by /u/beancounter_00 on March 31, 2026 at 7:33 pm
my baby is going to be 1 in a month and a half. he is formula fed and i know the first year that formula is the “primary source of nutrition” so i try not to worry when he doesn’t eat the meal/food i give him. but what happens when there’s no more formula lol. if he doesnt eat his dinner what do i do? i know we switch to whole milk but that’s not supposed to be a meal replacement right? i ask because my baby still isnt eating a ton. its hard to believe in 1.5 months im going to stop formula completely. its also my understanding that i shouldnt offer something else if he doesnt eat a meal as that could lead to picky eating. so what happens exactly? baby just goes without a meal? submitted by /u/beancounter_00 [link] [comments]
Video Calls count as Screen time?
by /u/Sad_cuz-why779 on March 31, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Hi I have a 3 month baby and a lot of relatives that live far away. How much do video calls count as screen time and how limited should it be? I try to dim the screen whenever I have to do it (insistent family) but when my mom visits sh calls family to show them the baby and she gets way more exposure that way so it’s bothersome. Tyia! submitted by /u/Sad_cuz-why779 [link] [comments]
Tomorrow, our 1-month-old will start daycare. Any advice?
by /u/_ILikePancakes on March 31, 2026 at 6:43 pm
Did you do it? Did you regret it? Were there any consequences to the child? submitted by /u/_ILikePancakes [link] [comments]
I got cloth bibs and the packaging made me laugh
by /u/DianeMadeMe on March 31, 2026 at 6:41 pm
The box was labeled “saliva towel”. I wish I could post a pic as proof! submitted by /u/DianeMadeMe [link] [comments]
by /u/Any_Manager6440 on March 31, 2026 at 6:33 pm
please no judgement, i’m already barley hanging on. i’m a ftm to a 4 month old boy, since he’s been born we’ve done contact naps/sleep. so for the past 4 months ive slept up right in a recliner with a baby in my arms. i can not do this anymore, for the past two months ive tried and tried and tried to get him to sleep on his own. i’ve been successful a handful of times, but for the most part he doesn’t sleep long and he ends up back in my arms. i don’t want to do any CIO method, but it may be my only option. please has any parent had this same problem? i just need someone to tell me it won’t last forever. on the bright side i do have a 4 month old that sleeps 10-12 hrs a night, gets 4 45 min naps in, he’s a good sleeper… as long as i hold him. i am so desperate please tell me how i can fix this submitted by /u/Any_Manager6440 [link] [comments]
by /u/beckarrrr1 on March 31, 2026 at 5:34 pm
So difficult. Baby is 4 months. Today’s been particularly stressful – he’s been fussing a lot, crying, not going down for naps etc etc. I took it out on my husband. I told him, “He deserves better. He deserves a wife and the mother of his first son to be more clear headed.” and when he disagreed, I just pushed back even more. I just feel like I want to give him the life he wants. A wife that is playing and cuddling with the baby, rather than me rocking and sshing him because he’s fussing. I don’t know what I expect from this post. Just needed to get it out! 😭 submitted by /u/beckarrrr1 [link] [comments]
Worried baby will roll in her sleep
by /u/Spirited-Bed-2220 on March 31, 2026 at 5:20 pm
5m1w, the past few naps baby’s been trying to roll on the side. I don’t know if I have weeks or days before she manages to do that. She sleeps in a sleepsack, and I also have a sleepsack with separate legs that I use. She can roll back to tummy but not tummy to back. She sleeps in the bassinet in our room but I have a pack and play on the way because the bassinet is getting too small. She spends 4-5 hours alone in our room before we go to bed at night. Am I worried over nothing? submitted by /u/Spirited-Bed-2220 [link] [comments]
6 month old has constant nasal congestion
by /u/disneyprinsass on March 31, 2026 at 4:48 pm
Has anyone else had experience with this? Pretty much since birth my baby is very snorty and seems to be congested. It doesn’t help that our house is very dry from the winter and that he has a 4 year old brother that brings home lots of germs from preschool. We do saline spay as needed and suction as needed and do a humidifier in room. We took him to the ENT last week and they put a camera down his nose and said his adnoids are normal size and everything but that his nasal cavities are very swollen (most likely from weather/dryness and sicknesses). He suggested we be more regimented with saline spray and do morning and night and suction only once a day. He said it’s unlikely he has allergies and that it’s something that will hopefully get better with weather changing but we could try steroid sprays in a few weeks if it does not get better. I just hate hearing his nose like that I think it bothers me more than him. submitted by /u/disneyprinsass [link] [comments]
Another outlook on newborn motherhood
by /u/sapookie on March 31, 2026 at 3:55 pm
