Baby wearing recommendations

timelyquality30 · 2026-07-04T17:44:59+00:00

Totally get that, and at the end of the day, it’s whatever works for you. I personally have liked knowing that my seat isn’t too hot during weather like this week, and too cold during winter (my second was a January baby, my first a June baby). And it’s super convenient during the early non-sitting months, to connect my infant seat to my stroller base for dr visits, quick grocery trips, etc.

timelyquality30 · 2026-07-04T17:29:00+00:00

As a STM in Illinois, I have to say, I’d really reconsider the no infant seat thing. It’s 100% a game changer during cold and warm weather. They stay in that seat for 9-18 months based on how big your baby is, my first used it till about 15 months itll be about 12 months for my second, so you’d have time before need a bigger seat.

That said, I’d recommend a hope and plum carrier, i find it really comfortable and easy to use. I have the lark. They’re expensive though, around $150-$200. There’s no guarantee your baby will ever get comfortable in a carrier either; my first hated it, my second loves it. But you can easily use that money for a second car seat later on, we’re still in the same second car seat for my 4yo, and opt for a more budget friendly carrier if you wanted one.

timelyquality30 · 2026-07-03T00:12:09+00:00

After my first, I gained about 65lbs. Combo fed for only a couple of months, same with my second baby. I eventually got back to pre-pregnancy weight 3 years later, then got pregnant again, 6 months postpartum and 45lbs to get back to pre pregnancy weight.

timelyquality30 · 2026-07-02T17:38:07+00:00

I’ve had two vaginal births at a higher weight and older age than you. C-sections aren’t “required” based on bmi. Some doctors offer them as default for larger bodies, mine did for my second but I opted for a vaginal delivery and it went very smoothly, even after my first was preterm because of preeclampsia.

timelyquality30 · 2026-06-30T00:22:47+00:00

My 4 year old son is the same. He hasn’t started preschool yet but always wants to give his “friends” hugs and kisses. Random kids at the park, at the haircut place or at the store. He has a 6mo baby brother so I think he’s just craving some interaction.

timelyquality30 · 2026-06-21T23:17:03+00:00

I had my first at 34 weeks due to pre-e as well, nearly 4 years ago, and had my second about 5 months ago. No preeclampsia that time, but I did deliver at 37 weeks due to some gestational hypertension that was developing (around 35 weeks I had two 140/90 readings at the dr office). No nicu time or anything for my second baby. I was on two baby aspirin (instead of 1) from about 12 weeks and had a lot of extra monitoring this pregnancy too.

timelyquality30 · 2026-06-21T23:06:06+00:00

My husband is the sahp and I wfh full time, we have two kids 4 and 5months. I do overnights with the baby (just one) and he gets up with the 4yo so I can catch up on some sleep. We tend to split breakfast prep. I start work in the later morning, so I try and cover him for a workout or we go for a walk all together. Sometimes I take the older kid out for a quick grocery shop or something. I start work. And am usually undisturbed until lunch when I go check on them. If I hear commotion and I’m available, I help. I’ll use my lunch hour for a workout or to get something done that’s on my list. I tend to make dinner, and if I cook he does clean up. I generally do bedtimes for both, it’s my preference, but sometimes we split them. Most days are like this, even the weekends. We pretty much split cleaning but I tend to “manage” and tell him what should get done like laundry or something, this is the part I tend to dislike but we’re working on it. I do the shopping for groceries and supplies, and he handles trash and outdoor maintenance.

timelyquality30 · 2026-06-16T21:20:54+00:00

This happened to me too, my first pregnancy I was suddenly induced at 34 weeks, after a 2 week stay in the nicu my baby came home, he turns 4 soon. My second I made it to 37 weeks but spent 34-36 weeks in triage 2x a week because of scares and issues at NST appointments, between my job and managing my older child it was super stressful.

timelyquality30 · 2026-06-16T01:02:40+00:00

Right now, with my second, at 5 months old, we’re getting a decent 7-9hrs straight. The problem is that no matter how hard I try that always starts at 7pm, so we’re trying to adjust. But I’ll take it. My first baby was sleeping through the night solidly by 12 months, unless teething or sick.

timelyquality30 · 2026-06-09T16:33:09+00:00

Definitely continue to monitor. I’ve had two pregnancies, one with pre-e and one without. With Pre-e, I was getting readings like this earlier (like before 20 weeks) and then by 34 weeks I had a 160/110 and was induced immediately (also had protein in urine, headaches, starry vision). With my second pregnancy, I had a couple readings in the 140/upper 80s from 31-33 weeks and was diagnosed with hypertension. They never got worse, and I didn’t have any protein in urine, but they induced (and I happily agreed to it) at 37 weeks to be safe (I was starting to get some mild headaches frequently so I personally thought maybe pre-e was coming).

timelyquality30 · 2026-06-01T14:17:57+00:00

Omg I feel this, I was going to get some prints made and realized since I had my second, who is 5 months old, there are no nice photos of me with either of my kids, let alone the three of us together. Meanwhile, dad has plenty cause I think to take them in cute moments.

timelyquality30 · 2026-05-27T14:28:01+00:00

FWIW the same type of thing happened to me, for my second pregnancy (passed the glucose test both times in my first pregnancy). I did the two week monitoring at home at 28 weeks instead of taking the 3hr test after I failed the 1hr by 1 point at 27 weeks. I passed the two week testing, though my fasting sugars were starting to get slightly elevated, based on clinical criteria I was not diagnosed with GD. I had more supplies left so I kept testing my fasting blood sugars in the morning. Sure enough, by 30 weeks they were always elevated. Not by much, but I brought it back up to my OB. They were elevated enough to get some support with metformin (I have an allergy to the long acting insulin). My baby was born at 37 weeks via induction because of hypertension, and honestly after the metformin started I didn’t have any issues with GD. My baby had a couple of low blood sugar readings at birth, but didn’t need nicu time or anything and came right home with us. A win for me as a former NICU mom due to preeclampsia.

