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@bobezeh Basically we laddered down methods slowly over a couple of weeks until we could get babe to sleep mostly with a hand on chest in their crib. The goal was the least pick ups possible and no rocking (but sometimes there were set backs). When we got to the place where they could go to...

@bobezeh For me it was around 6 months that things broke. But the TLDR is that a combo of object permanence and development meant transferring was not an option because of the boomerang of wakeups (which got worse and worse the more I rocked, and even with cosleeping). For us, it was a slow...

@bobezeh Just here to say - It’s also okay if this plan doesn’t work and you need to try another. Baby sleep (like everything else) is a series of planning, adjusting and moving on. Give yourself a bit more time and then take a break to reflect what’s not working and how you could fix it. It’s...

@joryanne As others say fussing and crying will be part of it in some way or another. That being said, there’s plenty of gentle methods and at 6 months I would start there. Look at precious little sleeps swaps and see if you can slowly ladder down intervention to get baby to fall asleep alone in...

@brandon_d So the crazy thing is that babies are WAY more effective than any pump (if they are latching well that is). So if your gal has a good latch, (seen by gaining weight well and lack of painful nipples etc) then she’s doing all the stimulating needed to tell your body how much to supply...

@brandon_d Do you have someone you can follow up with? If she’s back to birth weight, and continuing to gain (e.g. no supply issues) then where I am the advice would be to just nurse. Usually pumping like you are doing is a temporary intervention to increase supply and/or triple feed by giving...

@juliea1031 Oh totally. But OP didn’t mention mental health just more of a preference. I’m American by birth and we have a much more liberal policy on when elective c-sections are allowed. Likely because we pay to play. But where I live now mental health would have to be more significant for the...

@saroula Gotcha! I just wanted to mention since I had a friend who was quite shocked to find out when was denied a c-section based on broad anxiety around birth. The surreal aspect was definitely a thing. I’d listened to so so many accounts of how the procedure would go and it was still pretty...

@saroula I’m just up north of you in Scandinavia and I am surprised public health in Germany covers a completely elective c-section for no reason. Certainly not the case here! That being said - one big consideration is if you plan on having more children, how many and when. If the answer is...

@trumpetsounds If your baby isn’t back to birth weight I’m a surprised you’ve not been advised to top up with some of that milk to baby. You don’t have to use a bottle but sippy cups and syringes are also used. Unless you have a supply issue pumping to feed the freezer at 2 weeks isn’t really...