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@upon_this_rock I have two kids, my first was a unicorn. She slept thought the night from 8 weeks and didn’t so much as have a regression. It was so easy, I bit my tongue when my friends who were struggling with sleep, but I honestly felt bit smug. Enter number 2, and the newborn phase went...

My first also would not take a pacifier. I havent tried with my second but I suspect he would.

@jaceew79 Both of my kids have been EBF, my first was a voracious breastfeeder and my second is an efficient feeder who won’t latch for longer than 10 minutes at a time and only if he’s really hungry. Babies just do their thing.

@dorsettmm I know two families of 10 - BBBBBBBBBG and BBBBBBBBGB. So many boys.

@randyt68 I’m in Wellington, so leaning slightly colder than Aus, but I go usual (indoor) layers for Bub and myself with a jacket on top and a wooly scarf I can pull around if it’s really cold

@daphne1 I encountered similar issues with the delivery of my daughter, my labour was ok but my daughter was posterior and I didn’t progress past 9cm, I spent 5 hours pushing, then my waters were broken and she immediately went into distress and was pulled out with forceps and an episiotomy 15...

@jaenalyn This is the way. On a personal level, I highly recommend the new protocol. I had mastitis 5x in 2020 when I had my first including a very severe case which led to a 5 day hospital stay. When I had my second in January I meticulously followed the new advice whenever I felt early...

@elam84 A lot of it comes down to cost. In NZ (and Canada), we have public health systems that are balancing cost-benefit for all our healthcare. When I got the TDaP and was pregnant it was funded, my husband had to pay about $30 over the counter. Further, when we have outbreaks of vaccine...