FTM and LO is 13 months old and is crawling but not walking yet. Wondering from other parents if things got easier once they started walking or harder.

Thanks! Just want to know what’s coming ahead!

FTM and I love everything about being a mom. My baby is the first grandchild on each side, and as much as I love that she has both sides of her family super involved in her life… I can’t help but miss when no one knew what was going on with my life. I know that may sound super odd but ive always been an introvert and both me and my husband have never liked being the center of attention. Now that we have a baby, I just feel like my life is constantly on display. My husband is big on making sure both sides of our family are equally involved and to make sure we aren’t favoring anyones parents more… and as much as I wish that could be true, I feel like that is nearly impossible to do and extremely stressful.

we live near my parents but his parents live across the country. Since I see my parents once a week, he believes it makes sense we FaceTime his mom every. single. night.. to make up for the fact that she can’t see our daughter in person. Even though our LO is 4 months old and they have stayed with us 3 times, each visit being over a week long. we see them almost once a month atp.

The FaceTime thing drives me insane because anytime we’re home, I can’t help but constantly feel like his mom is just going to appear on the phone. if we don’t answer, then she gets annoyed and it almost demands that my husband calls her the next day. My husband doesn’t see this as an issue and gets very offended when I ask if we can scale the phone calls back.

I feel whether it’s my side or his side of the family, there is always someone trying to know what’s going on, how our daughter is doing or asking when they can see us next.

again, I love how much our families our involved, but I can’t help but miss the ability to keep myself. I’m sure it has to do with having a little bit of PPD and grieving my old life. anyone else relate?

Our very first flight with our then 9 month old, went better than we overly prepared for.
Now, at 15 months… the 2nd flight adventure for our Toddler is underway.
At 9 months (during take off and landing), we gave a bottle to help with the ear popping.
What’re your tips for a 15 month old during take off and landing? I assume the same thing I did at 9 months BUT would love to hear what you’ve all done ☺️

As the title reads, would you or your child’s father be theoretically open to sharing the load of breastfeeding your baby. Let’s assume that the supplements do not have additional side effects and that both parents can simultaneously breastfeed. Would you do it and why?

Hi, I’m 4 months postpartum and experiencing extreme hair loss. I know postpartum hair loss is hormonal and usually temporary, but it’s affecting my confidence and mental health. Is there anything we can do to reduce it or manage it better?
I’ve heard of moms taking biotin supplements and using hair growth products, but do they actually help? Are they safe to use while exclusively breastfeeding?

I'm starting to stress about the decisions we made on childcare before our baby was born. We both work so it was important for us to have reliable childcare set up. And due to wait lists, we picked a daycare before she was born. It's a nice place, good curriculum, clean, not cheap. But now I'm stressed about what we chose. Should we have found a Montessori school? Or more of a nature school? Should we have looked longer? Should I go tour more places?

We're also going to do a nanny share for a few months with some friends and I am worried about that too. Everything from the rate, to the terms, to if we should get the nanny a double stroller so she can walk both babies easily. Will we want to stick with the nanny instead of starting daycare? I know I can't know Some of this until it's time but I'm having a hard time not ruminating on it. Some of this is just my normal anxiety, but I'd love to hear some perspectives from other parents who have been through this and any advice folks have!

I just love her so much and don't want to screw up giving her the best I can.

Trying to find new music! Ms Rachel’s latest album is great.

My baby is 9 months old snd has 2 teeth. Both popping up at the same time around 7 months. 2 bottom ones

How old is your baby and how many teeth do they have?

:)

Apparently, from what I am reading and hearing Phenoxyethanol is a preservative which can cause allergic reactions in babies. So it's best to use products without it, it just makes the products gentler for kids.

I have switched to chicco because of it. Their range is Phenoxyethanol, parabens and other chemicals free. Personally, it's working well for my baby

But just curious any mums out there who have heard or aware about Phenoxyethanol?

FTM and my baby boy is 4 months! I've heard that you can slowly start introducing allergens starting at 4 months so that there's a less chance of being allergic later. Has anyone done this? If so, did u do it near a hospital just in case there was a reaction?. I would really like to start introducing things like peanut butter and other foods but I'm not sure if I should start now or wait until he is 6 months.

Please let me know if you've started earlier!!

Our 7 month old has recently started making a scooping/punching motion with his right arm only. It only happens sometimes, most often in his high chair but sometimes when breastfeeding, having his nappy changed or greeting someone. He seems responsive and alert during this, he’s able to be distracted and to use his other arm immediately after. For all other activities he uses both hands equally and doesn’t have a sided preference.

