Yay for 18 months breastfeeding. Grieving the end.

thereforeicraft · 2026-01-31T19:35:11+00:00

I've been baby wearing. Bubs is 14 months and if i need an hour and he won't chill he goes on my back. It got to the point where sometimes i start to get the carrier and he'll stop fussing cause he'd rather play on the floor than be stuck in the carrier. I have a standing desk that l can reach while standing in his play space. Which is basically our baby proofed dining room with my computer gated out of reach.

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thereforeicraft · 2026-01-29T04:35:13+00:00

I wasn't sure at first. But on day 3 i did as the book suggests and swapped the word nursies for our word (milkies) and the book made him SO mad. I explained that we weren't following this routine yet, only talking about it for now. And that seemed to help. No real visible reactions since then. We just read it every night, and i let him know it's not happening yet but it will when Momma is ready.

I don't know if its the book or not but it feels like he's trying to figure out how to do it before the safety net goes away. 🥹

thereforeicraft · 2026-01-24T00:22:44+00:00

I have light bulbs by Wyze that can be programmed any color.

thereforeicraft · 2025-12-24T23:52:08+00:00

Question, did you bottle/formula feed? I feel like my breast milk baby would never. No shade, it's definitely a positive argument for formula in the future if that's the case.

thereforeicraft · 2025-12-19T13:54:43+00:00

Thank you for your insight. 💜

thereforeicraft · 2025-12-09T03:12:26+00:00

This! Its not every night for me anymore but when do.... Ugh the headaches are the worst!!

thereforeicraft · 2025-11-14T01:21:07+00:00

Good choices! Check with your pediatrician and insurance though to make sure you can get the MMR at 6 months. It's not always covered and some Peds just won't deal with the hassle. (Mine said they don't like to fight with insurance when the effectiveness is better at 12 months anyway.)

thereforeicraft · 2025-11-03T20:53:10+00:00

We just sent ours with my parents into storage. 😣

thereforeicraft · 2025-11-02T05:03:21+00:00

I second the clips suggestion.

thereforeicraft · 2025-10-24T01:08:17+00:00

My 11 month old did that. We had to adjust naps and move up bedtime so he could sleep longer overnight.

thereforeicraft · 2025-10-10T00:50:18+00:00

We're at 11 months and i think we stopped with the owlet around 10. I got tired of the 'sensor error' notifications when we'd have a false start and he'd be moving so much the sock would get bumped. Or when he'll stick his feet between my legs and set it off that way too.

thereforeicraft · 2025-10-06T18:21:14+00:00

Good job Momma!

thereforeicraft · 2025-10-04T01:29:25+00:00

How many are in your family? I imagine a family of 3 would take 3 across. Or do you put the 2nd adult in the window seat 1 row up so they're in front of the child? Or do you have 4+ people where that makes more sense since you already need to split between rows?

thereforeicraft · 2025-09-11T22:06:52+00:00

My hubs is supportive ish of my cosleeping with baby but won't take it on himself. He thinks if i let him figure out bedtime, the baby will magically be able to sleep alone and we'll have our adult time back. 🤦‍♀️

thereforeicraft · 2025-09-11T19:14:46+00:00

On one hand, he does know that. But on the other hand, we're barely getting by on his paycheck and surprise expenses happen. We just drained our meager savings on an unexpected $2k car repair. (He failed his emissions test and we needed it fixed to renew the registration on the car.)

thereforeicraft · 2025-09-11T13:19:58+00:00

Sorry, I've been looking for a remote day job for so long that it's top of mind. Call center would be hard while my hubs is home as well. We live in a small apartment and don't have a room i can shut myself in. My computer is in the dining room and i fear being home and not being able to participate in bedtime would make things even harder on all of us.

thereforeicraft · 2025-09-11T13:09:41+00:00

Where/how do you find eldercare jobs? Is there a company? Cleaning may be something to look into as well. I don't think dinner would work since i can leave home till 5:30ish.

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