I'm a FTM and my little girl just turned 7 months. I am obviously new to everything but can't help but worry.. She's started grabbing the top of her crib and pulling herself up yesterday so we just lowered it. However, she will still reach and go up on her knees and she fell forward and smacked her head on the crib tonight. Is there a way to prevent this when they start getting more active or will she just learn her way around the crib?

My son is 13 months and has had a constant lingering wet cough for almost 5 months. He had croup and ever since then it’s just been constant. But, a little while after recovering from croup, he started a new daycare with more children there. I know this season brings a lot of sickness, but it’s just been so long since he’s not had a constant cough! I’ve mentioned it to his pedi and she brushed it off as the ‘daycare cough’ and allergies. He also randomly has a low grade fever too. He was fine all day today and acting fine (other than his normal clinginess to me), and tonight he felt warm and he had a 100.4 fever and he hasn’t been to daycare in over a week. He did have a cold/flu about 3 weeks ago and still has some boogies but I’m more concerned with the random spike in temp and cough. Not sure if this is just a normal thing or if I should push more with his pedi?

How long did your baby use a baby bath/bath seat? We just moved and accidentally left our old one behind 🤦🏼‍♀️ debating if it’s worth buying a new one or not. My baby is 7.5 months and sits up independently. Scared he will fall or slip though!

Hey all - hopefully just freaking out over nothing but curious if anyone here has experienced similar.

11 month old - healthy and no issues thankfully but yesterday and today during our walks, he seemed to really space out and go into a sort of trance (maybe it’s sleep) where they just stare off into the distance with their mouth open.

I got really scared today because I noticed their eyes were not “aligned” where they were looking.

Took maybe 3-4 seconds to get them to snap out of it, I think I had to touch and rub their leg. And even once they engaged, I had to take them out of the stroller to get them back to normal.

Part of me thinks they keep falling asleep with their eyes open, but again, it’s so scary to have them be non-responsive like that.

Anyone have their kids do this? Perhaps during car rides, stroller rides, etc?

Also happened once when they were playing solo in their playpen.

My mother and younger brother traveled across the country to meet our first child (1mo). We asked them not to kiss the baby, that we were anxious about illness, etc.

My younger brother has special needs and sometimes prefers to spend time alone when he feels overwhelmed by change in location, routine, etc. He had one of these reclusive spells as soon as they arrived, so he happily hung out in the guest bedroom alone and played videogames. We barely saw him and I just hoped he'd come around eventually.

After 2 days, it became apparent to us that he was actually slightly sick. He kept stifling coughs, wiping his nose with his hand, etc. We caught my mom encouraging him to wash his hands and stay away from the baby.

I think my mom knew he was ill and instructed him to stay isolated during the visit. She denied all of this when I talked to her about it.

Anyways, my husband and I are sick now. We have sore throats and we're more exhausted than usual. No fever or runny noses yet.

We plan to see a doctor soon but in the meantime, I'm horrified that our newborn will get ill. Who knows how badly it'll affect her? Any advice on what to do?

My wife and I had our first last night, a perfect and beautiful little girl. My wife is a trooper and had a long labor process and is doing great. She knows how to do everything for the baby like swaddling,diaper changing, feeding, holding, etc.

Any new dads out there having troubles and emotions about now being confident and feeling like you can’t do it?

I get physically upset because I just don’t know what I’m doing and she’s so fragile. I’m doing everything I can do learn and be a great dad like mine and my father in law are. Any help would be appreciated

After I gave birth to my baby my health has declined significantly. They said i have a hernia, gerd, gastritis, and who knows what else. Ive lost 35 pounds. Cant keep foods down. Have developednextremw anxiety now too. I might need a feeding tube. They thinm its all related to having my baby. I love my son but part of me thinks if i knew what was to come i never wouldve got pregnant. Obviously i cant change time and i love him but its hard to not miss my health and normal life.

Our babe is 6 weeks. Recently his daytime naps have been getting longer, leaving his nighttime stretches at 2 hours. We decided to start waking him every 2 hours throughout the day to feed in hopes that those longer stretches shift to night. So, when do I stop waking him? We're up for the day around 7/730. I usually swaddle him after his 730pm feed so I can clean up the kitchen etc, then we're in bed by 830. Do I let him sleep after 730, or 930? I realize I'm 100% overthinking this but...🙃🙃

A hand fan.

Dry super well after every change, a bit extra after using wipes or if there's any redness. Make sure the creases are dried out.

As a bonus, my kid loves it 😂 he's happily cooing while I write this post lol

I don't use any creams and my boy has never had a bad rash.

Good luck!!

