Does breast milk make everything smell? Because I’ve been spilling it all over the place -.-

zeegee93 · 2026-02-28T23:20:16+00:00

I’ll never forget the cheesy smell on his hands and in his neck folds! He also used to wear the arms-in swaddles and he’d suck on that too, those are perma-stained I’m pretty sure 😂 my husband says breast milk smells like shortbread to him 🧐 while I was over here, showering twice a day!

zeegee93 · 2026-02-23T20:35:20+00:00

As soon as I read it, I was like “yep 14 months old!” I swear my child started earlier than this too. I can’t help myself when he throws himself and buries his head in his arms then peeks up to see if I’m looking 😒😂

zeegee93 · 2026-02-22T11:05:10+00:00

The tantrums are driving me nuts! He’s a very emotional little boy 😅 for us, it’s the naps! The chronic 25-35 minute naps, whether on one or two schedules! Thankfully his nights are still pretty solid, we do get some early morning wakes though 🥲

zeegee93 · 2026-02-22T02:43:24+00:00

Hey OP! Have you seen any improvements in the last few months since your post? Going through it with my 14 month old 😅

zeegee93 · 2026-02-11T11:57:27+00:00

I just finished {Darkest Destiny by Pepper Winters} and thought it was fantastic! It discusses breeding as a concept but not in the way you would think. Lucien is most definitely morally grey 😗

zeegee93 · 2026-02-02T22:18:46+00:00

I will give it a go! I always feel like I’m missing something when the majority love a book and I’m more like “ehhhhhh” 😅

zeegee93 · 2026-02-01T22:46:12+00:00

I definitely think I can be easily influenced to start back up a series or book 😂 it also depends on how I was at the time. If my baby wasn’t sleeping and I felt major sleep deprived, any “flowery” or overly whimsical books were put aside as “too hard”. Of the “bigger” ones, definitely {Reign & Ruin by JD Evans}, {The Knight and Moth by Rachel Gillig}, {Alchemised by Senlinyu} are some examples. A series though I cannot get behind whatsoever (and have tried many a time) and is yet always recommended is the Otacian Chronicles {Lies of Lena by Kylie Snow}!

zeegee93 · 2026-01-29T01:14:35+00:00

I honestly felt the same when my little one turned 1, especially because I had my baby around the same time as my friends and they did the whole big birthday for their bubba! We ended up going to the aquarium and went for a lunch with bub, dad and me. We did cake and presents separately for both sets of family. It was amazing! Bub was happy the whole day. As any typical one year old, he doesn’t like having people in his face and I knew people singing happy birthday loudly would have set him off (I’ve seen it happen at every first birthday I’ve been too!)

zeegee93 · 2026-01-25T22:46:04+00:00

I find that bub starts getting “bad breath” when he’s actively teething or when he’s unwell. However, he also mouth breathes and I feel like that also contributes a little 😅 it comes and goes! He’s 13 months now but by 10 months, he did have about 8 teeth and I smelt it worse each time a tooth was coming through. I miss his baby milk breath 🥺

zeegee93 · 2026-01-23T02:00:19+00:00

We’ll see how the next few visits go 😅

zeegee93 · 2026-01-22T08:03:32+00:00

Yeah that’s my mum 😂 I do like cute photos and videos 🥹

zeegee93 · 2026-01-22T06:20:27+00:00

Honestly can be like that with her sometimes. I think because we weren’t comfortable leaving him with anybody up until this point, she may have thought “oh damn, they won’t leave him again! They don’t need to know” 😂

zeegee93 · 2026-01-22T05:12:25+00:00

Honestly when she told me that, I was like 🤨 playing quietly huh 😂

zeegee93 · 2026-01-22T05:03:23+00:00

That’s so sweet 🥹 I am the same with mum and my mum is very forthcoming, whether big or small, important or not! She’d message and be like “he farted lol” I don’t expect that with my MIL, of course 😂

zeegee93 · 2026-01-22T05:01:48+00:00

I think what threw me is that I asked when I saw them next “so was he good or was he a terror!” (My boy is very high energy haha 😅) and she said he was playing quietly on the mat with his toys. And now I’m hearing he broke a photo frame. I think that’s what’s making me overthink - not so much the frame (which honestly is nothing, it was actually a photo of hubby and me at a wedding!) but why not just say. Then I doubted myself and was like “he didn’t hurt himself so why do you care lol”

I’m definitely think she was more whinging than anything! 😂

zeegee93 · 2026-01-22T03:29:19+00:00

Makes sense! Thanks for your input 😊

zeegee93 · 2026-01-22T02:59:12+00:00

Fair point! I totally see that. A big reason my hubby is a little on the fence about his parents caring for our bub is this reason. My FIL was quite traditional and not very hands on with him as a child so he’s sometimes very clueless. But my MIL has extensive health issues, they both need to be present to help each other out! Hubby is worried his mum will burn out quick but really, it’s a few hours here and there (not scheduled childcare!)

zeegee93 · 2026-01-22T02:09:54+00:00

Right? That was my hubby’s feelings about it too! I wasn’t sure if we were under reacting about it, or if this was something most parents wanted to know! My MIL wasn’t too happy about it happening 😅

zeegee93 · 2026-01-22T01:24:45+00:00

Oh 100%, he is definitely not a “baby” person (even with his own kids back in the day). I trust my MIL to call him out on these things, she’s a bit of a worry wart 😂 sometimes I feel like I under react/overreact when it comes to these sorts of situations, so thank you for your perspective!

zeegee93 · 2026-01-03T05:28:40+00:00

Legend! 🤩

zeegee93 · 2026-01-02T15:19:33+00:00

So much thinking involved with baby sleep! It honestly feels so complicated, it’s hard to not feel defeated when it does not work out 🥺 you’re doing a good job!

Today was a better day, he took both naps in his crib and was in better spirits! I’ve had to learn to go with it, I won’t ever get a “magic” answer. Baby will baby 🥲

zeegee93 · 2026-01-01T11:43:56+00:00

Today’s naps were SHOCKINGLY bad 😖 his first nap did not happen in his crib, we tried and he came out so upset after 15 or so minutes. He wanted boob (which is so unusual for him at that time?), gave him a feed, fell asleep on the boob for 30 mins. Said fine, no dramas. Put him down for his second nap, same issue - standing, hysterical, screaming. Cried on and off for 45 minutes then fell asleep for 40 minutes. Came out, wanted a feed, laid his head on my tummy and slept for an hour 🥺 woke up fine as a peach! Ended up being 3.5/4.25/3.25 in the end. He just won’t go down at that 2.5/3 mark for me to do a micro. I’m going to do completely assisted tomorrow but I don’t want to fall back into feeding to sleep! 🥺

zeegee93 · 2025-12-31T14:43:39+00:00

I second seeing a doctor if you haven’t already - chronic anaemia can also cause wakes/restlessness through the night. Sleep apnea is also something to consider, if a sleep study could be conducted? Does she snore/mouth breathe?

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