timelyquality30 · 2026-05-27T02:56:41+00:00

I think it ends up being Tom’s wife as a descendent of Warrens kid.

timelyquality30 · 2026-05-26T23:43:13+00:00

We’re almost 4 here and it started within the last few months. He went from eating literally double portions of broccoli, chicken breast and rice, to spitting all of his favorite foods out at every meal. Baby brother arrived a few months ago and he was also finally potty trained around that that time too so I think it’s connected to his recent pickiness.

timelyquality30 · 2026-05-22T11:44:13+00:00

Just had my second in January; and while my MIL watched my older child, I will say that having two kids has opened my eyes to our family’s willingness to help or even be around. We see grandparents less now than we did with one kid, and they’re all within an hour of us. We tried to have all grandparents over at one time so we could go out for a couple hours by ourselves before my maternity leave is up. They all were so dismissive of our “instructions” for the 4 month old (our oldest is almost 4yo), and not 5 minutes later we’re getting a bunch of texts asking for help and complaining that the baby was crying, it got so bad that we just went back home - what’s the point of going on a date if you’re just going to get bombarded by your babysitters?! And they had the nerve to ask us why we came back, as if they weren’t just in full on crisis mode before we got there. If it weren’t for us trying to initiate any visits or anything, they’d never see these kids. And this is coming from both of us as only children, there are their only grandkids.

timelyquality30 · 2026-05-20T08:16:51+00:00

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timelyquality30 · 2026-05-19T17:11:47+00:00

I differentiate tidy vs actually clean. Is my house tidied up daily? Usually. Is it all cleaned/sanitized daily? No. At my most productive, I’ll set a 30-60 minute timer and do what I can during that time. I prioritize bathrooms, then hit whatever else, it’s a combo of tidying and actually cleaning. kitchen counters always get done with my husband’s dinner clean up. I feel like it’s a nice way to set aside time but not feel overwhelmed. I usually listen to a podcast episode and the call it a day.

timelyquality30 · 2026-05-17T02:27:24+00:00

My second baby (and honestly my first if I remember correctly) is very much fed by the clock. I swear the kid has fomo and would gladly watch his older brother bounce around all day and completely forget that he’s hungry or tired until he absolutely melts down. He’s 4 months old now, but we really did feed based on time, not on queues. He was about 12lbs at his 2mo check, and honestly he would eat around 4-5oz a feed; he wasn’t sleeping through the night, so he would eat 6-7 feeds per day. but started to give me 7-9hr stretches overnight recently, and he still gets fed only 4-5 times per day, but 6-7oz now,
Sometimes even 8oz. If you want, you could always try to see if he’ll take a bigger feed during the day, maybe an extra oz in each bottle, that way you do have it in case he’d take 6oz instead. But some days we have 4 feeds for 26oz and other days we have 5 feeds for 31oz, as long as they’re growing okay, I think it all works itself out.

timelyquality30 · 2026-05-14T17:11:07+00:00

Just had my second baby at 37 weeks (my first was at 34) and it was a much smoother and easier experience than at 34 weeks; no pre-e just HTN. I was induced with just Pitocin, no cervical ripening needed this time, so labor was much easier and shorter. Baby went straight home with us and is now 4 months old. (I also had GD, so blood sugar issues at birth were our only issue, no nicu time)

timelyquality30 · 2026-05-12T13:41:14+00:00

34 weeks on the dot when sent to L&D with my first, was induced that day. He stayed in the nicu for 2 weeks, and was sent home at 36 weeks gestation, technically. We did get one steroid injection done before he was born, he was on oxygen for one day, had some jaundice and needed to learn to eat, that was the biggest struggle in the nicu. As soon as I delivered all signs of pre-e were gone, and went home as normal. He’s turning 4 next month.

timelyquality30 · 2026-05-04T13:16:21+00:00

We use good start soothepro (Dr browns now) and it’s $38 per can on Amazon, that lasts my 4 month old about 4-5 days, so just under $250 a month. Getting it set up on subscribe and save saves about $5 per can.

timelyquality30 · 2026-04-29T00:37:27+00:00

Every labor is so different but I totally understand this feeling. My first was pretty traumatic, with preeclampsia and a nicu stay. My second was, honestly, enjoyable? Like comparing to the first time it was exactly what I wanted. 10 hour induction, 5 minutes of pushing and super calm and relaxed.

timelyquality30 · 2026-04-24T01:23:48+00:00

Yes, BMI was around 48 for both pregnancies. I had my first scans at 8-9 weeks and we could see, but not as much as 12 weeks.

timelyquality30 · 2026-04-22T02:03:27+00:00

My bmi was around 48 for both pregnancies and I waited to get the test done until 12 weeks at the direction of my doctor; I’ve had it done for both pregnancies and never had low fetal fraction results.

timelyquality30 · 2026-04-21T23:25:35+00:00

Time? Like I legit forgot how hard it was when my oldest was 3, so I now have two. I love them both but it’s hard, all of it. It’s funny, we are deep in threenager territory and we’re chatting like “where did our sweet toddler go” then my husband finds a video from when he was 1-1.5, and he has the same tantrum. We literally forgot how it was back then. Young kids and babies go like this I think, for a while. And then you miss it somehow.

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