Edit to say: title would better read as diaper rash prevention probably

I had depression before but I've never been to any therapy. I had bad PPD after giving birth. I struggled and didn't seek help until 5 months pp. I ended my first therapist since she's not listed with postpartum specialties. When we talk, she can do some analysis and respond. but she's rusty when i talked about some baby specific terms.

I found another one from Postpartum Support International. We worked together for 4 sessions now. The progress was very slow. I don't know how many sessions it will take eventually to describe all my stories in the past. She keeps writing down what I said and didn't really respond much. All I hear is "this is normal", "find a local mom's group", "eat healthy diet", which i already know. I feel the exeperience and feeling i described just become a generic response. It's been disappointing and it makes my depression worse because i don't feel anything can help me now. I don't know if i should fire this one too.

How does a therapy session that works for you look like? What did therapist did that had helped you? can anyone share

Same as title. Is this normal :\ she does it when she’s upset also sometimes. It’s a new thing she’s just started.

Also looks like she’s trying to run her fingers against her lips to make “brr brr “ sound

My baby boy turned 1 a few weeks ago. Up until about a week and a half ago he would eat pretty much anything I put in front of him, he’s always been such an amazing eater. Well suddenly out of nowhere he’s so picky and will hardly eat a thing. Foods that were once his favorite like meatballs and eggs he throws to the side. The only stuff I can get him to eat is fruit, apple sauce, yogurt and pancakes. I really don’t know what to do or how to get past this. I’m worried he’s not getting enough nutrition.

I dont what happened but for the past 2 days my baby boy 1 month and 2 weeks of age has suddenly been leaking his urine all the way past his diapers all the way to his clothes lol.

I don’t know what are we doing wrong with putting his new diapers we always make sure to put it on properly and change him almost every after feeding or before feeding when its night time.

What’s crazy is that me and his mom are not beginner at this where shiit I do this for a living as CNA taking care of elderly while she has babysitted many times before. Any tips and tricks is much appreciated.

I am no longer able to cope with my 3 month old son’s nap habits. I absolutely loathe nap time, I dread it every time and it’s the bane of my existence right now.

I have tried and tried so hard to set up a routine, I’ve tried “drowsy but awake” repeatedly without success because this little guy fights sleep so hard. I’ve tried to introduce good nap time habits with things like white noise, a swaddle and some shushing and patting but none of it works. I’ll typically spend 30-40 mins trying to settle him to sleep, usually with a few repeated failed attempts at “drowsy but awake” and then holding him for 10-15 min while he sleeps before attempting and failing to put him down. Sometimes this takes over an hour. Once I finally do put him down to sleep, he will only nap for 45 mins in total. I’ll then try resettling him for 20 min before giving up. I feel like it’s getting worse and worse, he won’t even contact nap anymore.

We follow wake windows and sleepy cues, usually he’ll be awake for 1.5 hours before I start this miserable process. I’m sitting here right now just holding him for the past 30 mins because he keeps waking up in my arms every 10 mins and requires rocking back to sleep. I started settling him 1.5 hours ago.

This is seriously making me so depressed and is impacting my ability to bond with my son. I have no life, I can’t go anywhere, can’t take care of myself or get anything done around the house. I’m so bitterly jealous of everyone else I know who have babies that sleep well. I just want him to fall asleep more quickly and stay asleep for more than one sleep cycle.

Anyone here had a crappy napper at 3 months old who then simply got better at naps with time?

Edit: I should also add that a big part of my stress with his naps is that I’m terrified of the 4 month sleep regression. He’s just started doing longer sleep stretches at night of 5-7 hours which is my saving grace atm and it will break me if we lose this.

Yet again I’m coming here to vent because my second baby is so. awful. And I’m still not handling it well. She was miserable with (probably) self diagnosed colic from 3-16 weeks, she would just cry all the fucking time, totally miserable, couldn’t be put down etc. Our doctor advised she had no problems and nothing wrong with her, that some babies are just more difficult than others. She hit 4 months and she still wasn’t great but she was starting to smile and play and was worlds better than what she was.

We probably got 2.5 weeks of that and more problems started creeping in. 4 month regression really started in the middle of 3.5 months, but carried on all through her 4th month. We did the gentle sleep methods first (with our first we always put him to sleep and then put him in his bed and did so for 3 years). When that didn’t work we tried Ferber, that did NOT work, she will literally SCREAM for hours.

We’re now 5 months old and she’s WORSE. She’s waking probably 5 times a night when she was sleeping 10-12 hours from 8-14 weeks. She will just wake up scream crying and be totally inconsolable. We have been giving gas drops in case she has underlying gas still and Tylenol in case of teething; I have even resorted to nursing her once in the night if need be and nothing helps. She will be up from 11-3 and then sleep from 3-7 and then be up for the day.

