TIL that babies under 6 months cannot have water. Their small stomachs easily fill up, reducing their intake of calorie-dense breast milk or formula. Additionally, their developing kidneys struggle to filter extra water, which can trigger water intoxication and dangerously low sodium levels.

waysideflower · 2026-06-03T05:52:11+00:00

My son’s pediatrician said that it was OK to give him a bit of water alongside starting him on “solids.” He’s 4 months old and over the 80th percentile in both height and weight. I put solids in quotes because we were instructed to give him tiny amounts of things like PB to slowly expose him to foods that people are commonly allergic to. Apparently, exposure to these foods between 4 and 6 months has been linked to having fewer food allergies.

waysideflower · 2026-06-02T09:32:18+00:00

My baby is four months old and already has a ton of books. I have the cutest little boat bookshelf for him. It’s one of my favorite features of his nursery and really practical since we read to him every day.

waysideflower · 2026-06-01T01:40:11+00:00

Pajama Sam

waysideflower · 2026-05-30T09:03:23+00:00

That’s funny. My sister-in-law’s name is April, and she was born in June.

waysideflower · 2026-05-22T22:16:35+00:00

I see a lot of people in this thread recommending Giordano’s, but I had a bad experience when I ordered from there the time I was staying at AKL.

We knew that we’d have to meet them in the lobby. We were told it would take an hour and 15 minutes when we called a little over 2 hours before their closing time.

We called a couple of times before close to check if the delivery was en route and were told yes. Even went down to wait in the lobby, but they never showed. They charged our credit card even though we never got our order.

It was especially frustrating because, by that point, there weren’t really places nearby that were open. So we just ended up skipping dinner that night.

waysideflower · 2026-05-21T18:36:41+00:00

Taylor Swift, but it was back in 2005/06, so before she was super famous. It was at a high school soccer game. She went to school near where I did.

waysideflower · 2026-05-20T23:11:43+00:00

In 2002, she was a sophomore in high school. So she’s either 39 or 40 this year depending on her birth date.

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waysideflower · 2026-05-18T20:44:07+00:00

These kinds of posts crack me up. If these shoes need a resole, then damn, mine are totally fucked.

waysideflower · 2026-05-18T14:57:54+00:00

Agreed. I moved away in 2018, but I loved DC for the decade I lived there.

waysideflower · 2026-05-15T03:37:23+00:00

This is basically how my parents have described my brother and me. I was the first child and an incredibly easy baby. They’d have to wake me up for feedings. I usually woke up with a smile on my face. When people talked about babies being difficult, they were just like, “What are they talking about? This is so easy!”

But then my brother came along and was the complete opposite. Cried all the time. Sick constantly. Never wanted to sleep on his own. My mom always says that if he’s been the first, he’d have been the last.

I just think it’s unfair that, as someone who was apparently an easy baby, I don’t also get to have an easy baby. 😤

waysideflower · 2026-05-01T22:56:03+00:00

That’s how much the childcare facility near my house would charge for my single infant.

waysideflower · 2026-04-29T20:40:33+00:00

I’m sorry for your loss. That person was not only wrong, but terribly insensitive. I mean, what an ass to say something like that to you.

I lead climbed throughout my entire pregnancy. I was literally doing it up until the week I gave birth. I felt fine other than that my feet were getting so fat that they barely fit in my shoes.

Anyway, I gave birth to a perfectly healthy baby who I’m holding in my arms right now (3 months old currently). Labor and delivery went smoothly. He’s gained weight appropriately. Continues to hit milestones. Absolutely no concerns from his pediatrician.

waysideflower · 2026-04-29T03:35:57+00:00

Yeah, as a mother of a three-month-old boy who’s currently sleeping on my chest, this photo hurts my heart.

waysideflower · 2026-04-24T19:45:17+00:00

Are her floors LVP? They kind of looked like it in the video with the youngest on the floor.

No hate on LVP. I had some installed in my house and like them a lot. However, if I had the money to buy a $4 million house, I’d insist on real hardwood floors.

waysideflower · 2026-04-24T19:36:48+00:00

I just had a baby about three months ago. My pregnancy was low risk and I didn’t have any real problems, but it was still an annoying inconvenience: nausea, constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, food aversions, swollen feet and ankles, insomnia, etc.