I want to start off by saying that every mom is different, every baby is different, and even subsequent children will be different for the same moms. I see many stories on here about the struggles many moms are having and my heart goes out to you all as I know what isn’t hard for someone may be hard for someone else. I am not trying to speak to others experiences, I just want to put my story out there for new mothers or pregnant women who see a lot of discouraging posts about declining mental health and struggles with newborns. I am about 5 weeks postpartum now with my first child. I was terrified of PPD/PPA/PPR. I went as far as to meet with a postpartum mental health nurse practitioner during my pregnancy several times to discuss how nervous I was that I would need medication postpartum because I wouldn’t be able to function. I read so many posts on this sub and other places on social media that scared the crap out of me. I have dealt with depression and anxiety heavily in my past and I just figured I would be more prone to these things postpartum. I also never dreamed of being a mom. I was happy to get pregnant but I wasn’t one of those women who always thought she’d have a big family and many kids. I had a healthy and uneventful pregnancy, my birth was average and minimal tearing. I told my husband a few weeks before we had our daughter that I was worried I wouldn’t be maternal. That it wouldn’t come naturally to me. Boy was I wrong about all of that. If there’s such a thing as postpartum elation, I have it. I have never been happier in my entire life. The same hormones that make some women so anxious have made me so uncontrollably happy. I do not mean to upset anyone by saying this and I truly wish everyone could have this reaction. I’m sure the help that my husband gives me really adds to this, but honestly I do most of the baby stuff just because I am so happy to do it. She is the most beautiful perfect baby to ever exist. Yes, the first two weeks or so were honestly a little scary just because I didn’t know what I was doing and I did Google a lot but once I hit a month I don’t even really do that much anymore. I do acknowledge that I have a quieter, easier to calm baby than some others do. No colic, no reflux. She does cry and have days of restlessness/fussiness but somehow it has not affected me as I thought it would and as it does many other mothers. I have gotten a little overwhelmed a few times, don’t get me wrong, but my overall experience so far is just extreme and pure joy. I never thought I would be a good mom and I already feel like I want a million more. I hope that an expecting mom can see this and know that not every experience is super scary or overwhelming or sad. You can also have a great time with your newborn and love every second of it. I wish I saw more posts like this when I was pregnant so I wouldn’t have been so nervous for “ the newborn trenches”. I don’t even mind waking up at night for her that much, and the hormones have suppressed the feeling of sleep deprivation ( coming from someone who used to sleep like 9 hours a night , and I do all the night wakings with her ) Once again, I hope that this does not come off the wrong way to women who are struggling. There are a million reasons to struggle during this time and you are not alone. I hope you too can soon feel this feeling. submitted by /u/sapookie [link] [comments]
At what age did you move them to their own room?
by /u/Careless_Purchase619 on March 31, 2026 at 3:29 pm
When did you move them to their own room? How did you know you/they were ready? How did you do it??? I’ve been thinking about this lately. I don’t know if I’m ready lol. But he’s so sensitive to any sound when he’s in the lighter stages of sleep, I wonder if he’d be better off in his own room? He’s about 18 weeks, but 16 weeks adjusted. submitted by /u/Careless_Purchase619 [link] [comments]
by /u/spongyruler on March 31, 2026 at 2:32 pm
Yesterday, my husband spent time moving and rearranging one of our rooms, and LO (13m M) watched him do it. Later, LO was picking stuff up and moving it around the room, complelte with grunts. I got home from work and saw a lid to a tiny trash can we have. No sign of the trash can itself. Apparently, LO was moving that around, too. Putting things in it, taking things out, moving it, all over the room. I’m sad I missed it, it sounds hilarious. *disclaimer It is a clean trash can, it’s new. submitted by /u/spongyruler [link] [comments]
I’m so sad that some day I will have to say goodbye
by /u/DutchSimba on March 31, 2026 at 2:26 pm
Trigger warning: talk about death I’m the dad of my beautiful daughter who just turned 6 months old. She lights up every room and I absolutely love her to bits. But for some reason I sometimes get really sad seeing her grow up so fast. Because there will be a day that I will have to say goodbye to her. I don’t really know how to deal with this. It’s like I’m missing her already even though I’m still here. Then there’s this other thing. I’m scared that something happens to me and my wife will have to raise her all by herself. Or the other way around. Have you ever experienced something similar? How did you deal with it? submitted by /u/DutchSimba [link] [comments]