Currently I’m trying to get her down for her last nap of the day and she is MISERABLE. She’s been fine all day, I really only need her to take a 20-30 minute nap to carry us until bedtime and for the first hour she fought me, she grabs, scratches, kicks, I tried holding her, rocking her, walking with her for an hour, all for a 30 minute nap that she is refusing. She’s trying so hard to fall asleep because her eyes are so incredibly drowsy, but she just screams inconsolably through it. Finally I couldn’t take it, I just put her in her pack and play and closed the door. I’m at a loss right now where I hate my life. I’m so miserable, she’s so miserable, I’m not an angry person but this baby is making me feel ways I have never felt in my life. Anyway she’s currently been screaming for 10 minutes and I’m scared to go back in there because I’m just going to end up screaming with her. All of her needs are met, I JUST fed her, she JUST got a new diaper, she has only been screaming today as I have been trying to give her a nap.

I realllllly don’t want to be a CIO type of parent because I feel like it’s just so cruel but I am losing my shit and I literally do not know what else to do anymore.

I have several Cloud Island brand crib sheets and they are so hard to get on and off our crib mattress. I have one Caden Lane (jersey fabric) and it is so easy to take on and off, but they are so expensive! I’m wondering if anyone has suggestions for crib sheets that are a lower price point than Caden Lane.

Editing to add the Caden Lane sheets are $40 USD and up.

Thanksgiving night my LO came down with a fever 101.8. No other symptoms besides irritability and tiredness. Fever for 2 days, then some mild diarrhea. Yesterday, she wakes up with small red bumps on her belly. Still pretty fussy but seems to be on the mend. Today, we woke up to the rash spread to her neck and into her groin area. Our ped couldn’t get us in (go figure) so they sent us to a family med dr. (Not a ped) she took a quick look at her and diagnosed with Scarlet Fever. From what I’ve heard that is very rare in babies her age and usually comes from strep. I’m not sure whether to trust this diagnosis or not. Has anyone ever had a baby this small diagnosed with this? Seems so odd for me. Neither me or her father have had any signs of illness either.

Our LO is 7 weeks old and when he was born he was a bit jaundiced and slept almost around the clock and would just wake up for feeds. This started a bit of a routine for him where he would like to sleep in until noon. Eventually his wake windows got longer and his bedtime got pushed back more and more as he was likely still not tired enough having woken up so late in the day.

Fast forward to today, it feels like no matter what time we start his bedtime routine (bath, nappy, pajamas, white noise, feed), he doesn’t show any remote desire to sleep until 1:30-2am. He REALLY fights sleep, and it doesn’t matter if we start the routine at 8pm, 10pm or 12am. He does not sleep. Often he is overtired and starts fussing nonstop. Other times he just looks alert and ready to play. We do everything we do to settle him that works for when he takes naps (swaddle, sway, shush, pacifier), which totally works for naps during the day but has literally no bearing at night. In fact he’ll often wriggle to try to get out of arms and cry nonstop.

I feel horrible that we’re letting him stay away for this long but it’s been weeks now and we’re worried he’s just decided that 2am is his bedtime. What can I do to slowly start bringing this down without waking him up early cold turkey? He’s extremely sleepy before 11am and will often fall asleep nursing. Also NAPS - his last nap of the day I think is resetting him. I try not to let him sleep past 8pm (yes that’s late, but again - kiddo sleeps in until noon), but should I just cut it out entirely?

Has anyone used a step board with the guava roam stroller? I really don't want to buy a second stroller and would prefer to try an accessory like a board etc.

I am 6 days pp and I am not doing well. I have no appetite and extreme nausea. Can barely drink anything and went to the ER for fluids. I went to my OB today and my OB was tearing up at how my mental state is in and she put me on Zoloft. Breastfeeding is impossible I suppose since I’m dehydrated, little lady won’t latch and gets very frustrated with me. I am pumping but only producing maybe an oz for 20 mins of pumping. We are supplementing with formula to keep her happy and healthy. My husband is being amazing and taking on the majority of the baby care and just letting me rest but I still just feel like I’m in a pit of despair. I have people that will help but I’m not even sure what anyone can do for me? I just need my hormones to level out and I know that is just going to take time. This is so hard and I’m tired of crying all the time and not being an equal parent with my husband. How long did your baby blues last? What can I do to speed up my recovery? I’m just so so so sad and sick.

My 5 week old isn’t sleeping more than 20 min at a time because of gas. We’ve tried gas drops, gripe water, burping like crazy (he isn’t good at it), tummy time…I’m losing my mind. Please help!