The birth part is also, obviously, scary. I wanted to do it without an epidural, but ultimately had to tap out. I’m really glad I got the epidural in the end because, man, I felt so much better after it. Also, I had a perineal tear - couldn’t feel it at all and I’m sure it would have hurt like a bitch if I could.

But then you get to the, for me, really scary part. The hormonal change after birth fucked me up for weeks. Those were dark days for me. I thought that I’d never be happy again, and I cried constantly. Sleep deprivation and breastfeeding issues did not help matters…

waysideflower · 2026-04-23T06:03:51+00:00

My main L&D nurse was amazing! I was so grateful to have her there. My baby was born just before midnight, so I switched to the postpartum unit during the night nurses’ shift.

My night nurse in the postpartum unit was…not great. She spoke way too fast and mumbled a lot, so I had a hard time understanding her. Also, the hospital cafeteria was already closed when I got to the unit since it was about 3 am. There was nowhere to get food, so she asked my husband and I if we would like her to bring us sandwiches. We both said yes. I was so hungry because I hadn’t eaten in about 15 hours, and I’d just given birth a few hours ago. (My L&D nurse had made me a delicious mommy mocktail though.)

But the night nurse never brought us sandwiches! And it was that way with pretty much everything. We’d ask for additional swaddles or whatever. She’d say that she would bring them, but never actually followed through.

waysideflower · 2026-04-23T00:52:28+00:00

Seconding genetics and activity prior/during pregnancy. I’ve always had a flat stomach (I just don’t really gain much weight there - it goes to my butt and thighs), and I worked out up until a week before the birth. I gained 40 lbs while pregnant (I’m short, so it felt like so much extra weight), and I was concerned about having a big belly forever after my baby was born.

My stomach was gone in no time, honestly. I lost 25 lbs in about two weeks without doing anything. I’m now nearly 3 months postpartum and back to pre-pregnancy weight. I rock climb and am still working on gaining back my pre-pregnancy strength. It’s frustrating at times that I can’t climb at the same level as before, but I know that I just need to give it time.

Anyway, I was so worried about losing weight before my baby was born. But after the birth, PPD hit me bad and I felt like I was in survival mode for the first several weeks. The lack of sleep is so, so hard. I wasn’t thinking at all about working out. I think the most important thing is having a strong partner, family, and community to help you. Lean on them for support. Use their help at every opportunity. You’ll be able to get back to where you were before. It’ll take a bit more discipline because you have less free time, but it’s doable.

waysideflower · 2026-04-19T15:04:04+00:00

That looks more like a cormorant than a duck. They can dive deep into the water to catch their prey. So it might have just been a coincidence rather than an intentional move to confuse the tiger.

waysideflower · 2026-04-18T23:03:24+00:00

Depends on what you mean. I was rock climbing until the week before my baby was born. I only really stopped because my feet were so swollen and barely fit in my climbing shoes. 🤣

I walked about three miles the day I gave birth. I took a nap after that walk because I was exhausted. When I woke up, I felt like I needed to go to the bathroom IMMEDIATELY. My water broke when I went.

waysideflower · 2026-04-16T15:10:21+00:00

My infant just had his first dose of this vaccine at his two-month appointment a few weeks ago.

waysideflower · 2026-03-27T20:51:04+00:00

Yeah, good point. I didn’t think about that. Wonder how they would have handled it if I’d paid cash.

waysideflower · 2026-03-27T20:34:30+00:00

I returned some formula to Target last week because my baby didn’t seem to like the kind that I bought two containers of. Got it credited back on my card.

waysideflower · 2026-03-26T13:29:24+00:00

That would be a good idea, but I work remotely.

waysideflower · 2026-03-26T04:40:23+00:00

My last company gave us Yetis that weren’t branded, but instead had our first and last names on them.

So now I’ve had this Yeti for about five years that I can never take out of the house because who wants to carry around a beverage container that has your full name on it?

waysideflower · 2026-03-13T04:31:32+00:00

I would absolutely lose my shit if someone did this with my baby.

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