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@cfarmcity I would add to this that if the baby is eating a lot of dairy (like Greek yogurt) to make sure that they eat iron rich foods alongside foods with vitamin C. Like spinach puree with lemon, or beans with tomatoes, or beef with tomato sauce. The reason is that dairy foods can block iron...

@miyuki256 Your friend has no right to diagnose you or tell you how to mother. I wouldn’t have done this at 10 months, personally. Your baby will be fine and will figure out a new way to sleep with dad, but I suspect it’ll be hard for all of you. I personally don’t want to leave a baby for...

@fetorahjesuslibertarian Yes. And OP, if your kid gets sick (highly likely) you’ll have to keep him home anyway.

@nycetmz Oh, this is a relief. I somehow convinced myself I’d have to be nervous around other kids until mine is 5!

@nycetmz Aren’t kids not eligible until age 5 anyway?

@basketballboy99 Thank you!

@andreea777 As a first time mom to a 6 month old, and as someone who likes to control small details of my life and who has intrusive thoughts, I relate to this so much!!! You’re her mom. You care for her more deeply than anyone else. And you are caring for her with love and safety as your top...

@disciplinedidea I totally agree with you!!! I am looking forward to doing more gentle swim lessons while also teaching her life saving skills, when she’s old enough to know she’s learning and able to consent to some things. Older kids get warned they’re going to be dunked. Babies like mine in...

@pz128 OP I’m in the exact same boat at 12 months. If my baby sleeps in the crib, the max she’ll do is 1.5 hours for the first stretch of the night, then it’s waking every 15-60 minutes looking to nurse. We started bed sharing at 6 months for survival. Lately (months 11-12) sleep has been really...

@disciplinedidea When the instructor told me that my baby would need a refresher course after six months, I realized I wasn’t teaching her anything that was going to stick with her and I wasn’t going to change my caution around bodies of water anyway, so I felt it was an unnecessary mild form of...

@disciplinedidea ISR is so problematic. Effective or not, it involves making kids very uncomfortable and unhappy and I think it’s not good for them psychologically. I also think it attracts a certain type of person in that regard. I pulled my kid out but I truly think the instructor was...

@rocknroll15 It’s so rough. I think I started putting a pillow behind me and rolling onto my back (at an angle still tilted towards her a bit) around 8 months. By that point she was fully crawling and could get to a seated position from laying either on belly or back. Now I don’t use the pillow...

@isoloen Hi! Nightwing has been hard as my baby is very persistent. It’s been two months since we started the process and she still wakes often between midnight to 6 AM. She has learned new ways of self soothing back to sleep, which is great, but occasionally she still asks to nurse, and it’s a...

@bejoyful1980 There are actually vaccines for 4 types of bacteria that can cause meningitis. Two are given in infancy and the other two when kids are older.

@neostarwcc I’m not OP but thank you for taking the time to share your experience in a detailed way. I’m taking some of your advice too (night weaning my 12 month old). It means a lot to those of us who are lost in a sleepless fog and struggling to find gentle and supportive methods and only...

@hocdmonster That’s so amazing and gives me hope. Thank you for sharing!! I also went back to work (fortunately from home) when she was 6 months and it’s been so hard to have such little energy and toggle between work brain and mom brain while completely sleep deprived. 5-8 hours sounds like a...

@shendude We bed share to survive and it definitely helps (can’t imagine what would be happening without it) but more nights than not, she is latching to nurse every hour due to teething. It’s a long night and a light sleep. The exhaustion never ends.

@starsilver117 Thank you, that’s a good point that it may not be the next step for cosleeping. We thought she hates being contained by the crib, but it may be that she just hates being alone.

@mattom I have the Guava lotus. I may need to start trying that again. It would have her on the floor re: the big problem, but at least with some barrier… Maybe I’m not being realistic about how sensitive my baby is to sleeping alone in the first place. I’m assuming she’ll even stay a sleep for...

@yasminestaples I had the same problem with worrying about solids intake which is why I didn’t consider night weaning until recently. I’ve noticed she’s eating significantly more in the last month or so, but at 11 months I was not confident as she’d often even reject fruit purées with oatmeal or...