We have an almost 2 month old and while we are a ways from sleeping through the night or sleep training, I would love to hear your tips and tricks on how you got your baby to sleep through the night and when it finally happened!!

we flew with our 2 month old to a destination that is 10 hours ahead of us. He's been screaming since we got here. Obviously he's sleeping during the day and up at night. He's been so colicky but the screams and crying are much louder than they used to be before we traveled. We're seeing a doctor to rule out anything serious. But my heart is breaking watching him screaming and crying like this. He falls asleep when he cries. Feeding is also difficult for him he will cry mid feeding and take a break before continuing. He's been nursing more though which I'm grateful for. He was constipated and trying hard to poop for two days and he finally did today. He's still crying though

I can't tell if it's jetlag or he's in pain

-NO lights at all even for night vision (baby just stares at it)

-Looking for something that also has app connection to phone and isn’t shit / connection dropping out etc or annoying to use

-Tablet that doesn’t die quickly

-Preferably not flat camera that has to sit atop a surface, something that is easy to clip on to side of crib etc

Happy to pay anything

Thank you!

I want to buy a customized chest online and create a keepsake box for my baby girl. She will be our one and only child.

What are some things I should put in it! Should I just include things from her first year of life (she’s only 2 months right now). I don’t want to overfill it with a bunch of stuff - just some nice keepsakes

I'm a single & first time mom. I'm very type B in my life but feel I'm doing a disservice to my daughter by not having some type of routine established, especially around bedtime. I work until 10pm and pick her up from my mother's house after work, and it's well after midnight some nights before she gets to sleep. Id love to hear what routine works for you around this age? Do you wake the baby up at a certain time every morning? Do you let them sleep in? Do you do naps just when they seem tired or at a certain time everyday? I have literally no clue what I'm doing & I'm unsure how to apply general guidance to my real life.

My dude is almost a year old. He's had his bottom left molar poke through the gums the other day, and it explains a lot of fussy/sleep issues/refusing naps.

Sometimes it seems like he's not in that much pain but then today, will refuse his second nap of the day. Yet He's TIRED. So we try Tylenol and then the min the painkillers kick in, he's asleep. So I assuming he is in a fair bit of pain?!

But I'm wondering how long this lasts ? With the other teeth it seems like it calmed down once the white poked through, but with this molar it seems like the initial tooth has broken through and he's still struggling... Is it because it's such a bigger/flatter tooth with a deeper root ?!?

How long did your LO take pain meds for when getting molars??

Ughhhhhhh

Hi everyone

My baby is exclusively breastfed. Hates every formula we’ve tried and spits it out. Only drinks straight from the tap but is ok with bottles if it’s breast milk

I have weighed him and he has only gained 1 lb 3 oz since his doctors visit on October 31st

He was 13 lb 6.4 oz and is now 14 lb 9.3 oz, according to out home scale.

He is now the 35th percentile versus the 40th percentile since him gaining his birth weight back.

Is this normal? He is very happy (more than before as he is a pretty colicky baby lol) and has a lot of poop and pee diapers. Super active and awake. Eats happily every 2 or 2.5 hrs. Sometimes he pushes to 3 or 3.5 hrs, (even when I try to keep shoving my breast in his face 🥲) will refuse and get upset if I keep trying, so he doesn’t want more milk is what I’m getting

Does this sound normal ?

Baby is two weeks old today and I’m really struggling with the sleep deprivation. I had a pretty traumatic birth with a long failed induction due to cholestasis and an urgent c section. I was in the hospital for 5 days and they wanted to keep me longer.

My body isn’t healing properly from the c section and I’m still in a ton of pain. I need sleep to heal and without it, I’m starting to get PPD/A creeping in. It leads to hours of sobbing and feeling mentally horrid on the days I’m not getting sleep. It makes sleeping when I can almost impossible when it gets to that point, as my brain won’t shut off. My husband has started taking my extra pumped milk from after feeds to give baby a bottle and let me sleep some more when he gets up. It’s making a world of difference in my mental state and also my healing.

Now I’m debating if just doing formula and giving breast/pumping a bit when I’m able until it dries up would be better for me overall. Breastfeeding is REALLY important to me, but my baby and my husband deserve a mom and wife who doesn’t just cry 24/7, is engaged, and more positive. I’m not sure what to do. Not being able to breastfeed was one of my biggest fears post-delivery, as again, it’s important to me. I want the bonding, the snuggles, the closeness. I don’t want to regret “giving up”. I don’t take this lightly. Any advice or input? Would love some personal experiences, because I’m struggling over here. Newborns are HARD to adjust to, holy cow.

My son is transitioning from 3 to 2 naps. His current wake windows are 2.25/2.5/2.5/3 but his last nap is usually ending around 5-5:15 pm and it’s usually 25-30 mins long. So my question is does his last WW need to be that long if that last nap is so short? I end up putting him to bed anywhere from 8-8:30 because of the last nap. And he has started waking up earlier than normal (around 5 am) so I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. Any advice is much appreciated!