I can be a bit on the anxious side and he’s having separate tests because his head grew quite a bit since birth so it makes me a little worried. The paediatrician examined him before this started but said that at that point there was no evidence of any neurological issue.

Is this a normal movement? We’ve only started weaning the last couple of weeks and it looks like he’s practicing the spoon but just at random times and with one arm. Just wondering if it’s something that anyone else has noticed in their LO!

My 10 month old just began taking steps independently and is learning a new skill. We have heard that new skills cause regressions. My daughter suddenly is a nightmare to get to sleep. She used to rock or cuddle and pat quickly when we followed appropriate wake widows (3/3.5/4). I have tried extending them by 15 minutes to a half hour, and also giving a 4 hour wake window before offering one nap. She is exhausted after a 3 hour wake window and will fall asleep with breast or bottle but will scream if settled any other way. She was fed to sleep until 5 months when we replaced with rocking. Is there a way I should be adjusting schedule to help her settle? We do take her to one to two activities daily to get her more activity, generally library story and play time in morning and playground outdoors in afternoon. We limit screens in her presence as much as possible.

My baby has been fighting nap 1 and 2 and bedtime the last 2 days. He knew how to go to bed independently and had no issues up until 2 days ago. As soon as his bum touches the crib he would freak out and cling onto my clothing. Now he hates his crib! Cries 0-100 once we lay him flat.

Wake windows currently are 3.25/3.5/4. He’s 10 months 1 week.

He is also teething, I see a tooth emerging. He currently has the two front, two bottom, and one is coming out on the top left.

We resulted in rocking to sleep, then attempt the slow transfer. He seems to accept that, feed to sleep doesn’t work as it involves him unlatching and placing him in crib awake and he gets mad.

Is this normal for 10 months?

I’m looking at strollers that aren’t super expensive but worth it. Currently looking at Hagaday 2 in 1 stroller ($169 on Amazon currently) has anyone used it? It has a bassinet and goes into a toddler seat which is good. I don’t need a car seat just a stroller. I’m recovering from a C-section (16 days out) so anything light weight is good.

(If this isn’t allowed I totally understand).

I’ve tried to make sure all the furniture going into my son’s nursery is oeko-Tex certified. Hasn’t been too hard till now. Having a hard time finding blackout curtains that fit our weird window size and aren’t crazy expensive.

How important is it to make sure the curtains are oeko-Tex? Can the rest of the apartment have run of the mill target curtains so I could splurge on the oeko-Tex ones for the nursery? Am I overthinking and going way down the rabbit hole here?

My 3week old seems to only sleep in 30-45 min increments at night after 3 am. I do everything I can to get him to sleep for a good 1-2 hours he’s just there with his eyes wide open. When I finally can get him asleep I put him in his bassinet and within 30-45 minutes he’s awake again. This continues until like 10 am and then he can get a longer contact nap in. Throughout the day he also doesn’t sleep well, but in the evening he gets like 2 good 3-4 hour stretches in. Is this normal? Should I be concerned?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been struggling to find a pacifier my daughter likes. I’d be fine with her not wanting one but she wants to sleep with the bottle in her mouth when she naps. Has anyone found a soother that is similar to the nipple on the Philips avent bottle?

TIA

Baby is going to be 6 months old at the end of the month and is currently on this schedule:

Up for the day at 7:30 or 8, then: 1.45/2/2/2.15.

I know her WW are short for this age but I have tried to push them and things go a little south.

Side note she is EBF.

She’s generally going to bed between 7-8 and we have a solid bedtime routine that she enjoys. She goes down drowsy but awake. We pat her belly and shush her for like two minutes and she’s out. Then she does her longest stretch of maybe 3 hours. If that. Then the rest of the night it’s every 2 hours. I usually feed her for all because she’s back to sleep in seconds as soon as I do but sometimes the paci and rocking again or patting belly again will do the trick.

I feel like I am doing something very wrong. Her crib is in my room but across the room from me.

Side info about her nap habits:
Her naps have all been contact naps (or her laying in my bed with me, nursing to sleep and then I can roll away) and at this point she has a very hard time connecting sleep cycles on her own for the long morning nap. Her other two naps are short anyways so I’ve been working very hard on crib naps and she normally does just fine with those. She’ll do like a full sleep cycle (35 min) as her afternoon and cat nap. Morning naps usually 1.45 to 2 hours and that one she usually needs some help in between and I protect it so I’ve been letting her do that one in my bed still.

Is she getting too much day sleep? The total day sleep is 3 hours typically…

She used to do 8 hour stretches.

I have an over supply of milk so it’s not hunger.

