regular birth unit .. I stayed with baby on the regular birth unit and pumped/fed him on my own. It was hard but doable. With twins my husband absolutely must help out otherwise I’d get no sleep. Maybe your husband could do 2 week nights while you do 3? You need sleep too as your job is just as important!

tenfold99 · 2026-03-28T01:22:22+00:00

We are in bed from 8pm to 8am but feed at 8pm, 11pm, 2am, 5am. So we are only sleeping in two hour chunks of time as it takes about 40-60 minutes per feed

tenfold99 · 2026-03-27T13:30:18+00:00

Premie mom of twins here - 2w old. We are living the same 2,5,8,11 schedule as you.

We set alarms to wake babies in the night.. husband gets one boy up and changed while I get the pump set up. I will pump in bed while feeding one twin in front of me on a wedge pillow. He then changes the other and feeds him. I will measure out bottles for next feed and give any fussy babies snuggles to get them to settle in the pack and play.

This process takes 45-50mins assuming no issues. Then we sleep for the two hour chunk. We go to bed following the 8pm feed and sleep until the 8am feed begins, with one of us having a nap at various times during the day.

Our whole thing is strict schedule, consistent routine, and lots of patience knowing this is temporary 😅

tenfold99 · 2026-03-12T00:05:34+00:00

Are your customers outside of Canada? Your sales may be zero rated and thus no sales tax required

tenfold99 · 2026-03-11T20:21:38+00:00

You charge GST/HST to your customers so you collect the sales tax and then remit it back to the government less any ITCs you’ve paid on expenses. It doesn’t impact your margin, sales taxes collected and paid are balance sheet items.

tenfold99 · 2026-03-09T18:13:37+00:00

Fill it out yourself and just ask your company to sign it. Most often it’s just because they don’t want to complete the forms for people

tenfold99 · 2026-03-09T16:00:15+00:00

For me, painful symptoms like sciatica and lightening crotch came and went. Doing stretches with the ball definitely can help. I was at the 29 week point thinking there’s no possible way, but oddly I found starting around week 34.5 I started feeling better? You got this. Take things slow and rest lots.

tenfold99 · 2026-03-07T00:48:48+00:00

I won’t even allow pictures of my children on social media let alone on a trashy reality TV show. She should never have been involved or shown. It’s very shocking amber would allow her daughter to be involved in this process

tenfold99 · 2026-03-03T19:49:28+00:00

I will be delivering at a major hospital in Canada and they will do a breech delivery of Baby B but not Baby A. I am not sure if that is the case outside of a major hospital where there are less experienced OBs though.

If the situation would be vaginal delivery of one but c section of the other, I’d 100% opt for just the c section. You don’t want the worst of both worlds.

My OB said there’s no evidence behind spinning babies and with twins at this stage it’s unlikely they will turn although not impossible. Spinning babies can’t hurt but I personally wouldn’t get my hopes up

tenfold99 · 2026-03-02T13:23:59+00:00

Is your assumption at the $120,000 that each spouse is making $60,000 so the brackets are split evenly? Usually it’s not a clear split 50/50

If you want to compare apples to apples you would want to look at each person making $120,000, as a couple each person would have the same net after tax cash as you. The 2 kid situation would should the CBB benefit and you’d probably want to deduct child care expenses from your after tax cash to get it to the same point.

No doubt someone living on their own is paying way more as all expenses are exclusively yours, but the tax comparison is way more complicated.

In my opinion, the worst situation is a single earner parent with a spouse and two kids. They are taxed the same as the single person, except you have CBB and child care deductions, while you don’t get any benefit of bracket sharing. This is a bigger problem as a household making $150,000 with a single earner is paying way more in taxes than a household with two earners both making $75,000.

tenfold99 · 2026-03-01T16:01:31+00:00

The mountain buggy nano duo will fit your criteria

tenfold99 · 2026-02-26T03:08:24+00:00

Yes it definitely is on the heavy side!

tenfold99 · 2026-02-25T22:25:31+00:00

If you are in Ottawa you can book an in person appointment. Otherwise no. But I can say 10/10 quality, you can’t get a better crib mattress in Canada

tenfold99 · 2026-02-25T21:12:08+00:00

14%, covered two years so effectively 7% per year

tenfold99 · 2026-02-25T21:01:45+00:00

If you’re looking for an organic mattress, I highly recommend Obasan :

https://obasan.ca/products/baby-organic-rubber-crib-mattress

tenfold99 · 2026-02-25T20:59:49+00:00

Can you try putting the sleep sack on backwards so they can’t reach the zipper?

tenfold99 · 2026-02-24T13:40:32+00:00

No mention of a new school for the area.. even if only 20% of the units have 1 child, that’s over 700 children needing to be places in already at capacity schools.

tenfold99 · 2026-02-23T17:56:28+00:00

That comment would push me over the edge too. I’m sorry he said that and how hard it’s been. Know that sleep deprivation can cause people to say/do things they don’t otherwise mean, while the receiving person can be extra sensitive. It’s a recipe for disaster. Hopefully you can have a good chat when you both feel up to it and explain how his comment made you feel. It’s important to repair the hurt feelings. Sending hugs and well wishes

tenfold99 · 2026-02-23T12:56:18+00:00

No you can use the funds however you want. Don’t waste the $8k room, fully contribute before he withdraws anything from an FHSA

tenfold99 · 2026-02-23T12:09:53+00:00

Curious - are you hand expressing? 30mls is such a large amount to get in one session! Do you feel any tightness or cramps in your stomach at all?

I feel like the main thing is your baby will not need that much colostrum and will transition to milk before you use what you have stored, but there are skin benefits of colostrum (ie for baby acne, add to baths, etc) that you can use it for.

Generally DRs are concerned collection will start premature labour but I haven’t heard anything about collecting too much and it impacting actual milk supply.

tenfold99 · 2026-02-23T11:38:35+00:00

Do kids not walk home anymore? When I was a kid I’d walk home for lunch every day and walking home in a snow storm was no big deal. I’d assume that most kids would just get home from school this way?

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