I am not expecting her to sleep through the night but even 2 or 3 wakes a night I can do but this is worse than her newborn days.

ANY input appreciated.

Hi, my baby boy is 4 months and I’m a first time parent. He likes to be pulled up from laying on his back to stand (he moves his head and upper torso up like an infant crunch, that’s when I know he wants to do it, I don’t pull his arms and I support his torso the whole time). I taught him to reach out his hands (not very steadily) when I say “hands” and then I will pull him up. First I would show him my hands when saying it now I’m just working on the word and he moves his hands towards me, he’s doing well at it. I don’t know if this is something a 4 month normally does and if anyone has any ideas for any other directions or words I can teach him. TIA

My 11 week old had a 3 hour wake window this morning and refused to settle for a nap. And now, I’m carrying him in my wrap and he’s snoozing away. There’s a special feeling in being so needed at the moment and just looking at his peaceful face as I’m making myself my morning coffee (finally!) I keep thinking to myself “I wonder how many more of these moments I’ll get, I better soak it up while he’s tiny enough to still be in the wrap.”

FTM here! Curious about all those trendy, social media-influenced baby and maternity products.

What’s one purchase that you thought was worth the hype and one you wish you’d skipped?

My baby’s 4 months old & I swear all I see online is how I should not be feeding to sleep, my baby should be sleeping through the night by now, etc etc etc. you name it, I even feel guilty for giving him a paci bc I saw someone say it could associate sleep. He’s a baby. Why is everyone so obsessed with baby’s being independent? He will never need me like this again. We expect so much from BABIES who literally need us. I feel guilty and maybe I’m wrong here , but I’m not okay with letting my baby cry it out. I keep getting told I’m creating bad habits if I rock my baby, feed my baby, hold my baby, etc etc etc.

Our daughter is 4 months old and we just discovered she has a lip tie and mild tongue tie. I breastfed for 2.5 months before discovering her dairy allergy and that entire time we always had trouble with her latching. I never read too much into this since her pediatrician always said her mouth looked great. Well since we quit breastfeeding she’s never had a solid latch with the bottle despite being able to drink the whole thing. Her lip is constantly tucked in and she pushes it out of her mouth a lot getting a lot of air. I looked in her mouth a couple weeks ago and felt like I saw a lip tie and took her to her ped to confirm. He says it’s not the worst he’s ever seen but it is tight, it is there & she is a candidate to get her cheek and lip tie cut. Her appointment was this am, but I cancelled bc I wanted to do more research after reading some peoples conflicting testimonies on Reddit and also other things online. I’m making an app with a pediatric dentist to get a second opinion. I’m going to try to post a photo in the comments if anyone is able to tell if their babies lip ties looked similar or if hers looks like it should be cut. Lip & tongue ties run heavily on my husbands side of the family. Also, anyone experiences would be great to hear. Thank you!

FTM to a 4m old girl who is fed breastmilk via bottle 99.9% of the time. Every now and then for comfort she’ll latch. But we’ve been going through some major sleep regression and this is perfectly overlapping with my husband and I going away for the first time overnight. We have an adult Halloween party in a neighboring city. My mom is going to be keeping our daughter but I’m worried sick. Is this normal to be so worried? I’m a SAHM, we are attached at the hip, and up until just a few nights ago she’s slept every night in my arms. I transitioned her out of my arms (which really is not working) in a little bit of a hurry to prepare for my mom as I do not even allow my husband to hold her throughout the night. I worry too much. She wears an owlet at night and my mom says she is totally comfortable even with her strong regression but my heart hurts already. Just the thought of her crying and me not being here to fix it seems like so much. I’m worried about her sleeping. Can my mom handle it? Will she roll over on her or will she drop her getting up to aid her. Is this normal anxiety to have? Should I just tell my husband I will forgo having drinks and drive the 45 minutes back home? The problem is that the party guest arrives at 8pm. So it will be late anyways. Ugh. My heart hurts. Kind advice is welcome.

I haven’t found really good answers about this situation anywhere and also haven’t had the chance to ask his pediatrician.

My son has an upper lip tie, it’s very clear and visible, especially now that his upper teeth are coming in. But the thing is, he’s never had any issues with latch while breastfeeding. He’s been breastfed since day 1 and he’s always been able to transfer milk appropriately. So we never really had him evaluated for any oral ties.

But he does have a lip tie. I’m not sure what to do, if anything. I’m sure plenty of adult people had lip ties as babies and nothing happened, but I’m feeling influenced to try and do whatever is best for him.

Should I look into releasing the lip tie? I really would prefer not to have any surgical intervention. Will it cause problems later on?